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鉱業廃棄物管理市場レポート:採掘タイプ別、鉱物/金属別、廃棄物タイプ別、地域別、2025年~2033年Mining Waste Management Market Report by Mining Type (Surface, Underground), Mineral/Metal (Coal, Iron, Gold, Aluminium, Copper, Nickel, and Others), Waste Type (Waste Rock, Tailings, Mine Water, and Others), and Region 2025-2033 |
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鉱業廃棄物管理市場レポート:採掘タイプ別、鉱物/金属別、廃棄物タイプ別、地域別、2025年~2033年 |
出版日: 2025年08月01日
発行: IMARC
ページ情報: 英文 121 Pages
納期: 2~3営業日
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世界の鉱業廃棄物管理の市場規模は2024年に2,184億トンに達しました。IMARC Groupは、2033年には3,184億トンに達し、2025年~2033年の成長率(CAGR)は4.06%になると予測しています。2024年の市場はアジア太平洋が支配的です。採掘活動の増加、EU鉱業廃棄物指令のような枠組みを含む厳しい環境規制、再生可能エネルギーへの注目の高まり、継続的な技術の進歩が主に市場の成長を促進しています。
成長する鉱業
様々な地域で鉱業が成長していることは、市場の成長を促進する鉱業廃棄物管理市場動向の一つです。例えば、Statistaによると、2023会計年度末のインドの鉱業生産は約5.8%増加しました。2023会計年度の速報値では、鉱業生産高の伸び率は前年度比8.2%増となっています。この増加は鉱業廃棄物の大幅な増加につながり、効率的な廃棄物管理ソリューションの必要性を高める。様々な産業(自動車、インフラ、エネルギーなど)における金属や鉱物の需要の増加は、鉱業活動に拍車をかけ、より多くの廃棄物の発生とより良い管理の必要性につながると予想されます。世界の資源需要の増大に伴い、鉱業活動は新たな地域に拡大し、生産量も増加しています。これは廃棄物量に直接影響し、鉱山会社は拡張可能で持続可能な廃棄物処理方法に投資する必要があるため、鉱業廃棄物管理市場の成長をさらに促進します。
政府の取り組みの増加
各国政府は、持続可能性、資源回収、環境保護に重点を置き、採掘廃棄物を効果的に管理するための行動を取るようになってきています。こうした取り組みの背景には、採掘事業による環境への影響を軽減する必要性があります。例えば、2024年8月、環境・森林・気候変動省(MoEFCC)は、汚染地域を浄化し、既存の環境法制の大きな抜け穴を埋めるために、2024年汚染地修復規則を提案しました。新たな規制は、危険な化合物が採掘廃棄物と結合している地域に焦点を当てています。厳しい環境規制と、採掘廃棄物から環境を保護する必要性への意識の高まりが、持続可能な廃棄物管理方法の採用を後押ししています。これには、廃棄方法の改善、廃棄物のリサイクル、鉱滓からの有価金属の回収などが含まれます。規制の枠組みは現在、鉱業会社に対して、より透明性が高く、効率的で、環境に配慮した事業を実施するよう働きかけており、その結果、長期的な生態系の安全性がサポートされ、鉱業廃棄物管理市場の成長を後押ししています。
持続可能性への注目の高まり
鉱業における持続可能性の重視の高まりは、循環経済の原則の採用と相まって、鉱業廃棄物のリサイクルと再利用を促進しています。この変化は、採掘残渣から貴重な材料を抽出する革新的な廃棄物管理ソリューションの開発を支えています。2024年3月、欧州連合が共同出資するSTARTプロジェクトは、鉱業廃棄物を利用した廃熱回収のための熱電装置を製造する計画を発表しました。このような取り組みは、廃棄物を有用な資源に変え、経済的価値を生み出しながら環境への影響を削減する可能性を強調しています。このような進歩は、よりクリーンな技術と持続可能な実践への投資を鉱山会社に促しており、鉱業廃棄物管理市場を大幅に押し上げ、より責任ある資源利用への世界の動きを支援すると予想されます。
廃棄物管理における技術の進歩
廃棄物処理・処分の新技術が業界を前進させています。自動選別システム、廃棄物最適化におけるAI、AI主導のリサイクル、プラズマガス化、微生物消化などが一般的になりつつあります。これらのソリューションは効率を改善し、埋立地への依存を減らし、廃棄物からより多くの資源を回収します。導入が広まるにつれ、企業は運営コストを削減し、より厳しい環境規制を満たすようになっています。政府の奨励策と、よりクリーンなシステムに対する社会的需要は、技術革新への投資を加速させています。これにより、新興企業にも既存企業にもビジネスチャンスが広がっており、特にアジアとラテンアメリカの新市場では急速に導入が進んでいます。全体的な効果として、より迅速な処理、よりクリーンな結果、回収物からの新たな収益源が挙げられます。テクノロジーはもはや脇役ではなく、廃棄物の処理方法を全面的に形成しつつあるのです。
The global mining waste management market size reached 218.4 Billion Tons in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach 318.4 Billion Tons by 2033, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 4.06% during 2025-2033. Asia Pacific dominated the market in 2024. The growing mining activities, stringent environmental regulations, including frameworks like the EU Mining Waste Directive, rising focus on renewable energy, and ongoing technological advancements are primarily driving the market's growth.
