Therefore,to measure the effect of the coal resource development on resource environment in mining area objectively and accurately,so that provide scientific basis for harness and compensation of resource environment,has become one of the key problems must be studied and solved.

A mass of characteristic data, application modes, computing programs and data analysis software has been accumulated in the long-term scientific research on resources and environments in cold and arid regions.

It is of significance to dynamically monitor the mine environment via remote sensing for protecting mine ecology and developing mineral resources.

How long can the limited mineral resources supply for human being? How many people can the present mineral resources supply at most? In order to provide a limited index for exploitation of mineral resources, the paper put forward the concept of environmental capacity of mineral resources.