Cyanide Usage In the Gold Mining Industry Under Wet, Tropical Conditions

The extraction of gold (from both open cut and underground mines) involves land usage and a considerable amount of chemicals. One of the most predominant chemicals in the industry is cyanide, which has the potential to impact heavily on the environment, affecting land, water and air, and thus the biosphere. With many major mining companies currently operating in the developing third world countries which are often located in wet tropical regions and coupled with the inadequacy of standards and regulations governing the usage of cyanide, the propensity for damage in wet tropical environments is great.
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