dump toxic waste into oceans‚ streams‚ rivers‚ lakes‚ streams and oceans. This waste totals more than 180 million tons annually. Even if a company does not dump waste toxins often find their way into waterways when tailings dams‚ which holds mine waste‚ fail. Out of the 221 major tailings dam failings drinking water for millions has been contaminated‚ thousands of people have been displaced and hundreds more were killed. This contaminated water is called acid mine drainage and is destructive to aquatic
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STAKEHOLDERS OF A COMPANY 1 A stakeholder is an individual or a group‚ which has a legitimate interest in a company. Interest in a stakeholder could mean several things. A stakeholder could be interested in the profits of the company‚ its ability to pay its creditors or how it gives back to the community it is operating in. The stakeholder concept was initially used in 1963 at the Stanford Research Institute through an internal memorandum‚ defining stakeholders as those groups without whose support
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discharge of the tailing into the river and to provide them with a compensation for their losses. The mine is giving back to the community with jobs‚ health benefits‚ schooling‚ training‚ etc. ALTERNATIVES: Based off all the facts and information that is present‚ there are four possible solutions to this problem: 1. Continue operating the mine and dredging in the lower Ok Tedi River. 2. Continue operating the mine‚ dredging and build a new storage facility for the future mine tailings. 3. Continue
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spills 4. Accident prevention for hazardous materials * Inspection are outsourced to a 3rd party * Important because how reliable is the information to Northern Development’s department * Ensures that fuel is properly stored‚ tailings ponds are structurally sound‚ and hazardous wastes are being properly disposed. Compliance Audit 5. Maritime transport risk assessment * Must have appropriate procedures in place to reduce the amount of potential harm to the environment
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Current Status of Biological and Social Impacts of Marcopper Mining Tragedy in Marinduque Igual‚ Yna Maria L.; Maglente‚ Joan L.; Malabana‚ Don Ashley O.; Rillera‚ Kirk Thomas A.; Rosario‚ Francis S. Biology Student‚ Department of Biology‚ College of Science‚ Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Abstract Marinduque’s mining-environmental issues are not unique within southeast Pacific and Southeast Asia. A number of large-scale metal mining operations across the region are gaining
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Impact on Environment by Mining Overview Rainforests are the biggest source of oxygen‚ wood and medicines on this earth. Amazon rainforest is known for alluvial gold deposits. Gold is found both in river channels and at the banks of the river after floods (floodplains). Hydraulic mining techniques are used for mining gold. The method involves blasting at the banks of the river. This has caused irreversible damage to trees‚ birds and animals. While separating the sediment and mercury from
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1 Dewatering 1 Implications of dewatering on the dolomite compartments The term dewatering tends to create a concept of completely dry mines or aquifers. This is not the case as dewatering is a state where the inflow to the mine is reduced by removing water that is in storage in the dolomites. When the compartment is dewatered the mine still experiences a continuous inflow‚ often very significant‚ with inflow rate equal to the recharge rate. Dewatering is achieved when Pumping
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Introduction: Pond’s Cream was invented in the United States as a medicine by scientist Theron T. Pond (1800–1852) in 1846. Mr. Pond extracted a healing tea from witch hazel‚ with which he discovered he could heal small cuts and other ailments. The product was named "Golden Treasure"‚ after Theron died‚ it would be known as "Pond’s Extract". In 1846‚ the "T.T. Pond Company" was formed‚ with Pond and other business people as investors. Theron Pond’s health was failing‚ however‚ so he sold his portion
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POND LIFE IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT Indroduction-Materials-Methods-Results-Discussion-Conclusion-Literature.Cited-Reference.Copies-Data Perrie Alderton 12-10-2013 BIO 101 Jade Woodcock Introduction “A Pond is commonly described by limnologists as a quiet body of water so shallow that rooted plants grow completely across it. Its water temperature is fairly uniform from the top to bottom and tends to change with air temperature. There
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are dry. 12.19 (A) Explain this presence and absence of ponds in these two figures. 12.19 (B) If the two ponds were perennial (i.e.‚ year-round) ponds‚ because of intersecting the water table‚ how would the presence or absence of water in the other depressions differ from that which is shown? 12.20 Judging from what you learned from information in Figure 12.19A in Ch. 12‚ how might one seal a leaking stock pond? Hint: We are talking three steps here‚ with steps #1 and #2
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