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Epistemic justice and critical minerals–Towards a planetary just transition The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Ronghui (Kevin) Zhou, David Brown
Global transitions to low-carbon energy systems are heavily reliant on the large-scale extraction of critical minerals (e.g. cobalt, lithium, rare earth elements). These minerals are key components in green technological developments such as wind turbines, solar photovoltaics and electric vehicle motors. However, research has highlighted the multifaceted social and environmental costs of critical mineral
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Bread for today, hunger for tomorrow. Social impacts of community development agreements in the North of Chile The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Sascha Miguel Cornejo Puschner
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‘Hungry children don't ask fathers for food’: Gender, security and the COVID pandemic in a Kenya gold mining area The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Doris Buss, Aluoka Otieno
This paper contributes to the emerging research on COVID-19 pandemic effects on the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector in sub-Sahara Africa. Drawing on the results from a 2022 rapid research visit to a gold mining area in western Kenya, where the authors have been carrying out a multi-year study since 2015, we explore women's distinctly gendered experiences of the mobility 'lock downs’ imposed
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Gender, livelihoods and local development in artisanal and small-scale mining areas: Evidence from gemstone production in Zambia and Tanzania The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Chris Huggins, Agatha Siwale-Mulenga, Saitoti Parmelo
This article uses data collected from male and female miners and gemstone traders in an amethyst production zone in Zambia and tanzanite production zone in Tanzania to explore the gendered dynamics of investment of artisanal and small-scale mining profits in local communities. We investigated payment arrangements at mining sites and variations between how men and women are paid; and asked how men and
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Southeast Asia's dynamic sand trade and the need for better data The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Kai Wan Yuen, Diganta Das, Dung Duc Tran, Edward Park
Sand is a vital resource for modern structures but there is limited information on the scale of sand mining or what happens to the sand after it was mined. Here, we focus on Southeast Asia (SEA) as rising affluence and population growth has turned the region into a global sand mining hotspot. We estimated the sand extraction budget in each Southeast Asian country and quantified the volume sand that
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Always and forever: Materializing an environmental public in Bristol Bay, Alaska The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-03-24 Danielle Dinovelli-Lang, Karen Hébert
In this article, we examine how residents of the Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska, an area known for its vibrant salmon fishery, have mobilized to oppose the longstanding threat of large-scale mining in the Bay's headwaters. Drawing on ethnographic research in the region, we show how organizers and activists working to defeat the proposed Pebble Mine respond to unceasing if often unpredictable
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Successfully negotiating artisanal-industrial mining coexistence: A case study from Colombia The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Leonardo Güiza-Suárez, Christoph Josef Kaufmann
The presence of informal mining within concessions frequently leads to clashes and conflict. Title holders typically insist on their legally sanctioned exclusive access to the subsoil, whereas artisanal miners often face persecution and criminalization because they operate without the necessary state licenses. In such contexts, schemes that legally sanction artisanal and industrial mineral coexistence
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Drivers and drags of speculative land developments in a prospective mining landscape, Ghana The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Samuel Kumi, Joseph Kwaku Kidido, Emmanuel Kwaku Sackey
This study investigated the drivers and trends of land developments in Newmont Ahafo North Project area. We analysed Landsat imagery to determine land use and cover changes from 1990 to 2021, utilizing a supervised classification method and data from a sample of 200 stakeholders through structured interviews in five project communities. The interrelation of factors influencing land developments in
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Examining the integration of women's issues in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy of Coal India Limited The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Prajna Paramita Mishra, Ch. Sravan, Lavanya Pisipati, Sujit Kumar Mishra
This paper examines efforts to integrate women's concerns into Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes and policies in India's coal mining sector. This is achieved by taking into consideration the subsidiaries of the largest coal producing company in the country: Coal India Limited. The study finds that, in relation to the various categories that fall under CSR, expenditure on, as well as
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Matching geographies and job skills in the energy transition The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Jacob Greenspon, Daniel Raimi
The changing US energy system raises concerns of job losses among fossil fuel workers. Since these employment impacts vary considerably across the US, policies must be tailored to local contexts. We develop an analytical approach to help policymakers understand the localized opportunities and challenges that energy workers may face. We first estimate the exposure of local labor markets to job displacement
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Desalination investment for copper mining: Barriers and opportunities in Chile The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Eoghan Fitzsimons, Peter Warren
