Environmental impact of mining

Environmental impact of mining - environmental problems with the uncontrolled mining. Article “Environmental impact of mining” in English Wikipedia has 96.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 173 references and 26 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Environmental impact of mining” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Environmental impact of mining”, its content was written by 231 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 361 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 463 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1116 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #4454 in October 2018
• Global: #17163 in October 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #12194 in May 2015
• Global: #25826 in May 2015

There are 11 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Environmental impact of mining		96.3622
2	Ukrainian (uk) Вплив видобутку корисних копалин на довкілля		85.3415
3	Spanish (es) Impacto ambiental de la minería		79.0981
4	French (fr) Impact environnemental de l'industrie minière		72.163
5	Serbian (sr) Утицај рударства на околину		57.4706
6	Arabic (ar) الأثر البيئي للتعدين		46.3896
7	Persian (fa) پیامدهای زیست‌محیطی معدن‌کاوی		32.1328
8	Japanese (ja) 鉱害		30.6385
9	Czech (cs) Těžební průmysl a životní prostředí		22.0093
10	Portuguese (pt) Impactos ambientais da mineração		20.3375

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Environmental impact of mining" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Environmental impact of mining		2 942 233
2	Spanish (es) Impacto ambiental de la minería		1 098 026
3	Vietnamese (vi) Tác động môi trường trong khai thác mỏ		107 859
4	Japanese (ja) 鉱害		54 049
5	Ukrainian (uk) Вплив видобутку корисних копалин на довкілля		45 063
6	Arabic (ar) الأثر البيئي للتعدين		43 271
7	Czech (cs) Těžební průmysl a životní prostředí		7 904
8	Portuguese (pt) Impactos ambientais da mineração		7 416
9	Serbian (sr) Утицај рударства на околину		3 990
10	Persian (fa) پیامدهای زیست‌محیطی معدن‌کاوی		1 705

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Environmental impact of mining" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Environmental impact of mining		5 358
2	Spanish (es) Impacto ambiental de la minería		2 164
3	French (fr) Impact environnemental de l'industrie minière		183
4	Japanese (ja) 鉱害		157
5	Arabic (ar) الأثر البيئي للتعدين		104
6	Ukrainian (uk) Вплив видобутку корисних копалин на довкілля		90
7	Portuguese (pt) Impactos ambientais da mineração		77
8	Vietnamese (vi) Tác động môi trường trong khai thác mỏ		37
9	Czech (cs) Těžební průmysl a životní prostředí		26
10	Serbian (sr) Утицај рударства на околину		24

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Environmental impact of mining" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Environmental impact of mining		231
2	Spanish (es) Impacto ambiental de la minería		72
3	Japanese (ja) 鉱害		14
4	Vietnamese (vi) Tác động môi trường trong khai thác mỏ		10
5	Arabic (ar) الأثر البيئي للتعدين		6
6	Czech (cs) Těžební průmysl a životní prostředí		6
7	French (fr) Impact environnemental de l'industrie minière		6
8	Serbian (sr) Утицај рударства на околину		6
9	Ukrainian (uk) Вплив видобутку корисних копалин на довкілля		5
10	Portuguese (pt) Impactos ambientais da mineração		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Environmental impact of mining" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Environmental impact of mining		1
2	Arabic (ar) الأثر البيئي للتعدين		0
3	Czech (cs) Těžební průmysl a životní prostředí		0
4	Spanish (es) Impacto ambiental de la minería		0
5	Persian (fa) پیامدهای زیست‌محیطی معدن‌کاوی		0
6	French (fr) Impact environnemental de l'industrie minière		0
7	Japanese (ja) 鉱害		0
8	Portuguese (pt) Impactos ambientais da mineração		0
9	Serbian (sr) Утицај рударства на околину		0
10	Ukrainian (uk) Вплив видобутку корисних копалин на довкілля		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Environmental impact of mining" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Environmental impact of mining		463
2	Japanese (ja) 鉱害		337
3	Arabic (ar) الأثر البيئي للتعدين		130
4	Persian (fa) پیامدهای زیست‌محیطی معدن‌کاوی		86
5	French (fr) Impact environnemental de l'industrie minière		35
6	Spanish (es) Impacto ambiental de la minería		28
7	Vietnamese (vi) Tác động môi trường trong khai thác mỏ		22
8	Serbian (sr) Утицај рударства на околину		5
9	Ukrainian (uk) Вплив видобутку корисних копалин на довкілля		5
10	Czech (cs) Těžební průmysl a životní prostředí		3

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الأثر البيئي للتعدين
cs	Czech Těžební průmysl a životní prostředí
en	English Environmental impact of mining
es	Spanish Impacto ambiental de la minería
fa	Persian پیامدهای زیست‌محیطی معدن‌کاوی
fr	French Impact environnemental de l'industrie minière
ja	Japanese 鉱害
pt	Portuguese Impactos ambientais da mineração
sr	Serbian Утицај рударства на околину
uk	Ukrainian Вплив видобутку корисних копалин на довкілля
vi	Vietnamese Tác động môi trường trong khai thác mỏ

Best Rank

English: #12194 05.2015

Global: #25826 05.2015

Best Rank

English: #4454 10.2018

Global: #17163 10.2018

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