The national green mine standard presents six highlights

Highlight 1: "Code" is a systematic standard for mine construction

"The Code is the first national industry standard, filling the gap at home and abroad on national industry standards for green mines, and has milestone significance." Wang Liang said straight away that the standard is based on foreign experience and a summary of 661 green mine pilot situation and formulated, involving mining planning layout, resource development, ecological environmental protection, comprehensive utilization of resources, energy conservation and emission reduction, science and technology management, digital mining, enterprise management, social responsibility and other aspects of the content. These contents are required in different policies, standards and specifications, but the integration of these contents into a systematic standard is unprecedented, and this is the biggest highlight of the Specification.

"The concept of green mine from 2007 after the concept, formation (exploration), growth (demonstration) and other stages, the release of the" code "marks the green mine has entered the stage of comprehensive construction, meaning that green mine from technology, equipment, technology, enterprise management and people's understanding have entered a mature period. Many people's understanding of green mines in society still stays at the level of ground environment beautification and mining area layout, and the "Code" can more comprehensively draw the appearance of green mines, and unify people's understanding and knowledge of green mines." "Wang Liang said.

Highlight 2: Social responsibility throughout the standard

Social responsibility refers to an organization's responsibility to society. An organization should operate and manage in a way that is beneficial to society. It means that while companies generate profits and have legal responsibilities to shareholders, they also have responsibilities to employees, consumers, communities and the environment. Wang Liang believes that the green mine standards issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources fully consider enterprise management, mine harmony, clean production, comprehensive utilization of resources, waste discharge standards and other factors, reflecting that the construction of green mines is the social responsibility of mining enterprises.

Highlight 3: Take circular economy as the entry point to achieve sustainable development

Circular economy, also known as "resource recycling economy", is an economic development model characterized by resource conservation and recycling and harmonious with the environment. It emphasizes the organization of economic activities into a "resource-product-renewable resources" feedback process, which is characterized by low exploitation, high utilization and low emission. All materials and energy can be used rationally and sustainably in this ongoing economic cycle, so as to reduce the impact of economic activities on the natural environment to the smallest extent possible.

Wang Liang said that the standard clearly states that "in accordance with the principles of reduction, reuse and resource utilization, comprehensive development and utilization of co-associated resources, and scientific use of solid waste and wastewater." The development of circular economy is an important guiding ideology in the standard, and the realization of circular economy in mines will also realize the sustainable development of mining enterprises."

Highlight 4: Green as the keynote, emphasizing the important role of ecology and protection

Green represents ecology, representing the harmony between human production activities and nature. Faced with the severe situation of tightening resource constraints, serious environmental pollution and ecosystem degradation, we must establish the concept of ecological civilization that respects, conforms to and protects nature, and take the path of sustainable development. In fact, the construction of ecological civilization is to raise sustainable development to the height of green development, "enjoy the shade" and "plant trees" for future generations, comply with the principles of clean production and clean utilization, and construct a safe, healthy, clean, environmental protection and resource-saving production and living environment, so as to achieve harmony between man and nature.

Wang Liang believes that many people in society, including some mining enterprises, still have a simple understanding of green mines in the green and beautification of the mining environment, and have not fully integrated the mine development itself with the ecology. The "Code" can start with emphasizing ecology and protection, draw the appearance and connotation of green mines in a more comprehensive way, and unify people's understanding and knowledge of green mines.

Highlight five: Green mine construction is a risk-free avenue for enterprise transformation and upgrading

Green mine and traditional mine are different from each other in concept and economic structure. The traditional mine development focuses on how to strip resources from the ore body, while the green mine construction is the efficient, economical and accurate development and utilization of resources and environmental protection and governance, and the industrial model has undergone major changes.

First, in the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of green Mines" (Land Resources Regulation (2017) No. 4), it is proposed that green mines enter the directory of "high-tech fields supported by the State", that is, enterprises that have been identified by the State as green mines can apply for high-tech enterprises. The transformation from traditional mining industry to high-tech enterprises shows that green mining is an enterprise with technology research and development and scientific and technological innovation as its core competitiveness. Without the promotion of advanced and applicable technology, there will be no green mine construction.

Second, in the process of green mine construction and resource development and utilization, the design, development and utilization of mineral resources run through the concept of "reduction, reuse and recycling", and ecological environmental resources also run through the reuse and recycling, and these concepts and practices are the characteristics of circular economy. Therefore, we can say that the construction of green mines is to build a circular economy of mines, and the construction of green mines enables mining enterprises to transform from a single mining mode to a diversified and comprehensive industrial chain of resource development and utilization, with strong anti-risk ability.

"China's economy is an industry-led economy, and the national industrial orientation is the direction of enterprise development. Therefore, we can think that the construction of green mines is an important way for the industrial transformation and upgrading of mining enterprises, and also a risk-free avenue for the transformation and upgrading of mining enterprises." Wang Liang thinks.

Highlight six: The promoting role of mineral resource conservation and comprehensive utilization technology

The two chapters of mineral resources development and utilization and comprehensive utilization of resources in the Code focus on what kind of technology, equipment and process to promote the economical development and comprehensive utilization of mineral resources, so as to achieve the purpose of clean production and sustainable development. "The technology of green mine construction can enter the" high-tech field supported by the State ", which means that the technology of mineral resources conservation and comprehensive utilization belongs to the high-tech field supported by the State. Relying on the promotion of high and new technology to achieve green mine construction will fundamentally change people's understanding of mining enterprises, which is also a highlight of the Code." "Wang Liang said.