Environmental Impact Assessment Of Open Cast Gold Mining And Processing

Review A review on the impact of mining and mineral processing

This paper analysed and summarised the significant research outputs published on the environmental impact assessment of mining and mineral processing industries through life cycle assessment. The paper presents valuable insights in identifying the gaps, where should the focus be in the mining and mineral processing …

The impact of conflicts in the mining industry: A case study of a gold

The Skouries gold mining dispute in Greece has been a significant contention for several years. This study explores how individuals, either supportive or critical of mining, have strategically positioned themselves in discourse to safeguard their influence and control over potential risks.

Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Mining Sector

Strategic environmental assessments (SEA) are an essential tool for policy-makers working to develop a sector-wide vision for responsible mining. ... Not to be confused with environmental and social impact assessments (ESIA), which apply to individual projects, SEA applies more broadly and is defined by the OECD as a range of …

(PDF) Impact Assessment of Open Cast Mining Activity in …

Open cast mining affects much on the physical environment adjoining to it. This study has been carried out in Asansol Durgapur Development Authority (ADDA) in West Bengal, analyzing such impact of ...

A global rise in alluvial mining increases sediment load in …

Increasing gold and mineral mining activity in rivers across the global tropics has degraded ecosystems and threatened human health1,2. Such river mineral mining involves intensive excavation and ...

Risk Assessment from Primary Mining of Precious Metal (Gold…

Given that mitigation measures can be implemented to avoid, eliminate, and reduce the negative or improved impacts, such measures must be outlined in environmental and social impact assessments before major mining activities (Arranz-González et al. 2021). The mitigation of environmental impacts in one system can …

Water | Free Full-Text | Environmental Impact …

The generation of tailings in the world today is immense, since only ounces or pounds of metals are extracted for each ton of ore processed. In 2022, it was estimated that more than 14 billion metric …

Quantitative environmental impact assessment of the Open cast mining …

The mining activities which have impacts on various environmental parameters in 1 3 2 5 2 ( TI S) -3 -2 -2 -4 -3 -3 T rading -4 -2 -2 -3 -3 -3 Art s & craf t T rans por tat ion -5 -2 -2 -3 -3 -4 -3 -2 -2 4 Tot al impac t scor e Slurry dispos al Land use an d soil Surface wa ter resour ces G roun d wat er resources Water q uality A ir quality N ...

Untangling the complex web of environmental, social, and …

STEP 4-2: The spatial scale used for assessing the impacts of open-pit mining on the environment can vary depending on the specific context and the scope of the assessment. However, the spatial scales used for evaluating the environmental …

Open-Cast Mining: Profit at the Expense of Our Environment …

Open-cast mining is a method of extracting minerals, rocks, or other resources from the ground when the deposits are relatively close to the Earth's surface. ... The Process of Open-cast Mining: Exploration and Planning: ... Strong government regulations on all aspects of open-cast mining, including environmental impact …

Environmental Life Cycle Assessment for a Large- Scale …

a co-product is considered, with a production amount of 5.99E+07g.The goal is to define the baseline through the environmental impact's identification of a large-sca. e gold mine, in order to stablish potential intervention measures. Hence, an environmental li. e cycle …

Environmental impact assessment of limestone quarry …

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a prominent technology to assess the environmental changes in the open cast Limestone mining region. However, traditional EIA methods and Limestone deposit identification involves time consuming, cost effective and manpower requirements. We cope-up these problem and incorporated with …

Environmental Degradation Due to Open Cast Mining …

A running mining programme of overall assessment of reserves, not only the benefits to be derived from extraction of deposits, but also the magnitude of adverse impacts on other natural resources, such as water, air, soil, agriculture, forest and grazing land etc. 7.2 Second Strong legislative provisions should be there, for placing full ...

Environmental Impact of Bauxite Mining: A Review

Impact Assessment Studies are used to quantify impacts of mining activities within the zone of impact. To prevent adverse impacts of mining, environmental management plan is prepared through the ...

