Mining is bad for health: a voyage of discovery
Introduction. I have spent many years working at the interface between the environment, both natural and built, and health, in both general medical (family) practice and in community-focussed public health practice (e.g. Stewart 1990; Stewart et al. 2003; Herm et al. 2005; Stewart et al. 2010; Mahoney et al. 2015; Stewart and Hursthouse 2018).However, it …
Heavy rains to threaten 25% of copper projects by 2050
A quarter of the world's copper mining projects are at increasing risk from the impacts of climate change, with extreme rainfall expected to affect production of the metal crucial for the global ...
Copper: Eight companies with promising assets
Notable intercepts from this drilling included 1,009 metres of 0.95% copper-equivalent; 1,034 metres of 0.68% copper-equivalent; and 73 metres of 2.04% copper-equivalent.
Long-Delayed Minnesota Copper-Nickel Mining Project …
Critics say mining the large untapped reserves of copper, nickel and platinum-group metals under northeastern Minnesota would pose unacceptable environmental risks because of the potential for ...
Global mining and metals top 10 business risks and …
High-impact risks (5): In last year's report, we noted that company-destroying risks tend to be rare and, as a result, may not be examined but rather will stay on the risk register in much the same format year on year. But, in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has clearly demonstrated the importance of understanding and reviewing these
Mining and Water Pollution — Safe Drinking …
Impacts on the river started in the post war era when logging and irrigated agriculture moved into the watershed, gravel was mined from the riverbed in the lower reaches and then, in 1964, the Mt Washington Copper …
Mining Hazard Risk Reduction and Resilience | SpringerLink
There is a noticeable distinction between risk and hazard, although the latter term is most often used in considering accidents and instability problems of mining constructions and operations (Nelson, 1965; Thrush, 1968).Further on, this chapter will make a review of the diversity of hazards associated with mining activities, and their division into different categories …
Long-delayed Minnesota copper-nickel mining project wins …
The $1 billion open-pit mine near Babbitt and processing plant near Hoyt Lakes would be Minnesota's first copper-nickel mine. It's a 50-50 joint venture between Swiss …
TENORM: Copper Mining and Production Wastes | US EPA
Acids are introduced to copper-bearing ore, seeping through and dissolving copper and any other metals, including radionuclides. The liquid that "leaches" through the rocks is collected. This liquid contains the dissolved copper, known as a pregnant leach solution (PLS). The copper present in this liquid is collected and later processed.
Managing Risks in the Mining, Minerals, and Metals …
– Region has abundant deposits of copper, chromium, bauxite & other precious minerals & metals. • 2012: Copper concentrates operation in the Philippines – Kilometer-long drain tunnel was breached due to rains that fell nonstop for days. – Leaking of a tailings storage facility, which spilled silt into a river and creek.
Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from mining to …
For copper mining, fuel consumption increased by 130% and electricity consumption increased by 32% per unit of mined copper in Chile from 2001 to 2017, largely …
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the mining …
Copper prices are already above precrisis levels, with supply squeezed by lockdowns in Peru, although demand should return with country-level stimulus packages and especially investments in renewables and new grid infrastructure. ... Based on that assessment, we suggest that the mining industry risks losing an estimated $30 billion to $120 ...
Mining risk and assurance
make risk a part of everyone's daily job. This paper identifies eight key drivers of value from strategy through to sustainability and examines the risks inherent in each of these areas. If mining businesses are to safeguard this value, they need to adopt an integrated risk and assurance strategy that provides cost-efficient coverage –
Chinese copper companies say more mining is needed to …
China's top copper producers are urging the government to mine more of the metal, at home and abroad, as concerns grow about disruptions to global supplies, the state-backed China Nonferrous ...
Mining Hazards | UNDRR
Accessed 12 October 2020. Industrial Failure. Mining hazards can be defined as having major environmental impacts including the production of waste, release of toxic and hazardous …
NorthWest Copper Completes Property Sale
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from NorthWest's expectations include risks associated with the business of NorthWest; risks related to reliance on ...
