在当代中国,矿业发展面临来自两方面的巨大压力。一是国民经济持续、快速的增长要求矿业提供更多的矿产资源：二是矿山开发过程中环境保护的任务也越来越重。面对中国矿业来说,实施可持续发展战略必须完成三个方面的任务。一是矿业要为国家经济建设和社会发展提供矿产资源保障；二是矿业开发过程中要搞好环境保护；三是矿业自身要实现可持续发展。 In contemporary China, mining development is under tremendous pressure from both sides. First, the sustained and rapid growth of the national economy requires mining to provide more mineral resources: second, the task of environmental protection in the process of mine development is also getting heavier and heavier. In the face of China’s mining industry, the implementation of the strategy of sustainable development must fulfill three tasks. First, mining should provide mineral resources protection for the country’s economic construction and social development; second, environmental protection should be done in the process of mining development; third, mining itself should achieve sustainable development.