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Mining Industry Research Handbook.pdf

August 4, 2009 · Filed Under Mining Engineering  · Tags: , ,

Taken from Introduction: NESMI, the Network on European Sustainable Mining and Processing Industries started its work in April 2002. To recall the situation in which NESMI was established, some background have is essential. The mining industry still has significant importance for the European economy as well as significant impact on its ecology and regional development. The mining and adjacent industries produce about 9% of the raw materials required for the whole European industry. In some mining branches such as brown coal or NaCl production the European mining industry represents from 20% to 25% of the worldwide production. Mineral production in the EU is about 3 000 million tons per year, the largest mass producer in European industry. In the Eastern European countries the mining industry has additional high importance for employment. About 900.000 employees are working in mining production and adjacent companies in the European countries.

The mining industry represents an important part of the structure of European industry. Mining is very significant when considering all the other industries it supplies, in addition to the support and logistics industries that supply it and transport its large quantities of product materials. Mining products dominate mass transportation. Nearly all the other European industries directly or indirectly use mining products. While the size of the European mining industry has decreased significantly during recent years, it is still an important economical factor. Elsewhere mining is growing worldwide but European countries are becoming more disadvantaged in comparison to other continents, partly because of geology but also because the smaller European producers and suppliers have become weaker in relation to the international mining market. To some extent this weakening is also due to increasing amounts of regulation. In future networking as well as cooperation in all fields of RTD, information and knowledge management have to fulfil ecological, economical and social demands.

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