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Environmental Implications of Mining of Beach Placers for Heavy Minerals

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  • Debashish Sengupta
  • Shayantani Ghosal

    (Department of Geology and Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur, India)

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With the increasing demand for clean energy in emerging economies like India, the requirement for Rare Earth Elements (REE) along with thorium is getting enhanced. In such a situation an indigenous resource of these are important. The easy extraction of these elements from beach placers has attracted considerable interest. However, mining in beach areas can have a detrimental impact, if suitable measures are not undertaken. The impact of mining of heavy minerals, primarily by dredging, along the east coast of India is discussed.

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  • Debashish Sengupta & Shayantani Ghosal, 2017. "Environmental Implications of Mining of Beach Placers for Heavy Minerals," Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 2(3), pages 48-50, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jofoaj:v:2:y:2017:i:3:p:48-50
    DOI: 10.19080/OFOAJ.2017.02.555588
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