1.1 PHASES OF A MINING PROJECT Home ELAW
involve the extraction of ore deposits such as copper, nickel, cobalt, gold, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and platinum. The environmental impacts of large scale mining projects involving these metal ores are the subject of this Guidebook. The Guidebook does not discuss the mining of ores that are extracted using strip mining methods, including aluminum , phosphate, and uranium. The ...