Mine Waste as Resource: Indian Mining Scenario of Coal and Non Coal Mining Sector
Sanniv Shome1, Shushil Mhaske2, K. Pathak3, M S Tiwari4
1S. Shom, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (West Bengal), India.
2Dr. Sushil Mhaske, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (West Bengal), India.
3Dr. Khanindra Pathak, Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (West Bengal), India.
4Dr. Manoj Tiwari, Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (West Bengal), India.
Manuscript received on March 08, 2020. | Revised Manuscript received on February 16, 2021. | Manuscript published on March 30, 2021. | PP: 250-252 | Volume-9 Issue-6, March 2021. | Retrieval Number: 100.1/ijrte.F5396039621 | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.F5396.039621
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Abstract: Mother Nature has bestowed India with huge resources of coal, iron ore, bauxite, manganese and limestone. India has one of the lowest per capita availability of land due to population of more than 1.3 billion. The transformation from under developed to developed economy warrants enormous increase in mineral production. This will generate additional huge quantities of waste. The industry is already facing problems related to land acquisition and environmental clearances. Sustainable development of Indian mineral industry requires reprocessing, reuse and recycling of mine waste. To achieve this, economic and innovative mineral processing methods are required which will result in least damage to ecology and environment.
Keywords: Sustainable Development, Reprocessing, Reuse, Recycling.