By Alyson Warhurst
The conventional photograph of mining organisations working with little regard for nature or neighborhood populations is, at the present time, not exact. safety of our environment, of mine employees, and of close by groups has turn into approximately as a lot a priority as placing "rock within the box." With case reviews from Chile, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, and the USA, this publication indicates how mining companies which are the best in extracting minerals also are greater at conserving the surroundings.
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Under the Canadian acid-rain-control program, Inco was required to reduce SO2 emissions from its Sudbury smelter complex from 685 000 t/year to 265 000 t/year by 1994, a 60% reduction. To achieve this reduction, Inco planned to spend $69 million to modernize its milling and concentrating operations and $425 million for smelter-SO2 abatement. The modernization process included replacement of its reverberatory furnaces with innovative oxygenflash smelters and the construction of a new sulfuric acid recovery plant and an additional oxygen plant.
International organizations — including banks, donor agencies, and institutions concerned with implementing UNCED objectives — also need to consider policies to promote the international diffusion of clean technology. 38 MINING AND THE ENVIRONMENT This is not an argument against regulation but a recommendation for a more sophisticated approach to public policy. Such a policy would define the regulatory goals relating to both the production process and the output stream — that is, set something to aim at — and be underpinned by an informed technology policy to guide and stimulate industry along the fastest, most efficient route to those goals.
International organizations — including banks, donor agencies, and institutions concerned with implementing UNCED objectives — also need to consider policies to promote the international diffusion of clean technology. 38 MINING AND THE ENVIRONMENT This is not an argument against regulation but a recommendation for a more sophisticated approach to public policy. Such a policy would define the regulatory goals relating to both the production process and the output stream — that is, set something to aim at — and be underpinned by an informed technology policy to guide and stimulate industry along the fastest, most efficient route to those goals.