Global decarbonisation goals will not be met without a significant increase in the supply of critical minerals. However, there are numerous economic, environmental, social and regulatory barriers which may hinder potential future supplies. This study therefore examines the interlinkages of mineral extraction in the world's largest copper producing nation, Chile. Framed within the context of the mining
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A review of the use of AI in the mining industry: Insights and ethical considerations for multi-objective optimization The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Caitlin C. Corrigan, Svetlana A. Ikonnikova
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Mining and indigenous communities in Southeast Asia: Examining the social impact of mineral development The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Nianbing Huang, Liyu Ge
Concerns have been expressed concerning the social effect of mining operations on indigenous people in Southeast Asia, calling for a closer look at the matter. This study examines the consequences of mining on indigenous populations from a social, cultural, and economic perspective. The years 2005–2020, when mining projects in the area were active, are the focus of the research.A decision-making model
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Protecting gains: Extractivism, social movements, and the politics of policy implementation The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Eduardo Silva, Zaraí Toledo Orozco
Scholarship on social movements around conflicts over extractive development has advanced in identifying when movements are likely to impact policy adoption. Yet, in Latin America policies are rarely implemented – a reality that commonly leads conflicts to reignite. This introduction sheds light over this often overlooked issue. We focus on the politics of policy implementation – when and how social
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Economic impacts of the coal extraction sector on the South Korean national economy: An input-output analysis The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Jae-Ho Lee, Min-Ki Hyun, Seung-Hoon Yoo
This article applies input-output (IO) techniques to appraising the role and economic impacts of the coal extraction sector (CES) in South Korea. IO tables for five years, namely 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2019, are used. Three IO models are utilized to deal with various economic impacts by treating the CES included in the endogenous sectors as an exogenous one. The impacts of a production or investment
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Energy security and the shift to renewable resources: The case of Russia-Ukraine war The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Huan Huu Nguyen, Phuc Van Nguyen, Vu Minh Ngo
The performance of energy firms plays a crucial role in ensuring energy security, as it determines the availability and affordability of energy resources for a country, especially in the face of geopolitical crisis. This study explores the impact of economic sanctions imposed on Russia in early 2022 on energy stock returns in 57 countries, providing causal evidence on the relationship between major
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Energy and water infrastructures management under energy transition pressure in mineral extraction urban and rural areas: A case study of the Republic of Guinea The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Benjamin Kolie, Ayman Elshkaki, Geoffrey Sunahara, Mohamed Lamine Diakite, Mamoudou Sangare
In the Republic of Guinea, mining activities traditionally rely on fossil fuels as a primary energy source. With new technologies and policies, however, alternative infrastructures are becoming necessary to address the environmental challenges of traditional energy degradation and energy efficiency and meet the energy demands of mining activities. In addition, managing water resources in urban areas
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Securitization of the mining sector? The role of the armed forces in state interventions in Tanzania The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Chris Huggins, Abel Kinyondo
The role of the military in the mining sector in sub-Saharan Africa has been primarily examined through the lens of securitization of the artisanal and small-scale mining sector. In many cases, the military have been part of state-led efforts to prevent informal mining. We apply a theoretical framework based on three elements (securitization of the mining sector, the nature of civil–military relations
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Social impacts of critical mineral exploration on Indigenous peoples’ lands: A case study from Solomon Islands The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Jillian Ash
The growing uptake of energy transition technologies in response to global and national climate policy goals to transition to a low-carbon future is increasing demand for critical minerals. This increased demand is expected to intensify mineral exploration, particularly on Indigenous peoples’ lands. However, mineral exploration is a protracted process, fraught with uncertainty, and few mineral exploration
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Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process based environmental, social and governance risks assessment for the future phosphorite mining in Estonia The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 A. Paat, J. Majak, V. Karu, M. Hitch
Although Estonia has significant phosphate rock reserves within the EU, their extraction and processing in Estonia has been a sensitive issue in the past. The current study focuses on identifying and understanding the most critical Environmental Social Governance (ESG) risks for any potential phosphorite mining and processing by compiling and analysing the opinions of Estonian mining experts and identifying
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Living with coal in India: A temporal study of livelihood changes The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Patrik Oskarsson, Radhika Krishnan, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt
