Social impacts of bauxite mining and refining: A review
This review uses the definition of social impacts put forward by the International Association for Impact Assessment in their best practice principles for social impact assessment (Vanclay, 2003).Accordingly, social impacts are broadly defined as "all issues that affect people, directly or indirectly" (Vanclay, 2003: 8).A social impact …
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(PDF) Evidence of the impacts of metal mining and the …
Background Mining activities, including prospecting, exploration, construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, abandonment, decommissioning and repurposing of a mine can impact social and ...
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Cyanide Use in Gold Mining
Cyanide's efficiency makes mining more wasteful. Because cyanide leaching is very efficient, it allows profitable mining of much lower ore grades. Mining lower grade ore requires the extraction and processing of much more ore to get the same amount of gold. Partially due to cyanide, modern mines are. much larger than before cyanide was used;
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Environmental and social impacts of mining
Environmental and social impacts of mining. Mining is a short-term activity with long-term effects. There can be no doubt that when it takes place in forest zones, it is a factor of degradation. It is calculated that, together with oil prospecting, mining is threatening 38% of the last stretches of the world's primary forests.
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How ending mining would change the world
Last year, the environmental campaign group Seas At Risk imagined a society in 2050 that had banned mining in 2020. Bereft of a constant supply of metals, the blueprint completely overhauls the ...
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Sustainable and responsible development of minerals
Environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs), which evaluate the impacts of a proposed project and alternatives, can support decision making by providing an understanding of present environmental conditions and future consequences of proposed actions. ESIAs can support the development of mitigation measures and compensation …
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Understanding the impacts of mining on local environments …
Odell is working with John Fernández, ESI director and professor in the Department of Architecture, on a project that is examining the converging impacts of climate change, mining, and agriculture in Chile. The work is funded by a seed grant from MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS). Specifically, the …
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The impact of mineral resource extraction on communities: …
Cai et al. (2021) concluded that long-term mining activities could significantly impact the enrichment of heavy metals in agricultural soils and affect human health through oral ingestion. The study by Boyles et al. (2017) proves that air, water, and soil problems caused by mining activities can lead to health problems in neighboring …
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Extractive industries and the environment: Production, pollution…
While there is nowadays a sprawling literature on the economic, political, and social effects of mining, studies that explicitly link these changes with the concomitant transformation of the physical environment are still relatively rare (exceptions are Robins, 2011; Hecht, 2012; Leech, 2018). To be sure, over the past two decades scholars have ...
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ESG risks to global platinum supply: A case study of
Abstract. Global demand for metals is expected to continue to grow significantly to 2050, partly driven by the need for climate change mitigation measures that require energy transition metals including platinum group metals (PGMs). The environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks of mining these metals are seldom …
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Appendix 2: Environmental and Social Impacts of …
Environmental and social impacts of mining have been well-documented and an ample literature exists on this topic. The following discussion summarizes those environmental ... can be among the most severe potential impacts of metals extraction. Pollution of water bodies results from three primary factors: sedimentation, acid drainage, and metals ...
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(PDF) Social impact assessment in the mining sector: …
The aim of this paper is to review and analyse indicators used in. di fferent contexts for assessing the social impacts of the mining sector. It aims at exploring the most relevant social aspects ...
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Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from mining to enable
The climate change impacts of mining are often not fully accounted for, although the environmental impact of mineral extraction more generally is widely studied. Copper mining can serve as a case ...
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Minerals, Metals, and Mining | SpringerLink
9.1 Introduction. The mining industry plays a crucial role in modern societies, providing essential minerals and metals that are the foundation of various industries and technologies. Minerals and metals are used in a wide range of applications, including construction, manufacturing, energy production, transportation, and electronics.
