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Mining and quarrying provide the basic raw materials for sustaining human well-being and are critical for achieving economic developments. At the same time, environmental degradation and its associated social impacts and inequalities have become a grave reality of mining sector that affects all nations, individually and/or …

Environmental impact assessment of a quarry in a Taluk of Southern Kerala, India. S. Sreekala; P. Geena; S. N. Jyothi. Author & Article Information. AIP …

The objective of this study is to determine QRD's environmental implications through carbon footprint analysis. To achieve this, the research utilizes one of the very few case studies of Barbados Quarry site that produces more than 35,000 tons of aggregates per month and 500,000 tons of QRD is produced as a by-product.

Ajibade, O.M., Olisa, O.G., Oladipupo, S.D. et al. Health impact assessment of quarrying in some parts of southwestern Nigeria. Arab J Geosci 15, 777 …

GIS has also been used to process remote sensing and field survey data related to assessment of impacts associated with quarrying of rock raw materials, for instance, in [22] [23] [24]26]. Our ...

Keywords: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), quarry 1.1 Introduction Quarrying is an important industry in national development. It provides much of the material used in traditional hard flooring, such as granite, limestone, marble, sandstone, slate and even clay to make ceramic tiles and cement. However, like many other man-made activities ...

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of limestone quarrying is a comprehensive study that evaluates the potential environmental and social impacts associated with the extraction of limestone from a quarry. EIAs can identify repercussions of a proposed project or development on the environment and can recommend measures to mitigate or avoid ...

Environmental impact assessment of quarries and stone cutting industries in Palestine: Case Study of Jammain. Journal of Environmental Protection and Sustainable Developme nt, 2 (4), 32-38.

. Methodology. The steps for site selection for the limestone quarry expansion project were: Identifying alternative sites with adequate re-sources to support a 25–50 years …

As the city of Istanbul, especially during the last two decades, has grown fast and its population density increased so that many quarries that were once rural are now in suburban areas seen as an example case in Fig. …

Al-Nawaser cement plant is processed to construct in Al-Mahweet, NW Yemen. The quarry area is composed of limestone of Amran Group as a main raw source for cement production, which is exposed in the high mountains beside the plant site. The chemical analysis of limestones shows 50.31% CaO content, with 0.71% MgO. No …

Assessment of Environmental Impacts of Quarry Operation in Ogun State, Nigeria Mbuyi M. Melodi Department of Mining Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

10.1515/rtuect-2017-0011. Bibcode: 2017SJRUE..20...67K. Keywords: Climate change; carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions; environmental impacts; GHG protocol; IMPACT …

This study assessed the environmental impact of the quarry site on the adjoining neighbourhood in Oluyole Local Government Area, Ibadan, and Oyo State. The healthy city concept provided an anchor ...

The Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM) method was used to evaluate the impacts of laterite quarrying as it allows a comprehensive analysis of the results based on the individual environmental ...

respondents (50 staffs of the quarry and 50 non – staff residents of the communities for this study, while they were administered with structured questionnaires by well trained enumerators. Data collected covers mining operations, environmental impacts and attempts at reducing the effect of the environmental impact.

The study investigated the environmental effects of quarry operations in Abeokuta, Ogun state, while it specifically sought to identify corresponding environmental impacts posed in quarry operation and, assess the efforts towards minimizing environmental impacts of their operations. Primary data used for this study was …

The assessment includes; specifying the sites, the sand and gravel mining stages, the environmental impacts, land-uses, the distance between the crushers and urban sites.