This article asks what it is like for the rural poor to live with coal over time as mines expand and agriculture and forest-dependent ways of living inevitably become more restricted. Research on the expansion of open pit coal mining in India shows a widespread inability to appropriately compensate the rural poor for lost land and access to common property resources. Yet it is simultaneously clear
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The socio-economic impacts of artisanal mining on ordinary villagers in Insiza District, Zimbabwe The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Dumisani Maqeda Ngwenya, Sikhathele Matambo, Keith Phiri
This study sought to understand how ordinary villagers in the artisanal mining areas of Insiza District, where Emthonjeni Women's Forum implemented a program titled ‘Women as strategic partners in peacebuilding’, are affected by the violence and conflicts emanating from the illegal and artisanal mining in the proximities of their villages. The project sought to strengthen resilience, social cohesion
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Oil fiscal regime and national oil companies. The hydrocarbon sector in Argentina 2003–2022 The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Juan M. Ramírez-Cendrero, Eszter Wirth
The Argentinian hydrocarbon sector's performance has displayed distinctive characteristics when compared to other Latin American experiences, as the ones in Brazil, Bolivia or Ecuador. State control over the sector has been the common feature among these experiences, but in the Argentinian case it has been deployed cautiously since 2003. Only since 2012 did State involvement become more prominent through
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Ban mining, ban dining? Re(examining) the policy and practice of ‘militarised conservationism’ on ASM operations The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 George Ofosu, Daniel Siaw, David Sarpong, Stephen Danquah
The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) frontier continues to advance in most mineral-endowed countries due to rising unemployment and general economic decline particularly in rural communities. The sector, however, is often viewed in a negative light because it is highly environmentally destructive. In seeking to address the environmental challenges, many governments have, on occasion, actioned
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The impact of the mining industry, and its recent functional and spatial fragmentation, on regional labor market performance: The case of Antofagasta The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Manuel Pérez-Trujillo
Since 1990s, significant transformations have occurred in the mining industry, resulting in functional and spatial fragmentation that have impacted the operational dynamics in the territories from which minerals are extracted. Despite the significant impact of these transformations on the local labor market equilibrium, there is limited knowledge about their effects on the employment and labor conditions
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Constructing alternative interpretation: Embeddedness of illegality in small-scale mining The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Raphael Anammasiya Ayambire, Abraham Marshall Nunbogu, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Moses Mosonsieyiri Kansanga, Jeremy Pittman, Maurice Anfaara Dogoli
This paper contributes to the debate on mining policy enforcement and compliance by investigating non-compliance with Ghana's government militarization response to illegal mining activities. Drawing on Lawrence Sherman's defiance theory and using a systematic literature review, this analysis offers an alternative explanation for the persistence and increase of illegal mining in Ghana. Through a conceptual
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Scoping population health equity in impact assessments: A realist synthesis-informed review of key literature 2010–2019 The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Jennifer Ann Brown, Hyejun Kim, Kelsey Schober, Joe Vipond, Melissa Gorman, Candace I. J. Nykiforuk
While extractive industries in Canada provide many benefits like employment, income, and education, they can also pose disproportionate physical and socio-cultural risks to population health equity for Indigenous populations. The Government of Canada established a new federal framework to review extractive industry and large infrastructure developments in 2019, with impact assessment of project proposals
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The socio-ecological impacts of mining on the well-being of Indigenous Australians: A systematic review The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Samy Andres Leyton-Flor, Kamaljit Sangha
Mining on Indigenous lands affects people's well-being and the relationship between themselves and their lands. Indigenous peoples’ sociocultural and spiritual connections to their lands are symbolised in bush food, totems, ceremonial objects, sacred names, and kinship systems representing various provisioning and cultural Ecosystem Services (ES). In Australia, most mine sites are located on traditional
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Revolutionizing procurement: Unveiling next-gen supplier strategies in UAE's oil & gas sector The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Ali Alhammadi, Talal Yusaf, Jeffrey Soar, Bashar Mahmood Ali, Kumaran Kadirgama, Belal F Yousif
Procurement is a linchpin in organizational success, securing vital resources that enable top-tier service and product delivery. In fiercely competitive arenas like the oil and gas industry, cultivating robust supplier relationships isn't just beneficial—it's indispensable. Despite the ever-evolving market and myriad factors influencing these interactions, optimizing buyer-supplier dynamics remains
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Global oil prices and fuel subsidies: The price of oil dependency The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati, Bimal Adhikari, Jeffrey King
