Socio Economic & Environmental Impact Assessment of
2015 1 6 Realizing that the Mines and Minerals Management Act 1995 mandates all mining and quarrying to be carried out in scientific manner and the miners are required to carry out progressive restoration of the mined area during operation of the mine or quarry to minimize negative socio economic and environmental impacts, and,
The Environmental Impacts of Mining and
1994 7 2 Tailings often contain toxic materials and, when water runs off heaps of tailings into nearby fields and rivers, can. poison the soil and create water that is unfit for irrigation or human