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REUSING MINING ECO-FRIENDLY

FOUR WAYS WASTE EQUIPMENT


TO MAKE Mining generates a significant amount of
waste, such as tailings, rocks, and
In general, the mining industry is already
shifting toward electric equipment, with an
increasing number of mining producers
wastewater. When mining activities end, providing environmentally friendly
MINING MORE many corporations leave waste behind or, in
the case of tailings, store it in large structures
alternatives. Some are making more major
commitments, such as the Swedish maker of
like tailings dams, which are prone to failure mining equipment Epiroc, which aims to
SUSTAINABLE and, as a result, cause severe environmental
harm.
switch to all-electric operations over the next
several years.

PASSED TO: Mine water can be Businesses looking to


properly processed so become more resource-
MRS. JOCELYN L. ANG that it can be used in a efficient could also upgrade
variety of ways, including to more advanced, long-

agriculture, on-site dust lasting equipment, which
suppression, and drinking reduces machine turnover
PASSED BY: water. and lowers resource
requirements. Enhancing
STEPHANIE MAE Y durability can also cut down
on the environmental costs
CAYETANO of damaged equipment,
such as the rubber or
Application in the building plastic that is shed when a
and construction industry piece of machinery
is one of the most malfunctions.
promising uses for
coarse-grained mining
wastes, particularly dry
waste rocks from coal CONCLUSION:
and metal mining.
MINING BUSINESSES CAN TRANSITION TO MORE
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MACHINERY IF THEY
WANT TO LESSEN THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE
ENVIRONMENT. MINING EQUIPMENT POWERED BY
CONCLUSION: BATTERIES CAN FREQUENTLY TAKE THE PLACE OF
DIESEL-POWERED MACHINERY. THE AMOUNT OF CO2
HOWEVER, NOT ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE PRODUCED BY MINING ACTIVITIES CAN BE GREATLY
ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL AT THIS TIME. TO MAKE REDUCED BY SWITCHING, IF PRACTICABLE, FROM
SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGIES POSSIBLE AT SCALE, DIESEL TO ELECTRIC ENGINES. MINING BUSINESSES
THE MINING SECTOR WILL PROBABLY NEED TO COULD EASILY SAVE A LOT OF CARBON IF THEY
ENGAGE IN FURTHER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MOVED TOWARD USING ONLY ELECTRIC MINING
IN THE MINE WASTE REUSE FIELDS. EQUIPMENT.
REHABILITATING SHUTTING DOWN PAMPHLET
MINING SITES ILLEGAL MINING
PROJECT
AT
Several current mining methods seriously
harm the environment. involves removing Illegal mining, which frequently occurs in
the top layer of soil required for plant growth, areas unsuitable for large-scale mining and
disregards restrictions that lessen the

EARTH
increasing the acidity of the soil and water,
making the region unsuitable for growing environmental impact, continues to be a
vegetation, and leaving it vulnerable to soil major problem for the business.
erosion. Even worse, this erosion frequently
keeps happening for years after a mining
business has packed up and left. AND LIFE
All mines that have been
closed down must be
SCIENCE
The environmental properly secured by
sustainability of mining governments. Governments
operations can be must demand that mining
improved by replanting firms deliver mine closure
trees, practicing natural plans before obtaining
forestry and replenishing permits in addition to
native soils and grasses. financial commitments.
Giving back to the Penalize and detain violating
environment can aid in its miners, either large or
recovery and make it a small-scale miners, for
safer place for everyone doing the smallest
to enjoy as compared to violations.
continuously taking from The most important thing
it. about global warming is this.
Whether humans are
responsible for the bulk of HTTPS://WWW.BIOENER
climate change is going to be GYCONSULT.COM/TAG/
left to the scientists, but it's ECO-FRIENDLY-MINING-
CONCLUSION: all of our responsibility to EQUIPMENT/
LAND REHABILITATION AND MINING REQUIRE A
CONCLUSION: leave this planet in better

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GREAT DEAL OF PATIENCE, ACCURACY, AND shape for the future UMPS.COM/5-WAYS-TO-
INSPECTION. WE ARE AWARE THAT LAND PREVENTING UNLAWFUL OR UNCONTROLLED MINING generations than we found it. MAKE-MINING-MORE-
REHABILITATION OCCURS BOTH DURING AND PRIOR OPERATIONS CAN HELP GUARANTEE
SUSTAINABLE/
TO THE MINING PROCESS AND DOES NOT BEGIN AT ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE - Mike Huckabee
THE CONCLUSION OF A MINING PROJECT. ONE OF THE SAME ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS TO ALL MINERS.
FIRST THINGS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT BEFORE
MINING IS REHABILITATION; THIS IS A DUTY THAT
COMES BEFORE THE ACTUAL MINING ITSELF.
11-EINSTEIN (ABM)

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