A Review of the Impact of Mining Activity through a Community Capital Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Katerina Kanakis ◽  
Connar McShane ◽  
Meegan Kilcullen ◽  
Anne Swinbourne
Keyword(s):  
Mining Activity ◽  
Community Capital ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Impact Of Mining ◽  
Community Capital Framework

THE IMPACT OF MINING ACTIVITY ON THE SURROUNDING SOILS NEAR A GOLD MINE IN BLESBOKSPRUIT- EKUHURLENI, SOUTH AFRICA

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Godwin Uchenna Okereafor ◽  
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Elizabeth Makhatha ◽  
Lukhanyo Mekuto ◽  
Vuyo Mavumengwana
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Mining Activity ◽  
Gold Mine ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Impact Of Mining

scholarly journals Land Subsidence Estimation for Aquifer Drainage Induced by Underground Mining

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4658
Author(s):  
Artur Guzy ◽  
Wojciech T. Witkowski
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Land Subsidence ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Underground Mining ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Aquifer System ◽  
Maximum Value ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Method Model ◽  
Impact Of Mining

Land subsidence caused by groundwater withdrawal induced by mining is a relatively unknown phenomenon. This is primarily due to the small scale of such movements compared to the land subsidence caused by deposit extraction. Nonetheless, the environmental impact of drainage-related land subsidence remains underestimated. The research was carried out in the “Bogdanka” coal mine in Poland. First, the historical impact of mining on land subsidence and groundwater head changes was investigated. The outcomes of these studies were used to construct the influence method model. With field data, our model was successfully calibrated and validated. Finally, it was used for land subsidence estimation for 2030. As per the findings, the field of mining exploitation has the greatest land subsidence. In 2014, the maximum value of the phenomenon was 0.313 cm. However, this value will reach 0.364 m by 2030. The spatial extent of land subsidence caused by mining-induced drainage extends up to 20 km beyond the mining area’s boundaries. The presented model provided land subsidence patterns without the need for a complex numerical subsidence model. As a result, the method presented can be effectively used for land subsidence regulation plans considering the impact of mining on the aquifer system.

scholarly journals FEATURES OF LAND RECLAMATION AND PROTECTION DURING MINING IN THE KRASNOYARSK TERRITORY

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2(71)) ◽  
pp. 4-8
Author(s):  
Olga Igorevna Ivanova ◽  
Aleksey Vasilevich Kozhukhovsky
Keyword(s):  
Land Reclamation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Land Allocation ◽  
Water Protection ◽  
Land Resources ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Actual Height ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Impact Of Mining

The purpose of the study is to influence land resources during mining operations, and the main stages of land reclamation during mining on the example of the Tyradinsky gold Deposit, the "Zolotaya Tyrada" quarry, located in the Yenisei region of the Krasnoyarsk territory. The main factors of impact on land resources in the process of mining the field are considered; the analysis of measures to reduce the negative impact on land resources in the process of mining the field is carried out. The actual height and area of overburden dump not to exceed project, the reconfiguration of dumps allowed us to reduce the impact of mining on the environment, to avoid placing parts of the dumps in the water protection zone of the river Terada, thus there is no need of land allocation to forests of the first group and reduced the amount of removed topsoil. During the reclamation, potentially fertile soils (loam) taken from the quarry were used. There will be no deterioration in the impact on land resources during the liquidation process, due to the short duration of the work and within the existing land allotment.

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 Restauración paisajística de Cantera Rosales. Hellín (Albacete, España)

REVISTARQUIS ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Durán Fernández ◽  
Daniel Moreno Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Mining Activity ◽  
Land Art ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
Ornamental Stone ◽  
Geometric Reconstruction ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Near Future ◽  
The Relationship

