Environmental criteria have an impact on the decisions made whether to realize mining operating activities or not alongside with criteria for production and investment such as reserve, cut off grade, sales price, cost. In this direction, according to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), it is determined whether mining projects will be carried out or not. Necessary arrangements have been made in the EIA Regulations since the first time they came into force in Turkey. And environmentally sensitive EIA reports were prepared to carry out mining activities. Additionally, the participation of local community to the EIA process is ensured and mining enterprises also contribute economically to the mining region. Turkey has adopted legislation similar to EU legislation and carried out its applications in EIA and other environmental legislation in compliance with EU legislation for the European Union (EU) membership. Thus, in Turkey, being sensitive to the environment, EIA for mining is carried out under a tighter audit and more controlled way compared to EU countries locally and no mining projects that do not comply with the environment are approved and current activities are halted. However, bureaucracy has increased in EIA assessments, permitting processes have been prolonged, and mining investments have become difficult. This situation can be observed with the decline of Turkey in the worldwide rank regarding the mining investment attractiveness index (IAI) category and the other categories determining it, or with the fact that Turkey doesn't have a steady progress when compared to the EU member states. For the solution of the problems in Turkey, it was suggested that legislation which would enable projects with EIA Positive decisions to be carried out by being subjected to only one law and being obtained from one institution was made. Also, it is beneficial to take account of the suggestion which says each mineral group shall be subject to different processes in terms of EIA due to the fact that each may have a significantly different environmental effect. According to the survey conducted, majority of mining sector agrees with this view.

环境标准会影响是否实现采矿运营活动的决策，还会影响生产和投资的标准，例如储量，边界品位，销售价格，成本。在这个方向上，根据环境影响评估（EIA），确定是否进行采矿项目。自《环境影响评估条例》在土耳其首次生效以来，已经做出了必要的安排。并准备了对环境敏感的环境影响评估报告来开展采矿活动。此外，确保了当地社区参与环境影响评估程序，并且采矿企业也为采矿区做出了经济贡献。土耳其已经通过了与欧盟法律类似的立法，并已按照欧洲联盟（EU）成员国的欧盟立法在环境影响评估（EIA）和其他环境立法中进行了应用。因此，在土耳其，由于对环境敏感，因此与当地欧盟国家相比，采矿业的环境影响评估是在更严格的审核和更可控的方式下进行的，没有批准不符合环境的采矿项目，目前的活动也被暂停。但是，EIA评估中的官僚作风有所增加，许可流程已延长，采矿投资也变得困难。土耳其在全球矿业投资吸引力指数（IAI）类别和其他决定该类别的排名下降，或者土耳其没有这样做的情况下，可以观察到这种情况。与欧盟成员国相比，它取得了稳定的进步。为了解决土耳其的问题，有人建议制定立法，使只需要遵守一项法律并从一所机构获得实施环境影响评估正面决定的项目。同样，考虑到这样的建议是有益的，该建议说，由于每个矿物组可能具有明显不同的环境影响，因此在环境影响评估方面，每个矿物组应经历不同的过程。根据进行的调查，大多数矿业部门都同意这一观点。有人建议制定立法，使只对一部法律进行审查并从一所机构获得批准就可以执行具有环评积极决定的项目。同样，考虑到这样的建议是有益的，该建议说，由于每个矿物组可能具有明显不同的环境影响这一事实，因此每个矿物组在环境影响评估方面都应经历不同的过程。根据进行的调查，大多数矿业部门都同意这一观点。有人建议制定立法，使只对一项法律进行审查并从一所机构获得批准就可以执行具有环评积极决定的项目。同样，考虑到这样的建议是有益的，该建议说，由于每个矿物组可能具有明显不同的环境影响，因此在环境影响评估方面，每个矿物组应经历不同的过程。根据进行的调查，大多数矿业部门都同意这一观点。