How To Reduce Negative Impacts Of Mining Operation On The Environment
If
not properly managed and well conducted, mining exploration, inevitably,
becomes one of the most destructive industries to our environment. Mining is
really able to damage ecosystem and cause land degradation as well as air,
water and land pollution. In addition, it also has negative impact to human
health and leads to many social, economic and political disturbances.
On
the other hand, the mining industry, however, plays very significant role in
our economy. The mining activities of course increase more employment, people's
income that leads to the raise of the demand for goods and services and tax
incomes for states. Needless to say, the mining industry will lead the economic
expansion and decrease the poverty.
Therefore,
it is the challenge to find ways and methods to reduce the negative impact
derived from the mining operation. The following are some ways how to at least
minimize the environment damage caused by mining operation:
1.
The mining company should conduct proper and deep research before mining
operation. The research is to identify and minimize the bad impact of this
operation on environment as well as how to effectively use the mineral
resources.
2.
Reducing the mineral consumption. People should reduce the consumer goods using
mineral products. For example: we can use public transit instead of personal
cars to decrease the fuel consumption.
3.
Making substitution with more environmentally friendly materials. For example:
to make appliances, we substitute metal with plastic.
4.
Recycling used materials to reduce new materials mined. It takes far less
energy to recycle discarded materials (like tin cans) than to extract, process,
and refine metals from ore. For example, to produce aluminums, we take 95% less
energy when using recycling materials rather than from bauxite ore.
5.
Improving environmental performance. By systematically examining the impacts of
mining on environment, it is still possible to minimize the bad impacts of
mining.
6.
Creating regulations and mining guide to improve environmental performances
that have to be abided by the mining companies and some penalties that are
failed to obey. Here, the government plays significant roles to control the
mining operation.
7.
Adapting new and innovative technology to carry out the best mining processes
and practices in order to reduce the environmental pollution to our
environment.
Finally,
we realize that mining operation indeed brings bad impacts on our environments
if improperly managed. What we can do is how to reduce the adverse
environmental impacts of mineral exploration on ecosystem. With those points
described above, we hope that the mining company really pay attention and be
responsible of the balanced ecosystem and environment.
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