TY - BOOK AU - Spitz,Karlheinz AU - Trudinger,John TI - Mining and the environment: from ore to metal SN - 9780415465090 (hardback : alk. paper) U1 - 363.73/1 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - Mines and mineral resources KW - Environmental aspects KW - Environmental impact analysis N1 - "A Balkema book."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Minerals, wealth and progress -- Environmental impact assessment -- Involving the public -- The anatomy of a mine -- Mining methods very widely -- Converting minerals to metals -- Our environment -- The baseline -- Identifying and evaluating impacts -- Emphasizing environmental management and monitoring -- Metals, their biological functions and harmful impacts -- Was the environmental assessment adequate? -- The range of environmental concerns -- Land Acquisition and resettlement -- Community development -- Indigenous peoples issues -- Acid rock drainage -- Tailings disposal -- Approaches to waste rock disposal -- Erosion -- Mine closure -- Looking ahead ER -