Mining and the environment : from ore to metal /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spitz, Karlheinz
Other Authors: Trudinger, John
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.
Subjects:
Mines and mineral resources > Environmental aspects.
Environmental impact analysis.
Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0826/2008037125.html
Table of Contents:
  • Minerals, wealth and progress
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Involving the public
  • The anatomy of a mine
  • Mining methods very widely
  • Converting minerals to metals
  • Our environment
  • The baseline
  • Identifying and evaluating impacts
  • Emphasizing environmental management and monitoring
  • Metals, their biological functions and harmful impacts
  • Was the environmental assessment adequate?
  • The range of environmental concerns
  • Land Acquisition and resettlement
  • Community development
  • Indigenous peoples issues
  • Acid rock drainage
  • Tailings disposal
  • Approaches to waste rock disposal
  • Erosion
  • Mine closure
  • Looking ahead.

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