Envisioning the Future of the Mining Industry

Posted by Rolf Joho on March 5th, 2010 filed in What Causes Global Warming

Mining is now a crucial part of our every day lives. Even when we most likely are not associated with the industry we use materials that are derived from mining everyday. A world without minerals would have been a world without cars, trains, airplanes etc. We would struggle to do what exactly we now have without those important minerals. We won’t manage to reside in secure buildings/structures as everything will likely then have to be made out of wood. This is definitely not a world we can envision today as our lives revolve around these comforts/ necessities of life. These are not the only material things we would have to go without, things like TV’s, computers and food, yes food.

If we look at the longer term of mining it is evident that we cannot go without this industry and it will therefore become an ever expanding industry. As the mining industry has progressed to the twenty-first century, it is producing higher value products (products with lower costs and superior qualities) that enable continued economic development as well as the extensive use of conservative and advanced products and energy resources to sustain the world’s growing populace and rising markets in developing and industrialized countries. Developing countries have embraced the notion that the mining industry and their products provide the standards for measurement of nation growth. Communities welcome mining operations, recognizing their input to employment and economic growth. The industry is achieving this vision by encircling all elements of mining (exploration, development, production, processing, utilization, recycling, disposal and the associated transportation systems).

As technology keeps on expanding and people gain more knowledge and experience in this industry it will only get better from there. Individuals have said that the mining industry wont survive the “digital age” because technology will be able to cancel out the minerals we cherish. The “digital age” only promises that people will have easier life styles when compared with working from a workplace they will be able to do everything from the comfort of their own homes. What people don’t see is how we get to that point. We will only be capable of geting there through the expansion of computers and the internet amongst other things.

The mining industry is only to improve using the emerging technologies by increasing productivity and reducing occupational hazards. The mining industry does, however, suffer when global economic climate seems a bit dull. If we experience recession before these new technologies arrive we will have a problem. As proven in the past the mining industry suffered during recession due to the high costs linked to the processes. With new technology extremely high costs will be cut.

Mining is an industry that will change yes, but it’ll never “die” as the “digital age” lurks nearby. Everything that we use originates from this industry all this ought to be something people should spend money on and expand on. Mining has been characterised as dangerous as an occupation and environmentally unfriendly. This has changed significantly through the years and will be non-existent in some years.

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