Abstract
In recent decades, excellent progress has been made globally in finding mineral resources, extracting them efficiently and effectively, dramatically reducing environmental degradation, and preventing adverse health and safety impacts on workers and stakeholders. The industry has realized tremendous advances in technology and applied science; has met changing and more stringent environmental performance criteria; has made remarkable reductions in fatality, illness, and lost-time accident rates; and has connected better than ever before with the communities in which mining, milling, and smelting are housed. A new era focused on continuous improvement in tackling key sustainable development parameters has come and is intensifying [1]. In order to maintain the social licenses needed to enlist broad public support for mining businesses, continued progress must be visible to national, provincial, and local governments as well as the people who live in the areas blessed with the mineral resources that the global economy and growing population will demand.
Recommended Citation
R. L. Grayson, "Addressing the Dual Challenges of Meeting Demand for Minerals and Sustainable Development," Minerals, MDPI, Jan 2011.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/min1010001
Department(s)
Mining Engineering
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
2075-163X
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2011 MDPI, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2011
