Mining is often portrayed as a contributor to sustainable development, especially so in developing countries such as Papua New Guinea (PNG). Since 1970, several large mines have been developed in PNG (e.g. Panguna, Ok Tedi, Porgera, Lihir, Ramu) but always with controversial environmental standards and social impacts often …
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Understanding the effects of mining on ES requires identifying and conceptualising the full ES chain including four key components – supply, demand, flow and benefits (Figure 1) (Mandle et al., 2020; Villareal-Rosas et al., 2020).Extracting mineral resources results in removal or modification of areas of natural ecosystems (Castello …
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Mitigating environmental impacts of mining through public authorities in the global South and Brazil. While initiatives undertaken by firms and other non-state actors to help curb the environmental impacts of mining exist, environmental regulation by the state remains important (Duit et al., 2016; (Sommerer and Lim, 2016)).
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Mining activities have always raised environmental and social concerns due to their impact on natural resources and people. During the last decade, the stakeholder base expected to respond to these sustainability concerns has broadened from directly involved parties to a range of indirect stakeholders along the downstream …
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The surge in the crypto market is comparable to the gold rush. Yet, this exciting market has a hidden dark side. Mining cryptocurrencies can have major environmental impacts on climate, water, and land, according to new research by United Nations scientists. Bitcoin is the most renowned and popular cryptocurrency.
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The main aim of this review paper is to quantify and analyse the past research in LCA of minerals and mining processes to fill the knowledge gaps in major mining and mineral processes and materials accountable for environmental impacts from mining, environmental categories to be affected, quantity of emissions, and suggest …
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The mining industry in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan has been a vital driver of economic growth, but its environmental impact has raised …
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the mining industry namely, the presence of 11 different t ypes of environmental impacts and each impact (apart from the di scovery of architectural artefacts) cause the environment to be polluted.
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The environmental impacts of coal mining include air pollution, erosion, and quality issues for surface water and groundwater. Currently, degradation in water …
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Joshi S, Dudani I (2008) Environmental health effects of brick kilns in Kathmandu valley. Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ) 6(1):3–11. CAS PubMed Google Scholar Khan MW, Ali Y, De Felice F et al (2019) Impact of brick kilns industry on environment and human health in Pakistan. Sci Total Environ 678:383–389
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Mining is of major economic, environmental and societal consequence, yet knowledge and understanding of its global footprint is still limited. ... Impacts on the mining population and their ...
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Good reserves, promising investment-returns, and the rapid use of coal are threatening to environmental concerns in Pakistan. The environmental impacts of coal mining include air pollution, erosion, and quality issues for surface water and groundwater. Currently, degradation in water and soil resources is the main environmental hazard in …
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The objectives of this research paper are: 1) To identify and rank the brick kiln emissions (gases) on the basis of their harmful effects on health and environment of Pakistan, respectively; 2) To identify the most harmful types of brick kilns i.e. TBK that use coal as a fuel, TBK that use rubber as a fuel and CBK (technologically advance brick ...
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Image Credit: Cambrian Imaging/Shutterstock. Automation in the Mining Industry: Front Runner in Technological Innovations. The study of trends in the mining sector in the previous years highlights that this conservative sector continues to use traditional but tested and verified technology and tools due to the dangerous nature of …
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The classified map from 2002 (Map 3 b) illustrates active mining activities and their associated social and environmental impacts during the second phase (late 1980s to early 1990s). In response to the escalating environmental effects of the mining industry and other sectors, the Ghanaian government established the Environmental …
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This paper explores the mining sector's impacts on forests, and the potential for 'forest-smart' mining policies and practices to support deforestation-free mineral supply chains. Image — Satellite image of the Carajás iron ore mine – the world's largest – in northern Brazil, 20 July 2017.
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The mining industry is a fundamental source for building infrastructures and an enabler for a country's growth. Over the last decade, the act of mining has been among the top in the list of human activities which has the most disturbing and catastrophic impacts on environment, therein extensively affecting the ecological, economic, and …
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This paper develops a critical comparison of EHS scenario in Pakistan vs the industry leaders in terms of EHS.
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The findings of the study may steer the mining industry toward responsible and sustainable growth in Pakistan and other mineral-rich developing nations.
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2. The many ways mining activities impact biodiversity. Mining affects biodiversity at multiple spatial scales (site, landscape, regional and global) through direct (i.e. mineral extraction) and indirect …
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Mining, whether for fossil fuels or metals used in clean energy technologies, has serious environmental impacts, and it's hard to make apples-to-apples comparisons—except in terms of their impact on climate change, where clean energy mining is clearly better. May 8, 2023
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Resource extraction has historically caused dramatic environmental changes across the globe. Although mining and oil drilling have transformed landscapes and polluted the air and water wherever they have taken place, knowledge of how these environmental transformations have been experienced and lived in different parts of the …
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Pakistan predominately relies on fossil fuel consumption (almost 84%) to meet its energy demand, which has led to a significant rise in CO 2 emissions (CO 2 Es) …
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Table 1: Major environmental pollutants, their sources, and impact on human health Pollutants and health effects are less studied because of the need for more information on exposure to pollutants in less developed countries, where waste management could be better, there is higher poverty, and the application of new …
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Mining activities, including prospecting, exploration, construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, abandonment, decommissioning and repurposing of a mine can impact social and environmental systems in a range of positive and negative, and direct and indirect ways. Mining can yield a range of benefits to societies, but it may also …
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Mining is a crucial industry — from iron and copper to gravel and sand, we depend on it for the basic building blocks of the modern world. It is a fast changing sector, as the clean energy ...
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Mining is considered as fifth largest industry of the world and is environmental ly sensitive. Adverse environmental effect s can be controlled by financial and technological assistance to mi ning ...
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Using the comparative findings between IBMC and Pakistan-specific mining and mineral sector governance mechanisms, this research may spark various reforms in the institutional, legal, policy, regulatory, and fiscal arrangements of Pakistan focusing …
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In conclusion, the environmental impact of Australia's mining industry is an issue that we cannot overlook. As we've discussed, mining activities can negatively affect air, water, and soil quality, contribute to climate …
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