THEME – “Economic
development with environmental sustainability in mining areas”
This
International Conference has been concurrently planned as a
forum of deliberating on the current issues and priorities of
the mining sector organized by the Federation of Indian
Mineral Industries (FIMI).
Forward
and backward linkages among the mining industry, civil society
and the Government apart from the challenges faced by the
eco-system services etc. will form some of the sub-themes of
the Conference.
The
Conference would provide a great deal of information and
knowledge on the state of the art mining technologies for
environmental sustainability and scope of its applications in
future.It will
be addressed by the experts from the Government and the mining
industry.The
prima facie, the issues involved in making mining and
processing operations sustainable to the environment and also
certain problems in implementation of Forest Conservation Act
and environmental laws would be focused.
CONFERENCE TOPICS
Ø
Making
mining operations sustainable
·
Overview
of mining and environment in India
·
Global
and Indian initiatives
Ø
Environmental
and forestry problems in mining projects
·
Environmental
clearance for coal mining projects – issues involved
·
Applicability
of Act and Rules in mineral development – issues involved
Ø
Rehabilitation
of mining areas
·
Present
status and remedial measures
Ø
Improvement
in mining technology
·
Open
cast mines
·
Underground
mines
·
Mineral
processing
Ø
Case
histories
·
Iron
ore mines
·
Coal
mines
Ø
Policy
initiatives required for sustainable mineral development
