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Human, environmental costs of sand, gravel mining overlooked — study

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 09, 2021 | 5:00 am Education News Asia Canada Europe 

A new study led by researchers at McGill University and the University of Copenhagen states that the human and environmental costs of sand and gravel extraction in lower and middle-income countries have, so far, been overlooked. According to the scientists,...

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