Saturday, January 30, 2010

Excellent Article on Acid Mine Drainage and Alternatives to Tailings Ponds



Safe Haven | Contaminated Mining Environments: It's Better To Be Green


November 29, 2009
Contaminated Mining Environments: It's Better To Be Green
by Richard Mills
Richard Mills writes an excellent backgrounder on Acid Mine Drainage, its effects on the environment, and means of dealing with waste rock that avoids or greatly lessens the risk of releasing toxins into the environment.
Mills concludes with these words:
I'm not against mining. In fact, I'm very much in favor of resource extraction. Mining, fishing and logging all provide quality high paying jobs and these industries are some of only a handful that create new money, bringing prosperity and security to communities. But we inhabit this earth and call it our home. Clean water, breathable air and a land free of contamination have to be the legacy we leave our children.
I agree with this, mines need to be, but they don't belong anywhere there happens to be ore.


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