Question

Discuss the positive and negative impacts of mining.

Answer 1

Mining is the process of collecting minerals in the ground. Mining can impact local communities both positively and negatively.

Positive impacts of mining

• Mining yields our economy a big capital and involves the use of the country's resources.
  
• Mining uplifts the economy.
  
• Mining provides raw materials for the construction of building structures.
  
• Mining removes the problem of unemployment as it provide job to a large number of people.
  

Negative impacts of mining

• It destroys our forest and leads to catastrophes and pollution.
• It affects health of people.
• It changes the social dynamics of a community.
  
• We are suffering floods, landslides and other natural disaster because of mining.
  
• People working in mines are also harassed by mines or government security.