Dyna (Jan 2010)

COLOMBIAN MINING SUSTAINABILITY

  • JORGE MARTÍN MOLINA ESCOBAR,
  • OSCAR JAIME RESTREPO BAENA

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 77, no. 161
pp. 149 – 151

Abstract

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This is a brief reference to mining sustainability in Colombia. First, it discusses the concept of sustainability and its relationship to mineral resources, covering topics of ethical, economical and environmental issues. Secondly, we browse mining sustainability implementation in Colombia, compared to other productive sectors and lastly we view challenges for larger implementations.