ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF IRON ORE MINING
impacts on the environment. It degrades natural landscapes, surface and ground water quality, flora and fauna, as well as the ambient air quality within the mining area and its environs. Iron ore tailings usually contain large amount of Silica, iron, and traces of Hg, Se, Cu, Pb, Zn, As, Mn etc. that are harmful to humans even at low levels. In the present research work, the air and water