Major strategies and approaches to achieve the construction of green mines in China

Mineral resources, such as metal, coal, non-metal, etc., are an important material basis for human survival and social development. Green exploitation is the lifeblood to ensure the sustainable development of the mining industry, and green mine construction is necessary to coordinate and unify mining and ecological environment and to link the mine ecological environment, resource environment, economic environment, and human environment into an organic system. In this work, we focused on the current status and major problems of green mine construction in China and proposed a new connotation of green mine construction and major strategies and approaches to solve those problems from the aspects of mine design, green mining, mineral processing, harmless disposal and resource utilization of mine waste, and ecological environment restoration and governance. Besides, we also put forward that the existing mining development model and related technologies must be fundamentally reformed to meet the requirements of green mine construction. In addition, some necessary countermeasures and suggestions were put forward. These pragmatic and forward-looking perspectives contribute to accelerating the process of green mining construction.