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Y.ZabyelinaD.Van UhmIllegal mining: Organized crime, corruption, and ecocide in a resource-scarce worldPalgrave Macmillan2020573pp The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Frank Yeboah Adusei
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Evaluation of job satisfaction as a mediator: Exploring the relationship between workload, career growth, social support supervisory and talent retention in the oil and gas industry in Malaysia The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Rohani Salleh, Sonia Lohana, Vicky Kumar, Siti Nooriza
People may feel contented or unsatisfied with their employment, a complex state known as job satisfaction. Assessing employee effectiveness and productivity is crucial. The oil and gas sector plays a significant role in national development and economic strengthening. The industry is known for its challenging nature and goals, often resulting in a high turnover rate and frequent job transitions among
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Lithium-based energy transition through Chilean and Australian miningscapes The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Vincent Bos, Forget Marie, Yann Gunzburger
Over the past years, several anthropological, ethnological and geographical studies have analyzed the socio-spatial dynamics of lithium extraction. Others have focused on the relations between stakeholders at different scales, especially on local populations. The role of States and companies as agents of the global chains of minerals at a global scale has also been well documented. The local dynamics
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Drilling history of Greenland – Exploration for minerals and petroleum, and scientific projects The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Flemming Getreuer Christiansen, David Whitehead, Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed, John Boserup, Ole C.A. Christiansen
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A systematic review of the socio-economic impacts of mining in Africa: Do research methods influence participation? The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Felicitas Egunyu, John Boakye-Danquah
We used a systematic review to investigate research methods and participants in studies on the socio-economic impacts of mining in Africa. We identified 170 peer-reviewed articles published from 1980 to 2023 from research conducted in 32 African countries. Common data collection methods were interviews, focus group discussions, surveys, and participant observation. Uncommon methods included oral and
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An empirical estimate of the land footprint of nickel from laterite mining in Indonesia The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Wouter Heijlen, Chris Duhayon
Nickel is one of the main industrial metals and an essential element for the energy transition towards renewable sources. The metal is increasingly sourced from surficial laterite-type deposits, especially in Indonesia where large investments have been made in its mining and processing infrastructure. The direct land use and land cover (dLUC) change associated with this kind of mine development is
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Public databases of tailings storage facilities fall short of full risk disclosure The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Rafaela Shinobe Massignan, Luis Enrique Sánchez
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The occult goes underground: Rumour, rituals, and the everyday entrepreneurship of women in artisanal gold mining in Mazowe, Zimbabwe, c. 2000–2021. The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Jabulani Shaba, Sandra Swart
This paper examines the shifting ritual practices and perspectives of women in artisanal gold mining (AGM) in Mazowe, a rural district in Mashonaland central province Zimbabwe, between 2000 and 2021. Framing our argument within the context of rumour in mining frontiers, we use the history of everyday life to illuminate the changing dynamics of women in postcolonial artisanal mining settlements. We
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An assessment of local content policy, and the legal and institutional framework in Tanzania's upstream natural gas sector The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Lazaro Chuwa, Joseph Perfect-Mrema
Tanzania is expected to become a major supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG) after the recent discoveries of natural gas reserves, estimated at 57 trillion cubic feet. However, there are concerns about a "resource curse", it is unclear if Tanzania's LCP would prevent resource-related conflicts, crises, and wars. To address this lacuna, this study critically evaluates the effectiveness of the local
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Lobbying and environmental crimes: An analysis based on the Brazilian mining sector The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Andrielly Nascimento Santos, Giovana Marques de Souza, Márcio Moutinho Abdalla, André Ferreira, Nathália Junca Nogueira
Considering the great economic impact of the mining sector in Brazil, it is expected that there are mechanisms that bring it close to governments, especially to co-opt and influence members of the public sector to shape a regulatory environment that favors companies’ operations. The purpose of this study was to understand how the production of meaning mobilized by Vale S.A., through corporate political
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Guyana: Myth of capitalist resource extraction as development The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Tamanisha J. John
Guyana has been subjected to the myth of capitalist resource extraction as “development” both as a colony and well after it gained independence. Guyana's colonial history, its history of structural adjustment, and its ongoing situation of foreign domination have all made “development” an elusive goal for the country. This article discusses why it is unlikely that oil will “develop” Guyana, and Guyanese
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Forecasting industrial induced tipping points in first nations’ land use in northeast British Columbia The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Xiaojing Lu, Naomi Owens-Beek, Ryan McKay, Jim Webb, Xulin Guo, David Natcher
