Through an exploration of the links between geologic setting, mining and process technologies, economics, environment and stakeholder communities, this text addresses ways in which the mineral industry can be made safe, efficient and ecologically sustainable, focusing in particular upon the following key themes:
· a review of the current status of the world mining industry, and the environmental challenges it faces. · links between the mode of occurrence of a mineral and the ways of mining it · the impact of mining on the environment in terms of industry and waste · health consequences arising from the various hazards of mining · the environmental impact of process technologies, and control technologies to make the mining industry ecologically sustainable · methods of rehabilitation of mined land, and reuse of mine wastes and mine water · socio-economic dimensions of the mining industry.
FOREWORD, PREFACE, COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
1. INTRODUCTION,
2. MINING
METHODS AND THE ENVIRONMENT,
3. MODE OF OCCURRENCE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS,
4.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF MINERAL INDUSTRIES INDUSTRY-WISE,
5. IMPACT OF
MINING ON THE ENVIRONMENT WASTE-WISE,
6. MINING AND HEALTH HAZARDS,
7.
PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT,
8. CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR
MINIMIZING THE MINING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT,
9. MITIGATION OF MINING IMPACTS,
10. SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF THE MINING IMPACT, REFERENCES, APPENDIX A
CONVERSION CONSTANTS, APPENDIX B PARTICULARS OF IMPORTANT OF METAL MINES IN
THE WORLD, APPENDIX C WORLD PRODUCTION OF MINERALS/METALS, APPENDIX D
LIST OF MAJOR ACCIDENTS RELATED TO MINING SINCE 1975, APPENDIX E INDUSTRY
STANDARDS (ISO 14001), AUTHOR INDEX, SUBJECT INDEX
U. Aswathanarayana
