The rationale for this hypothesis is the potential negative effect that extractive chemicals have for the cognitive skills and health of populations living near mining sites (Cain and Hendryx, 2010; Rau et al., 2015), the higher child labor in mining communities that reduces school attendance and learning time (Redehey, 2017), and mining ...

Local indigenous communities are exposed to toxic metals from mining activities. Resuspension from the dry tailings could be transported up to 50 km in distance towards …

In the early '90s, Chile had the perfect climate for economic prosperity, one in which the mining sector could play a significant role. Chile's institutional and political reforms allowed the copper mining industry to …

Leading producers of gold in Chile are Yamana Gold, Antofagasta, BHP, Lundin Mining, Sumitomo Metal Mining and Rio Tinto. During 2020-2021, Yamana Gold 's output was …

The Andes Mountains are located in South America and span across many countries. The map below shows the Andes Mountains, a city that is greatly impacted by mines, and two important mines. People mine in the Andes Mountains because the Andes are rich in natural resources. They contain resources such as silver, iron, gold, coal, and most …

The energy costs for some mining countries in the world. Reproduced with permission from CSIRO Chile, The Future of Mining in Chile; published by CSIRO, 2014 [14].

Impact of mining activity on glaciers in Chile The glaciologists Alexander Brenning and Guillermo Azócar, in their studies in the mountain range between Copiapó and Rancagua, calculated that by 2010, mining projects had already impacted 4.5 km2 of rocky glaciers, estimating a loss of about 24,106 m3 of fresh water.

Innovation plays a critical role in the mining industry as a tool to improve the efficiency of its processes, to reduce costs, but also to meet the increasing social and environmental concerns among communities and authorities. Technological progress has also been crucial to allow the exploitation of new deposits in more complex scenarios: lower ore …

The mining industry faces diverse challenges to maintain sustainable production, particularly regarding critical water and energy supplies. As a significant player in the copper mining industry, Chile has become a global reference. Therefore, this research analyses the distinct challenges of the Chilean copper mining industry in terms of water and energy. We also identified ten key …

Metallic small-scale mining (SSM) in Chile is devoted to mainly copper, gold and silver. Most SSM producers are concentrated within the Northern zone, which encompasses the country's Regions I to VI (Fig. 1).Most mining activity occurs in the Atacama Desert and away from large cities and sensitive agricultural zones.

Located in the Atacama region of northern Chile, Fenix represents one of the largest undeveloped gold oxide, heap leach projects in the Americas, boasting 4.75 million oz. of measured and ...

At the sustainable mining conference in Santiago in Septem-ber, the most profound challenges facing the Chilean mining industry were outlined: weakness in the price of copper and lithium, …

This positive impact on citizens could curb restrictive political changes for the activity; (2) Knowledge sharing around sustainability best practices and challenges among mining operations in Chile including collaboration between companies, with particular emphasis on small and medium-sized mining, so that they also acquire the best practices ...

Of other effects of mining on the environment, sinkholes are one of the most unpredictable effects of mining on the environment and this is because they can happen at any time. Typically, the breakdown of a mine roof due to resource extraction, brittle overburden, or geological discontinuities results in a sinkhole at or near a mine site.

Chile finds itself in a central position in this modern day 'gold rush', as it possesses over half of the world's lithium reserves (ECLAC, 2023).Lithium plays a key role in clean energy technologies as its physical characteristics make it an important component of batteries for electric vehicles and electricity grids.

Semantic Scholar extracted view of "The impact of mining taxes on public education: Evidence for mining municipalities in Chile" by M. Oyarzo et al. ... This research addresses three main review points related to the harmful practices of artisanal and small-scale gold mining and the appropriateness of prevention approaches to resilience for local

Much of Chile's mining is concentrated in and around the Atacama Desert — the world's driest desert. Unfortunately, mining requires large amounts of water for a variety of processes, including controlling dust at the extraction …

Mining companies have for years been extracting billions of dollars of lithium from the Atacama region in Chile, and now firms are flocking to the neighboring Atacama lands in Argentina to hunt ...

The impact of mining in Bolivia Date: November 25, 2010 Source: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) Summary: For many centuries, men have been exploiting the mineral wealth of the ...

Popular opposition from litigious activist groups in Chile is putting billions of dollars in mining projects at risk. Reuters reports that local indigenous groups have achieved increasing …

Mining rank's third in the world: Chile: N/A: Major: Copper. Others: gold, silver, molybdenum, zinc, manganese, Lithium and iron ore. Most important mining country in Latin America. ... land degradation and loss of cultivable land area are some of the most extreme gold mining effects. The authors stated that small-scale mining has led to about ...

For copper mining, fuel consumption increased by 130% and electricity consumption increased by 32% per unit of mined copper in Chile from 2001 to 2017, largely due to decreasing ore grade.

Chile has a long mining tradition since pre-Columbian times, ... Additionally, since the impact of mining operations does not solely rely on the quantity and toxicity of emissions (Csavina et al., 2012), ... Ecological and human health risks associated with abandoned gold mine tailings contaminated soil. PLoS ONE, 12 (2) (2017), p.

The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) works with over 75 governments to strengthen their legal and policy frameworks to promote good governance in mining. ... Effects are being felt through extreme weather conditions, such as severe droughts, intense heat waves, devastating floods ...

Its analysis of illicit gold mining in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Peru – as well as the results of regular investigative support to Brazilian law enforcement – highlights how the increase in gold demand has acted as a 'pull factor' for criminals in the region, including organized crime groups also involved in human ...

This article has been structured under the following chapters: (i) introduction; (ii) description of the mining processes linked to mine tailings generated from copper and gold mining on an industrial scale in Chile and Peru; (iii) implications of socio-environmental risks linked to the chemical composition of mine tailings; (iv) presentation ...

The article considers the practical experience of industrial-scale copper and gold mining projects in Chile and Peru. Detailed data on the chemical compositions of mine tailings is rarely …

This paper examines the impact of spillover effects of energy transition metals in Chile. The study aims at identifying the causal relationships among these energy transition metals and other major assets like oil, gold, and bitcoin, and how they shape Chile's economy, both pre-COVID-19 and during the first months of the pandemic.

Much of Chile's economic success has come on the back of a ro-bust mining sector that has been and will continue to be the lifeblood of the economy. Chile is the world's top producer of copper, and exports of the metal account for approximately 10% of the nation's GDP. It also possesses the world's largest lithium reserves, based off

In the context of the energy transition, industry actors now refer to 'green' mining, and mining as a 'future-enabling' industry. Yet harmful impacts of mining persist, and it is necessary to name the risks for what they are: harmful to people, environments and economies of producing countries when prevention fails.