This study examined the impact of industrial development on the land use practices of the Saulteau First Nations (SFN) in northeastern British Columbia. Using household surveys and spatial data analysis, we identify ex-ante the point(s) at which the cumulative environmental changes brought about by industrial activities induce tipping points in First Nations land use. Used here, tipping point is a
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Opportunities and risks of small-scale and artisanal gold mining for local communities: Survey evidence from Ghana The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Christa N. Brunnschweiler, Deanna Karapetyan, Päivi Lujala
The surge in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has led to negative environmental outcomes particularly due to the widespread use of mercury. We use a unique sample of 387 mining-site and non-mining site respondents in eight mining districts in Ghana to understand mining communities’ views on the local opportunities and risks that ASGM brings – with a particular focus on mercury use and other
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Remediating Oil Contamination in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Technical Options and Monitoring Strategies The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Ibukun Ola, Carsten Drebenstedt, Robert M. Burgess, Martin Mensah, Nils Hoth, Christoph Külls
The Niger Delta, a region of immense ecological significance and rich biodiversity, has long faced the severe consequences of petroleum contamination resulting from intense oil exploration and various environmental stressors. In response to the pressing need for effective remediation and monitoring of contaminated matrices in the Niger Delta, this study delves into a comprehensive analysis. Through
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Interface between artisanal and small-scale mining and cocoa farming in the Wassa Amenfi East and West Districts of Ghana The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Daniel Boakye Dankwah, Francis Enu-Kwesi, Frederick Koomson, Richard Oppong Ntiri, Emmanuel Ekow Asmah
The study examined the interface between artisanal and small-scale mining and cocoa farming in the Wassa Amenfi East and West District of Ghana. A sample of 758 cocoa farmers were randomly sampled from fourteen communities in the study districts. Formal institutions mandated to oversee mining activities in Ghana were purposively sampled. Quantitative data were collected using an interview schedule
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Social License to Operate (SLO): Private governance and barriers to community engagement The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Kalowatie Deonandan, Jacqueline Schoenfeld, Areeb Salim, Maureen Bourassa
This paper contends that while Social License to Operate (SLO) emphasizes the importance of community inputs in project approval, in fact, it is a private governance scheme that accords only superficial importance to the engagement process. Focusing on the uranium mining industry in Saskatchewan, Canada, and drawing on insights from interviews with industry and non-industry stakeholders, this research
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Transitioning towards sustainability in artisanal and small-scale gold mining: A case study from Tanzania The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Oliver Daniel Tomassi
The extensive use of mercury in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector has long been a major challenge environmentally. Over the past decade, the rapid proliferation of cyanide leaching has shown potential as a substitute for mercury in ASGM. However, this has not led to a decrease in the use of mercury. Cyanide is frequently employed after applying mercury, rather than used as a substitute
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Exploring broad value creation in mining - Corporate social responsibility and stakeholder management in practice The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Kabelo Esther Rathobei, Helena Ranängen, Åsa Lindman
In today's business landscape, corporate social responsibility is important as companies are expected to integrate social and environmental considerations into their operations and interactions with stakeholders. This involves adhering to codes of conduct, producing sustainability reports, and actively engaging with local communities. As a result, sustainable business models have gained prominence
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Community security in the context of resource extraction in Koniyaw in the Ashanti region of Ghana The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Tobias Tseer, Marfo Samuel, Joseph Obededom Eshun
Informal gold mining has emerged as a major source of livelihood for many African youths with varied implications on mining communities. Researchers have extensively investigated the nexus between informal gold mining and environmental sustainability, however, the nexus between informal gold mining and community security is least studied. This study explored the intricate and multifaceted impacts of
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Energy inclusiveness intensity among persons with disability: Evidence from an emerging crude oil producing country The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Clement Oteng, Pius Gamette
Although Ghana has made great strides in ensuring that its citizens have access to energy, evidence of the inclusion of people with disabilities in policy contexts offers a chance to examine other crucial but less well-known factors that influence energy accessibility. Due to this, a thorough search and scoping evaluation of energy policies/reports from the websites of the Ghanaian government and other
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Comparing methods for criticality and security in minerals for clean energy The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Eliza Hotchkiss, Maria Paz Urdaneta, Morgan D. Bazilian