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Introductory Chapter: Extraction Metallurgy – New …
Meanwhile, this introductory chapter will provide an overview about extraction metallurgy, including its history, importance, and the main steps involved in the process. The chapter will also highlight some of the key challenges and research advances in extraction metallurgy, as well as some of the environmental and social impacts of …
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Mining in the Arctic environment – A review from ecological
Environmental valuation methods can be used to assess the economic importance of the external environmental and social effects of mining (see e.g. Ivanova and Rolfe, 2011, Windle and ... Applying foraminiferal stratigraphy as a biomarker for heavy metal contamination and mining impact in a fiord in West Greenland. Mar. Environ. …
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Environmental, social, and economic implications of critical …
Though the social sustainability of mining activities can be assessed by using different methodologies and indicators (Mancini and Sala, 2018, Sairinen et al., 2021), some of them address specifically the direct social implications of mining sites on the local communities, thus failing to consider the potential impacts at a larger scale, such ...
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An Introduction to the Chemistry of Metal Extraction
As you will see if you read the page about titanium extraction, this is the only way of producing high purity metal. TiCl4 + 4Na → Ti + 4NaCl T i C l 4 + 4 N a → T i + 4 N a C l. The more reactive metal sodium releases electrons easily as it forms its ions: 4Na → 4Na+ + 4e− 4 N a → 4 N a + + 4 e −. These electrons are used to reduce ...
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Impacts of Mining | Oxfam Australia
Today, Australia is one of the world's leading producers and exporters of metals and minerals, which account for nearly 70% of its total export revenue. The mining industry is one of the top contributors to the nation's economic growth. ... Social impacts of mining . Mining can create employment opportunities, boost economies and provide ...
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Uncovering the features of environmental burden in China's metal
A comprehensive understanding of the impacts of metal extraction process requires sophisticated models to capture all possible incidental pathways and to predict all potential spatial and temporal scales of impact. ... Economic and social effects analysis of mineral development in China and policy implications. Resources Policy, …
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The social and environmental complexities of extracting …
indicators, and examine mining projects across 20 metal commodities to identify the co- occurrence of environmental, social and governance risk factors. Our findings show that 84%
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(PDF) Evidence of the impacts of metal mining …
Evidence of the impacts of metal mining and the effectiveness of mining mitigation measures on social–ecological systems in Arctic and boreal regions: a systematic map September …
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The Environmental Problems Caused by Mining | Earth.Org
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 rainforests of Gabon is likely to leave more devastating and longer term ecological damage compared to mining iron …
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Mining impacts affect up to 1/3 of global forest ecosystems, …
A new WWF report, "Extracted Forests: Unearthing the role of mining-related deforestation as a driver of global deforestation", sheds light on how the impacts of mining, currently the fourth largest driver of deforestation, increases significantly, affecting up to 1/3 of the world's forest ecosystems, when indirect impacts are taken into account.
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How does the environmental impact of mining for clean energy metals
Odell explains that making an apples-to-apples comparison is challenging, because methods for extracting and processing oil and coal are different than those for metal mining. Even mining two different metals—or two different deposits of the same metal—can call for different techniques. "I think if someone were to tell you one or the ...
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Research
The Metals Company is undertaking one of the most comprehensive deep-sea research programs in history, investing over $200 million as part of our Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) program. …
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Evidence of the impacts of metal mining and the effectiveness of mining
Mining always affects the environment, whilst remediation and mitigation efforts may effectively ameliorate some negative environmental impacts. Social and environmental systems in Arctic and boreal regions are particularly sensitive to impacts from development for numerous reasons, not least of which are the reliance of Indigenous peoples on ...
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Metal-mining pollution impacts 23 million people …
At least 23 million people around the world live on flood-plains contaminated by potentially harmful concentrations of toxic waste from metal-mining activity, according to a study. UK scientists ...
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Mining and the sustainability of metals
The mining and processing of minerals underpins modern technology and infrastructure. Each year, over 3.3 billion tonnes of metals are produced globally, and most predictions of demand show increasing consumption of metals in the coming decades, including in renewable energy generation, electric vehicles and batteries. The transition …
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A comprehensive review of lithium extraction: From …
Hydrometallurgical and pyro-metallurgical processes are commonly used for metal extraction. Hydrometallurgical methods involve leaching the metals from the battery components using chemical solutions and purification to obtain high-purity metals. ... The review underscores that the ecological and social impacts of lithium extraction are ...
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