Naser Badakhshan - PhD student, Department of Mining Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran,
Kourosh Shahriar - Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
Sajjad Afraei - Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Sustainable development is the creation of a balance between development and the environment and is composed of three important principles: environment, society and economy. All three of these parameters are related to each other, and an imbalance in each of them will upset the balance in the other sections. In modern mining, indicators of sustainable development have been given special attention. Therefore, with special attention to sustainable development in the mining industry, a healthy and dynamic economic environment with social welfare can be enjoyed. Achieving sustainable development in the mining industry requires consideration of environmental, economic and social considerations, and therefore achieving this goal is possible by evaluating the environmental, economic and social effects. Using this method, the effects of mining activities on the environment, economy and society can be identified and the necessary preventive measures can be taken. In this study, first, in order to evaluate the environmental, economic and social effects of Songun copper mine, a matrix structure has been used that the effective factors and environmental, economic and social components constitute the dimensions of this matrix. Expert opinions were used to determine the effective factors, the score of the effective factors and the effect of each of the effective factors on the environmental, economic and social components. By quantifying qualitative opinions, the overall impact on each environmental, economic and social component was determined. According to the study, it can be said that the most effects of Songun copper mining are on the rights of future generations and then on the landscape of the region and the productivity of the region, respectively. According to the results, the study mine has a very poor level of stability that should be predicted and implemented based on the percentage of damage of various components of the necessary control measures.

Mining activities, Sustainable Development, Songun Copper Mine and Evaluation of effects.