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The rise and fall of Brazilian extractivism in Africa: Taking stock of Vale's mining operations on the continent (2004–2022) The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-07 Eric Cezne, Ana Saggioro Garcia
At the turn of the millennium, the rise of Southern powers and their firms was filled with a sense of positive change and possibility. The advent of the Brazilian mining giant, Vale S.A., in Africa tellingly captured such ideals and ambitions. Spanning activities from the continent's Atlantic to Indian coasts, Vale went on to become Brazil's largest-ever corporate presence in Africa. Yet, over the
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Mining-energy boom and local institutional capacities - the case of Colombia The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Javier García-Estévez, Amanda Vargas-Prieto, John Ariza
Despite the burgeoning discussion about how the mining-energy sector affects local communities, the roles of local institutions remain understudied as one of the key factors to understand the impact of mining booms on local development. Literature has recently emerged analyzing the role institutions play and finds that natural resource booms can be a curse or a blessing. This article seeks to answer
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Diagnosis of the Walbrzych post-mining area: pilot study using social participation The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Aleksandra Kozłowska-Woszczycka, Katarzyna Pactwa
The article presents a pilot study using Public Participation Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS) to comprehensively diagnose the post-mining area of Wałbrzych (Poland) in the aftermath of sudden coal mine closures in the 1990s. Addressing research gaps in social participation and post-mining area assessment, the study provides insights into the complexities of just transition. By combining participatory
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Mining-free territories and decolonial theory: Evaluating the synergies in the Brazilian context The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Rodrigo Machado Vilani, Bruno Milanez, Márcia Barbosa Martins, Maria Amália Silva Alves de Oliveira, Carlos José Saldanha Machado, Marília Luisa de Oliveira
We argue that mining-free territories (MFTs), a concept that has emerged in Brazil, may be a community-based strategy in dialogue with decolonial theory to reduce mineral socioeconomic dependency. Notably, MFTs have emerged as an outcome of the no-go zone proposition that has been discussed for decades in international arenas. The debate on MFTs has gained momentum in Brazil due to increasing conflicts
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The key role of risk perception in preparedness for oil pipeline accidents in urban areas: A sequential mediation analysis The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Alfredo-Geovanny Salazar-Baño, María-Luisa Chas-Amil, Emilio Ruzo-Sanmartín, Emilio Nogueira-Moure
Effective disaster risk reduction requires conducting research within communities that gave recognized natural or technological risks, to foster the development of more resilient societies. However, limited information is available regarding risk perception and preparedness for technological hazards in disaster-prone urban areas of South America. The aim of this study is to investigate the factors
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The criticality of lithium and the finance-sustainability nexus: Supply-demand perceptions, state policies, production networks, and financial actors The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Aleksandra Natalia Wojewska, Cornelia Staritz, Bernhard Tröster, Luisa Leisenheimer
Current sustainability transformations render certain minerals, such as lithium, ‘critical’. We argue that criticality is actively produced, involving demand, supply and price perceptions, policies linked to green extractivism, and underlying narratives around the role of commodities for sustainable development. Criticality affects, in turn, the geographical and organizational forms of as well as firm
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The role of narratives in the discourse on energy security of the European Commission: The EU's transition in energy relations with Russia The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Zbyněk Dubský, Lukáš Tichý
The article analyses the discourse on energy security of the European Commission (EC) towards Russia in the period from 2014 to February 2022. The analysis is conducted on the basis of three identified narratives (the securitization narrative, the geopolitics narrative and the zero-sum game narrative). The same themes can be narrated and argued about differently within the discourse on energy security
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Women gatherers of nalca (Gunnera tinctoria) as guardians of socioecosystems: Local history, extractivism and restoration in Chile The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Jimena Cameron, Francisca Vergara-Pinto, Noelia Carrasco Henríquez, Camila Neves, Natascha de Cortillas, Cledia Flores
In the coastal areas of southern Chile, an interdependence exists between gatherers and the nalca ecosystem known as “” (swampy spaces), as it provides livelihoods for families and gatherers work to restore and maintain the . However, the forestry industry has left significant parts of these ecosystems within their margins, impacting their distribution. In this regard, little attention has been paid
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Opposition Tactics on the Implementation of Advocacy-Driven Institutional Reforms: A Study of Mining Environmental Assesment in Peru The Extractive Industries and Society (IF 3.808) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Maritza Paredes, Katia Aviles
Between 2008 and 2015, Peru underwent significant institutional reforms to enhance state autonomy in regulating the environmental impact of mining. Advocacy Coalition Networks (ACNs), comprising grassroots organizations, NGOs, academics, and state actors, played a crucial role in advocating for these reforms and shifting public opinion both nationally and internationally. However, the implementation