By quarrying limestone hills for raw materials, cement companies are invariably destroying the only habitat of many snails, wiping out entire species at one go, conservationists allege.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/did-mining-company-drive-3-species-extinction
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/mongabay
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/limestone
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malaysia
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extinct-species
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cement-industry
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/habitat