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discuss the impact of mining on the environment. Choose a commonly mined mineral that is commonly used in society and discuss how it has impacted the area surrounding the mine

Mining Facts   http://www.miningfacts.org/environment/

Overview of mining and its impact https://www.elaw.org/files/mining-eia-guidebook/Chapter1.pdf

Impacts of MIning Oxfam( There is a video at the end of the webpage that is very informational) https://www.oxfam.org.au/what-we-do/mining/impacts-of-mining/

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For example

Mining can effect sly affect encompassing surface and groundwater if defensive measures are not taken. The outcome can be unnaturally high convergences of a few chemicals, for example, arsenic, sulfuric corrosive, and mercury over a huge territory of surface or subsurface.[3] Runoff of minor soil or shake garbage - in spite of the fact that non-lethal additionally crushes the encompassing vegetation. The dumping of the spillover in surface waters or in woodlands is the most exceedingly terrible choice here. Submarine tailing transfer is viewed as a superior choice (if the dirt is pumped to an incredible depth).[4] Mere land stockpiling and refilling of the mine after it has been drained is stunningly better, if no backwoods should be cleared for the capacity of the flotsam and jetsam. There is potential for monstrous tainting of the range encompassing mines because of the different chemicals utilized as a part of the mining procedure and in addition the conceivably harming mixes and metals expelled starting from the earliest stage the mineral. A lot of water delivered from mine seepage, mine cooling, fluid extraction and other mining forms expands the potential for these chemicals to debase ground and surface water. In very much controlled mines, hydrologists and geologists take watchful estimations of water and soil to prohibit any sort of water pollution that could be brought about by the mine's operations. The diminishing or wiping out of natural debasement is upheld in current American mining by government and state law, by limiting administrators to meet models for shielding surface and ground water from sullying. This is best done using non-dangerous extraction forms as bio leaching. In the event that the venture site turns out to be in any case dirtied, alleviation strategies, for example, corrosive mine seepage (AMD) should be performed.

The five vital advances used to screen and control water stream at mine destinations are redirection frameworks, regulation lakes, groundwater pumping frameworks, subsurface seepage frameworks, and subsurface obstructions. On account of AMD, sullied water is for the most part pumped to a treatment office that kills the contaminants.

A 2006 survey of ecological effect proclamations found that "water quality expectations made subsequent to considering the impacts of alleviation to a great extent thought little of real effects to groundwater, leaks, and surface water".

Overwhelming metals

Disintegration and transport of metals and overwhelming metals by keep running off and ground water is another case of ecological issues with mining, for example, the Britannia Mine, a previous copper mine close Vancouver, British Columbia. Tar Creek, a deserted mining range in Picher, Oklahoma that is presently an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site, additionally experiences overwhelming metal tainting. Water in the mine containing broke down overwhelming metals, for example, lead and cadmium spilled into nearby groundwater, debasing it. Long-term stockpiling of tailing and tidy can prompt extra issues, as they can be effectively passed over site by twist, as happened at Patriotism, a deserted copper mine in Cyprus.

Explanation / Answer

Impact of mining on environment

1) .The first and direct affect is on ecosystem. The stability is affected and as many species are killed due to toxicity of water and soil and loss of habitat.

1)MIning leads to emission of dust, suspended particle and gases is main reason of air pollution.

2)ALso release of many harmful trace element e.g., CO, Pb, Cd etc. leads to the contamination of surface water.

3)Natural vegetation get adversely effected due to leached trace element

4)One of the important impact is the deforestation which results in loss of flora and fauna.Mining is done mostly in hilly area or uninhabited places with lots of trees so deforestation is main impact .

5)Underground water is also contaminated due to seepage and infiltration of leached drainage

6)The quality of the soil is also degraded along with fertility and makes it toxic

7) Mining results in wastage of land as it neither remain suitable for industrial use nor for agricultural purposes.

8. Mining directly results in the loss of landscape and beauty of surrounding.

taking Coal as an example

Coal provides 40% of the world’s electricity and it produces 39% of global Carbon Dioxide emissions so it is top source of energy for world till now .It causes following problems .Strip mining(surface mining), involves the stripping away of earth and rocks o that coal underneath could be extracted . If a mountain happens to be standing in the way of a coal seam within, it will be blasted or levelled - effectively leaving a scarred landscape and disturbing ecosystems and wildlife habitat.Again next problem will be deforestation and erosion .Also ground water is contaminated when coal is extracted .