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  Iron ore: Australian mining’s silver lining - Mining Technology

  2020715 · In short, iron ore mining is an industry deeply entrenched into the Australian industrial and economic system, and is unlikely to be wholly derailed by even the most disruptive of short-term external pressures, which is how Kurtz categorises the Covid-19 pandemic in this context. “From a production standpoint, the impact of Covid-19 is ...

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  Phasing Out Fossil Fuels in Iron Ore Mining: Is it Possible?

  2022928 · Fossil Fuels in the Context of Iron Ore Mining’s Total Environmental Impact Iron ore – an essential resource for the steel, construction and manufacturing industry– cannot be extracted without causing environmental harm.

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  Iron Ore | Geoscience Australia

  20231219 · Hematite is an iron oxide mineral. It is non-magnetic and has colour variations ranging from steel silver to reddish brown. Pure hematite contains 69.9% Fe by molecular weight. It has been the dominant iron ore mined in Australia since the early 1960s. Approximately 96% of Australia's iron ore exports are high-grade hematite, the bulk of …

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  A spatial evaluation of historic iron mining impacts on …

  2017105 · This paper examines the water quality legacies of historic and current iron mining in the Mesabi Range, the most productive iron range in the history of North America, producing more than 42% of the world’s iron ore in the 1950s. Between 1893 ...

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  Dust at BHP's iron ore mines poses health hazard - MINING…

  2021826 · The state's environmental regulator this month began a review into elevated levels of airborne dust at BHP's Whaleback and Newman mines in the Pilbara.

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  Iron Mountain: The History and Complications in Metal …

  2020428 · This report focuses on the Iron Mountain Superfund Site north of Redding, California. Based on information gathered from an in-depth literature review, this thesis provides a general examination of the various environmental impact associated with metal ore mining along with several possible remediation processes and techniques.

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  Environmental impact due to iron ore mining in Chhattisgarh

  201411 · Iron ore is an important mineral in Chhattisgarh. The production of iron ore is 5.50 million tones per year. Due to massive extraction of iron ore, it pollutes air, water and soil. When iron in ...

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  Impacts of the Global Iron Ore Sector

  2016627 · ental impacts of the iron ore sector. It links sector characteristics and corporate strategies with. adverse impacts on local communities. Business factors such as the need for infrastructure, mine lifespan and porduction targets can come into conflict w.

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  Life cycle assessment of iron ore mining and processing

  201511 · Mining of iron ore is a highly capital- and energy-intensive process. Life cycle assessment (LCA) of the mining and mineral processing of iron ore in Australia was carried out in this chapter using SimaPro LCA software as a case study. The environmental impacts considered in the study were embodied energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ...

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  Livelihood impacts of iron ore mining-induced land change …

  2022514 · Notwithstanding, the negative livelihood impacts of iron ore mining on agricultural productivity and forest products was far higher than the positive impacts.

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