The Impact of Mining Industry on Environment in The Context of Sustainability and Human Behavior

A global business is gold mining except for Antarctica it has its operations on every continent, and from mines, gold is extracted of different types and scales. Mines and the operations of the gold mining have become increasing all over the world, removed far from the supply which are concentrated of four decades or so ago when the worlds majority people came from South Africa. In the World, the largest gold producer was China in 2016, which consists of 14% of total annual production. But there is no other dominating region.23% of all newly-mined gold is produced by Asia. 17% of the total is produced by central and south America. From Africa, around 19% of the production come and from the CIS region 14%.The mine production levels have significantly grown over the last decade, although substantial discoveries that are new are increasingly rare and the levels of production are increasingly constrained. The mining of gold and production of mine does not respond quickly to prices. One source of global demand for gold for decades is India which Imports close to 1000 tons in good years. The World Gold Council is optimistic that the production of Indian Gold grows its base which is low. In fact, there is an expectation that the production of the Gold will double this year. As per the report, Deccan Gold Mines is the sole explorer of Gold listed in Mumbai, expects to bring its project of Ganajur in Karnataka in 2017 into production. Annual output is expected at just over 50,000 ounces. In the Year 2017 Deccan Gold Mines show loss of 96250000 in the profit and loss account. The cash-flow from operating activity, investing activity and financing activity is 1449000 and 8798000.The cash and cash equivalents as of 31st March 2017 are 77749000.

Impact of Mining Industry on Environment

Local Communities can be impacted by the Mining Industry both positively and negatively. The impacts that are considered as positive like employment and development projects of the community, which are considered as important but the potential negatives cannot be set-off by them.The negative effects of mining Industry on the environment are water pollution, biodiversity loss, air pollution, and erosion of soil and skin holes formation. The methods of mining affect the air quality, as materials which are unrefined to the surface are released when deposits of mineral from the site are exposed. The requirement of mining is to remove the soil but vegetation is also removed, through road traffic and wind erosion the particles become airborne. The particles which are unrefined can be composed of materials which are toxic like lead, arsenic and cadmium. The health of the human is adversely affected by such particles which result in illnesses related to the systems of respiratory like emphysema. Pollution in the water is also caused by mining and can include contamination of metal, increased levels of sediment in streams, and drainage of acid mines.The water pollution sources as a result of mining include plants for processing, ponds for tailing, areas of waste-disposal, the surface which is active or abandoned or roads which are haulage. A significant threat to the mining industry is biodiversity as it results to habitat losses of large massive which affect vegetation, animals and microorganisms. The modifications of temperature or PH as a mining result can disrupt the community’s livelihood to the site that lives in proximity. Endemic Plant and species of animal are affected mostly as they are sensitive and they need the conditions of the environment which are specific, any disruption in their habitats lead to the extinction or they are put to high-risk of being wiped out.

Gold Mining and Sustainability-Globally

In recent years, due to the concern of the public over the environmental impact which is perceived and actual, the industry of global mining has been moving towards a framework which is more sustainable. For mining of Gold, there are a number of issues which are fundamental as per sustainability assessing. It is perceived commonly as a finite and resources that are non-renewable; production trends of long-term gold include declining grades of ore and increasing solid wastes and open cut mining. The issues of core sustainability include water, energy and consumption of chemical and emissions of pollutant also referred to as resource intensity. It is important to consider the link between the trends of gold production and intensity of resource as it is important for understanding the sustainability challenges for future. Several steps that should be taken by the mining industries for sustainability and they are thinking in terms of shared value which means the company should adopt a perspective which is fresh on what it means for the creation of value, or shared value. The full ranges of financial, social and environmental factors which will affect the business in the long run need to be considered by the companies. With various stakeholders collaborative relationship will be key to delivered shared value to the company, the government, the industry and the community and transform for succeeding in a circular economy that means in today scenario the manufacturing of the products is done from the raw-materials, used, sold and discarded ultimately. On the other hand, a circular economy is one that is waste-free virtually, where repairing of the products are constant and material are always almost reused.

CSR and Human Behavior Aspect of Mining Industry

Corporate Social Responsibility is the business commitment to contribute to economic developments that are sustainable, the society and the local community at large for improving the life quality, in ways that are for business good. The nature and importance of corporate social responsibility have significantly evolved in decades that are recent in the view of practical experience and evolving business international standards on ethics, socially and sustainable development of the environment and CSR itself. There is no important opposition to CSR that are appropriate in any situation, though its adoption faces a range of challenges that are corporate and practical. In mining effective programs of CSR involve specific but actions that are manageable by the communities of government and companies. It is the process of business which is adopted by the company which is beyond its legal obligation for creating added value to the society. Inputs are provided by mining for other sectors of industries that are important for sustaining the well-being of the population and the global economies functioning. At the same time, it can generate impacts of society and environment, which could compromise the acceptance of public of the sector. Given this role that is twofold in the human society, the sustainability performance improvement is a very significant objective both for industry and for the policy that is European, willing to boost a raw materials sustainable supply. The mining social impacts are assessed with indicators of different sets and targets. The impacts related to land-use and impacts on environment affects the health of human and rights of human which appear to be the most important aspect of society in the sector of mining. For the industrial sector competiveness and for the wellbeing of the population and economic development, mineral resources are at the modern societies basis.