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Open-Pit Mining: The Human Health Hazard

Open-pit mines, also known as surface mines, are vast engineered excavations on the Earth's surface. They are a common sight in mining for resources such as copper, gold, iron, and coal.

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Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining …

This report is one of three synthesis documents produced via an integrated assessment (IA) that aims to increase understanding of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Ghana. Given the complexities surrounding ASGM, an IA framework was utilized to analyze economic, social, health, and environmental data, and co …

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Effects of large-scale gold mining on habitat use and …

Open-pit and underground mines began operating in the 1930s, and today there are multiple large scale open-pit gold mines located in the Crescent Valley area (Fig. 1; Muntean, 2018). Nevada Gold Mines has been approved to expand current operations to the east of the open pits, on the south side of the Cortez Mountains.

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Valuing environmental impacts of mercury emissions from gold mining …

The Phoenix mine is an open-pit gold mine, owned by a TNMC, that is located in the state of Nevada. Although Nevada is a well-regulated mining jurisdiction, mercury emissions were not routinely monitored by the state or federal environmental protection agency until 2006.

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Mining

Open-Pit Copper Mine. Throughout history, minerals, like copper, have been extracted from the earth for human use. It is still mined in places like this open-pit mine outside of Silver City, New Mexico, in the United States. ... The mining of gold and copper also dates back to prehistoric times.These profitable substances that are mined from ...

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Effects of Gold Mining on the Environment | Sciencing

This small-scale form of gold mining has little effect on the body of water, but the large-scale practice of mining gold from ore can have tremendous negative effects on water quality. ... Two open-pit gold mines in Montana closed in 1998 but continue to cost the state's taxpayers millions of dollars in reclamation and water-treatment efforts.

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Heavy Metal Pollution from Gold Mines: Environmental Effects …

Gold mining can be open-pit or deep shaft mixed with other HM such as copper (Cu), silver (Ag) and lead (Pb). Its location determines the type of mining process to be used in extraction and the amount of wastes that will be generated.

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The Environmental Disaster That is the Gold Industry

Exposing the deep earth to air and water also causes chemical reactions that produce sulfuric acid, which can leak into drainage systems. Air quality is also …

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Mining

Mining - Strip, Open-Pit, Quarrying: It has been estimated that more than two-thirds of the world's yearly mineral production is extracted by surface mining. There are several types of surface mining, but the three most common are open-pit mining, strip mining, and quarrying. These differ from one another in the mine geometries created, …

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New report: Effect of open-pit gold mines on groundwater …

Growing concerns over the medium and long term impacts of open-pit gold mining on Nevada's water were validated earlier this month when Dr. Tom Myers …

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Design of an open-pit gold mine by optimal pitwall profiles

ABSTRACT The overall steepness of pitwalls significantly influences the financial return of an open pit mine. In current practice, pitwall profiles are planar in …

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The lifeways of small-scale gold miners: Addressing …

Mechanized open-pit mining; manual underground mining; tailings reprocessing; alluvial ore mining in waterbodies using suction dredges. ... The perspective of running out of gold created uncertainty and represented an existential threat for communities with livelihood and existence based on gold extraction. An elder in one of …

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How do technological changes in artisanal and small-scale gold mining

Hospitals in mining are unable to properly treating the effects of these technologies due to lack of social responsibilities from the gold users and local beneficiaries. Alternative medications, involving drug sellers, traditional healers, and Christian and traditional priests, take advantage of the weakness of the healthcare …

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(PDF) International Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary …

The World Gold Council and its member companies support the responsible mining and trading of gold from all legitimate sources, including artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM).

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Effects of Small-Scale Gold Mining on Surface and Ground …

Sampling and analysis of water samples from rivers and boreholes in the Bogoso/ Prestea mining area in the Western Region of Ghana were conducted with the aim of assessing the possible effects of mining on water quality. Water samples were collected for 6 consecutive months at ten sampling sites within the study area and levels of some …

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Understanding small-scale gold mining practices: An …

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the Amazonian countries has undergone important technological improvements in recent decades. Nevertheless, this type of mining is largely associated with the use of rudimentary, low-tech and often manual methods, with inefficient gold recovery.

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Environmental Impacts of Gold Mining

Gold mining can contaminate drinking water and destroy pristine environments, endangering the health of people and ecosystems.

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First Mining Gold: Springpole Project

The PFS contemplates an open pit mine and milling operation, evaluating recovery of gold and silver from a 30,000 tonne-per-day operation, with a process plant that includes crushing, grinding and flotation, with fine grinding of the flotation concentrate and agitated leaching of both the flotation concentrate and the flotation tails followed ...

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Environmental impact of artisanal and small-scale gold mining …

The extraction methods involve open pit mining of the weathered primary gold deposits or from alluvial sediments using primitive methods, and semi-mechanized exploitation often uses heavy machinery [20], which can have negative significant environmental impacts. The impacts of ASGM have been examined by several recent …

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What Is Open-Pit Mining? Definition and Environmental Impact

Open-pit mining is a type of surface mining used to extract coal, gold, and other minerals. It creates immense water and air pollution, disfigures landscapes, …

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What Is Open-Pit Mining? Definition and Environmental …

Open-pit mining is a type of surface mining used to extract coal, gold, and other minerals. It creates immense water and air pollution, disfigures landscapes, and destroys habitats.

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In addition to various natural geological factors, the instability of the slope is affected by human factors, in particular, in the Changshanhao open-pit gold mine, where the …

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Environmental and Socio-Economic Impact of Mining on …

Socio-Economic Characteristics of Respondents The effects of surface mining on the physical environment also have socio-economic implications. Over the years the communities within Borini Prono have faced problems concerning socio-economic development as a result of mining effects on the lives of people living within the …

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The Environmental Disaster That is the Gold Industry

He even feels that applying any symbolic or superficial value to gold, whether recycled or fresh from an open pit mine, is ultimately only furthering the problems linked to much of the mining ...

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Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining …

A recent study on gold mining in Nangodi, Upper East Region, documents the intersecting gold-mining histories which have linked residents of this small rural community with successive political regimes, changing mining laws, and the vagaries of the global economy reflected in fluctuating gold prices.

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(PDF) The impact of small-scale gold mining on mining

The Ghanaian mining industry is a controversial one. Many believe that the industry has contributed greatly towards the socioeconomic development of the country in terms of employment and social ...

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(PDF) The contribution of artisanal and small-scale gold mining …

The contribution of artisanal and small-scale gold mining to Zimbabwe's economic growth and development Zimbabwe Accountability and Artisanal Mining Programme

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Mercury-free, small-scale artisanal gold mining in …

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining accounts for a significant portion of the current global gold market. Many artisanal gold miners use mercury to amalgamate gold and separate it from undesired gangue

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Ending the toxic trail of small-scale gold mining

Estimates suggest that up to 100 million people are directly or indirectly exposed to mercury from small-scale gold mining. A new gold standard. To counter gold mining's toxic trail, planetGOLD is facilitating the sharing of technical materials and guidance between artisanal gold mines and governments. It is also advocating for new ...

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(PDF) Assessing Social and Environmental Impacts of …

The response variable in this case was environmental and social-economic effects of ASGM mining practices while the predictor variables were: trends and practices in chemical use and management, socioeconomic impacts of ASGM, knowledge and perception of ASGM effects on health and environment, preference of mining method.

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