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
Summary
Identifies and discusses the wide range of social and environmental issues pertaining to mining, with particular reference to mining in developing countries from where many of the project examples and case studies have been selected
Analysis
Minerals processing
Environmental impact
Developing countries
Social impact
Environmental management
Mining industry
Environmental management
Environmental management Developing countries
Mineral industries Environmental aspects
Mineral industries Environmental aspects Developing countries
Mineral industries Social aspects
Mineral industries Social aspects Developing countries
Mines and mineral resources Environmental aspects
Mines and mineral resources Environmental aspects Developing countries
Mines and mineral resources Social aspects
Mines and mineral resources Social aspects Developing countries