ResumenEl texto describe y dibuja una estrategia de recuperación ecológica de una explotación minera de piedra ornamental en activo, situada en el entorno del parque arqueológico del Tolmo de Minateda, en el Término municipal de Hellín (Albacete, España). En el año 2015, la empresa Areniscas Rosal, propietaria de los derechos de explotación de dicha cantera, encargó a la oficina de Arquitectura y Urbanismo SSS (Spanish Studio of Space) un Plan de Restauración para establecer las directrices básicas de una recuperación paisajística que revierta el impacto de la actividad extractiva en un futuro próximo. El proyecto, fundamentado en la filosofía del Land Art, es una reconstrucción geométrica del terreno por medio de la reutilización de los sobrantes de la propia actividad, para así crear un paisaje totalmente nuevo y contemporáneo. El reciclaje, la re-vegetación y una solución proyectual innovadora fundamentan las directrices de esta intervención paisajística y territorial. Las posibilidades de reutilización y disfrute de este nuevo entorno natural podrán ser variadas y enriquecedoras y solo dependerán de una gestión sensible y respetuosa de la relación del hombre con la naturaleza. AbstractThe former document describes and draws a strategy of ecological recovery of an ornamental stone mine in active, located in the archaeological park environment of Tolmo de Minateda in the municipality of Hellín (Albacete, Spain). Back in 2015, the company Rosal Sandstones, which owns the rights to exploit the quarry, commissioned the Office of Architecture and Urbanism SSS (Spanish Studio of Space) a Restoration Plan in order to establish the basic guidelines for a landscape recovery to revert the impact of mining activity in the near future. The project, based on the philosophy of Land Art, is a geometric reconstruction of the ground by means of reusing the leftovers of the activity itself, to thereby create a totally new and contemporary landscape. Recycling, re-vegetation and innovative design methodology solutions substantiate the guidelines of this landscape and territorial intervention. The possibilities for reusability and enjoyment of this new natural environment can be diverse and enriching and, only depend on a sensitive and respectful management of the relationship between man and nature.

Mercury contamination in the Carson River, Nevada: A preliminary study of the impact of mining wastes

1996 ◽  
Vol 92 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 391-408
Author(s):  
David M. Wayne ◽  
John J. Warwick ◽  
Paul J. Lechler ◽  
Gary A. Gill ◽  
W. Berry Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Mercury Contamination ◽  
Mining Wastes ◽  
Carson River ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Impact Of Mining

CALCULATION OF INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF MINING ENTERPRISES ON THE STATE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Olha Bohomaz ◽  
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Оlena Zavialova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
The State ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Mining Enterprise ◽  
Physical Fields ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Impact Of Mining ◽  
Specific Impact

Purpose. The aim of the work is to quantify the indicators of the environmental impact of mining enterprises on the state of the natural environment during the operation of a mining enterprise and after its liquidation. Method. The paper uses a computational and analytical research method. Results. Based on the calculations performed, it was established that the specific assessment of the environmental impact on the biosphere components of the Mining Enterprise PJSC "MM "Pokrovskoe" for the entire estimated period of the mine's existence: lithosphere – 0.071; hydrosphere – 0.02; atmosphere – 0.77; biota – 0.009; physical fields – 0.13. After the liquidation of the mine, due to the termination of coal mining operations from methane-free coal seams, the absence of emergency gas emissions, as well as a decrease in noise and heat pollution, the specific impact on the atmosphere (0) and physical fields (0.0004) is significantly reduced, but at the same time, the impact on the hydrosphere (0.26) and lithosphere (0.72) significantly increases, which is associated with changes in the hydrological regime of water and the deterioration of mine discharges of water quality in the hydrographic network due to pumping mine effluents to the daytime surface, with the dry method closing the mine, and waterlogging of the territory with a wet and combined method of closing the mine. The indicator of specific impact on the biota (0.009) does not change. Scientific novelty. A methodology for calculating indicators of the environmental impact of mining enterprises on the state of the natural environment is proposed. Practical significance. The obtained indicators of environmental impact on the components of the biosphere can serve as a basis for developing measures to reduce the negative manifestations of mining enterprises on the state of the natural environment. Key words environmental risk, mining enterprise, biosphere components, environmental impact.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE CIZMA - BĂIUȚ FIELD EXPLOITATION AND THE IMPLICATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OTHER PROJECTS DUE TO THE INCLUSION IN THE PROTECTED AREA

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-53
Author(s):  
Adina Bud ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Mountain Stream ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Mine Waters ◽  
Affected Area ◽  
Mining Project ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Impact Of Mining

The topic presented in the paper refers to two significant aspects regarding the impact of mining operations on the environment and the development of an alluvial mining project in the affected area. The mine waters that drain from the Cizma mining perimeter have an acidic character with a pH of 2.5 at the exit of the gallery with a load of heavy metals in ionic and precipitated form, discharging into a mountain stream, which later reaches in the area of some communities. The perimeter is located in a protected area, which encumbers exploitation projects in these areas.

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