Impact of Mining Activities on the Terrestrial and Aquatic Environment with Emphasis on Mitigation and Remedial Measures

Heavy Metals ◽  
1995 ◽  
pp. 119-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Allan
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Environment ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Remedial Measures ◽  
Impact Of Mining

scholarly journals Mapping mining waste : an investigation of the impact of mining activities on settlement patterns

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad A. Alam
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Mining Sites ◽  
Land Use Dynamics ◽  
Physical Attributes ◽  
Human And Nature ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Impact Of Mining ◽  
Settlement Areas

This research focuses on the waste and environmental damage caused by mining activities and the impact that this has on settlement pattern of adjacent areas. This research identifies that mining cities are unique in their land use dynamics due to the physical attributes of mining sites and there impacts on human and nature. Using a method of three sequential approaches to understand the land use dynamics of mining cities the first study examines the physical attributes of mining sites, through the creation of a new data set that combines existing and abandoned sites from existing separate datasets, outlining production, proximity to settlement areas and water bodies to identify their degree of threat to human and nature. Secondly, a single case study of Copper Cliff, ON is used to investigate how mining activities and its changes interact with surrounding land uses through a Land mosaic-function-land change feedback model adapted from Richard T.T. Forman’s theory of land mosaic. The analysis then investigates the policy responses that are enacted to mitigate the mining activities with other land uses. The analysis identifies that the potential impact of mining activities is more prominent where mining waste production is higher and located at close proximity to settlement areas. However, although the growth pattern of settlement areas are often guided by the physical characteristics of mining sites, effective response of land use policies may stimulate positive changes of land use pattern.

scholarly journals Changes to the structure of the hydrographic network within the Silesia-Cracow area of zinc and lead exploitation

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Alicja Pradela ◽  
Andrzej Zygmuniak
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Environment ◽  
Drainage Density ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Hard Coal ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Iron Ores ◽  
Open Pit Mines ◽  
Hard Coal Mining ◽  
Quantitative Changes ◽  
Hydrographic Network

Abstract The traditions related to mining activities in the Silesia-Cracow area go back to the 11th century when lead, silver, and iron ores were exploited from open pit mines. For centuries, the growth in ore exploitation was an incentive for the development of other industries (hard coal mining, steelmaking). This, in consequence, resulted in progressive urbanization. The areas analyzed are of highly transformed character, mainly because of mining activities. These changes are especially seen in relation to the aquatic environment since this component is exposed to heavy modifications due to the mining processes. Hence the study was carried out in order to determine the quantitative changes in the surface hydrographic network. It was found, that of the 62 main watercourses (existing during the whole analyzed period) 25 changed only slightly in terms of their length, 20 shortened by a few hundred meters and 17 lengthened. In the case of the aggregated length of the tributaries, the value increased for the 41 main watercourses, for 10 of them it was constant and was reduced slightly for a further 11. The areas where the length of the watercourses increased and the drainage density grew were found to be as well those where the total area of wetlands decreased. The element of the hydrographic network which was affected by the most changes was the water bodies. During the analyzed period of over 200 years, their number increased from 154 to 1413.

Impact of mining activities on sediments in a semi-arid environment: San Pedro River, Sonora, Mexico

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 2101-2112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agustín Gómez-Álvarez ◽  
Jesús L. Valenzuela-García ◽  
Diana Meza-Figueroa ◽  
Margarita de la O-Villanueva ◽  
Jorge Ramírez-Hernández ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arid Environment ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
San Pedro River ◽  
San Pedro ◽  
Semi Arid ◽  
Impact Of Mining

scholarly journals Identification of Land Subsidence and Management Using Cadastral Techniques, Mining Area of Raniganj, Barddhaman District, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Sonjay Mondal ◽  
Debashish Chakravarty ◽  
Jatisankar Bandyopadhyay ◽  
Kunal Kanti Maiti
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Land Subsidence ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
Surface Structures ◽  
Waste Materials ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
Concerted Effort ◽  
Impact Of Mining

Coal mining, open crest/underground adversely affects the Eco-system. Raniganj area known as mining zone, but several time natural hazards (land subsidence) occurs in the area, Subsidence in old workings leads to severe   damage to surface structures. it is very much important that suitable assessment studies to learn the potential adverse impact of mining on environmental ecosystem (flora, fauna). In the subsequent discussions an attempt has been made to clarify the coal mining activities and its outstanding impact on environment and agricultural activities. The study area region being the foremost coal producing region country, it’s also ranked high in the list of environmentally degraded areas, in mining area have seen that  waste materials are usually stacked as huge dumps in  surroundings. After that those dumps were coupled with coal dumps, because this significant effect impact on land.  The environmental awareness is given our society brought life from mining area another concerted effort for reclamation of the subsided land.

Impact of mining activities on areas of environmental protection in the southwest of the Amazon: A GIS- and remote sensing-based assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 263 ◽  
pp. 110392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anderson Paulo Rudke ◽  
Vinicius Alexandre Sikora de Souza ◽  
Alex Mota dos Santos ◽  
Ana Carolina Freitas Xavier ◽  
Otto Corrêa Rotunno Filho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Gis And Remote Sensing ◽  
Impact Of Mining

Environmental impact of mining activities in the Lousal area (Portugal): Chemical and diatom characterization of metal-contaminated stream sediments and surface water of Corona stream

2011 ◽  
Vol 409 (20) ◽  
pp. 4312-4325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Teresa Luís ◽  
Paula Teixeira ◽  
Salomé Fernandes Pinheiro Almeida ◽  
João Xavier Matos ◽  
Eduardo Ferreira da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Stream Sediments ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Impact Of Mining

Pluri-decadal impact of mining activities on coastline mobility of estuaries of New Caledonia (South Pacific)

2013 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 494-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Garcin ◽  
Audrey Baills ◽  
Gonéri Le Cozannet ◽  
Thomas Bulteau ◽  
Anne-Laure Auboin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Caledonia ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Impact Of Mining
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