Evidence of the impacts of metal mining and the effectiveness of mining

Mining activities, including prospecting, exploration, construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, abandonment, decommissioning and repurposing of a mine can impact social and environmental systems in a range of positive and negative, and direct and indirect ways. Mining can yield a range of benefits to societies, but it may also …

Open-Pit Mining | Method, Environmental …

Open-pit mining, also known as open-cut or open-cast mining, is a surface mining method of extracting metallic and nonmetallic ores directly from the surface.It uses a series of level surfaces or ...

Assessing the environmental impact of gold production from …

Despite the strict environmental management regulations, there is still a considerable adverse impact on the ecosystem and human health when it comes to large-scale gold mining operations. Gold mining is an energy-intensive process that can …

(PDF) The Impact of Mining on the Environment in Gwanda District

The impact of mining on the Environment in Gwanda District Zimbabwe: A case study of Blanket Mine 1Maligana Mathe and 2Anthony Phiri 1,2 Zimbabwe Open University, Faculty of Science and Technology ...

Open-Pit Mining: A Comprehensive Guide

The waste and overburden are typically piled in waste dumps, while the extracted minerals are processed for further use. Long-term studies and rehabilitation measures are necessary to mitigate the environmental impacts of open-pit mining. Impact on Hydrology & Drainage. Open-pit mining, on a large scale, can have a …

Surface Runoff in Open Cast Mining Areas: Methods

The impact of surface mining on surface runoff was reviewed in articles published from 2009 to 2020 indexed in Science Direct, Scopus, Web of Science, and Scielo databases. Measurement methods, quantities, influencing factors and trends of surface runoff in mining areas are presented and research gaps, challenges, and …

Mitigating the environmental effects of opencast mining

Opencast mining operations in South Africa remain one of the industry's main contributors to short- and long-term environmental damage, as they have a direct and cumulative impact on the air ...

Evaluation of the extractive gold process: open-pit …

the environmental component with gold production. Keywords: exergy, exergetic cost, extractive gold process, open-pit mining, silver and gold. 1. Introduction. S. ince the industrial revolution, societies have increased their energy demand in an expo-nential …

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR …

Thorpe and Watve (2015) stressed that bauxite mining and processing had varied and robust impacts on the environment because they not only modify the landscape, but also generate severe pollution by discharging wastes into the biosphere (soil, atmosphere, and water). Bauxite mining is a major open cast mining activity that has a significant ...

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a critical examination of the effects of a project on the environment. ... Mining, including quarrying and open-cast extraction of – ... i) clay; j) exploitation for the production of petroleum in any form; k) extracting alluvial gold with use of mercury. 7. Forestry related activities including – ...

Environmental impact assessment of open pit mining in …

Mining is widely regarded as having adverse effects on environment of both magnitude and diversity. Some of these effects include erosion, formation of sinkhole, biodiversity loss and contamination of groundwater by chemical from the mining process in general and open-pit mining in particular. As such, a repeatable process to evaluate …

Gatsuurt Mine EnvironMental IMpact Assessment

Table 5.2 Potential environmental impacts from Gatsuurt gold mining project environmental impacts based project location and technology choices during planning and operations–environmental impact likelihood of occurrence

Rare Earth Elements: Overview of Mining, Mineralogy, Uses

Rare earths are used in the renewable energy technologies such as wind turbines, batteries, catalysts and electric cars. Current mining, processing and sustainability aspects have been described in this paper. Rare earth availability is undergoing a temporary decline due mainly to quotas being imposed by the Chinese …

Environmental Impact Assessment Footprint in Open-Pit Copper Mining

Although the environmental impacts of copper mines have been quantified in several studies, a comprehensive environmental impact assessment (EIA) related to open-pit copper mines at the global ...

(PDF) Environmental Impact Assessment Of Mining Activities…

Environmental Impact Assessment is the process of evaluating the effects caused by a project on the environment. The outcomes generated by this assessment can lead to a reduction of the negative ...