Group+Summary+&+Top+Facts+about+different+mineral+related+problems

​ Example Table || The four different mineral related problems discussed by the four table partners are... This is a summary of what we learned about each mineral related problem... || Woo Byun: []
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Arkansas is the best place to get quartz. Quartz is often used in radio oscillators. In WWII Quartz was a very large importance. The military bought out most of the quartz during WWII. Sometimes explosives are used to expose pockets of quartz. A crystal that has been underground can be damaged if removing it causes a sudden change in temperature. Trying to mine the crystals, the land is being damaged from explosives and it may cause land to sink. While the quartz is being mined, workers are prone to get hurt on the job, because quartz may fall hand hit a person in a cave. Quartz is naturally sharp and large, so if there is any disturbances, it may break and fall.

Rashid Haddad

[] Copper is the 2nd most used metal in the world today. It has very good conductivity that its used for electricity. Copper is not brittle so you can twist it and it won’t break. So they use it in wires. The bad part about copper is that getting the copper. They mine out the copper but after they are done is that bacterium forms on top and that causes the oxidation of iron and sulfide to cause ferrous sulfate. This is bad because the land then turns like rust so then the land is not usable any more for trees or any sort of animal to live there. So not having trees around the area the air would be polluted and the people won’t get fresh air to breath. That can cause diseases.

Liliana Rzepecka[] The diamond trade worldwide is worth about 67 million dollars. Diamonds are found mostly in South Africa, in many different mines. Still the geology does not make any profit for those countries that have diamond mines because many wars are fought and the diamonds are stolen by rebels. UN security tries to find some solutions and help people but it is impossible to help the whole country. This affects people because even though they have very rich natural resources, they still have to deal with poverty, since they do not get any profits for neither work nor the diamonds that are sold. || [] In Angola and Sierra Leone, conflict diamonds continue to fund the rebel groups. The rebel groups taking advantage of the people by taxing the people with outragous amount of money. ed. They are trying to keep the market under control so the diamonds are not used as a fuel to keep the rebels doing their work.
 * Table 2 || Peter Kim:

Mohammad - Crystallized quartz has several properties that make it valuable. It is capable of steady vibrations, also called oscillations, that can be used to regulate the flow of electricity. India is one of a small number of places in the world with enough quartz crystals to justify commercial mining. Quartz is important because they used it for making arrowheads and knives and scrapers. Quartz mining is to be taken up in 149 acres of land in Thoomukunta village in Galiveedu mandal in Kadapa districtquartz mining would affect Kondakindapalle, Balijapalle, Eguvamala, Marrikondapalle, Nagireddipalle, Mynavaripalle and Thoomukunta villages and sought steps to minimise any problem to the local people. People would lose some land and cattle would face fodder shortage, he said. A villager K. Lakshminarasamma sought grant of employment guarantee works. []

Olena - [] Summarize: Aluminum is mined in France. But today it is mined in Africa, Australia, South America, and the Caribbean. Arkansas was major supplier of bauxite during and after World War 2. Australia is the place i choose to talk specifically on how it affects people/land. The effects of aluminum have drawn our attention, mainly due to the acidifying problems. Aluminum may occur in plants and cause health problems for animals that consume these plants. The concentrations of aluminum appear to be highest in acidified lakes. 

Sami- CLAY Gray in color and very flexible, once heated it becomes hard and easily broken    Used to make cement and concrete, which is used to build roads, buildings, housing foundations and even driveways. You can mine clay in eastern part of the world. China is a large provider of clay. Some of its best artifacts are made of clay. Clay mining can be very dangerous for the workers; it can cause plenty of diseases. It affects many of the people in the area of Kerala. Though clay is sold all over the world and brings in tons of profit. Explain how this affects people or the land in a negative way.

