Abstract:

The concept of sustainable development has been crystallized in time, over several decades, in some depth internationally scientific debates, and acquired precise political meanings in the globalization context.  For Romania , as an EU member state, sustainable development is one possible option, but the only rational perspective as a nation, resulting in the establishment of a new development paradigm at the confluence of economic, social and environmental factors. Once accepted that most serious problems of environment are related to the use of renewable natural resources in the production process, we can admit the need to discuss issues related to economic policies that allow optimum implementation, their impact on the economy and, in particular, the contribution in promoting technical progress. Based on these considerations, in this paper, the main objective was to identify those characteristics of sustainable development in the mining industry in Romania, so in the specific conditions of our country, connection to the transition to the new model of sustainable development our country is engaged alongside the other European Union Member States, must be matched by additional national effort to recover some substantial gaps in several areas of the national system.