Environmental approach to mining with a vision of sustainable development

Abstract

Currently, one cannot talk about environmental problems in mining without considering the conflicts and effects that have been caused by the development models followed up to the present, based on the plundering of natural resources, the concentration of economic power, social inequality and inequality in the distribution of wealth. We must not forget that mining environmental policies, more than government policies, are certainly public policies, which is why agreement and consensus between different social actors is required. This is a matter that must be approached in a transdisciplinary manner, analyzing it beyond the dimension of pollution or from a perspective of processes with clean technologies or emissions control. Although mining activity must find a way to maintain the necessary supply of minerals and raw materials, this need must be in accordance with society's demand for a clean and aesthetically pleasing environment, a utopia that cannot be achieved within the system. capitalist, which within its attribute is considered limited in achieving sustainable development due to the presence of inequalities and social injustices; voraciously feeding on natural resources, the anarchic production of goods, and the growth of consumption with the purpose of obtaining and concentrating profits. The objective of this work is to explain the environmental approach of mining as a vision of sustainable development. Methods to obtain information such as analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction and in-depth interview were used.