The development of mining technology plays an important role in the mining industry, as well as in the environment. The mining industry plays a crucial role in our economy. The mining industry was very conservative in initiating and adopting new technologies in the past due to high capital requirements, environmental constraints, and small profit margins. However, the mining industry has made significant advances in productivity, mining technologies used, environmental control, and worker health and safety. The mining industry has also introduced improved clean technology to carry out better mining processes and practices. These practices have been applied in developing countries that achieved better results. When mining technologies become more widely available, there will only be a technology gap between mining industries and countries.

The mining industries continue to play their fundamental role in sustainable technological development to improve their performance, reduce environmental pollution in all media and improve the quality of life within their operational work area. The mining industry aims to adopt and implement innovative technologies by using environmental and mining technologies to create better environmental quality in the areas of the mining industry, reduce the negative impact on human health and the environment, reduce pollution of the water and air and land degradation.

Most of the recent developments made in mining technologies prove to be cost effective and environmentally friendly technologies. For example, solvent extraction/electrowinning (SXEW) is a hydrometallurgical process that differs from the traditional method of copper production by grinding, smelting, and refining. The development of the SXEW process aids in the low-cost production of copper from waste and dumps of copper ore excavated from copper mines. SXEW helps the United States and some other copper-producing countries a lot. EESTECH provides environmentally sustainable technologies that have direct application in the world’s coal mining and energy industries. EESTECH’s Hybrid Coal Mine Gas Technology (HCGT) is a recognized Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) that uses residual coal and ventilated coal mine methane as a fuel source to produce clean, cost-effective coal power. Clean coal technology offers solutions in the fight against global warming.

The development of new mining technologies helps reduce production costs, improve the quality of mined metals and minerals, improve the quality of commodities that use mined minerals, reduce adverse environmental effects and impacts on health and safety. . Thus, mining technological developments benefit consumers and producers, as well as the national economy, national defense, health and social welfare.

Most developed and developing countries have already imposed environmental standards for emissions, effluents, groundwater contamination, and guidelines for handling hazards and toxics. But due to weak law enforcement, lack of monitoring capacity and qualified human resources, the mining industry does not obey. Therefore, environmental standards need to be harmonized within developing countries to improve the environmental performance and management of mining industries.

Political and social institutions could exert enormous influence on the development of the mining industry. Political institutions, including central government, local government and public decision makers, must create an international harmonization of environmental standards for better positioning for global competitiveness in mining products. Doing so will enhance the corporate image of the mining industries and benefit global consumers.

Workshops and training programs on pollution control and measurement techniques of mining activities, and the development of a network between mining partner organizations should be carried out through internships and technical assistance in mining industries.