How is a mining activity hazardous?

In all the same ways of other industries where squishy fragile human bodies work in proximity to heavy equipment. Add to that working closely with explosives. read more

A range of different mining techniques have been developed to obtain these valuable resources. read more

Most mining, milling, and smelting solid wastes, like those discussed in this booklet, are “high-volume, low-hazard” materials that have been exempt from regulation under RCRA. Regulation of high-volume, low-hazard mining wastes is now the primary responsibility of the states. read more