"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.