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What is mountaintop removal mining?
Mountaintop removal mining is a form of mining in which the top of a mountain is removed to expose the coal seams underneath. This method often involves using explosives to break up the rock and soil. It can lead to significant environmental damage, including deforestation, water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.
How do you get coal out of the ground?
Coal is extracted from the ground through mining methods such as surface mining and underground mining. Surface mining involves removing the top layers of soil and rock to access the coal seams, while underground mining involves tunnels and shafts to access coal deposits deep below the surface. Once extracted, the coal is processed and transported for various industrial uses.
What is leatching?
It seems like there is a typo in your question. Did you mean "leaching"? Leaching is a process where water or other solvents extract soluble components from a solid material. This process is often used in mining to extract valuable minerals from ores.
What is sub soil and top soil?
Subsoil is the layer of soil beneath topsoil, containing less organic matter and typically higher concentrations of clay and minerals. Topsoil is the uppermost layer of soil, rich in organic matter and nutrients necessary for plant growth.
What are the most commonly mined minerals and how are they extracted from the earth?
The most commonly mined minerals include coal, iron ore, copper, gold, and silver. These minerals are extracted from the earth through various methods such as surface mining, underground mining, and solution mining. Surface mining involves removing the top layer of soil to access the mineral deposits, while underground mining involves digging tunnels to reach the minerals. Solution mining involves using chemical solutions to extract minerals from underground deposits.
How do you know if your soil has gone bad?
If it is stale and a very light brown and nothing grows on top of it, then you know you have bad soil.
Is soil erosion bad?
Yes then you lose top soil for plants and crops don't grow as well.
What was polluting the water in thunderheart?
The mining for Uranium that the government was secretly doing on the reservation. Strip mining removes top soil and anything in it, and rain would then wash this sediment into the river. This would result in pollution.
Is the soil good in the tundra?
No, it is called permafrost, which is a top layer of frozen soil. It is bad for growing plants which is one reason that there is not many plants in the tundra.
Who are the top 30 mining companies?
mining mexico wa australia
What damage does mining cause?
Mining can cause lots of problems, mostly environmental problems. Mining takes up space, in order for something to be mined, the environment on top must be removed. This includes trees and animals. Fortunately, in most countries there are laws which say that the environment must be restored after mining. Mining also causes a great deal of pollution, both in the air and in nearby bodies of water. Poisonous gasses can also be released during mining, which is not only bad for the wildlife but also bad for nearby towns.
How much top soil do you excavate before construction?
about 60 Cm 1-bad soil ~20 cm 2-for protect of freezing ~60 Cm
What is mountaintop removal mining?
Mountaintop removal mining is a form of mining in which the top of a mountain is removed to expose the coal seams underneath. This method often involves using explosives to break up the rock and soil. It can lead to significant environmental damage, including deforestation, water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.
How is coal mined from the earth?
The two commonest methods are deep pit mining or open cast mining. With deep=pit mining, shafts are dug vertically downwards, then tunnels excavated horizontally to extract the coal. With open-cast mining, the top-soil is simply scraped away, using large excavators, and the coal is transported away tpo be processed.
What is soil top?
it has no soil
How do you get coal out of the ground?
Coal is extracted from the ground through mining methods such as surface mining and underground mining. Surface mining involves removing the top layers of soil and rock to access the coal seams, while underground mining involves tunnels and shafts to access coal deposits deep below the surface. Once extracted, the coal is processed and transported for various industrial uses.
Does potting soil retain the most water out of sand potting soil and local top soil?
top soil