[] || [] Mine accidents in Xinhua china happen alot, the chinese look for minerals in dangerous parts of the mines. The collapse killed 26 and the officals will not say anything that happened in the accident. They dont care what happens to their miners as long as they get the minerals. Tracy Catallo: [] This website shows the bad side of diamonds. People mostly think of diamonds as jewlery, and do not think of the industry it is used in.Because this diamond is wanted by many and is known to be someones most expensive vaulable, it causes problems in central Africa where people try to smuggle diamonds out. In the year 2000 they had 500,000 carats of diamonds stolen. In Boda Dwight - [] Sepon copper mining laos caused pollution. Investment banks decided to delay the funds for the Sepon copper mining project. The copper mine had financial problems, it is basically ownedby Oxiana ltd, an Australian company that extracts gold and copper in Southeast Asia. Oxiana turned down the offer from the International Finance Corporation. The mine had already ruined the environment. The mine's waste had already threatened the endangered specieal living by the river, plants and trees have been destroyed, and people living near the mine had been relocated away from the polluted place. Andrew: [] This article gives information about the mine explosion in Motana, which killed 3 and injured a dozen of people working in the mines in search of minerals. The casualties were 600 ft below ground where the explosion occured. The explosion loosened a larger section of ground which would lead to further problems like drifting. || [] In this article it mentions that a 16th century Portuguese trading vessel, carried a fortune i n gold and ivory, on the coast of India. It was unfortunately blown far off course by a fierce storm while trying to round the southern tip of Africa. A few days later, the ship founders where surrounded with more than a hundred million carats of diamonds. This means people need to go diamond mining so they can make money, and survive.  Carlos Martinez This article explains about mining Potosí silver and zinc in the poor working conditions of Cerro Rico; where power cables are present, they are often poorly maintained and often exposed. Elevators aren’t installed for in Potosí, Bolivia moving between levels. Bolivian miners squeeze through small crawling spaces, and climb old wooden ladders o access the deep cut extremes of the Potosi mines.
 * Table 4 || Kasey- In my article/video I found out that :
 * Table 5 || Adriana- **Smith, Roff. "Diamond Shipwreck." __National Geographic Magazine__ 27 Oct. 2009.**

[] Antonette Zinc-http://healthnewsreport.blogspot.com/2009/07/health-benefits-of-zinc-explained.html This article suggests that zinc may be pointing the way to new therapeutic targets for fighting infections. It also explains that zinc supplementation significantly reduces the duration and severity of childhood diarrhea, lower respiratory. This article says that scientists from Florida found out that zinc can do multiple things. Zinc doesn’t only support healthy immune function, but increases start of the cells (T cells) responsible for destroying viruses and bacteria. Generally the cell activation stimulates the zinc transportation in the T cells which transports stored zinc into the cell cytoplasm where it alters the expression of a T cell protein in a way needed to fight infections. This discovery of how zinc and T cells work together are changing the ways that people look at fighting off infections. Rendell Iron- [] [] Summary: This article shows that laborers in Liberia, Africa, working to find diamonds, are mistreated and poorly paid. This is being hidden by the executives of big diamond companies here in America in order to maintain their own wealth and personal gain.
 * This article explains about iron deficiency anemia, which is when the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells. It also explains the causes of iron deficiency and it also explains the percentage of how many people don’t have that certain amount of iron. It also explains the groups that are at high risk such as infants. It also explains the certain symptoms from the deficiency on. Mostly people who don’t get enough iron in their diet suffer from this ||
 * Table 6 || Lisa Zarembski:

Max Lewis: [] In Angola Diamonds were used to fund a civil war in the 90’s and in 2000 the UN took note of this and took action, banning the export of Diamonds from countries using them to fund such wars. In Africa, children are working to get the diamonds out of the mines. Diamonds became the point of vicious civil war that resulted in many deaths.

Michelle Kloda- [] In Africa, children are working to get diamonds out of mines. This became the vicious point of the civil war that resulted in many deaths.

NOTESSS <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Lisa’s article- How the African Diamond Trade Works- blood diamonds have produced billions of dollars to fund civil wars in African nations more than 4 million people have died due to these conflicts over diamonds Kimberly process Certification Scheme- created to regulate the diamond trade 70 countries participated in this process

Michelle’s Article Diamond Trafficking Infects the Youth of Sierra Leone -diamonds are vicious points of war -children work really hard in diamond mines and it is a very difficult job -children work as slaves and they use the term blood diamonds to describe the jewels

Diamonds are sold and money is used for bad things. Angola is where the conflict began. Diamonds were sold to fund war. Programs have been established to help end this fighting. ||
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