The Mining and Environment Research Network (MERN) provides the framework for research reported by contributors from nearly all of the 35 listed participating countries. MERN gives research assistance to mining companies in achieving environmental compliance while improving competitiveness, sustainability, and utilization of technological innovation. Chapters cover such topics as: developing best public policy and corporate practice in managing environmental and social impacts of mining; an overview of the technologies of mining, mineral processing, and extractive metallurgy and their impacts; and issues in the management of the socioeconomic impacts of mine closures. Includes a dozen case studies comparing current practices worldwide. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Ecological Management of Mining: Achieving Environmental Compliance is a study and comparison - global in scope - of current practices used by mining firms striving for ecological management. The author takes an integrated and interdisciplinary approach in addressing, analyzing and working towards solutions regarding the complex challenges posed by managing the environmental impacts of mining. The issues addressed range from the ecotoxicological effects of metal residues to the land use effects of mining and from socioeconomic impacts to environmental regulation.
The goal of this book is to assist mining companies throughout the world to achieve environmental compliance and improve competitiveness in the context of growing environmental regulation and technological innovation. It is an essential book for the wide variety of professionals working on issues in mining. Like the book and the research itself, the audience is integrated and interdisciplinary including engineers, planners, ecologists, policy makers and economists.
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Part I Planning for Closure: Towards Best Practice in Public Policy and Corporate Strategy in Managing the Environmental and Social Effects of Mining 1(12) Alyson Warhurst Integrated Environmental Management Through Planning for Closure from the Outset: The Challenges 13(20) Alyson Warhurst Ligia Noronha Part II Mining, Mineral Processing, and Extractive Metallurgy: An Overview of the Technologies and Their Impact on the Physical Environment 33(24) Alyson Warhurst Ecotoxicological Impacts of the Extractive Industries 57(24) A. K. Barbour I.C. Shaw Issues in the Management of the Socioeconomic Impacts of Mine Closure: A Review of Challenges and Constraints 81(20) Alyson Warhurst Magnus Macfarlane Geof Wood Effective Environmental Impact Assessment 101(16) Meredith Sassoon Prediction, Prevention, Control, and Treatment of Acid Rock Drainage 117(28) Paul Mitchell Planning for Waste Management and Disposal in Minerals Processing: A Life Cycle Perspective 145(30) Mary Stewart Jim Petrie The Decommissioning of Leach Dumps and Protection of Water Quality: Lessons for Best Practice from Copper and Gold Leaching Operations in the United States 175(28) Gavin Bridge Recent Developments in the Treatment and Utilisation of Metallurgical Residues 203(14) C. P. Broadbent N. J. Coppin Management of Ferro-Alloy Wastes 217(12) Jochen Petersen Mary Stewart Jim Petrie Sustainable Rehabilitation and Revegetation: The Identification of After-Use Options for Mines and Quarries Using a Land Suitability Classification Involving Nature Conservation 229(14) N. J. Coppin J. Box Integrated Planning for Economic Environmental Management During Mining Operations and Mine Closure 243(14) David R. Morrey The Role of Waste Management and Prevention in Planning for Closure 257(26) Paul Mitchell Using Financial Assurances to Manage the Environmental Risks of Mining Projects 283(12) Kathleen Anderson Part III Environmental Management Systems for Closure and Best Practice in the Indian Mining Industry 295(16) Bharat B. Dhar Current Regulatory Approaches to Mine Closure in the United States 311(40) Luke Danielson Marily Nixon Catavi: Lessons for Developing and Closing Mines in Non-Industrialized Countries 351(6) Fernando Loayza Lessons from Zimbabwe for Best Practice for Small- and Medium-Scale Mines 357(14) John Hollaway Alluvial Gold Mining Constraints and Opportunities for Sustainable Development in Manica, Mozambique 371(12) Isidro R. V. Manuel Tomas Muacanhia Planning for Mine Closure: Case Studies in Ghana 383(14) Peter C. Acquah A. Boateng Socioeconomic Impact of Mine Closures: A Case Study of Ghana 397(18) Edward Nyamekye The Environmental Impact of the Mineral Mining Industry of Ethiopia: The State of Development and Related Problems 415(8) Solomon Tadesse Environmental Management and Pollution Control in Mining: A Case Study of the Non-Ferrous Metals Industry of China 423(18) Gao Lin Wang Yishui Ge Feng Zhang Wenmin Planning for Closure: The Case of Australia 441(14) Ian Clark The Smelter in the Park: Changing the Way People Think 455(8) Ian Clark Explicit and Implicit Technology Policies Affecting Closure: Examples from Australia, Canada, and the United States 463(18) Richard Isnor Environmental Policy and Firm Level Environmental Behaviour: An Indian Case Study 481(16) Ligia Noronha Planning for Closure from the Outset: Towards Best Practice in Public Policy and Corporate Strategy for Managing the Environmental and Social Effects of Mining 497 Alyson Warhurst
Alyson Warhurst, Director, Mining and Environment Research Network, University of Bath, UK. Maria Ligia Noronha, Research Fellow, Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), Panaji, Panjim, GOA, India.
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