Impacts of

Mining on
Environment
Synopsis of the talk
 What is mining?
 Why mining is essential to the society?
 What are the impacts of mining to the
environment?
 How it will affect the biodiversity and
ecosystems?
 What could be the possible reasons for the
adverse effects of mining on environment?
 What are the way-forward solutions to
overcome these issues?
What is mining?
 the process of obtaining mineral resources
from a mine.
 How? Through Open cast/Underground
mining
Why mining is essential to the
society?
 Mined materials are needed to construct
roads and hospitals, to build automobiles
and houses, to make computers and
satellites, to generate electricity, and to
provide the many other goods and
services that consumers enjoy.
 Mining is economically important to
producing regions and countries.
What are the impacts of
mining to the environment?
 The impacts may be local/regional.
 The impacts may be through direct/indirect.
 Erosion
 Sinkholes
 Biodiversity losses
 Contamination of soil, groundwater, surface
water
 Depletion in groundwater
 Land destruction
 Deadly and harmful diseases to the mine
workers
How it will affect the
biodiversity and ecosystems?
 Lossof habitat due to mining in forest
areas and biodiversity zones
 Change in the habitat affects the
ecosystem.
What could be the possible
reasons for the adverse effects
of mining on environment?
 Leakage of Chemicals into
the environment adversely affects the
health of the local population, if not
controlled.
 Mining has a negative impact on the
environment including erosion, formation
of sinkholes, loss of biodiversity,
contamination of soil, groundwater and
surface water