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    Mineral resources are natural resources that include metals like iron, copper, and aluminum as well as non-metals like salt, gypsum, clay, and sand. They are finite and non-renewable. Minerals are used for metal production, technology, building materials, and the chemical industry. Common minerals consumed annually include sodium, iron, nitrogen, sulfur, potassium, calcium, zinc, copper, aluminum, and lead. Gold and silver consumption is about 10 thousand metric tons per year. To overcome shortage, measures like recycling, efficient technology, smaller equipment, and substitutes can be taken. Mining has environmental impacts like land degradation, water and air pollution, deforestation, and impacts to historical sites. It

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    Mineral resources are natural resources that include metals like iron, copper, and aluminum as well as non-metals like salt, gypsum, clay, and sand. They are finite and non-renewable. Minerals are used for metal production, technology, building materials, and the chemical industry. Common minerals consumed annually include sodium, iron, nitrogen, sulfur, potassium, calcium, zinc, copper, aluminum, and lead. Gold and silver consumption is about 10 thousand metric tons per year. To overcome shortage, measures like recycling, efficient technology, smaller equipment, and substitutes can be taken. Mining has environmental impacts like land degradation, water and air pollution, deforestation, and impacts to historical sites. It

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    Mineral resources are natural resources that include metals like iron, copper, and aluminum as well as non-metals like salt, gypsum, clay, and sand. They are finite and non-renewable. Minerals are used for metal production, technology, building materials, and the chemical industry. Common minerals consumed annually include sodium, iron, nitrogen, sulfur, potassium, calcium, zinc, copper, aluminum, and lead. Gold and silver consumption is about 10 thousand metric tons per year. To overcome shortage, measures like recycling, efficient technology, smaller equipment, and substitutes can be taken. Mining has environmental impacts like land degradation, water and air pollution, deforestation, and impacts to historical sites. It

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    Mineral Resources

    Reswin Ali
    BBA 5th sem
    20171247
    MINERAL RESOURCES
    • Mineral resources are natural resources.
    • It include metals (e.g. iron, copper, and aluminum), and non-metals (e.g.
    salt, gypsum, clay, sand, phosphates).
    • As regards its availability, the stock of minerals are finite and are non
    renewable
    Use of Minerals

    On the basis of Usage minerals can be classifies as


    • Elements for metal production
    • Technology
    • Building materials
    • Materials for chemical industry, agriculture ,etc.
    Annual Consumption of some of the Mineral
    Resources

    Sodium and Iron 0.1 to 1 billion metric tons per year

    Nitrogen, Sulphur, Potassium and 10 to 100 million metric ton per year
    Calcium
    Zinc, copper, aluminium and led 3 to 10 million metric ton per year

    Gold and Silver About 10thousand metric ton per year


    The measures to be taken to overcome the
    problems of shortage of mineral resources

    • Recycling
    • Development of efficient technology
    • Designing smaller equipment's
    • Substitute minerals
    Environmental impact of mining and related
    operations
    • Degradation of land
    • Pollution of surface and ground water
    • Air pollution due to emission of dust and gases
    • Deforestation
    • Adverse impact to historical monuments and religious spots
    • Physical change in land, soil, water and air
    • Alteration in ground water level
    • Causes for flood earthquake and damage to ecological sysytem
    Social impact of mining and related operations

    • Air pollution due to more vehicles and machines


    • Urbanization
    • Stress on local services such as water supplies, sewage and waste disposal
    system
    Dereliction

    • Dereliction means closing of mines and left to fall into damages


    • Dereliction arises because mining operators are unwilling to spend money in
    rehabilitation which will give them no direct finanacial return
    Case Study

    In Rajsamand lake was totally dried up after a decade of marble mining in


    Rajnagar area. There was no history in the past 300 years that lake had dried
    up. The supreme court decision on Nov 20,2002,led to closure of all the mines
    in Rajasthan. But it was noted that during the 7 days the mines were
    closed, the water level in the wells went up in the Rajsamand area.
    Later on the government had lifted the ban on mining and shifted mining to
    forest area under environment protection act.
    THANK YOU

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