Journal articles: 'Social impacts of mining'

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Petrova, Svetla, and Dora Marinova. "Social impacts of mining: Changes within the local social landscape." Rural Society 22, no. 2 (February 2013): 153–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/rsj.2013.22.2.153.

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Cortes-Ramirez, Javier, Peter D. Sly, Jack Ng, and Paul Jagals. "Using human epidemiological analyses to support the assessment of the impacts of coal mining on health." Reviews on Environmental Health 34, no. 4 (December 18, 2019): 391–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2019-0033.

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Abstract The potential impacts of coal mining on health have been addressed by the application of impact assessment methodologies that use the results of qualitative and quantitative analyses to support their conclusions and recommendations. Although human epidemiological analyses can provide the most relevant measures of risk of health outcomes in populations exposed to coal mining by-products, this kind of studies are seldom implemented as part of the impact assessment methods. To review the use of human epidemiological analyses in the methods used to assess the impacts of coal mining, a systematic search in the peer review literature was implemented following the PRISMA protocol. A synthesis analysis identified the methods and the measures used in the selected publications to develop a thematic review and discussion. The major methodological approaches to assess the impacts of coal mining are environmental impact assessment (EIA), health impact assessment (HIA), social impact assessment (SIA) and environmental health impact assessment (EHIA). The measures used to assess the impacts of coal mining on health were classified as the estimates from non-human-based studies such as health risk assessment (HRA) and the measures of risk from human epidemiological analyses. The inclusion of human epidemiological estimates of the populations exposed, especially the general populations in the vicinity of the mining activities, is seldom found in impact assessment applications for coal mining. These methods rather incorporate HRA measures or other sources of evidence such as qualitative analyses and surveys. The implementation of impact assessment methods without estimates of the risk of health outcomes relevant to the potentially exposed populations affects their reliability to address the environmental and health impacts of coal mining. This is particularly important for EIA applications because these are incorporated in regulatory frameworks globally. The effective characterization of the impacts of coal mining on health requires quantitative estimates of the risk, including the risk measures from epidemiological analyses of relevant human health data.

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Famiyeh, Samuel, Amoako Kwarteng, Disraeli Asante Darko, and Vivian Osei. "Environmental and social impacts identification for small-scale alluvial mining projects." Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal 31, no. 3 (February 24, 2020): 564–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/meq-07-2019-0160.

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PurposeThe purpose of the work is to use a systematic process to identify the environmental and social impacts of small-scale alluvial gold mining projects using data from Ghana.Design/methodology/approachIn this work, we used survey data collected from experts in the mining sector. This was followed by the use of a risk analysis approach to identify the significant and non-significant environmental and social impacts.FindingsSeven key impacts associated with typical alluvial mining operations were identified. The first two are the loss of vegetation and the issue of airborne diseases from dust as a result of vegetation losses during the clearing of vegetation in the block out area. The third and fourth issues were loss of vegetation and airborne diseases as a result of vegetation losses during the removal of overburden. The fifth, sixth and seventh, most significant issues identified were the pollution from smoke fumes from the processing machines; and wastewater from the washing process. The last issue of significance was the dust pollution from the transportation of the washed gravel back to the mined pit.Research limitations/implicationsOne main limitation is that the data for this study were collected from Ghana.Practical implicationsThe results indicate the need for proper and systematic measures to identify the environmental and social impacts of mining activities.Originality/valueThe work provides some insights into the strategies of identifying environmental and social impacts of mining activities. It is also one of the key works that systematically identify environmental and social impacts of small-scale alluvial gold projects.

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Milanez, Bruno. "Dialogues between social and natural sciences: contribution to the debate on socio-environmental conflicts." Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 87, no. 4 (October 30, 2015): 2335–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201520140724.

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ABSTRACT In this article, I argue that attempting to solve real problems is a possible approach to bring social and natural sciences together, and suggest that - as Environmental Impact Assessment necessarily brings together social and environmental issues - this debate is a strong candidate for such a task. The argument is based on a general discussion about the possibilities and limitations of Environmental Impact Assessments, the social-environmental impacts of mining activities and three case studies. The analysis of the cases indicates possibilities and limitations of the dialogue between scientists from various areas - and of the collaboration with social movements and affected communities - in avoiding negative impacts of mining projects and, eventually, increasing their sustainability.

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Sincovich, Alanna, Tess Gregory, Ashleigh Wilson, and Sally Brinkman. "The social impacts of mining on local communities in Australia." Rural Society 27, no. 1 (January 2, 2018): 18–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10371656.2018.1443725.

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Viveros, Hector. "Examining Stakeholders' Perceptions of Mining Impacts and Corporate Social Responsibility." Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 23, no. 1 (July 21, 2014): 50–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/csr.1363.

