India's Mining Sector: Towards a Sustainable and …
— Mining is an important activity for India. With 3527 mining leases for 40 major minerals, extending a total lease area of roughly 315,986 hectares, India is a major producer of crucial minerals. The …
Mining and the sustainable development goals: Prioritizing …
— 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 …
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Sustainable development: Meaning, history, principles, …
— Abstract. Sustainable development (SD) has become a popular catchphrase in contemporary development discourse. However, in spite of its pervasiveness and the massive popularity it has garnered over the years, the concept still seems unclear as many people continue to ask questions about its meaning and history, as well as what it entails …
Mine land rehabilitation: Modern ecological approaches for …
— Revegetation is intended to encourage the development of mine soil, produce pleasing landscapes and increase ecosystem productivity (Skousen, 2010) to increase the sustainability of mining operations. As the rapid growth and closure of vegetation are necessary for erosion control and site stabilization, fast-growing plant …
A guide to leading practice sustainable development in …
The Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry series of handbooks has been produced to share Australia's world-leading experience and …
Artisanal and small-scale mining and the Sustainable …
1. Introduction. On 19 July 2016, the United Nations Development Program, in collaboration with Columbia University, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the World Economic Forum, unveiled the final version of its Mapping Mining to the Sustainable Development Goals: A Preliminary Atlas (UNDP, 2016a).The document …
Climate-Smart Mining: Minerals for Climate Action
Overview. A new World Bank Group report, "Minerals for Climate Action: "The Mineral Intensity of the Clean Energy Transition," finds that the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, could increase by nearly 500% by 2050, to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies. It estimates that over 3 billion tons of minerals …
4 ways AI can super-charge sustainable development
— In a dynamic era marked by relentless change, the intersection of AI and sustainable development stands as a beacon of hope, poised to redefine our collective response to urgent global challenges. With mounting environmental concerns, the call to accelerate our path to sustainable development becomes more urgent.
The Sustainable Development Agenda
The Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance, a UN-supported coalition of 30 business leaders announced in October 2019, works to provide decisive leadership in mobilizing resources ...
Digital economy structuring for sustainable development: …
— This research article suggest to explore the implications of sustainable development, addressing environmental degradation and mitigation strategies in the power generation, cement manufacturing ...
Sector Overview | Sustainable Mining
— Metals and minerals underpin the devices, vehicles, and infrastructure that link the world, connect the unconnected, and bridge the digital divide. They are necessary ingredients for a low-carbon future …
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Sustainability. We think, dialogue, design and build, together, a future for mining and for the planet, while taking care of the present. Learn more about our commitments to sustainability. Access the page Sustainability
Balancing sustainability and innovation: The role of artificial
— To the best of our familiarity, this is the initial work that empirically analyzed the artificial intelligence and mining sustainability nexus. The study makes contributions to the prevailing studies in many means. Foremost, this is the initial work that empirically analyzed the effect of artificial intelligence on mining sustainability.
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enhancing the sustainability of mining in South Africa. Initiatives introduced by the South African mining industry to improve safety in the country's mines, have resulted in a more than 50% reduction in fatalities. The mining industry has adopted a zero harm policy and wellness of employees as a top priority.
Mining beyond earth for sustainable development: Will humanity benefit
— Mining in space has not yet begun in earnest, providing us with the unique opportunity to establish sustainable mining practices before any resource extraction takes place. As such, we make suggestions for a sustainable off-Earth mining framework, emphasising space mining practices that are environmentally, economically, and socially ...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 2021 | United …
More countries and communities are recognizing the need to bolster efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in light of the toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on people around ...
Sustainable Mining | Dialectical Anthropology
— The mining industry moves more earth than any other human endeavor. Yet mining companies regularly claim to practice sustainable mining. Progressive redefinition of the term sustainability has emptied out the concept of its original reference to the environment. Mining companies now use the term to refer to corporate profits and …
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The mining sector, in particularly copper mining, has for decades been the backbone of the Zambian economy. In particular in the two provinces with large scale mining activities: the Copperbelt and the North Western province. Most of the Zambian mining industry was privatised in the early 2000s, following several decades of state ownership.
Mining and Materials for Sustainable Development …
Learn about the role of mining and materials at the heart of the transformations needed to achieve climate change objectives, a just energy transition, and the Sustainable …
Sustainable Development: Goals, Importance, and Career …
— What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? In 2015, the United Nations (UN) shared the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a "blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet" [].Over 15 years, the UN pledged to adhere to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which called for global partnership by its …
Take Action for the Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty ...
A sustainable future for mining by 2030? Insights from an …
— The mining industry has an unprecedented opportunity to mobilise human, physical, technological and financial resources to advance sustainable growth (CCSI et al. 2016; Scheyvens et al. 2016). When managed effectively, mining can create jobs, support local socio-economic development, protect ecosystems, and support good governance.
Digging deeper for sustainable mining
As seismic shifts rock the mining industry—including geopolitical risks, changing public attitudes, and volatile commodity prices—mining leaders need to adopt advanced digital …
Sustainable Mining Plan | Anglo American
Our Sustainable Mining Plan is built around three Global Sustainability Pillars designed to support the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Each pillar has three Stretch Goals that we must reach by 2030 and further goals and ambitions that we will add to these as we progress. They are deliberately ambitious and designed to challenge us ...
How can innovation make mining more sustainable?
— Mining presents a key and underserved sustainability challenge with the demand for metals set to increase along with certain green technologies. The Forum's …
Creating the zero-carbon mine | McKinsey
Emissions within mining can be broken down into three broad types: Scope 1 (emissions from diesel), Scope 2 (emissions from electricity generation), and Scope 3 (emissions from the supply chain and transport). Today 40 to 50 percent of CO2emissions come from diesel used in mobile equipment, with another 30 to 3…
Environmentally sustainable acid mine drainage …
— In the initial start-up phase of a mine, AMD generation begins through the mining of a sulfide-rich ore and exposure of sulfide rich residues which continue to generate AMD, even after mine closure and/or abandonment (Akcil and Koldas, 2006, Măicăneanu et al., 2013).AMD is initially formed in the groundwater of an active mine although the rate …
How to Advance Sustainable Mining
— How to Advance Sustainable Mining. Still Only One Earth: Lessons from 50 years of UN sustainable development policy. Mining companies reap huge benefits extracting valuable minerals, but often at …
THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
UNITED NATIONS TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD: THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT sustainabledevelopment.un A/RES/70/1
Sand, gravel, and UN Sustainable Development Goals: Conflicts
— Sand, gravel, and crushed stone (collectively referred to herein as aggregates) are the most in-demand materials on the planet in terms of volume. 1, 2 Together, they are a central foundation of our economies and integral to sectors such as construction, infrastructure, electronics, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. 3 The growing …
Review A review of sustainable mining and resource …
— The report includes an assessment of the main challenges to sustainable development in the mining and minerals sector, an agenda for change, and key steps for …
Climate-Smart Mining: Minerals for Climate …
Overview. A new World Bank Group report, "Minerals for Climate Action: "The Mineral Intensity of the Clean Energy Transition," finds that the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, could …
Review on Sustainable Mining Practices
make mining sustainable. Keywords: Mining, Sustainable, Environment, Safety. Introduction In the mining sector, sustainable development means a concept of needs, an idea of limitations, and a future oriented paradigm and a process of change. The investments in minerals projects should be economically profitable, technically suitable,