Jamaican Bauxite Case Report

Jamaican Bauxite dig Case Report -Palak The documentary video shows how bauxite tap affects environs in Jamaica. After the excavation process fool aways place, the residual red mud is dumped into a lake in the highlands of Central Jamaica. However, these red mud lakes resulted in the percolation of harsh residues (sodium) into the underground aquifers in local eye sockets. The sludge contains high levels of level-headed metals and opposite pollutants. Thus, the soil remaining, can non sustain life on it.The environmental impact of Jamaicas bauxite mining symbolizes the majority of mining or heavy industrial operations. Bauxite mining, which is considered as find mining, is land extensive, noisy and dusty. Mining pits argon often in amongst small rural communities, thereby requiring companies relocate the people and/or to m one(a)tarily report them. To facilitate this process, all the biodiversity has to be destroyed, thus affecting subsistence farmers the most, who are no t even provided with any kind of compensation, as we see Mr.Neville Palmer telling us, in the video. This loss of biodiversity is of great concern to all environmentalists. Mr. Dixon, an environmentalist tells us how the heavy metals present in the mud, is seeping into the ground water and that in give is polluting rivers and streams. Thus, affecting not only the environment and surrounding ecosystem, but to a fault the health of the local communities. The local people complain that the air is pollute by bauxite dust coming from the lake and a nearby processing plant.However, one of the leading companies of bauxite mining in Jamaica, have stated that their bauxite residues facilities contain no toxic components and uses the latest technology for the red mud disposal. Reclamation and proceeds of mined land is also done on a punctual basis. The environmentalists dont seem too satisfied with that, though. They say that the taxation generated by bauxite mining in Jamaica is far les s than the harm caused to the environment by the land erosion n pollution.Meanwhile, as the dispute continues, the mining companies continue to flourish. In the later years, the Jamaican Mining Act was introduced. The Jamaican Mining Act of 1947 requires mines to remove topsoil before mining, and restore it as part of the reclamation process. According to the Act, the companies holding the mining license, must, as concisely as mining activities are over, restore every mined area of land to the level of productivity that existed prior to the mining.This restoration must take place within six months after the activity has ended and mischance to do so will result in a penalty of US$ 4,500 per acre. Since the average cost of restoration for mined-out bauxite lands in US$ 4000 per acre, the companies are encouraged to restore rather than pay the fine. Thus presently, the bauxite mining scenario in Jamaica is of high concern and environmentalists are doing as much as thinkable to curb the harmful effects. The companies too have started to join hands, but no great success or improvements yet.