%0 Journal Article %T MODERNIZACI¨®N DEL SECTOR MINERO COLOMBIANO: IDENTIFICACI¨®N DE OPORTUNIDADES DESDE UN ENFOQUE SIST¨¦MICO %A BRANCH %A JHON W %A ARANGO %A MARTIN %A P¨¦REZ ORTEGA %A GIOVANNI %J Bolet¨ªn de Ciencias de la Tierra %D 2008 %I Universidad Nacional de Colombia %X abstract: no matter mining as in any other productive activity, it is necessary to generate human and technical capabilities to develop processes more efficient, safe and less polluting. moreover, training, knowledge, development and application of new technologies result in better service, more timely and better control. this article proposes the behaviour of colombian mining sector, as a comprehensive system mining, with an installed capacity technology, both in logistics, such as information medium, which achieves harnessing the potential of its various components, so that the scope productivity and efficiency, today obligatory for any country's productive sector. %K systemic approach %K complexity %K mining business. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-36302008000200008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en