Abstract: Based on the actual development of China's mining background and relevant research results at home and abroad, the paper discusses a number of complex issues in the sustainable development in mining areas. The mining system consists of five sub-systems including resources, environment, economy, population and the technology, and the complex relationship of positive feedback and negative feedback exist in each sub-system and the internal elements of sub-system. Then, the simulation model of the complex system and the assisted prediction model for mining area are established, which proposes a new method for dynamic evaluation of sustainable development in mining area.

Key words: Sustainable development, Dynamic assessment, Simulation, SD model