Potash, a natural source of potassium (the word potassium is derived from potash), can be produced from sylvinite, a mineral found in the Earth. The mining of sylvinite and other minerals can lead to erosion, sinkholes, pollution, and loss of biodiversity due to land development.
Mining has not stopped.
underground mining
it is mining under the sea.
The advantage to a company and country is that gold is a storehouse of value. Mining and refining it provides a form of hard currency. Gold is industrially useful as a corrosion resistant coating for electronics (there is some in almost every computer).The disadvantages include that mining can damage the environment both on and below the surface. It can imperil water resources by contamination with heavy metals. The miners may be exploited by companies to work in old or dangerous mines, and the temptation to theft can lead to harsh treatment.Most consumers don't know where the gold in their products comes from, or how it is mined. Gold mining is a dirty industry: it can displace communities, contaminate drinking water, hurt workers, and destroy pristine environments.
The disadvantages of mining iron
what are the disadvantages of bauxite mining
advantages to mining potash
Cash
There are many disadvantages to mining. The main disadvantages include the danger to the miner, environmental hazards, the stripping of natural resources, and the permanent scarring of the landscape.
Cash
Subsurface mining is less disruptive to the environment that strip mining, however the danger to the miners is greater
Causes acid rain
Advantages to the mining industry in general are that it can add jobs and money to the nearby economy. Some disadvantages are that the work is dangerous, and it is depleting the earthâ??s natural resources.
Phenacetin is not mined, it is a synthetic pain-relieving and fever-reducing drug.
Advantages:1) Mining of ores will enable people to get useful elements with significant profit.2) Mining will give unemployed people to get at least the simplest job.3) Mining of ores might result in finding something new and valuable (since we are digging)Disadvantages:1) Since mining sites are usually in the forest areas, trees will be cut while people are getting to these places.2) Workers might die due to accidents.3) Mining sites will be wastelands after the mining is over, leaving the farmers less land for agriculture
you need to pump the water out of the mine otherwise the shafts will cave in and you could get trapped.