In the last period many social conflicts connected to development of natural or crushed aggregate deposits were registered in different regions of the country. Intervenients are local communities, ecological organizations, sometimes other interest groups. They usually act in the name of environmental protection, disregarding benefits of mining activity at the same time. Overriding reasons of conflicts are a lack of knowledge and incorrect public opinions on the mining, economy and environment, also the NIMBY syndrome. An improvement of the common image of mining is absolutely essential, as well as working out methods of complex evaluation of mining projects in the spirit of sustainable development, useful for governing bodies.