correcting misconceptions about mining 20160319
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Correcting Misconceptions About Miningby Prince Joseph Erneszer A. Javier
UP MINERS Groundbreak 2016, Palawan March 19, 2016
Photo of Pljevlja Coal Mine by
What is Mining?
It is the process of accessing and getting valuable material that is buried in the earth. It includes the removal of soil and rocks covering the valuable material or digging tunnels underground to get to the valuable material. This valuable material can be oil, coal, soil that contains iron, or rocks that contain gold and copper.
Photo by M M from Switzerland
Three Common Misconceptions About Mining
1. We don’t need mining.
2. Mining doesn’t help alleviate poverty.
3. Mining permanently devastates the environment.
We don’t need mining.FALSE
We need mining to sustain and improve our quality of life.
copper lead
gold aluminummagnesium
silicon
zinc
cobaltnickel
tin carbon
iron
mercury
ruthenium
bismuth
lithium
indium
silver cadmium
platinum
palladium
tantalum
rhodium
aluminum
iron
magnesium
manganese
silicon
copper
aluminum iron carbon
manganese copper
nickel
chromium
iron carbon
manganese
nickel
chromium
aluminum iron carbon
manganese copper
chromium
iron molybdenum
nickel
various clays
Toothpaste photo by TheGreenJ, calcite photo by P. Fernandes, mica photo by Khurner, titanium photo by RTC, Quartz photo by Didier Descouens
iron
carbon
gold
silicon
manganese leadtin
copper aluminum
gold
silicon
aluminum
silver
iron
carbon
silicon
manganese
copper
lead
zinc
copper
iron
carbon
manganese
aluminum gold
Photo by JudgeFloro
Photo by JudgeFloro
iron
aluminum silver
magnesium
carbon
manganese
lead
cadmium
chromium
nickel
copperzinc
germanium
gallium
tin
vanadium
cobalt
barium strontium
tungsten
titanium molybdenum
ironzinc carbon
Photo by JudgeFloro
alumina
silica lime
gravel
sand iron
gypsum
Photo by JudgeFloro
Photo by JudgeFloro
Photo by JudgeFloro
titanium nickel aluminum
Virtually all infrastructures and products that we use today need raw materials from mining.
We need mining to sustain and improve modern civilization.
Mining doesn’t help alleviate poverty.
FALSE
A mine generates employment and contributes to the local economic
growth.
A Mine Needs Hundreds to Thousands of Employees
• Technical people like engineers and geologists
• Operators of large equipment like trucks
• People that will handle community development programs
• Foresters and environmental management experts
• People to handle general and administrative tasks like human resources
• Supporting employees like cleaners and carpenters
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The Multiplier Effect Improves the Economy
Mine
Mine’s Employees (Direct)
Supplier e.g. office supplies
Supplier’s Employees (Indirect)
Other Businesses Other Businesses’ Employees (Induced)
flow of income
Other Contributions of Mining to the Economy
• Local and national taxes
• Community development projects
Mining can help alleviate poverty
• by generating employment that ultimately increases the communities’ income through the multiplier effect.
• by paying local and national taxes
• by implementing community development projects
Mining Permanently Devastates the Environment.
FALSE
Mined Out Areas Can Be Rehabilitated Into
Beautiful Environments
Photos by Rob Young (left), Glen Bowman (top right), and sergfokin
Butchart Gardens
• Located in Canada
• Originally a limestone quarry
• Now a park with around 900 species of plants - totalling over a million plants.
Photo by
Northumberlandia
• Situated in Cramlington, United Kingdom
• Park and one of the largest sculptures in the world
• Constructed from the byproducts (clay and soil) of a currently operating coal mine
Photos by Glen Bowman
• Located in Malaysia
• Originally the largest tin mine in the world - Hong Fatt Mine
• Now a complex with a world-famous 5-star hotel, swimming lagoon, shopping mall, and theme park
Mines Wellness City
Photo by edmundlou
Photo by Rob Young
The Eden Project
• Situated in Cornwall, United Kingdom
• Originally a clay pit (used to make ceramics)
• Mine closed in 1995
• Now is the largest greenhouse complex in the world containing thousands of plant species from tropical and mediterranean environments.
From edenprojecttv
The disturbance of land due to mining is not permanent.
Mined-out areas can be rehabilitated into beautiful, sustainable landscapes.
Summary
• Virtually all products that we use need materials from mining. We need mining to sustain and advance modern civilization.
• Mining can help alleviate poverty by generating employment, paying taxes, and implementing community development programs
• The disturbance of land due to mining is not permanent. Many old mines have been successfully rehabilitated into beautiful, sustainable landscapes.
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