Innovations in Sustainable Mining: Balancing Environment, Ecology and Economy (Earth and Environmental Sciences Library)

This book explores sustainable mining knowledge, assessing researchers on the impacts of waste and new approaches to negotiating these impacts. Mining has always been a profitable venture; however, it comes with several boons and banes. The significant advantages of mining include employment generation, the establishment of townships and trade centers, and socio-economic growth. However, the mining activity is a significant cause of environmental degradation, including soils, atmosphere, water, solid wastes, changed topography, and health hazards. This book emphasizes value-added products from mining wastes and innovations for balancing environment, ecology, and economy.  This book is designed for miners, policymakers, professionals, researchers, scientists, industrialists, and environmental agencies. From the Back Cover This book explores sustainable mining knowledge, assessing researchers on the impacts of waste and new approaches to negotiating these impacts. Mining has always been a profitable venture; however, it comes with several boons and banes. The significant advantages of mining include employment generation, the establishment of townships and trade centers, and socio-economic growth. However, the mining activity is a significant cause of environmental degradation, including soils, atmosphere, water, solid wastes, changed topography, and health hazards. This book emphasizes value-added products from mining wastes and innovations for balancing environment, ecology, and economy.  This book is designed for miners, policymakers, professionals, researchers, scientists, industrialists, and environmental agencies. About the Author Dr. Kirtikumar R. Randive is presently working as Professor at the Department of Geology, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, India. Initially, Dr. Randive served the Geological Survey of India as Geologist. He published extensively in national and international journals, including two monographs, one each on Geochemistry (RPS, Singapore) and Mineral Economics (Nova, New York). He has edited two special issues of reputed international journals and presently working as an Editor of the De Gruyters Journal Open Geoscience. Dr. Randive was the member of 31st Indian Expedition to Antarctica and Visiting Fellow to the University of Portsmouth, UK (2018). Dr. Shubhangi Pingle is presently working as Scientist-D, Scientist-D, Regional Occupational Health Centre (Southern), ICMR Complex, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. She has published 110 research papers in national and international journals. She has 15 years of research experience in proteomics, diagnostic biomarkers, development of ELISA, and animal cell culture biology. She received funding for her research from SERB, DST, DBT, ICMR, CSIR, MOM, and CMPDI. She has one Indian Patent granted and 9 submitted. She is a recognized guide in Clinical Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology at Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, DEEMED University, Nagpur.  An IIT-Kanpur alumnus, Dr. Anupam Agnihotri has a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering from VNIT, Nagpur. Under UNDP, he has served as a Visiting Faculty to the University of Quebec in Canada as well as the Hungarian Research Institute under United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Dr. Agnihotri is deeply involved in research activities on aluminium technology related to energy audit, environmental monitoring, material characterization, modernization programs, low-cost material alternatives, etc. He is an author of over more than 54 research papers and co-inventor of 12 patents. Dr. Anupam Agnihotri is working as Director, Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre, Nagpur. He is holding additional charge of Managing Director, Bharat Gold Mines Limited (BGML), and of Director, National Institute of Miners Health.