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Minerals Law and Policy
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The minerals industry is one of the most powerful globalized industries on the planet. It has been the focus of some of the most tense and violent conflicts between environmentalists, indigenous peoples, industrial promoters, sympathetic government politicians and, at times, the military. Minerals are so precious as raw materials for goods and items of trade that the industry has been awarded many subsidies, exempted from many environmental laws, and rarely concerned itself with sustainable mineral value chains. Antarctica is the best example of international cooperation to protect the mineral commons. |
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General Mining Law, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, Madrid Protocol, Environmental Protection Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty
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Mines, Minerals and People MMP . The destruction of the preexisting habitat for the mining industry undermines the possibility of any other use of the other resources of the area. Tri-State Citizens Mining Network was formed in 1994 by a coalition of grassroots groups and individuals concerned about the effects coal mining had on communities and the environment. RELATED PORTALS
Mining Mining and Refining Ores Land and Naval Mines Environmental Law and Policy |
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