Australia - Mining
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- Created on: 31-03-15 13:48
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- Australia - Mining
- leading producers
- Gold
- Uranium
- Titanium
- Maganese
- Job opportunities
- Olympic Dam employed 3000 in central Australia
- mine has contributed $45 million to the South Australian Government which has benefitted the area
- Olympic Dam employed 3000 in central Australia
- been improvments in local service and has had the multiplier effect
- Challenges
- moving the ore from centre of Australia to the coast
- copper from the Olympic Dam has to be trucked 560km to the port at Adelaide
- Modern mining methods use large quantaties of water
- relies on water from pipelines from the coast and groundwater resources
- moving the ore from centre of Australia to the coast
- Environment Impacts
- construction of roads, pipelines removes vegetation and soils.
- The flat relief of deserts mean mining operations are visible for long distances
- liquid waste from treatment plants contaminate water and soils.
- Reducing impacts
- height of waste dumps is limited and re-landscaping occurs when mining ceases - reduces visual
- recyle water from treatment ponds and spray weeds to control their spread
- leading producers
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