The mining industry today faces a new set of environmental social economic and political challenges Despite efforts deployed by companies to improve their sustainable practices and the proliferation of international initiatives aiming at enhanced sector management governance mining is again being challenged Centralized management and contradictory
Innovation plays a critical role in the mining industry as a tool to improve the efficiency of its processes to reduce costs but also to meet the increasing social and environmental concerns among communities and authorities Technological progress has also been crucial to allow the exploitation of new deposits in more complex scenarios lower ore
The theory of climate change and its likely impact on natural resources and their capacity for supporting sustainable economic development are discussed and a comprehensive analysis of the concepts of sustainability definition and types
Upcycling is a great technique to address sustainability in industrial processes but it faces some challenges the main being the design and development of sustainable extraction methods by using for example green chemistry approaches to obtain the maximum yield without compromising the stability of the extracts and their components while
Finding alternative sources of essential minerals required for the development and implementation of green technology has gained prominence in the wake of the worldwide drive for sustainable development and the transition towards a low carbon economy Yin et al 2023 The mining sector now faces both new possibilities and new problems as a
The paper presents valuable insights in identifying the gaps where should the focus be in the mining and mineral processing industries for a sustainable future Mining and mineral processing industries have been the key focus of research in many countries due to its increasing sustainability concerns that affect global warming and climate change
The Industry program uses the capabilities of the so called Internet of Things IoT and the Cyber Physical System CPS in the industry and production processes which is associated with the acceleration of digital technology development and the gradual depletion of the growth potential and efficiency of traditional industrial economic and social
Innovation plays a critical role in the mining industry as a tool to improve the efficiency of its processes to reduce costs but also to meet the increasing social and environmental concerns among communities and authorities Technological progress has also been crucial to allow the exploitation of new deposits in more complex scenarios lower ore
This paper provides an overview of the history of advances in mineral exploration technology over the past thirty years—the 1990s the 2000s and the 2010s—divided into the following categories 1 theoretical advances in economic geology the target model itself; 2 breakthroughs in the methods or technologies for discovering and defining the ore
Increasing population levels growing economies rapid urbanization and changes in consumption patterns have increased the demand for raw materials such as base and precious metals leading to growing concerns regarding their availability and the global efficiency of the mine supply chain Mine tailings consisting of process effluents that are generated in a
To address the challenges of resource depletion and peak minerals governments industries and researchers are exploring strategies such as urban mining recovery of minerals from waste streams improved recycling practices substitution of minerals with more abundant or sustainable alternatives and promoting responsible mining practices
Inability to ensure sustainable mining practice has brought the awareness that mining enterprises must be more pragmatic on achieving the sustainable development goals SDGs in their operations This research propose a new approach to select and prioritize relevant targets to the industry which will allow companies communities and public authorities to
It is estimated that there are about 2500 metal producing mines 2500 industrial minerals operations and almost 100 000 quarries producing aggregates for construction purposes that are of industrial scale not small scale or artisanal mining operations Ericsson 2012 Open pit mining accounts for about 83 % of the total industrial metal mining production and underground
3 policy brief transforming extractive industries for sustainable development may 2021 1 Extractive industries recover raw materials from the earth process them and turn them
This article summarizes how important have been past mining activities and how important can be in the future at least for some types of mining and discusses the effects of mining the trends in mining impacts on environment and society and how they shall avoid compromising sustainable development Mining industry and legacy impacts
The mining industry globally is responsible for significant energy consumption and is an important source of greenhouse gas emissions Considering that future mineral demand is likely to increase and that the final energy consumption per unit mass of mineral extracted energy intensities of mining is also forecast to increase as a result of a decrease in mineral
Sustainable access to raw materials has been growing concern for the EU policy from 2008 Germany Finland United Kingdom Portugal and Greece were the first European countries to introduce and develop own minerals policy 2010 2012 Each of Member State prioritized own targets but sustainability waste management and climate were also underlined In 2015 the 17
The five capitals framework Porritt 2003 includes the mineral resource in the natural capital and the mining industry will carry out a transfer from this capital to the four other capitals in particular the manufactured capital but also the financial human and social capitals The question is how effective is this transfer At the mine site level how much of the
economic empowerment in the mining industry The process will take time but black owned firms are now beginning to play an important role in the mining industry and several new mining giants have emerged The South African Mining and Biodiversity Forum has been initiated by the mining minerals and sustainable development issues
The low crude oil prices in 2019 add momentum to Nigeria s need for economic diversification as its foreign earnings come primarily from crude oil sales As a result Nigeria is seeking to explore other economic potentials such as developing a Mining Resource Corridor MRC to reduce poverty and assist the country s sustained growth and development MRCs
The critical minerals are the basis of modern industrial development With the development of the global economy the evolution of the geopolitical situation and the transformation and upgrading of the domestic economic structure the connotation of security in the critical minerals supply chain is constantly adjusted to adapt to the changes in domestic
Mineral waste can be defined as a material leftover from exploration mining and quarrying operation that cannot find a productive use It is the high volume material that originates from the excavation and physical and chemical processing of a wide range of metalliferous and non metalliferous minerals by opencast and deep shaft methods [] The mine waste is the
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