Growing Mining Industry
The growing mining industry across various regions is one of the mining waste management market trends driving the market's growth. For instance, according to Statista, at the end of fiscal year 2023, India's mining industry production climbed by approximately 5.8%. Preliminary figures for fiscal year 2023 show a rise in the mining industry output growth rate compared to the previous year, at 8.2%. This rise leads to a significant increase in mining waste, which, in turn, boosts the need for efficient waste management solutions. Growing demand for metals and minerals in various industries (like automotive, infrastructure, and energy) is expected to fuel mining activities, leading to more waste generation and a need for better management. As global demand for resources grows, mining operations are expanding into new regions and intensifying output levels. This directly impacts waste volumes and requires mining companies to invest in scalable, sustainable waste handling practices, further propelling the growth of the mining waste management market.
Increasing Government Efforts
Governments are increasingly taking action to manage mining waste effectively, focusing on sustainability, resource recovery, and environmental protection. These efforts are driven by the need to reduce the environmental impact of mining operations. For instance, in August 2024, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) proposed the Remediation of Contaminated Sites Rules, 2024, to clean up polluted areas and fill major loopholes in existing environmental legislation. The new restrictions focused on areas where dangerous compounds are combined with mining waste. Strict environmental regulations and growing awareness of the need to protect the environment from mining waste are driving the adoption of sustainable waste management practices. These include improved disposal methods, recycling of waste materials, and the recovery of valuable metals from tailings. Regulatory frameworks are now pushing mining companies to implement more transparent, efficient, and environmentally sound operations, which in turn support long-term ecological safety and boost the growth of the mining waste management market.
Rising Focus on Sustainability
The growing emphasis on sustainability in the mining industry, combined with the adoption of circular economy principles, is driving the recycling and reuse of mining waste. This shift supports the development of innovative waste management solutions that extract valuable materials from mining residues. In March 2024, the START project, co-funded by the European Union, announced plans to produce thermoelectric devices for waste heat recovery using mining waste. Such initiatives highlight the potential of transforming waste into useful resources, reducing environmental impact while creating economic value. These advancements are encouraging mining companies to invest in cleaner technologies and sustainable practices, which is expected to significantly boost the mining waste management market and support the global move toward more responsible resource utilization.
Technological Advancements in Waste Management
New technologies in waste processing and disposal are pushing the industry forward. Automated sorting systems, AI in waste optimization, AI-driven recycling, plasma gasification, and microbial digestion are becoming more common. These solutions improve efficiency, reduce landfill reliance, and recover more resources from waste. As adoption spreads, companies are lowering operational costs and meeting stricter environmental regulations. Government incentives and public demand for cleaner systems are speeding up investment in innovation. This is opening opportunities for startups and established players alike, with newer markets in Asia and Latin America showing especially fast uptake. The overall effect is faster processing, cleaner outcomes, and new revenue streams from recovered materials. Technology is no longer a side factor; it's shaping how waste is handled across the board.
Surface currently exhibits a clear dominance in the market
According to the mining waste management market outlook, surface mining typically generates large amounts of waste material, including overburden (the material removed to access the ore) and tailings (the by-products of ore processing). These materials require effective management to mitigate environmental impacts and comply with regulations. Moreover, governments worldwide are enforcing stricter environmental standards for waste management in mining. Regulations such as those concerning tailings dams, water contamination, dust suppression, and land reclamation are driving the demand for more effective waste management solutions in surface mining.
According to the mining waste management industry analysis, the demand for coal mining waste management focuses on mitigating acid mine drainage (AMD), improving tailings disposal, and reclaiming disturbed land. Technologies that recycle coal slurry for energy generation and better tailings management systems are increasingly sought to reduce environmental impacts. Moreover, the demand for iron mining waste management solutions is driven by the need to handle large tailings volumes safely, prevent dam failures, and improve dry stacking practices. There is also rising interest in reprocessing tailings to recover residual iron and reduce waste volume. Besides this, gold mining waste management demand is centered around safely handling toxic tailings, particularly those containing cyanide and heavy metals. Safer storage, tailings reprocessing for residual gold, and innovative detoxification technologies are essential to meet environmental and regulatory requirements.
Tailings hold the largest market share
Governments worldwide are imposing stricter environmental regulations on tailings disposal and storage. The risk of water contamination, air pollution, and catastrophic dam failures necessitates more robust and compliant tailings management solutions. Moreover, mining companies are increasingly focused on sustainability and reducing their environmental footprint. This is driving demand for tailings reprocessing, waste minimization, and the recycling of tailings into useful products like construction materials, contributing to a circular economy.
Asia Pacific currently dominates the global market
The report has also provided a comprehensive analysis of all the major regional markets, which include North America (the United States and Canada); Europe (Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Russia, and others); Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, and others); Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, and others); and the Middle East and Africa. According to the report, Asia Pacific dominates the global market.
According to the mining waste management market statistics, Asia-Pacific is home to some of the world's largest mining operations, particularly in countries like China, India, and Australia. For instance, according to Statista, in the fiscal year 2023, India was expected to have nearly 1,426 reported mines. This represented an increase from the previous year when India had around 1,319 reported mines. The region's rapid industrialization and urbanization have driven the demand for minerals and metals, resulting in a surge in mining activities and, consequently, mining waste. This has increased the need for effective waste management solutions. Moreover, governments across the Asia-Pacific region are enforcing stricter environmental regulations to address the growing concern over the ecological impact of mining waste. Countries like China and India are implementing tougher standards for waste management, including the handling of tailings, hazardous waste, and pollution control. This regulatory pressure is driving demand for improved waste management technologies and services.
The market research report has provided a comprehensive analysis of the competitive landscape. Detailed profiles of all major market companies have also been provided. Some of the key players in the market include: