Mining Environmental Handbook: Effects Of Mining On The Environment And American Environmental Controls On Mining

Mining Environmental Handbook: Effects Of Mining On The Environment And American Environmental Controls On Mining
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Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 815
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ISBN-10 : 9781783264124
ISBN-13 : 1783264128
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Book Synopsis Mining Environmental Handbook: Effects Of Mining On The Environment And American Environmental Controls On Mining by : Jerrold J Marcus

Download or read book Mining Environmental Handbook: Effects Of Mining On The Environment And American Environmental Controls On Mining written by Jerrold J Marcus and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1997-05-03 with total page 815 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Negative environmental events make the headlines. Mining industry examples are the recent incidents at Summitville, Colorado, US, and the cyanide leak at Cambria Resource's Omai Operation in Guyana. In this volatile atmosphere, the publication of the Mining Environmental Handbook comes at an opportune time. It presents an objective, comprehensive and integrated examination of the effects of mining on the environment, and the environmental laws that deal with mining. Though stressing activities in the United States of America, it covers all of North America.North American environmental standards are currently being exported around the world. Consequently, this handbook will be of prime interest in countries that are now coming to terms with mining environmentalism. It should benefit working engineers and environmentalists, manufacturers, legislators, regulators, financiers and journalists. It has been selected as a university textbook. Finally, it will be an indispensable reference during serious discussions about mining environmentalism.


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