Environmental Effects of Mining

An important new contribution to the environmental literature that presents practical and comprehensive solutions to mining activities. Four key reasons to put this book to work for you: timely content that has been peer reviewed by experts in mining, government, engineering, biology, geology, zoology, and education; practical format that addresses the major issues surrounding the process of extraction and processing of non-petroleum minerals, while outlining implications to the ecosystems; provides details for tailoring a mining operation's environmental management program to local needs and requirements; and packed with case histories, there is extensive coverage of current methods used on new and existing sites to perform damage prevention and restoration.

List of contents

FOREWORD, INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER ONE: MINERAL EXTRACTION, CHAPTER TWO: ECOSYSTEMS, CHAPTER THREE: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, CHAPTER FOUR: PREVENTION, RECLAMATION AND REHABILITATION, CHAPTER FIVE: SULPHIDE ORES, CHAPTER SIX: GOLD AND SILVER, CHAPTER SEVEN: URANIUM, CHAPTER EIGHT: IRON ORE, CHAPTER NINE: CARBON PRODUCTS: COAL, PEAT, GRAPHITE, AND DIAMON, CHAPTER TEN: POTASH AND OTHER SALTS, CHAPTER ELEVEN: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, APPENDIX, GLOSSARY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX

About the author

RobertE. Redmann

Product details

• Authors: Tara C. Ariano, Catherine A. Corrigan, Adèle A. Crowder, Robert J. Farmer, L. Moira Jackson, E. Robert Redmann, Robert E. Redmann, RobertE. Redmann, Earle A. Ripley, Ripley Earle A.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.1995
• EAN: 9781884015762
• ISBN: 978-1-884015-76-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Weight: 680 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; NATURE / Natural Resources, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Pollution & threats to the environment, Environmental Management, Pollution and threats to the environment