Evaluation Index System of Green Surface Mining in China

Yongli Zhou; Wei Zhou; Xiang Lu; Izhar Mithal Jiskani; Qingxiang Cai; Peng Liu; Lin Li

doi:10.1007/s42461-020-00236-3

Evaluation Index System of Green Surface Mining in China

Yongli Zhou, Wei Zhou, Xiang Lu^*, Izhar Mithal Jiskani^*, Qingxiang Cai, Peng Liu, Lin Li

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Abstract

The concept of green mining is to improve the mining industry in a holistic way so that it is safe, efficient, and environmentally sustainable. The purpose of this study was to develop an evaluation index system of green surface mining based on the theory of green grades. The evaluation model is comprised of three attributes (safety, efficiency, and environment), nine criteria, and 35 indicators. The fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method was used to determine the weights of indicators by taking into consideration degree centrality, closeness centrality, and betweenness centrality. Findings indicate that the environment is the most critical aspect of green surface mining, followed by efficiency and safety. The top five ranked green mining success indicators were the application of new technology, starting-off-rate of equipment, science and technology input to total investment, the number of accidents (decreased), and the production (increased). It was observed that more improvements are needed to overcome water, air, waste, and sound pollution. Attention should also be paid to land reclamation and post-mining land uses, which are key factors in green mining. The proposed model can be applied to evaluate and improve the level of green surface mining in other regions. This study provides a tool for decision-makers that can offer technical assistance to green mining.

Original language	English
Journal	Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
Volume	37
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	1093-1103
Number of pages	11
ISSN	2524-3462
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00236-3
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2020

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This research was supported by the Independent Research Project of the State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China (SKLCRSM18X001).

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© 2020, Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc.

Keywords

Ecological mining
Evaluation index system
Fuzzy evaluation
Green mining
Sustainable mining

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