Concept information
Preferred term
mineral waste
Definition
- Mineral waste is the solid, liquid, and airborne byproducts of mining and mineral concentration processes. Although mining and metallurgy are ancient arts, the Industrial Revolution launched an accelerating global demand for minerals that has made waste generation and disposal modern industry's most severe environmental and social challenge. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Mineral Waste]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/mineral_waste
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