surface and subsurface types
Method used to displace plants and animals near the area
What is Surface Mining ?
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Bodies of water that are shrinking due to the massive mining activities.
What are lagoons ?
Increase of mining companies would create more of these opportunities.
What are employment opportunities ?
What is Shaft Mining ?
Horizontal tunnels are used to enter vertical sunk below Earth's Surface
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Captures evaporated water and re-injects it to the ground instead of traditional evaporation.
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What is Subsurface Mining ?
Extraction of ore from deep deposits. Methods include digging and cutting tunnels into Earth's surface.
Sphalerite
Main method to extract lithium from underground deposits.
What are pumps ?
Scarcity of these resources highly affects local communities that rely on it to survive.
What is water and food?
Extraction activities leave local regions as the poorest in the country, while doing this to other regions.
What is generating wealth ?
What is Drift Mining?
Horizontal cut made into the ridge to then cut the ore and remove it with heavy cars.
Chromite
The primary concern lies in whether this material would withstand the pressure of water reinjection resulting from the DLE method.
What is hard rock?
Locals argue that mining severely damages this system and leaves an irreversible effect.
What is an ecosystem?
Social resentment increased following the abandonment of these transport connections.
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What is Open-Pit Mining ?
Used for large, thick ore bodies near Earth's surface.
Purpose of Lithium
Rechargeable and a huge capacity to store a high amount of energy in small spaces despite being the lightest metal.
Main reason for traditional lithium extraction to require massive amounts of water.
What is transporting lithium from underground deposits?
Lithium mining affects these vital traits of microorganisms inside the lagoons.
What are properties?
Distrust of international agreements after jobs were promised to locals only to ultimately be given to workers from these locations.
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