Challenges to Environmental Management Practices in Indian Mining Industries

Mining has been and continues to be a major contributor to the economic growth of most of the developed and developing countries. India ranks among top five global players in terms of production of several important minerals. A high environmental cost which has been associated with years of unregulated mining and mineral-processing activity made it realised to strike a balance between mineral developments on the one hand and the greening of the environment on the other. Gracefully many technologies to reduce the environmental burden and greening the supply chain in mining sector have been developed. Yet implementation of these technologies is not free from challenges. Attempt has been made in this paper to identify these challenges in the context of Indian mining industries.