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What are the environmental implications of economic geology ? Discuss.

  • UPSC 2023
  • Environmental Geography

Economic geology studies the formation, distribution, exploration, extraction and evaluation of earth materials of economic value — metallic ores, industrial minerals, fossil fuels and building stone.

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  • Implications Across the Mine Life Cycle
  • Exploration and development
  • Extraction
  • Processing and smelting
  • Closure
  • New Frontiers
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