Environmental Impacts of Mineral Resource Exploitation and Use

Human beings are facing a global mineral resource crisis. The earth's finite supply of minerals İs being used by a population that is growing faster than at any time in history. To make matters worse, mineral consumption İs growing even faster man the population. Although we need more minerals to supply society, we are becoming increasingly aware that their production and use pollute the planet. The effects were once local in scale, but have now become truly global, with mineral consumption implicated strongly in global wanning, acid rain and destruction of the ozone layer. There is concern mat the earth is reaching its limit of mineral-related pollution. Human beings cannot ignore this crisis. This paper reviews the environmental impacts of mineral resource exploitation and use.