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Also, the face of national history bears the indelible marks of the relationships are woven into the bowels of the mining production process, the decisions of the actors and the conflicts that energizes them. The Cananea strike was a direct antecedent and determinant of the revolution of 1910. In this year of double commemoration of the exploits that have spurred growth in the nation, the XXI century Mexicans have a great responsibility to commit to national development through the work that has touched each play. The actors engaged in the mining sector have the task of consolidating the sector's growth for the benefits of the use of mineral resources to help overcome persistent shortcomings, generate more jobs, better standards of living of the population, strengthen the unit national productive and achieve environmentally sound development. In this regard, while the year 2009 was particularly difficult in the economic sphere, with a global reach crisis which resulted in a deterioration of macroeconomic indicators, the Mexican mining sector was able to grow and grow dynamically, making it a Except in the crisis, which at the same time let him be a stronghold of the ongoing economic recovery. Is true that this process has not been without difficulties of various kinds, affecting workers and employers, and that growth has been uneven within the sector, these difficulties are the challenges we face so we can better conditions for development, both in terms of work, as in economic and environmental, in benefit of all. The first major step in addressing the challenges of the Mexican mining of the XXI century is to understand your current situation, understand their structure and recent development in the field of production and trade. This document is part of this task, being a basic tool for building decisions in the various fields defines the direction of the sector.
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