“…Negative impacts of mining activities on adjacent areas are the deformation of slopes and land surfaces, effects on both underground and surface water, pollution of soil, air, and water, and degraded wildlife habitats (Steelman and Carmin, 1998;Garrod and Willis, 2000;Menegaki and Kaliampakos, 2014;Marschalko et al, 2015;Mondal et al, 2016;Gorniak-Zimroz and Pactwa, 2018;Sinha et al, 2019;Sinthumule et al, 2020). Besides the environmental costs, mine neighboring communities are affected through health impacts (Steelman and Carmin, 1998;McMahon and Remy, 2001) related to pollution, dust, noise, and vibration (Menegaki and Kaliampakos, 2014;Atay Kaya and Kaya Erol, 2016;Mondal et al, 2016;Gorniak-Zimroz and Pactwa, 2018;Sinthumule et al, 2020), and economic impacts related with reduced real estate values, risk of adverse effects on crops and farms, and heavy traffic (Gorniak-Zimroz and Pactwa, 2018;Sinthumule et al, 2020).…”