In tropical parts of Asia, central Africa, South America and northern Australia, high-value, low-cost bauxite mines are increasingly sited on Indigenous-owned 2 land (Doyle et al., 2015).Bauxite in these areas is extracted using a strip-mining process that involves clear-felling the site's native vegetation followed by removal of the topsoil …

Abstract. Objective: To describe bauxite mining and alumina refining processes and to outline the relevant physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic, and psychosocial health risks. Methods: Review article. Results: The most important risks relate to noise, ergonomics, trauma, and caustic soda splashes of the skin/eyes.

Bauxite is generally extracted by open cast mining, being almost always found near the surface, with processes that vary slightly depending on the location. Before mining can commence the land needs to be cleared of timber and vegetation. Alongside this process may be the collection of seeds and/or saplings, for inclusion in a seedbank, which ...

These Guidelines build on the 2018 First Edition and set out good practices for sustainable bauxite mining operations. The aluminium industry's objective is a long-term, sustainable bauxite mining industry with acceptably low social and environmental impacts during operation and post-closure. Sustainable bauxite mining is not a "one-size fits all" …

Therefore, Vinacomin has proposed to the Prime Minister to direct ministries and branches to soon appraise and approve the planning for exploration, exploitation, processing, and use of minerals in the period 2021-2030, with a vision of 2050, as a basis for the Group to deploy projects on exploiting and processing bauxite ore in the Central ...

Bauxite production in Guyana and major projects. According to GlobalData, Guyana is the world's twelfth-largest producer of bauxite in 2022, with output up by 4% on 2021. Over the five years to 2021, production from Guyana decreased by a CAGR of 21.05% and is expected to rise by a CAGR of 0.24% between 2022 and 2026.

The Western Australian Forest Alliance Inc has referred two proposals to the EPA for Alcoa's bauxite mining activities on the Darling Range in the southwest of Western Australia. The first is for the period spanning 2022 …

Bauxite is a sedimentary rock mineral that is the primary source of aluminum. It is formed through the weathering of aluminum-rich rocks in tropical and subtropical regions. The name bauxite is derived …

The August 28, 2018 SML 173 mining lease between the Government and New Day establishes more than 1,200 hectares of land for mining. It provides for New Day to appoint Noranda as its agent to mine …

The Western Ghats, one of the 34 global biodiversity hotspots, retain more than 30 % of all plant, fish, herpetofauna, and mammal species found in India. This ecologically sensitive and fragile region in Kolhapur district has now been subjected to developmental activities such as dams, mining, road construction, sugar industries, etc. Bauxite mining is one …

Dynamic Mining SAS, armed with an exclusive exploitation permit and mining concession for 15 years, has laid out plans to extract six million metric tonnes of bauxite annually by 2021, with aspirations to reach 10 million metric tonnes within three years. But it's the project's focus on community engagement and effective grievance ...

The current paper contributes with an exploration of the social impacts of bauxite mining and refining based on the international scientific literature. The main objective is to create an overview of possible social impacts and benefits related to …

The main environmental impacts caused by bauxite mining supply chain are related to water pollution and land degradation, displaced in various ways and with different magnitudes. This means that, if not treated properly, the ensuing environmental damage caused by bauxite extraction leads not only to catastrophic environmental …

Abstract and Figures. Mining activities are often associated with various adverse effects. Until now, most research focuses on the environmental, occupational, and health impacts of mining ...

Mark Annandale a 1., John Meadows a 1., Peter Erskine b. Show more. Add to Mendeley. https://doi/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113014 Get rights and content. …

The firm expects to operate the project for 50 years, including 20 years of mining bauxite ores, submit some VND4.8 trillion ($197 million) to the state budget per year, and employ 4,000 laborers. Workers exploit bauxite at the Tan Rai Bauxite Complex in Bao Lam District, Lam Dong Province, located in Vietnam's Central Highlands.

Bauxite, the raw material for the production of alumina, was first discovered in 1924 at Kijang, Bintan Island, in the province of Riau, in northwestern Indonesia. Bauxite from Bintan Island has been mined and exported since 1935. In 1968 ANTAM acquired the mine. Thus, ANTAM is Indonesia's longest running producer of bauxite.

Bauxite dust can be identified via its characteristic neon-red hue. Guinea holds the world's largest reserves of bauxite. In fact, Guinea's Ministry of Mines estimates that reserves of bauxite across the country total over 40 billion tons. Since 2013, several major investment agreements have resulted in the arrival of a number of industrial ...

A range of occupational health risks in bauxite mining and alumina refining require the maintenance of effective control measures, and Diphoterine R is a commercially available amphoteric, hypertonic, …

The mining sector's contribution to the GDP is 2.3-2.5 % at present. Mineral production in India grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.72% between 2013-14 and 2017-18. It can cut down the import costs as the country is the 3 rd largest steel producer, with a production of 101.4 million tonnes of crude steel in 2017.

At the same time, mining related activities may have positive benefits for local communities, providing business opportunities and creating both direct and indirect employment. ... engagement and integrated rehabilitation and closure activities. Bauxite mining may become more sustainable by developing and integrating practices which …

Health experts and environmentalists claim that ailments, including pneumonia, acute chest and respiratory conditions, and even cancers, can flow from mining and related pollutants.

The objectives of the project conducted by ASI and Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum (IPAF) in Guinea are to conduct training workshops, focusing on the bauxite mining cycle from exploration to extraction and rehabilitation, and share this information with local communities in local languages. The project, initiated in 2022, first …

Bauxites vary physically according to the origin and geologic history of their deposits: some deposits are soft, easily crushed, and structureless; some are hard, dense, and pisolitic, or pealike; still …

The main environmental impacts caused by bauxite mining supply chain are related to water pollution and land degradation, displacing in various ways and with different magnitudes. This means that, if not treated properly, the ensuing environmental damage caused by bauxite extraction leads not only to catastrophic environmental …

Principles of thermo-chemical bauxite beneficiation/activation is presented for three distinctive purposes: (1) Reduce organic carbon in the ROM bauxite before …

Mining and its associated activities can be responsible for considerable environmental damage. this review discusses the direct and indirect impacts due to bauxite mining to the environment in ...

There are several specific environmental problems related to the former mining activities in the Apuseni Mts., concerning waste minimization and management as well as the re-opening of the bauxite excavation in the area, such as: - the mapping and detailed understanding of the impact of the mining activities upon the study area, as well as that ...

The main environmental impacts caused by bauxite mining supply chain are related to water pollution and land degradation, displacing in various ways and with different magnitudes. This means that ...

The Full Story. As the country's third highest earner of foreign exchange, with approximately US$1 billion in annual gross earnings, the bauxite and alumina industry continues to be a vital contributor to the Jamaican economy. According to Chairman of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Dr. Carlton Davis, mining of the precious resource is ...