Director of Environmental Protection. Environmental Protection Department. 27 th Floor, Southorn Centre, 130, Hennessy Road, Wanchai. [email protected]. 27th June 2011. Re: Planning and Engineering Study on Future Land Use at Ex-Lamma Quarry Area at Sok Kwu Wan,Lamma Island – Feasibility Study

This observation indicated that a higher NO 2 concentration level was observed in the Umuoghara quarry site than in the Ishiagu or Ngbo quarry sites when comparing the three quarry sites as observed ... Wang A (2020) Principle of environmental impact assessment best practice." international association for impact …

This study deals with the expected pollution impacts in the quarry site created from blasting and extraction of the raw materials emitted gases and dust directly affect the villages, population ...

ronmental impacts on karst from human activities other than quarrying, but there are relatively few articles that speci fi-cally refer to impacts from quarrying. The reported environmental impacts have occurred in a wide variety of karst terrains, under a wide variety of climatic conditions, where the natural systems

Abandoned quarry site at Augusta, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [11]. ... There is also an urgent need for an Environmental Impact Assessment and audit to be carried out to determine the state of the ...

Mining and quarrying for minor minerals impart significant economic, environmental and social impacts in and around the affected areas. The problem is severe in the small river catchments as the …

Start reading 📖 Impact Assessment and Restoration of Quarry Site in Urban Environment online and get access to an unlimited library of academic and non-fiction books on Perlego. ... Environmental impacts are different in their scale depending on the nature and stage of the resource development activities. This book is deals about the impact ...

Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) is described as 'a tool used to identify and assess the significance and effects of change resulting from development both on the landscape as an …

The study aimed at assessing the environmental and socio-economic impact of stone quarrying in Tororo district. To achieve this, we used questionnaires, interviews and focused group discussions ...

This study was carried out in quarry site at Ogbere town located at Ijebu-North Local Government Area of Ogun State; with main aim of assessing the impact of the quarry activity on bio-diversity ...

The present work highlights the assessment of the Environmental impact associated with a stone quarry and arrays the mitigation measures about the impacts of a stone quarry in Neyyattinkara Taluk in Thiruvananthapuram District.

The Environmental Protection Agency and EIA. 1. Licensing Role. The EPA is a competent authority for EIA. For Integrated Pollution Control (IPC), Industrial Emissions (IE) and Waste licence applications, where the activity is also a project which requires EIA, the Agency must conduct an assessment of the application for the purposes of EIA as respects the …

Kuzu, C. (2008). The importance of site-specific characters in prediction models for blast-induced ground vibrations. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 28, 405–414. Article Google Scholar Kuzu, C., & Ergin, H. (2005). An assessment of environmental impacts of quarry-blasting operation: A case study in Istanbul, Turkey.

Birchover Quarry is a gritstone quarry and dimensional stone works located on the edge of Birchover, Derbyshire and lies within the Peak District National Park. BSG Ecology has provided ecological support to Birchover Stone Limited for over ten years. Most recently we were commissioned to provide supporting information to help secure …

The study investigated the environmental effects of quarry operations in Abeokuta, Ogun state, while it specifically sought to identify corresponding environmental impacts posed in...

The 299/2002 Article 5 Environmental Impact Assessment Proclamation defines any projects that are likely to have a negative impact on the environment and requires an EIA process for any planned development project or public policy. ... Enatfenta M. Impact Assessment and Restoration of Quarry Site in Urban Environment: The …

As the city of Istanbul, especially during the last two decades, has grown fast and its population density increased so that many quarries that were once rural are now in suburban areas seen as an example case in Fig. 1. Therefore, the assessment of the environmental impact of the quarry is now an important prerequisite for the future …

Impact Assessment and Restoration of Quarry Site in Urban Environment: The Case of Augusta Quarry. ... The social and environmental impacts are more negative in the regions where mining is new or ...

Assessment of the environmental impact of a quarry is therefore now an important prerequisite for the any future operations (Kuzu & Ergin 2005). Nevertheless, these quarries are required to meet ...

The extraction of rock materials from the landscape is accompanied by severe influence on nature. The research presents the assessment of the impact of the quarry activities in a gneiss deposit in ...

Limestone quarries and their env ironmental impact. PETER GATT. Department of Geology, Cornell University, NY, USA. e-mail: mepcons@hotmail. The quarry indust ry of many countries constitutes ...