The Gafsa mining basin district in Southwestern Tunisia is one of the most important producers of phosphate in the world. The exploitation of this district started at the beginning of the twentieth century a few years after the first discovery of this valuable resource. The over-exploitation of groundwater to wash the phosphate caused water-level decline in the main aquifers and the corollaries...

SUMMARY The priorities ofAfrican governments regarding the extractive industry tend to focus on economic interests leading them provide a conducive environment for investments by private entities. Furthermore, reforms in are inclined promote these with less consideration adequate protection affected people and their environment, including from resulting social environmental impacts. result econ...

Sustainability assessment has received numerous attentions in the mining industry. Mining sustainability includes the environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and a sustainable development is achieved when all these dimensions improve in a balanced manner. Therefore, to measure the sustainability score of a mine, we require an approach that evaluates all these three dimensions of mining ...

among various types of cities, mining cities have special features including a high concentration of industrial activities associated with the exploration, extraction, refining, processing and export of groundwater resources, the risk of reduction and termination of non-renewable resources, high degree of environmental pollution, high production of domestic and industrial waste and social issue...

Implementation of clean mining technology at coal mines is crucial to protect the environment and maintain balance among energy resources, consumption, and ecology. After reviewing present coal clean mining technology, we introduce the technology principles and technological process of paste backfill mining in coal mines and discuss the components and features of backfill materials, the constit...

in recent years, the study of soil contamination problems surrounding the mines and smelting plants has attracted the serious attention of the environmental experts. in iran, due to the mining and mine development, the study of environmental problems seems to be obligatory. the main point of this research is the implications of the statistical and geostatistical studies to evaluate and prepare ...