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Transforming open mining pits into fish farms: Moving towards sustainability
(2004-08-01)
The legacy of mining activities has typically been land 'returned to wildlife', or, at some sites, degraded to such an extent that it is unsuitable for any alternate use. Progress towards sustainability is made when value ...
Transforming open mining pits into fish farms: Moving towards sustainability
(2004-08-01)
The legacy of mining activities has typically been land 'returned to wildlife', or, at some sites, degraded to such an extent that it is unsuitable for any alternate use. Progress towards sustainability is made when value ...
Rapid assessment of environmental health risks posed by mining operations in low- and middle-income countries: Selected case studies
(Springer, 2013)
Previous studies have evaluated associated health risks and human exposure pathways at mining sites. Others have provided estimates of the scale of the issue based in part on surveys. However, a global census of mining-related ...
Open systems standards for computing in the mining industry
(CANADIAN INST MINING METALLURGY PETROLEUM, 2000)
Key issues in managing information systems in the minerals industry will likely continue to be those relating to the integration and interoperability of disparate systems. This paper argues that, in order to harness the ...
HUNTER-GATHERER-FISHER MINING DURING THE ARCHAIC PERIOD IN COASTAL NORTHERN CHILE
(SPRINGER, 2013)
In the following chapter, we discuss new data from the San Ramón 15 site, an Archaic Period iron oxide mine located off the coast of Taltal, in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Two periods of mining have been identified ...
Bacterial communities in mining soils and surrounding areas under regeneration process in a former ore mine
(2018-07-01)
Human activities on the Earth's surface change the landscape of natural ecosystems. Mining practices are one of the most severe human activities, drastically altering the chemical, physical and biological properties of the ...