Best Environmental Practices in Metal Ore Mining

• Other Authors: Kauppila, Päivi, Räsänen, Marja Liisa, Myllyoja, Sari
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Finnish Environment Institute 2013
• Subjects: ympäristöoikeus; ympäristövaikutukset; päästöt; jätteet; elinkaari; sulkeminen; lopetus; Kainuu; Northern Finland; Lapland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/40006

Over the past few years, important new mines have been opened in Finland (Suurikuusikko, Talvivaara) while existing ones have upscaled their operations and new mining projects have been started. The mining industry produces the raw materials on which many other industries depend, including the metal...