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Mining - Coggle Diagram
Mining
Sub-Surface Mining
Use of machinery
CO2 emmisions
Explosion/blasts
Toxic air emmissions (particulates & Methane)
Fires
Cave-ins
Rain water seeps into underground mines
Contaminated steams and groundwater.
Smelting
CO2 & SO2 emmissions
Waste material
Surface Mining
Machinery
Waste materials (overburden)
Spoils
Rainwater seeps into spoil piles
Contaminated waterways
Blockage o waterways
Acid mine drainage
Mountain top removal
Rainwater will not flow properly downhill
Massive destruction of habitat
Massive erosion
Less biodiversity
Strip Mining
Removal of surface vegetation
Depletion of minerals
Increase in subsurface mining
Increase in labor
Increase costs