312 Pages
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CRC Press
316 Pages
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CRC Press
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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... Read more
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
Biography
U. Aswathanarayana
