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Examines environmental conflicts between mining companies and indigenous communities and offers a comparative study of the factors leading to those conflicts. Ali presents four cases from the United States and Canada that exemplify different historical relationships with government and industry and provide an instance of high and low levels of Native resistance in each country. Through these cases, Ali analyzes why and under what circumstances tribes agree to negotiated mining agreements on their lands, and why some negotiations are successful and others not.

“It is refreshing to find a strong work grounded in social science theory that is also engaging for casual readers.” —Montana, the Magazine of Western History

“An important contribution to our understanding of the factors influencing decision making among these groups in both nations.” —Ken Pepion, Harvard University Native American Studies Program ... Read more

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Throughout the nineteenth century, miners were given virtually free rein to profit without having to worry about impacts to the land, water, and air. But during the twentieth century, the mining industry has evidenced serious concerns about its effects on the environment.

Since the 1960s, mining and its consequences have become heated issues of public debate and legislative reform. By the mid-1970s, a number of industry hard-liners were still clinging to nineteenth-century values, but many more were accepting the legacy of mining's past and were beginning to integrate preservation and reclamation into their plans.

Mining America is a vivid account of the damage wrought by almost two centuries of mining, but its main focus is on the conflicting attitudes behind the destruction and on society's responses. Veteran author and historian Duane Smith asserts that the marriage of mining and environmental issues was bound to touch America's sensitive pocketbook nerve — but the question now is, are all groups willing to pay the price? ... Read more

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The history of mining is replete with controversy, much of it relating to environmental damage and consequent community outrage. Over recent decades there has been increasing pressure to improve the environmental and social performance of mining operations, particularly in developing countries. The industry has responded by embracing the ideals of corporate social responsibility.

This book identifies and discusses the wide range of social and environmental issues pertaining to mining, with particular reference to mining in developing countries from where many of the project examples and case studies have been selected. Following an introductory overview of the issues of concern, the book illustrates how environmental impact assessment as defined in "The Equator Principles", integrates with the mining lifecycle, and how environmental assessment aims to eliminate the negative and to accentuate the positive mining impacts. The text illustrates the wide range of environmental and social concerns and opportunities. Practical approaches are provided to manage issues ranging from land acquisition and resettlement or indigenous peoples issues, through the technical aspects of acid rock drainage and mine waste management, to a thorough analysis of ways and means of sharing mining benefits with host communities so that these benefits are not transitory, allowing mining to become a sustainable economic activity.

The wide coverage of issues raised illustrated by many real-life case studies, makes this practice-oriented book a reference and key reading for operators in the field, as well as for environmental consultants, regulators, and students. This book will also be of interest to environmental personnel in the oil & gas industry as much of the subject matter applies to the extractive industries as a whole.

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A must for any engineer and scientist working in the mining industry
Diane Germain, Hydrogeochem Environnement, Quebec, Canada:
The book `Mining and the Environment' is a must for any engineer and scientist working in the mining industry, in particular to those in mine development, i.e. from ore to metal. Teachers in mining development, in environment and in ecology will find this textbook an excellent source of information for environmental impact assessment, tailings disposal, acid mine drainage, environmental management, monitoring, the definition of a baseline, evaluating impacts, mine site rehabilitation, etc.

In brief, this book:
· provides a global view of the close relationship between mining and the environment;
· presents comprehensive framework for an environmental impact assessment, the baseline, identifying and evaluating impacts;
· presents a step-by-by step approach to establish an environmental impact assessment: when it is required, the procedure, the management, the environmental baseline, the monitoring, etc.
· establishes the links between causes and effects of project impacts, and their perception depending on cultural heritage; the benefits of public involvement and its risks of high expectation;
· balances man made negative impacts relative to mining operations and maximum environmental protection and potential social benefits;

The book layout is in itself a piece of art. It includes numerous photos, figures and tables that help to understand complex concepts. There is more. It contains worldwide pertinent examples on various aspects related to mining and the environment.


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Switching off the pumps of a mine is one of the last steps in the lifetime of a surface or underground mine. As the water in the open space raises, the water might become contaminated with different pollutants and eventually starts to flow in the open voids. This book addresses the processes related to mine abandonment from a hydrogeological perspective. After an introduction to the relevant hydrogeochemical processes the book gives detailed information about mine closure procedures. Based on in-situ measurements the hydrodynamic processes in a flooded mine are described and some of the mine closure flow models exemplified. As all investigations base on precise data, the book gives some key issues of monitoring and sampling, especially flow monitoring. Then the book shows some new methodologies for conducting tracer tests in flooded mines and gives some hints to passive mine water treatment. At the end 13 well investigated case studies of flooded underground mine and mine water tracer tests are described and interpreted from a hydrodynamic point of view.

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Many domains feature a dynamic characteristic like logistics, sports, or medicine and it would be useful to learn about frequent patterns, e.g., in what situations a traffic jam is likely to happen. Additionally, we are facing complex situations with many objects and relations that might change over time. The learning approach developed in this work identifies frequent temporal patterns out of qualitative, interval-based descriptions of dynamic scenes by extending the Apriori algorithm and combining ideas from relational as well as sequential association rule mining approaches. Temporal relations in patterns are represented by qualitative interval relations as they have been introduced by Allen and Freksa. The search for frequent patterns is a top-down approach starting by the most general (empty) pattern and performing specialization steps by applying an optimal refinement operator. In a second step, prediction rules are generated by splitting the identified patterns into precondition and consequence parts. The developed concepts are implemented in the MiTemP system and are evaluated on synthetic data and soccer matches of the RoboCup simulation league.

