ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AT MINING COMPANY: A CASE STUDY IN DAI TU DISTRICT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS

Phạm Ngọc Huyền

doi:10.34238/tnu-jst.6597

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AT MINING COMPANY: A CASE STUDY IN DAI TU DISTRICT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS

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Received: 05/10/22 Revised: 28/11/22 Published: 28/11/22

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Pham Ngoc Huyen , TNU - University of Agriculture and Forestry

Abstract

The information about Nui Phao mining company as well as the perception from local communities who live around Nui Phao company about the operation and effect of the company was investigated in this article. In this case, the company staffs and the local communities are the source of information for environmental impact assessment in Nui Phao mining company. In order to obtain the result, an interview was conducted with a questionnaire consisting of two sections about the waste, noise, and water condition based on the perception of company and local people. The results were compared with the Vietnamese National Standard. The results showed that the status of air and waste was still within the permitted standard although there was a little problem with wastewater of the company. Besides, other related aspects such as residents’ health, smell of tap water at home, etc were all good based on the local residents’ opinion. It is concluded that residents in the area had hardly experienced any bad impacts of the mining company. However, some measures are also proposed for prevention, and response of environmental problems.

Keywords

Environmental impacts; Mining company; Environmental pollution; Nui Phao mining company; Dai Tu district

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.34238/tnu-jst.6597

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