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Abandoned Mineral Lands in the U.S. National Parks: About the legacy of mining in the national parks, the environmental impacts of mining, and the hazards associated with abandoned mine lands. Many photos.- www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/distland/about_aml.htm |
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CANMET Environment Laboratory: Canadian government institution that addresses the environmental concerns of the minerals and mining industries, including effluent processing, safe disposal of waste materials, and decommissioning of closed plants and mines.- envirolab.nrcan.gc.ca/ |
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edu.au- www.csml.curtin.edu.au/ |
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kiruna.se- mimi.kiruna.se/ |
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Mercury Network - Hg-Net: Internet expert forum on the effects and environmental impacts of mercury use and abuse, with special emphasis on small-scale gold mining. [English and Spanish]- www.hruschka.com/hg-net |
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Mine Water Research at The University of Newcastle: About research on the hydrochemistry, hydrogeology, and treatment of mine effluents.- www.ncl.ac.uk/minewater/ |
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Mines and Communities Website: News and other information, including the Minewatch and Partizans archives, intended to empower activists and those affected by global mining trends, particularly in the Pacific region.- www.minesandcommunities.org/ |
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Mining Calendar of Events: Worldwide database of conferences and exhibitions on mining and environment.- www.miningcalendar.com/ |
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No Crandon Mine: Site provides links to organizations opposed to, and information about, the proposed Wolf River Crandon mine in Wisconsin- www.nocrandonmine.com/index.html |
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Oxfam Community Aid Abroad: The Mining Campaign: Monitoring Australian mining companies' impact on the environment and vulnerable communities.- www.caa.org.au/campaigns/mining/index.html |
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Reclamation of Phosphate Mining Sites: Nature of soils and commercial tree planting on phosphate mining clay settling pond areas. Explains challenges and procedures for achieving land reclamation of such artificially altered areas.- www.treepower.org/soils/main.html |
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Steep Rock Iron Mines Naturalization: Describes the successful restoration of an iron ore mine site in northwestern Ontario, Canada.- steeprock.freeservers.com/ |
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sudburysoilsstudy.com- www.sudburysoilsstudy.com/ |
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U.S. EPA -- Mining Wastes: Acid rock drainage and other topics related to metals mining and the environment.- www.epa.gov/epaoswer/other/mining.htm |
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USGS Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative: Detailed plans, pictures, data and reports of the USGS initiative to remediate the contamination left at abandoned mine sites at the Boulder River basin in southwestern Montana and the Upper Animas River basin in southwestern Colorado.- amli.usgs.gov/amli/ |
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USGS Plasenzuela Project: Background and preliminary findings of a US-Spain study of the environmental impact of the Roman mineral industry at Plasenzuela, Extremadura, Spain.- minerals.usgs.gov/east/plasenzuela/background.html |
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Visual Impacts of Mining: Paper on visualization of the visual impacts of mining and quarrying.- www.gnest.org/Global_Issues/VisualImpacts.htm |