Year: 2016
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Exploration of mineral resources had been part of the major means to promote economic development in China, but the devastating effect of mining on the environment is inevitable. Based on the analysis of factors of the environmental disasters caused by the mining methods, this paper systematically analyzes the influences of open pit mining on land resource, ecological system, geological and ecological environment, especially analyzes the effects on the environment and ecological system. Meanwhile, the paper points out that the mining scale, method and type are the main factors that affect the environment and ecology. At the end of this paper, some rational countermeasures, protection and control measures for environmental protection and governance are put forward on the basis of the research.
Source: MATEC Web of Conferences
Authors: Jin Li, Tong Tong Zhang, Wen Yang, Yu Zhang
Institution: China University of Mining and Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Environmental Engineering
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2468599709