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Based around eleven international real life case studies and including contributions from leading experts in the field this groundbreaking book explores the need for the grid-enabling of data mining applications and provides a comprehensive study of the technology, techniques and management skills necessary to create them. This book provides a simultaneous design blueprint, user guide, and research agenda for current and future developments and will appeal to a broad audience; from developers and users of data mining and grid technology, to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in this field. ... Read more

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Wounding the West
Mr. Stiller has completed a formidable task in combining the corporate, regulatory, and environmental viewpoints of Montana's mining history.This book provides a solid technical understanding of hard-rock mining (and itsenvironmental aftermath) in Western Montana, yet it covers the historicaldevelopment, operation, and degradation of the area in human terms as well. If you like the style of John McPhee, you'll appreciate this read.Justabout anyone with a general interest in Western U.S. history, economicgeology, or environmental policy as it applies to federal mining law, stateregulation, or environmental remediation should appreciate Stiller's prose. I imagine that many similar texts could be written about numerouslocalities in Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, etc. But, as a geologist myself, I also hope that this book will bring home someof the reality of mining's impacts in a country that so voraciously demands(and wastes) the finite resources of our earth.

Mining, will clean-up ever happen
Author Dave Stiller's book about hard-rock mining in Montana is a storyfull of the history of men's migration to the west to find their fortune inthe elusive mountains and hills of mineral ores. At the same time it iswell tempered to lead us through the often colorful federal and statepolitical scene that played such an important part in mining development.It is also about mining's true risks, rewards, frustrations, and as wellabout good old-fashioned work ethic. It is one fine read.

Stiller'sdescription is clear, easy to understand and most educational for theuninitiated in mining terminology. Those looking for a human story will notbe disappointed. His character analysis of George and "Rosie"Kornec penetrates deeply into our desires and emotions to see them gain anupper hand in their struggle. Stiller's delivery stays fair and impartialas he explores the drives and motivations of the environmentalists versusthe major mining corporations. His style touches on that of John McPheewith a little Colin Fletcher thrown in from time to time. In the end, afterall the ups and downs at the Mike Horse Mine, after the clean-up appears tobe in order, the reader realizes just how well Stiller has brought usthrough this complex subject and how well he stayed focused. Certainly weleave this book with our own hope that considerably more attention will bepaid on a continuous basis to the other 500,000 neglected mines in the westneeding similar action. ... Read more

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This set of conference proceedings provide a package of stimulus ideas, development strategies, and initiatives on such themes as: environmental issues; environmental practices; environmental policy and legislation; sustainable development vis-a-vis environmental management. ... Read more

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Geological, geoenvironmental, and resource studies were completed to study a world-class phosphate ore in the Western US Phosphate Field.This integrated, multi-agency, multidisciplinary research emphasized:(1) Geological and geochemical baseline characterization of the deposit and associated rocks, (2) Delineation, assessment, and spatial analysis of phosphate resources and lands disturbed by mining, (3) Contaminant residence, reaction pathways, and environmental fate associated with the occurrence, development, and use of phosphate rock, and (4) Depositional origin and evolution of the Phosphoria Formation and deposit and geoenvironmental modeling. ... Read more

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For centuries, denuded landscapes, fouled streams, and dirty air were accepted by society as part of the price that had to be paid for mineral production. Even initial environmental legislation devised by industrialized countries in the 1960s and 1970s was largely designed without mining in mind. And developing countries had little in the way of environmental policy. With the advent of sustainability in the 1990s, times have changed. Today's economic development, many now feel, must not come at the expense of an environmentally degraded future. Current policies toward mining are under rigorous review, and mineral-rich developing countries are designing environmental policies where none existed before. In Mining and the Environment, noted analysts offer viewpoints from Australia, Chile, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European community on issues and challenges of metal mining. ... Read more

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The major theme of the International Biohydrometallurgy SymposiumIBS-99 'Biohydrometallurgy and the Environment toward the mining of the 21st Century', held in El Escorial (Spain) from 20-23 June 1999, is biohydrometallurgy and the environment since it is predicted that in the coming century biotechnology will make its greatest contribution in this area. From the papers in these volumes it is clear that environmental issues are already of great interest to the biohydrometallurgical community.

Although all the classical biohydrometallurgical topics - e.g. bioleaching, microbiology, molecular biology, biosorption, bioremediation - are addressed, the continued emphasis is on the environmentally friendly aspects of the biotechnologies used.

Given the interdisciplinary nature of the field, biologists, hydrometallurgists, geologists, chemists, physicists and engineers should be interested in this collection of papers which discuss the future trends in biohydrometallurgy.
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The purpose of this handbook is to examine in regard to the United states of America the effects of mining on the environment and environmental laws that deal with mining. First, an historical perspective is presented. The next two chapters outline pertinent federal and state laws. Following are five key chapters which together form the technical heart of the handbook, dealing with the whys, whats, hows and whos of mining environmentalism. The next ten chapters treat specialized mining situations, deal with costs and financial assurance requirements, and depict or amplify the preceding information. The handbook concludes with a chapter that evaluates current and future perspectives. ... Read more

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This book presents the results from the Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology Congress held in September 2005, in Freiberg, Germany. It addresses scientists and engineers involved in the areas of uranium mining and milling sites, clean-up measures, emissions of nuclear power plants and radioactive waste disposal, as well as political decision-makers.

The topics covered are: impact on groundwater from radionuclide emission, analytical specification techniques, chemical toxicity, radioisotope plant uptake, microbiology, geochemical and reactive transport, case studies on active and abandoned uranium mines and milling sites, long-term storage of radioactive waste, passive in situ treatment techniques and risk assessment studies. ... Read more