公众对采矿工业及其环境影响、经济影响和社会文化影响的认识，对于法规发展和公司战略制订具有根本性意义．确认那些将成为普遍变革力量的公众态度（无论正式表达还是非正式表达）可能是困难的，选择正确的回应也是如此．这个行业作为整体，需要界定一些普遍适用的社会原则和环境原则． The public’s understanding of the mining industry and its environmental impact, economic impact and socio-cultural impact is of fundamental importance to the development of laws and regulations and the formulation of corporate strategies. It may be difficult to identify those public attitudes (formally expressed or informally expressed) that will be the forces of general change, as are the correct responses. The sector as a whole needs to define some universally applicable social and environmental principles.