Publisher's Synopsis
Sustainable Mining Practices discusses energy, economics, efficiency and environment related issues in the mining industry.
It provides the professional and research community with authoritative reports on developments in the field of sustainable mining practices today. The book deals with a wide variety of topics, ranging from environmental issues in mining areas, vegetative and other reclamation strategies and procedures, economics, operational efficiency, placer mining, and policy initiatives. The issues raised in mining and its environmental impacts may lead to future solutions to the economic, technological and environmental problems associated with mining in many aspects and make this book key reading for practitioners and researchers in the field, as well as for environmentalists.
