Conservation of Minerals

Minerals fall into the non-renewable resource group. Mineral formation and concentration take thousands of years to complete.

    • The rate of mineral creation is substantially slower than the rate of mineral consumption by people.
    • In the mining process, waste reduction is essential. Recycling metals is another technique to preserve mineral resources.

Conservation of minerals can be done by the following methods:

    • Reducing wastage in the mining process
    • Metal recycling using scrap metals
    • Use of renewable alternatives
    • The sustainable and planned use of mineral resources
    • Use of advanced technology to allow utilization of low-rate ores at minimum cost
    • Mineral resources can also be conserved through recycling.
    • Training miners can ....
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