Socio-Environmental Risks Linked with Mine Tailings …
This article has been structured under the following chapters: (i) introduction; (ii) description of the mining processes linked to mine tailings generated from copper and gold mining on an industrial scale in Chile and Peru; (iii) implications of socio-environmental risks linked to the chemical composition of mine tailings; (iv) presentation ...
The current state of artisanal and small-scale mining in Zambia
In contrast to the firms dominating the copper extraction sector, the ASM sector is mostly done on a small scale, locally driven, has low barriers to entry, and involves different types of minerals beyond copper. It, however, represents an important and growing part of the mining industry in Zambia. The ASM footprint in Zambia
Risks and opportunities for mining
Environmental risks, including new regulations Access to key talent 66% 42% 40% 33% 36% 32% 31% 20% 23% 29% Percentages represent portion of global respondents who ranked as a top risk. Trevor Hart Global Head of Mining T: +61 8 9263 7110 E: [email protected] Risks and opportunities for mining 3 2019 MG International Cooperative "MG ...
How copper miners can meet long-term demand
The Copper Mark sustainable mining principles. Companies will be assessed on a set of responsible production criteria meeting industry norms defined by the Responsible Mining Initiatives' Risk Readiness Assessment. …
Zambia's mining industry in 2023
I t's been a very promising year for mining in Zambia, with the sector attracting US$3.4 billion in investment commitments, doubling the pledges made in 2022.. As we reflect on 2023, Mr Sokwani Chilembo, CEO of the Zambia Chamber of Mines, tells us about the investments that have been made and the projects that are already steaming ahead, and …
Chapter 4 Mining Hazard Risk Reduction and Resilience
Abstract Mining hazard risk reduction and resilience is a complex concept involv-ing two major actions: framing the risks posed by the hazard in an adequate typol-ogy and taking the necessary steps toward achieving resilience. Proper risk management requires a good degree of knowledge of the types of risk related to mining activities.
Forced evictions at industrial cobalt and copper mines in the …
The expansion of industrial-scale cobalt and copper mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has led to the forced eviction of entire communities and grievous human rights abuses including sexual assault, arson and beatings. ... Edmond Musans helped form a committee to represent the interests of more than 200 s at risk of ...
Copper Mining and Processing: Life Cycle of a Mine
A mineral resource is a concentration of potentially valuable material that naturally occurs in the earth that can potentially be mined for economic profit.Whether it is worth extracting now or later may depend on the amount, form, location, and quality of …
Top 10 risks for the mining industry | Mining Digital
09: Talent crisis. The 'war on talent' is a new entry in the top 10 rankings. There is a sentiment that the mining industry needs a new wave of talent to fulfil a range of specialised and/or technology-centric roles, and these needs are only getting broader: data analysts, computer scientists, environmental scientists, heritage experts, and water management …
China's Zijin Mining to take stake in Serbian copper complex
China's Zijin Mining has won the tender to become a strategic partner in Serbia's sole copper complex RTB Bor, pledging to invest $1.26 billion in return for a 63 percent stake, Energy Minister ...
The Green Economy Is Hungry for Copper—and People Are …
The risk of more disasters is in some ways getting worse, because most of the world's richest and most easily accessed copper deposits have by now been mined. ... and in …
Risks to Human Health from Sulfide-Ore Copper Mining
Resolution #3: Request for Health Risk Assessment of Sulfide Mining in Northeastern Minnesota. BE IT RESOLVED, that the MAFP requests that a Human Health Risk Assessment be performed using the most current scientific modeling methods to evaluate the health effects of the byproducts of proposed [sulfide-ore] mining projects, and
Feds say copper mining poses risk to Boundary Waters
The Superior National Forest has released a draft environmental study on a proposed 20-year moratorium on new copper mines over a 350-square mile area in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe ...
Understanding the impacts of mining on local …
The effects of mining for the clean energy transition. ... Because copper is an excellent conductor of electricity, it will be a crucial element in the clean energy transition, in which more solar panels, wind turbines, and electric …