Maintaining human wellbeing and the benefits of ES to people requires a comprehensive assessment of threats posed by mining activities. Current literature emphasises a strong focus on the environmental and social impacts of mining, often due to land degradation (Simmons et al., 2008; Townsend et al., 2009), biodiversity loss (Butt et al., 2013; Harfoot et …
Based on the open source platform, the choice of databases and impact methods is flexible. Usually an LCA database/set is organized by third-party organizations. Database/set contains a huge collection of elementary life cycle data. Impact assessment methods are used together with databases in the models built on the OpenLCA platform.
Background: Mining can directly and indirectly affect social and environmental systems in a range of positive and negative ways, and may result in societal benefits, but may also cause conflicts, not least in relation to land use. Mining always affects the environment, whilst remediation and mitigation efforts may effectively ameliorate some negative environmental impacts.
In stabilized pavement bases, geopolymer is an alternative material to cement, which releases high levels of CO 2 during production. Zhang et al. (2021a) used the LCA approach to evaluate and compare the environmental impacts of four stabilized pavement bases with and without geopolymer, namely waste glass-fly ash based geopolymer stabilized …
Mining and quarrying are noisy, and may use blasting techniques causing noise pollution and driving off wildlife. Abandoned hard rock mine sites may affect public health and the …
What is the environmental impact of aluminum? While aluminum is the most common metal in the earth's crust, it occurs only in bound form. The mining, processing and refining of bauxite into …
Understanding the full breadth of potential impacts of mining is critical to effectively managing nature for people in mining regions. We present a research agenda to address …
The economic impact of Alabama's met coal industry extends far beyond the mine. The export of met coal drives economic development at the Port of Mobile. In 2018, Mobile ranked fourth in the nation for shipping U.S. coal exports and first in handling coal imports. ... According to our survey, a total of 883 individuals are employed by direct ...
Offshore geologic storage of carbon dioxide (CO 2), known as offshore carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), has been under active investigation as a safe, effective mitigation option for reducing CO 2 levels from anthropogenic fossil fuel burning and climate change.Along with increasing trends in implementation plans and related logistics on offshore …
In particular, the released industrial effluents are contributing majorly to water pollution (Roy et al., 2015; Ilyas et al., 2019; Rajak et al., 2021). Moreover, the release of inefficiently treated effluents into the rivers and the degraded quality and quantity of the available groundwater are majorly depleting the consumable drinking and ...
The environmental impact of mining is the influence that mining activities have on the natural conditions and world in which humans and all biota live. The impact may involve …
Minerals and metals play a central role in the global economy and mining is an important source of economic development in many countries. However, the harmful effects of mining remain a …
The mining industry is an intensive energy user and greenhouse gas emitter 24 and is perceived as a dirty activity that has caused adverse social and environmental impacts. The synergies and trade ...
A major negative impact of LULC changes is a deforestation (Jaimes et al., 2010, Li et al., 2016).Deforestation has caused a series of environmental effects, including CO2 emissions, climate change, environmental quality, biodiversity decline, surface ecological status, and surface biophysical characteristics (Harris et al., 2012, Peralta-Rivero et al., 2014, Mahmood et al., 2016).
Mineral exploitation contributes significantly to economic growth and development in most world economies. In Africa, Ghana is the second largest gold producer, contributing to about 5.7% of the country's GDP. The mining sector in Ghana consists of both small-scale and large-scale mining, each of which has varying environmental impacts. This paper provides an exposition on the …
To explore these issues, this contribution takes Madagascar as a case study and examines the experience of two major mining sites. Madagascar possesses enormous biological diversity 1 that occupies a critically important place traditionally (culturally, spiritually), socially, and economically, and the country's population depends on it for survival (MEEF Ministry of …
With the application of the open stope mining method during the shallow underground mining, many concealed underground goafs have been formed and remained (e.g., Dong et al., 2017b;, which present ...
Lindberg, T. T. et al. Cumulative impacts of mountaintop mining on an Appalachian watershed. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 108, 20929–20934 (2011). Article CAS Google Scholar ...
Therefore, the impact of mining on the environment today is significantly different from that in the 1980’s. ... Fig. 5 shows the concept of TPD and illustrates the concept of mining waste recycling. BIAN Zhengfu et al Environmental issues from coal mining and their solutions 221 Fig. 5 Chart illustrating TPD 3.5 Reclamation of mined ...
