Reducing the Environmental Impact of Mining Industry
La Paz, Baja California Sur .- As part of the celebrations of World Environment Day taking place this week, Baja California Sur District Association of Mining Engineers, Metallurgists and Geologists of Mexico (AIMMGM) declared to Alejandro Alvarez engineer through its district president, that “today is more urgent than ever to disclose the number of shares in the development of its operation, making the mining industry to avoid or mitigate environmental impacts, while contributes to the production of raw materials essential to the welfare of modern society. ”
While recognizing that in the past mining activity, like all industrial, agricultural and livestock negatively impacted the natural environment, there are now sufficient legal and technological instruments to minimize the chances of contaminating soil, water or air as a result of processes of underground mining land, said the state district president of the Association referred.
Finally, he indicated that “the mining industry has every interest in maintaining a healthy environment and to demonstrate that a mining operation is compatible with all other human activities, whether commercial, industrial and even tourism, as evidenced by statements and Durango, Zacatecas, Sonora, Chihuahua, to name just a few of the organizations most active northern mining and tourism, “