What are the negative effects of gold open-pit mining?

Unregulated mining has the potential to release harmful substances into the soil, air, and water. Open pit mining, where material is excavated from an open pit, is one of the most common forms of mining for strategic minerals. read more

Open Pit mining of all mining practices is normally targeted because it is the most visible, least socially acceptable and the processing generates the largest amounts of waste. (waste was and is the material already there). However Open Pit mines are generally in areas not visible (unless intentional), and areas not usable by the general population. read more

An open pit mine is a type of excavation where surface and subsurface materials (soil and rock) are removed, typically through use of explosives and mechanical mining and hauling equipment, to gain access to commercially valuable ores or other buried natural resources, including coal and gemstones, that are relatively close to the surface. read more