Green mine construction is steadily advancing to polish the beautiful green background of China

The former gray dump is covered with "green", and many small animals also smell "green". 'It's now home to a number of wildlife such as the cock-nosed duck and the yellow-footed herring Gull. I saw a fox the other day and we've also attracted birds such as the spotted Muscovy, yellow-headed wagtail and the cranes.' Xue Shiqiang, a "post-90" who came to the North open-pit coal mine to engage in ecological and environmental protection work after graduation from university, said happily.

According to Li Yunfeng, senior director of safety and environmental protection management of Coal Department of Inner Mongolia Company of State Power Investment Group, since 2018, five mining areas belonging to the company, including South open-pit coal mine, Zahanauer open-pit coal mine, Baiyinhua No. 2 mine and Baiyinhua No. 3 mine, have completed mining ecological restoration of 75,000 mu. The ecological restoration and treatment rate is 100%, the utilization rate of surface humus is 100%, and the vegetation coverage is 90%, all of which meet the national green mine standards.

Construct green mine to take the road of sustainable development

Green is the base color of high-quality development of mining industry. The construction of green mine is an important measure to promote the construction of ecological civilization, and it is also the inherent requirement of the green development of mining transformation.

Reporter combing, China has a long history of promoting the construction of green mines. In 2010, the Guiding Opinions on Implementing the National Mineral Resources Plan, Developing Green Mining and Building Green Mines pointed out the direction for the full implementation of the planning objectives and tasks, and put forward the basic conditions for the construction of national green mines. In 2017, six ministries and commissions, including the former Ministry of Land and Resources, jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Green Mines" requiring that all new mines meet the requirements of green mine construction, and production mines accelerate the transformation and upgrading to gradually meet the requirements. According to the China Mineral Resources Report (2022) released by the Ministry of Natural Resources, more than 1,100 mines across the country have been listed as national-level green mines.

Experts said that green mine construction is a systematic project, all places in green mine mining, to scientific order, environmental control, ecological sustainability and other concepts into the whole life cycle of the mine, the single mine into the large river basin, the natural ecosystem unified consideration, unified management, take the road of sustainable development, Finally achieve the best comprehensive benefits of resources, environment, economy and society, and polish the beautiful green background color of China.

Wang Feng, deputy director of the Department of Mineral Resources Protection and Supervision of the Ministry of Natural Resources, said at the forum on Green mining Development (Jianning Station, Fujian) that in recent years, the construction of green mines in mining areas has been used as an important platform and starting point to promote the high-quality development of mining and the construction of ecological civilization, combining with the actual introduction of new policies and new methods. It has played an important role in guiding mining enterprises to achieve green and low-carbon transformation. In the next step, the construction of green mines should be transformed from demonstration to comprehensive promotion. New mines shall be planned and constructed in accordance with green mine standards. Old mines should speed up the upgrading of green and low-carbon technology and equipment, formulate construction plans for "one place, one mine, one policy", clarify construction objectives, and gradually meet the requirements of green mine construction in stages and batches.