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Visual Impacts of Mining (Popularity: )

Paper on visualization of the visual impacts of mining and quarrying.

Steep Rock Iron Mines Naturalization (Popularity: )

Describes the successful restoration of an iron ore mine site in northwestern Ontario, Canada.

Oxfam Community Aid Abroad: The Mining Campaign (Popularity: )

Monitoring Australian mining companies' impact on the environment and vulnerable communities.

Reclamation of Phosphate Mining Sites (Popularity: )

Nature of soils and commercial tree planting on phosphate mining clay settling pond areas. Explains ...

Mineral Resources Forum (Popularity: )

An Internet framework for international co-ordination on the theme of minerals, metals and sustainable development. ...

CANMET Environment Laboratory (Popularity: )

Canadian government institution that addresses the environmental concerns of the minerals and mining industries, including ...

USGS Plasenzuela Project (Popularity: )

Background and preliminary findings of a US-Spain study of the environmental impact of the Roman ...

Mines and Communities Website (Popularity: )

News and other information, including the Minewatch and Partizans archives, intended to empower activists and ...

Mercury Network - Hg-Net (Popularity: )

Internet expert forum on the effects and environmental impacts of mercury use and abuse, with ...

Sudbury Soils Study - Sudbury, Ontario (Popularity: )

A public process that will evaluate the levels of metals and chemicals such as nickel, ...

Environmental Processes that Affect Mineral Deposits in the Eastern United States (Popularity: )

Describes USGS research efforts on environmental aspects of massive sulfide mineral deposits. These have a ...

USGS Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative (Popularity: )

Detailed plans, pictures, data and reports of the USGS initiative to remediate the contamination left ...