Stone quarrying is one of the key extractive economic activities in the Ashanti Region, supplying the bulk of stone of varying aggregates to the construction industry within the region and beyond.

PDF | Several serious environmental impacts related to quarrying activities on and near the river, such as vibrations, land degradation, land subsidence... | Find, …

Environmental and health risk surveillance were undertaken in stone quarry works, during the months of summer (May to June, N = 521), post monsoon (September to October, N = 214), and winter ...

2 Impact of sandstone quarrying on the health of quarry workers and local residents in Keru, Jodhpur, India ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to evaluate the impacts of sandstone ...

Stone quarrying is a form of land use method concerned with the extraction of non-fuel and non-metal minerals from rocks [1]. It is usually done by open-cast method using rock drills, explosion of dynamite and use of other methods [2]. Quarrying has environmental and health effects.

The present article is an attempt to appraise the importance of the stone quarrying in the village-level micro economy as well as to study the adverse effects of such destructive activities on nature.

Using the resource curse theory as a philosophical lens, this study qualitatively analysed the effects of the stone quarrying industry in the Wenchi municipality of Ghana. Using the case study ...

Quarrying activities lead to an enormous change in the local environment by stripping topsoil, destroying vegetation, altering physio-chemical properties of soil and disturbing nearby

The present study strives to assess the economic importance of the small scale stone quarrying as well as the adverse feedbacks of quarrying on the local ecology and environment. 1.1.

Mining and quarrying for minor minerals impart significant economic, environmental and social impacts in and around the affected areas. The problem is severe in the small river catchments as the effective area available for assimilating negative impacts of the activity is minimal, compared to large river basins. To address these …

Quarries. Article PDF Available. Environmental Perspective of Stone Crushing and Quarrying: A Case Study from Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir, India. April 2020. Current World...

The most obv ious engineering impact of quarrying is a chan ge. in topography and conversion of land use, with the associate d change in the visual scene. This major impact may be accompanied. by ...

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This study investigated the effect of stone quarry activities and seasonal variation on the concentration of air pollutants. Higher concentration of particulate matter was observed in the dry ...

This study investigated the impact of quarrying and stone crushing activities on heavy metals plant nutritional composition phytochemicals and oxidative stress indices of Aspilia africana. Materials and Methods Different parts of A. africana were collected from the quarry site and compared to those growing from nonquarry mining environment.

Almost all quarries are left abandoned without any further use or refilling. After preliminary observations of numbers and sizes, the abandoned stone quarries are studied during …

Resource availability and extraction seem to present a paradox to most countries in the global south. It appears to be a curse rather than a blessing. Using the resource curse theory as a philosophical lens, this study qualitatively analysed the effects of the stone quarrying industry in the Wenchi municipality of Ghana. Using the case …

There was annual heavy exploitation record during 2003-2008 (30.83%) of stone from quarry sites and total increments of SQC activities were found 277.64% since last 18 years.

Abstract. Excessive demand for stones due to rapid infrastructure development led to uncontrolled stone quarrying in Mitrapur panchayat of Balasore district causing serious …

The study concluded that quarrying activities in Ndarugo area of Kiambu County have both positive and negative effects. The quarry companies are licensed to carry out their activities in Ndarugo area.

Introduction: Despite advances in technology, in India workers of stone processing industry continue to be at high risk for lung function deterioration. This study was designed to analyse the effect of duration of exposure, job profile and smoking on lung function of stone quarry workers from Jammu city, Jammu and Kashmir State, India.

The study of stone quarries and assessment of their impact on water quality are difficult because it might take many years to separate their causes and effects.

The findings of this study indicated some fundamental facts; quarrying is a basic supporter of local economy where exist, furthermore, regarding as a short-term activity with permanent impacts ...

Research Scholar Department of Sociology Jnanabharathi, Bangalore University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India living. Economic activities like mining and manufacturing …

This study has been carried out in the Banor-Shiva limestone mining region which is located in the Sirmaur District of Himachal Pradesh State in India. The study calculated compound annual growth rates and benefit sharing between the miners and local people, and made a calculation of transport costs based on the mining rules in force and the ...

Impact of Sandstone Quarrying on the Health of Quarry Workers and Local Residents: A Case Study of Keru, Jodhpur, India March 2022 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29643-8_5

The present study was undertaken to estimate the emission of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) from different activities undertaken in stone quarrying in Mahendragarh, Haryana.

The study concluded that quarrying activities in Ndarugo area of Kiambu County have both positive and negative effects. The quarry companies are licensed to carry out their activities in Ndarugo area.

Impact of Sandstone Quarrying on the Health of Quarry Workers and Local Residents: A Case Study of Keru, Jodhpur, India. In: Sengupta, D., Dubey, B.K., Goel, …

Mining is essentially a destructive developmental activity, where ecology suffers at the altar of economy. Unfortunately, in most regions of the Earth, the underground geological resources are superimposed by biological resources (forests). This is particularly evident in India. Hence mining operations necessarily involve deforestation, habitat …