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Long-term mineral extraction has no lasting consequences.


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Long-term mineral extraction produces lasting environmental, social and economic consequences — e.g. habitat loss and biodiversity decline, soil erosion and landscape alteration, groundwater and surface-water contamination (acid mine drainage, heavy metals), persistent tailings and waste, and long-term community and health impacts. Many effects can persist for decades to centuries.