Sustainable Development Issues

The mining industry provides the basic building blocks upon which the infrastructure of development is built.

The mining industry's contribution to sustainable development is secured by the conversion of the finite, natural capital of mineral deposits into wealth and other forms of human and social capital, in short more sustainable opportunities.

This needs to be done in a way that maintains the productivity and services that ecosystems provide - especially to poor people- and with due regard to the potential negative social impacts that may arise such as child labour, gender