<p>Economic mineral resources lying in the earth are necessary ingredients of all our modern conveniences. Its mining yields huge profits for the companies that own them, a source of revenue for the government, and provides employment to a large number of ...

Understanding and prediction of the spreading of acid mine drainage (AMD) in groundwater and the breakthrough of acidity and heavy metals downstream of waste deposits are important for risk assessments of mining sites.

This handbook addresses the theme of Tailings Management in the Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program. The aims of the program are to identify the key issues affecting sustainable development in the mining industry and provide information and case ...

The principal objective of this work is to assess the socio-economic and environmental effects of the mining sector reforms implemented under the structural adjustment programme, with particular reference to affected mining communities in the Tarkwa mining ...

Mining, and the subsequent ore beneficiating processes associated withextractive metallurgical techniques, impinge on the earth's surface in various ways which are specific to the ore being mined, the site and the waste products from the metallurgical processes. ...