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Mount Polley And Environmental Impact

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Introduction
Mining is the extraction or removal of minerals and metals from the Earth, and the world market is expanding for mineral commodities. Chrome, cooper, coal, diamonds, gold, iron, manganese, nickel, silver, and zinc are just some examples of what is mined (Blight, 2011, p. 77). Mining is a money generating business that flourishes, in addition to governments receiving money from mining revenues; however, the effects of mining are often very damaging to the environment. As one of the foremost contributors of deforestation, trees and vegetation are cleared or burned, for the purpose of mining.

Mount Polley Incident and Environmental Impact
On August 4, 2014, Imperial Metals Mount Polley gold and copper mine, located in British
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