DOI: 10.1016/J.EXIS.2016.02.001 Corpus ID: 167608619; The socio-economic impacts of mining on local communities: The case of Jordan @article{Rawashdeh2016TheSI, title={The socio-economic impacts of mining on local communities: The case of Jordan}, author={Rami al Rawashdeh and Gary A. Campbell and Awwad Titi}, journal={The Extractive Industries and …
Soil erosion and contamination are two significant environmental impacts of mining. When mining operations remove vegetation and topsoil, the stability of the ground is compromised. This disruption increases soil erosion …
There have been many documented instances of environmental pollution caused by mining operations, which are often caused by leakages of mining tailings. Mining tailings are the materials left behind after the …
This study presents a systematic review of the literature related to the socio-cultural and ecological impacts of mining on Indigenous peoples in Australia using the Millennium Ecosystem Services Framework (MA, 2005). Currently, isolated studies mainly report the impacts of mining on the environment (Boldy et al., 2021). However, there needs to ...
The assembly and analysis of a 37-year satellite database covering almost 400 mining districts in 49 countries shows that a rise in river mineral mining has substantially increased riverine ...
Management and assessment describes the systems, tools and processes and their practical application in the context of mining operations. Mitigation, Rehabilitation and Enhancement involves selecting and implementing measures to protect biodiversity, the users of biodiversity and other affected stakeholders from adverse impacts because of mining.
Backed by the rich empirical evidence that mining activities induce hazardous changes to the environment, we considered areas around mining sites to be more strongly at …
Today Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is known as one of the most important tools for decision makers in the construction of civil and industrial projects towards sustainable development.
Several studies (Sheoran et al., 2010; Mensah et al., 2015; Sonja et al., 2018) conducted on the impact of mining have pointed out that both surface mining and underground mining have caused substantial adverse impact on the environment as well as land. Stockpiles, sludges, gullies, and tailings dams are some of the most common mining effects ...
The 2017 ban on the waste import and new policies for the waste management sector in mainland China had wide-spread impact. After decades of poor environmental and public health impacts from the sector, a study is needed which focuses on policies updates and waste management. This provides a direction for the survival of local waste management industries …
Deep-sea mining is a new activity that is gaining momentum with some companies eager to begin in the next few years [41].It will include the exploitation of three resource types – polymetallic nodules, cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts and polymetallic sulphides – each of which will impact different ecosystems [26], [36], [56], [86].Herein, we have concentrated on …
Proposed Establishment Of A Large-Scale Mineral Mining Activities In Zimba District Of Chief Mwemba And Simwatachela's Chiefdom Of Southern Province By Builders Mining Corporation Limited – (License No 21806-HQ-LEL) ... ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 330KV DOUBLE CIRCUIT TRANSMISSION LINE FROM …
The impact of mining operations on the surrounding land is also closely linked to the ecological setting of the mining sites. For example, the deforestation of primary forests caused by mining for iron ore in the tropical …
Even though it's highly destructive, industry often prefers strip mining as it requires less labour and yields more coal than underground mining. 1.2. Environment impacts & aspects of strip mining x Strip mining destroys landscapes, forests and wildlife habitats at the site of the mine when trees, plants, and topsoil are cleared from the mining ...
In environmental conflicts, Indigenous Peoples face severe impacts, such as livelihood loss and land dispossession (), environmental pollution (17, 18), threats to their knowledge systems (), racial- and gender-based violence …
For instance, Kim et al. focused on South Korea and found an emission intensity of 141-kgCO 2 eq/kWh battery. Sun et al. studied China and reported an emission intensity of 124.5 kgCO 2 eq/kWh, while Dai et al. examined the United States and found an emission intensity of 72.9-kgCO 2 eq/kWh battery . Therefore, while their findings are ...
Explore the damaging impact the extraction of bauxite mining for aluminium for construction has on our natural environment globally.
Coal is the largest and most widespread fossil fuel resource. It accounts for 23 percent of the world's known energy sources.6 Based on the "Demonstrated Reserve Base" data, Alabama holds about 4 billion tons of economically recoverable coal reserves.
Impact of mining on environment: A case study of Taita Taveta County, Kenya. May 2021; African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 15(5):202-213 ... in the mining areas (Bell et al ...
Four case studies are presented on the topic of groundwater impact caused by coal mining. Zhao et al. investigated the impact of coal mining on both groundwater and surface ecosystems. It explores how coal mining activities can lead to disturbances in the natural balance of groundwater systems and surface ecosystems. The study likely analyzes ...