Sustainable Development - Mining - Environmental Impacts

Sustainable
Development

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Australian Process
Earth Summit

Case Study: Mining
Will resources run out?
• Environmental impacts
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Environmental Impacts

disrupting the landscape

removing vegetation and topsoil

contaminating the air with dust and
toxic substances

causing toxic compounds in mining spoils to percolate into the groundwater

© 2001 Sharon Beder