None at this time.
- this site is for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). Despite its name, ANSTO has carried out many studies around the world on sulphide-mineral oxidation and acidic drainage.
- Claire (Contaminated Lands: Applications in Real Environments) is a partnership of government, industry, and organizations developing cost-effective methods of investigating and remediating land in a sustainable way.
- this site by the Minerals Council of Australia contains a good overview of mining, including environmental effects of mining.
- Seaweb, a project of the Pew Charitable Trusts, is designed to raise awareness of the world ocean and the life within it. This excellent and informative site by a multi-billion-dollar trust discusses environmental conditions in the oceans with news and links to many similar sites. Information specifically on the effects of mining on oceans is limited.
http://www.osmre.gov/h20start.htm
- this site from the U.S Department of Interior's Office of Surface Mining is mostly about coal mining, but the information is relevant to all types of mining.
- this website compiles information on environmental and geotechnical aspects of tailings, including tailings-dam failures.
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