Environmental Impacts
What is bauxite, and why is it important?
Bauxite is an aluminum-rich sedimentary rock that is the world's main source of aluminum
Whats bad about the mines in Nigeria and miners
What is that they're illegaly mining aluminium which could get them a prison sentence and they're also destroying wildlife habitat for a illegal activity
This metal used in some batteries with lead and is often mined illegally and pollutes rivers.
Aluminium
What's the Atomic Number for Aluminium?
Mining can cause cancer if inhaled. It also causes mesothelioma. Some other hazards are extreme noise, poor ventilation and whole body vibration due to heavy equipment and explosions.
Why does making aluminum use so much energy?
Making aluminum uses a lot of energy because it takes a lot of electricity to separate it from the rock (bauxite).
Illegal mining often happens in this type of area in nigeria, where local communities rely on the land for?
Rural areas
Aluminum is extracted from this ore, which is often mined in Brazil, Australia, Guinea and other countries and helps provide batteries.
Bauxite
What is the Chemical Symbol of Aluminum?
What is Al
Poorly ventilated mines filled with dust can lead to this serious lung problem for aluminum miners.
Respiratory disease or lung damage
How is red mud made, and how is it bad for rivers and lakes?
Red mud is made when bauxite is cleaned with chemicals to get aluminum. It’s bad for rivers and lakes because it’s toxic and very alkaline, which can kill fish and harm water life.
What are we losing in the mining process?
Forest and Farmlands
One way to reduce aluminum mining impacts but still us it for efficient batteries.
What are recycled materials or scrap aluminum
What element is around Aluminium on the periodic table?
What is Silicon, Boron, Gallium, or Carbon
Why are some working conditions in certain parts of the mine bad?
Working conditions in the aluminum mines are not very great as some bauxite deposits contain asbestos and can cause major long-term illnesses.
How does mining bauxite harm the environment?
Mining bauxite harms the environment by cutting down forests, polluting water, and damaging soil.It can also cause dust and erosion, hurting plants and animals nearby.
Many young people join illegal mining instead of attending this, affecting their long-term opportunities.
School or education
Aluminum is used in this type of rechargeable battery, which is lighter and safer than lithium-ion.
What is an aluminum-ion battery?
Is Aluminium an Element
What is yes
What's happening to the world/wildlife with some of these mines being created?
We're losing a lot of land for bad and unsafe reasons and we can't expand our neighborhoods or keep the trees and plants for the wildlife in that area to survive.
How is aluminum related to climate change?
Aluminum is related to climate change because making it uses a lot of electricity, often from burning fossil fuels, which releases greenhouse gases.Also, mining and processing aluminum can damage the environment, adding to climate problems.
Families forced to move because of unsafe mining conditions are experiencing this.
Aluminum-ion batteries charge faster than lithium-ion because aluminum has three of these per atom, allowing more energy storage.
Electrons
Is Aluminium a metal
What is yes
Miners exposed to toxic dust without masks can develop this long-term condition that scars the lungs.
Lung cancer