Mining corporations and air pollution science before the Age of Ecology

Cebada, Juan Diego Pérez

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.12.001

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“…The waste generated by mineral extraction may be solid, tailings, or slurry, with the most common being tailings, waste rock, slag, and tail ends, although in certain circumstances, the vegetation and overburden may also be considered waste [6,7]. To avoid negative effects on the environment, waste is maintained in tailing ponds, dams, or tips, in accordance with the local legislation on waste control treatment that is applicable to each mining area, and on recycling where technically possible [8,9].…”

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Mining Waste and Its Sustainable Management: Advances in Worldwide Research

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Growing social awareness of the need to adequately treat mining waste in order to protect the environment has led to an increase in the research in this field. The aim of this study was to analyze the dynamics of the research focused on mining waste and its sustainable management on a worldwide scale from 1988 to 2017. A systematic review and a bibliometric analysis of 3577 articles were completed. The results show that research into mining waste has increased, with studies focusing on waste management accounting for almost 40% of the total. The most productive journals in this field were Applied Geochemistry and Science of the Total Environment. The five most productive countries were the United States, Canada, Spain, Australia, and China. Works on the sustainable management of mining waste were in the minority, but it is an area of research that has considerable potential given the growing social awareness of the environmental repercussions of mining activities and the demands for increasingly sustainable practices. The findings of this study could prove useful for studies into mine waste, as they depict a global view of this line of research.

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“…The protest campaign continued until February 1888, when a pacific demonstration of farmers and miners ended in tragedy: the army charged against them, resulting in an official death toll of thirteen people, although there were probably more than two hundred [33]. Responsibilities in the massacre were not elucidated [34].…”

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“…Unlike the American mining corporation in the first half of the twentieth century, the RTCL did not promote research commissions [34]. The company preferred to use its team of specialists and, only occasionally, recruited external scholars.…”

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A Socio-Environmental History of a Copper Mining Company: Rio-Tinto Company Limited (1874–1930)

Gómez

Pérez-Cebada

2020

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Mining activities cause serious pollution problems that affect health and the environment. This paper focuses on the environmental and biological effects that mining activity had on the population living and working in the Riotinto-Nerva area in the last third of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, when this area accounted for approximately 10% of world copper production. To do so, we explore the social, technological, and scientific responses to environmental pollution caused by mining extraction in this area during industrialisation. Second, we analyse welfare indicators, such as the heights of conscripts and mortality rates, so as to examine the social effects of the mining activity. Third, municipal health and education expenditures are examined to study the intervention made by the local authorities to address the welfare problems caused by the mining work and environment. Finally, we examine whether the health policy had positive effects on the health of the population after the negative external effects of copper mining in this area had been mitigated. The findings show that the negative impacts of copper exploitation on the environment and welfare could only be diminished using health policies to combat this kind of urban penalty.

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“…of this waste [27][28][29]. There are different types of waste generated in the mining phase of minerals: Solid, tailings, or slurries [30,31]. With respect to processing and transformation, the electronics industry alone, one of the principal consumers of metals and the industry with the highest growth rate on a global scale, generated more than 40,000 kt of waste in 2014 from discarded products.…”

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The Sustainable Management of Metals: An Analysis of Global Research

Aznar-Sánchez

Velasco-Muñoz

Gómez

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The objective of this study was to analyze research trends in the field of sustainable management of metals on a global level between 1993 and 2017. To do so, a bibliometric analysis was carried out on a total of 6967 articles. The results revealed the growing interest in this research field, particularly over the last five year-period during which 63% of all articles were published. The three journals in which most articles had been published were the Journal of Cleaner Production, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, and Chemsuschem. The countries that published the most articles were China, the United States, India, Germany, and the United Kingdom. A sizeable network of collaboration has been established between countries for the joint publication of studies. The main lines of research have been focused on metal decontamination in water and soil, waste management oriented towards reuse and recycling, and the innovation of processes for cleaner and more efficient production. The results revealed the need for comprehensive studies that integrate different disciplines within the same analytical framework, and to promote research that contributes to the different dimensions of sustainability (environmental, economic, and social).

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Mining corporations and air pollution science before the Age of Ecology

Cited by 14 publications

References 37 publications

Mining Waste and Its Sustainable Management: Advances in Worldwide Research

Mining Waste and Its Sustainable Management: Advances in Worldwide Research

A Socio-Environmental History of a Copper Mining Company: Rio-Tinto Company Limited (1874–1930)

The Sustainable Management of Metals: An Analysis of Global Research

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