Evaluation of the eco-environment quality and resources utilization in opencast coal mine area—A case study of Antaibao Opencast Mine of Pingshuo,Shanxi Province

Based on the influence factors of the opencast coal mine eco-environment and situation of resources utilization,taking Antaibao Opencast Coal Mine of Pingshuo as an example,the paper established the qualitative evaluation index system and comprehensively appraised the eco-environment quality and resources utilization of opencast mine by means of analytic hierarchy process(AHP)and fuzzy mathematics, etc. The result shows that the ecological environment and utilization of resources of mining area of Antaibao Opencast Mine has turned from Class 5 before 1995 to Class 4 in 2000, and to Class 2 in 2005. The future ideal state will be developed to Class 1. That means the ecological environmental quality of mine area and utilization of resources are being improved gradually.