Mining Environment : Problems and Remedies

Contents Preface. I. Minerals and mining 1. Minerals and mining in India and its environmental implications/O.P. Singh. 2. Repository of mineral wealth of Northeast India/R.K. Avasthy. II. Environmental impact of mining 3. Acid mine drainage a serious environmental problem of the mining areas/O.P. Singh. 4. Impact of coal mining on micro landforms in Jaintia Hills District Meghalaya/Airida Arjri Dkhar and R.K. Rai. 5. Water pollution in coal mining areas of Jaintia Hills Meghalaya and its impact on benthic macroinvertebrates/Sumarlin Swer and O.P. Singh. 6. Environmental impact of coal mining of Bapung coalfield Jaintia Hills Meghalaya/Manabendra Nath and Mohimuddin Ahmed. 7. Impact of coal mining on vegetation of Nokrek biosphere reserve Meghalaya/K. Sarma R.K. Rai and S.K. Barik. 8. Metal mobility and soil remediation approaches in metalliferous mining and smelting areas/Anju and D.K. Banerjee. 9. Comparison of soil microflora of coalmine and its neighbouring areas of Tikak open cast mine Margherita Assam/F. Hasin and M. Islam. 10. Oil mine effluent and its effect on soil properties and rice yield in Rudrasagar oil field/M. Choudhury T.C. Baruah and B. Deka. III. Ecorestoration of mining affected area 11. Some ideas in eco friendly management of active and abandoned mines/G.D. Agrawal and R. Prasad. 12. Restoration of coal mined spoil areas a case study/M. Chatterjee and B. Bose. 13. A review of ecological amelioration practices in abandoned mines/Kaustubh A. Moghe. IV. Mining policies and environmental impact assessment 14. Key mining policies and laws governing the mining industry in India/V.T. Darlong and B.K. Tiwari. 15. Regulations for management of mining environment in India/O.P. Singh. 16. Recent advances in EIA procedure for mining projects/V.T. Darlong and S.K. Barik. V. Appendices i. Notification on environmental impact assessment of development projects. ii. Glossary. Mining is one of the most environment degrading industries. The adverse environmental impacts of mining operation commence with mineral exploration extend through extraction and processing and often continue post closure of the operation. Land degradation large scale denudation of forest cover and depletion of biodiversity pollution of air water and soil and degradation of agricultural land are some of the serious environmental implications of the mining activity. The impacts extend well beyond the mining area and lead to many social economic and political perturbations. In order to mitigate the adverse impacts of mining and rehabilitate the mining affected areas it is important to understand various problems of mining environment and their management. This book is designed to provide insights into some of the important aspects of mining environment. The 16 chapters contributed by experts deal with diverse topics ranging from status of minerals and mining in India to environmental problems and their remediation. Policies regulations and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) pertaining to mining are also discussed. The EIA notification and an exhaustive glossary of mining environment are appended for the benefit of diverse user groups. Primarily intended for use by students are researchers in the subject area it can be profitably used by mining managers planners and policy makers and general readers with an interest in environmental quality. 278 pp.…