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Abandoned Mineral Lands in the U.S. National Parks
About the legacy of mining in the national parks, the environmental impacts of mining, and the hazards associated with abandoned mine lands. Many photos.
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/distland/about_aml.htm

Mining Technology
One-stop shop for industry information on energy minerals, ferrous, base and precious metals, industrial minerals and ge mstones
http://www.mining-technology.com/

Environmental Mining Council of British Columbia
Designed to give community organizations the tools they need to take action around mining impacts. Web site offers extensive background information, maps, articles, and photos related to impacts of mineral developments from exploration to a bandonment.
http://www.miningwatch.org/emcbc/

Mine Environment Neutral Drainage (MEND 2000)
Canada's acidic drainage research and technology transfer pr ogram.
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/canmet-mtb/mmsl-lmsm/mend/default _e.htm

Mining the Mountains
Archive of Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette articles on mountaintop removal, accompanied by text of US court rulings and a draft version of the never-published environmental impact statement on the practice.
http://wvgazette.com/static/series/mining/

Environment Control
Services and consulting to mining industry, specializing in mining related diseases, ventilation, fires, dust explosions, opencast and underground mining. Johannesburg, South Afric a.
http://www.environmentcontrol.co.za