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The mining industry can impact aquatic biodiversity through different ways. Direct poisoning is the first one, and risks are higher when contaminants are mobile in the sediment or bioavailable in the water. Mine drainage can modify water pH, and it is hard to differentiate direct impact on organisms from impacts caused by pH changes.
impacts, especially if they are within or adjacent to ecologically sensitive areas. The EIA must assess, separately, the impacts associated with site preparation and clearing. 1.1.3 Active mining Once a mining company has constructed access roads and prepared staging areas that would house project personnel and equipment, mining may …
The World Bank works with governments, companies, NGOs and stakeholders to reduce poverty and boost prosperity by supporting the integrated sustainable development of communities involved in artisanal and small-scale mining in developing countries.
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with particular attention to the East Gonja District of Ghana vis-à-vis the Gunnarsholt area of Iceland. The main objective of this study was to carry out an assessment of the sociological and eco-logical impact of sand and gravel mining in the East Gonja District of Ghana and the Gunnars-holt area of Iceland.
4 Yankson, P., Gold mining and corporate social responsibility in the Wassa West district, Ghana. Development in Practice, 2010. 20(3): p. 354-366. 5 Dashwood, H.S. and B.B. Puplampu, Corporate Social Responsibility and Canadian Mining Companies in the Developing World: The Role of Organizational Leadership and Learning.
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Impacts of Mining. Mining can impact local communities both positively and negatively. While positive impacts such as employment and community development projects are important, they do not off-set the potential negatives.
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The Fraser Institute - MiningFacts.org. The mining industry may require significant amounts of water, a critical resource in many in rural areas.
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on the other hand echoes the growing disquiet about the effects of the mining sector-led structural adjustment programme on the population. 3 GEORGE J. COAKLEY, 1999, The minerals industry of Ghana, in the US Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey, Minerals Yearbook. Area Reports: International 1997, Africa and the Middle East …
125 CHAPTER-5 Impact of mining on environment, rural population and sources of livelihood: Nature, scale of mining industry in particular and other extractive
Small-scale mining is usually common in areas that are rich in gold, diamonds, salt, kaolin, silica, sand, brown clay, aggregates and crushed rocks, etc. However, most artisanal small-scale miners popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’ engage in gold mining.
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