Public perspective on the environmental impacts of sea sand mining

A project collecting a total of 24.3 million cubic meters of sea sand from the aggregate extraction complex in the exclusive economic zone of the South Sea in South Korea has been under way. The government needs information about the public perspective on the environmental impacts of the sea sand mining project. This paper …

Construction Aggregates and Environmental Policy Integration in …

In fast growing economies, rapid urbanization generates high demand for construction aggregates in the rural hinterland of cities. Their extraction often causes negative repercussions on the environment. In Vietnam, the central government has made strong efforts to incorporate environmental objectives in the aggregate mining sector, …

Environmental Impacts Of Mining Natural Aggregate

Environmental Impacts Of Mining Natural Aggregate W. Langer, B. Arbogast Published 2002 Economics, History Nearly every community in nearly every industrialized or …

Mining Wastes as Road Construction Material: A Review

The mining industry manages large volumes of tailings, sludge, and residues that represent a huge environmental issue. This fact has prompted research into valorization of these wastes as alternative aggregates for concrete production, embankments, pavement material, etc. The use of mining wastes as a resource for …

3. The Environmental Impacts of Aggregate Extraction | Toronto

A more detailed picture of the environmental impact of aggregate mining is outlined in a 2005 legal challenge to the expansion of an existing quarry in the Niagara Escarpment. The report focuses on the following potential environmental impacts: Potential impairment of water quality on the site, including harm to the aquifer

Sand mining in world rivers (FINAL)LC

investigations into the impact of sand mining on ecosystems has been completed in temperate rivers in western countries where sand mining occurred historically, but has since ceased. These countries now have strict regulations governing the extraction of aggregate, and there is little active in-stream mining occurring. The scientific studies

Science of the Total Environment

study paradigm to assess the overall environmental effects caused by fracking. From the view point of the total environment, this commen-tary will provide a conceptual summary of the impacts that fracking has had on the anthroposphere, atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere, to show the need for a total study paradigm. 2.

Aggregate and the environment | U.S. Geological Survey

Aggregate and the environment. This book is designed to help you understand our aggregate resources-their importance, where they come from, how they …

Sand, gravel, and UN Sustainable Development Goals: …

face issues of environmental governance in order to encourage sustainable development. The environmental consequences of aggregate mining activities in many landscapes are thus com-plex, with numerous geomorphic, ecological, societal, and health implications.8,35 A driver of landscape change Aggregate extraction can alter local topography,15 ...

The way forward to sustain environmental quality through

The sustainable mining management plan needs to be dynamic. A survey has been carried out by the District Environment Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA) with the assistance of other departments in the district at regular intervals. This sand mining process is permitted by depending on the measured annual replenishment volume.

The environmental impacts of river sand mining

Aggregates are the key constituents of concrete accountable for the precipitous exhaustion of natural resources. Sand mining has a multitude of negative environmental effects, including depletion ...

Sand, gravel, and UN Sustainable Development Goals: Conflicts

Our assessment identifies an urgent need to improve knowledge on: (1) direct and indirect impacts of extraction on human health, (2) system-level impacts on …

Mining News -- ScienceDaily

Extensive Impact of Metal Mining Contamination on Rivers and Floodplains. Sep. 21, 2023 — A groundbreaking study has provided new insights into the extensive impact of metal mining contamination ...

Environmentalism and natural aggregate mining

Sustaining a developed economy and expanding a developing one require the use of large volumes of natural aggregate. Almost all human activity (commercial, recreational, or leisure) is transacted in or on facilities constructed from natural aggregate. In our urban and suburban worlds, we are almost totally dependent on supplies of water …

Impact of aggregate quarrying and crushing on socio-ecological

The present study focused on environmental impact assessment (EIA) due to aggregate quarrying and crushing activities at four selected mining/crusher clusters in the middle catchment of Dwarka river basin of Eastern India. EIA is done both spatially and cluster wise considering the impacts of 10 number of influencing factors on 12 number of …

Coal

The immediate environmental impact of underground mining appears less dramatic than surface mining. There is little overburden, but underground mining operations leave significant …

(PDF) Environmental Hazards of Limestone Mining and

Mining is known to be associated with several environmental impacts, such as negative effects on local wildlife and vegetation, loss of habitats, effects on water availability and quality, altered ...

Perception of environmental impacts of aggregate mining: A case …

Research involving environmental perception is effective to understand the interrelationships between man and the environment. This study evaluated the influence of seven sociodemographic factors of 154 residents of Ourém, Eastern Amazon, Brazil, on their perception of impacts caused by aggregate mining.Structured questionnaires, informal …

Coastal Mining and its Influence on Coastline Stability

the context of coastal mining activities in the WIO region, an assessment framework for reflecting the state and level of the residual impact on the integrity of the coastal sand system due to coastal mining is here defined and depicted in Table 27.1. The focus of the assessment is on the resid-

The Environmental Problems Caused by Mining | Earth.Org

Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from mining to …

The climate change impacts of mining are often not fully accounted for, although the environmental impact of mineral extraction more generally is widely studied.

Environmental degradation in India's oldest coal mining belt …

Decades of unabated coal mining can irreversibly change the character of an area and that is the story of Raniganj Coalfields, India's oldest coalfield area spread over West Bengal and parts of Jharkhand. Although mining started in this area in 1774, environmental degradation worsened when open-cast mines made their appearance 30 …

(PDF) Environmental Impacts of Mining: A Study of …

In Africa, Ghana is the second largest gold producer, contributing to about 5.7% of the country's GDP. The mining sector in Ghana consists of both small-scale and large-scale mining, each of ...

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) of hard rock quarrying in …

The increase in demand of building stones and construction-grade sand has resulted in aggressive hard rock quarrying in many parts of the world. The problems are to be evaluated in detail for the judicious use of resources on the one hand and ensuring health of the ecosystems on the other. The present study aims to evaluate the impact of hard …

Environmental, hydrological, and social impacts of coal and …

In rare cases of acidic mine drainage production and toxic compounds distribution, aggregate mining is usually considered less hazardous than metallic and fossil fuel mining operations (Langer and Arbogast, 2002), hence still severe environmental and human health impacts are available. Most effects on human health occur during …

Environmental Impacts Of Mining Natural Aggregate

The most obvious environmental impact of aggregate mining is the conversion of land use, most likely from undeveloped or agricultural land …

Driven to Extraction: Can Sand Mining be Sustainable?

Sand is a critical ingredient for many of the materials that we take for granted: concrete, glass and asphalt. Sand and coarse aggregates form the backbone of the modern world and also, through land reclamation, the ground on which we live. A growing global population increasingly living in cities has led to a spiralling rise in the …

Environmental Impacts of Sand Exploitation. Analysis of Sand Market

Despite society's increasing dependence on sand, there are major challenges that this industry needs to deal with: limited sand resources, illegal mining, and environmental impact of sand mining.

Sand Extraction: 1. Introduction

The mining of aggregates in rivers can have an effect on pollution and change the level of water acidity ... The environmental impact of in-stream mining might be avoided if the annual bed load were calculated and the mining of aggregates restricted to that value or less. Local environments should be studied to define the limits of acceptable ...

Global sand and gravel extraction conflicts with half of UN …

"The impact that sand and gravel mining have on the environment, conflicts with goals linked to the natural dynamics of ecosystems. ... Removal of sand from rivers and beaches has far-reaching ...