Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52819#.VKn1xcnQrzE Author(s) Mallikarjun Rao Pillalamarry 1 , Khanindra Pathak 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Mining and Process Engineering, Polytechnic of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia . 2 Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India . ABSTRACT Mining stimulates environmental and economic impacts on the neighboring community right from the inception to the closure of its operations. The society in the neighborhood of mining gradually adopts a characteristic life-style that is highly influenced by the mining. In order to sustain the societal development beyond the mine closure, it is nec...
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