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Arzoo, Atia, and Kunja Bihari Satapathy. "Socio-economic and environmental impacts of mining in Odisha, India." Scholars Academic Journal of Biosciences 4, no. 7 (July 2016): 560–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.21276/sajb.2016.4.7.2.

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Pranger, Jan Hendrik. "Mining for Christ." Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology 3, no. 1-2 (April 5, 2019): 125–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/isit.38336.

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This article discusses the social and ecological impacts of fracking for oil on religious communities in Western North Dakota. Attention is furthermore given to racial tensions between the settler and indigenous communities that have become pronounced within churches in relation to the repudiation of the discovery doctrine and the protests at the Standing Rock Reservation against the North Dakota Access Pipeline in the fall of 2016.

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Petkova, Vanessa, Stewart Lockie, John Rolfe, and Galina Ivanova. "Mining Developments and Social Impacts on Communities: Bowen Basin Case Studies." Rural Society 19, no. 3 (October 2009): 211–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/rsj.19.3.211.

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Tayebi-Khorami, Maedeh, Mansour Edraki, Glen Corder, and Artem Golev. "Re-Thinking Mining Waste through an Integrative Approach Led by Circular Economy Aspirations." Minerals 9, no. 5 (May 10, 2019): 286. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min9050286.

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Mining wastes, particularly in the form of waste rocks and tailings, can have major social and environmental impacts. There is a need for comprehensive long-term strategies for transforming the mining industry to move toward zero environmental footprint. “How can the mining industry create new economic value, minimise its social and environmental impacts and diminish liability from mining waste?” This would require cross-disciplinary skills, across the social, environmental, technical, legal, regulatory, and economic domains, to produce innovative solutions. The aim of this paper is to review the current knowledge across these domains and integrate them in a new approach for exploiting or “re-thinking” mining wastes. This approach includes five key areas of social dimensions, geoenvironmental aspects, geometallurgy specifications, economic drivers and legal implications for improved environmental outcomes, and circular economy aspirations, which are aligned with the 10 principles of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). Applying circular economy thinking to mining waste presents a major opportunity to reduce the liability and increase the value of waste materials arising from mining and processing operations.

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Vieira, Letícia De Freitas, Antonio Jeovah De Andrade Meireles, and Henrique Sampaio De Castro. "IMPACTOS AMBIENTAIS CAUSADOS POR ATIVIDADE DE MINERAÇÃO DE AREIA EM DUNAS FIXAS, CAUCAIA, CEARÁ." Revista da Casa da Geografia de Sobral (RCGS) 21, no. 2 (September 30, 2019): 1060–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.35701/rcgs.v21n2.503.

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Este trabalho propõe-se em trazer uma discussão acerca da mineração, enfocando nos impactos ambientais causados pela extração de agregados para a construção civil. A área de estudo é uma poligonal de 44,8 hectares, licenciada para extrair areia até 2018. Localizada em uma duna fixa, foi possível constatar os impactos relacionados com o desmatamento, retirada do solo e do minério, mudança topográfica e o afloramento do lençol freático. A metodologia consistiu em trabalho de campo, gabinete e aplicações de métodos da Avaliação de Impactos Ambientais que foram a Metodologia de listagem (Check-list) e Matrizes de interações. Através dessas metodologias, alguns dos resultados obtidos foram a descaracterização da paisagem, a determinação dos processos evolutivos do campo de dunas com a extração mineral e o afloramento do lençol freático. Por meio do check-list, foram elencados os impactos positivos e negativos, e a matriz de interações relacionou os impactos do empreendimento com o meio ambiente. Baseado nos resultados, concluiu-se que os impactos da mineração são 44% negativos e apenas 6% positivos e que, na maioria dos casos, o impacto ambiental foi de elevada magnitude, representando atividade nitidamente insustentável no âmbito social e ambiental.Palavras-chave: Mineração; Descaracterização da paisagem; Impacto ambiental. ABSTRACTThe present work proposes a discussion about mining, with emphasis on the environmental impacts caused by the extraction of aggregates for the construction industry. The study area is a 44.8 hectare polygon that was auctioned for sand extraction until 2018. Located on a fixed dune, Related to: deforestation, removal of vegetation, soil and ore, topographic change and outcropping of groundwater . The methodology consisted of fieldwork, office work and the applications Environmental Impact Assessment Methods that were the List Methodology (Checklist) and Interaction Matrices. Through these methodologies, some of the results obtained were the de-characterization of the landscape,The determination of the evolutionary processes of the dune field with the mineral extraction and the outcrop of the water table Positive and negative impacts were listed throughout the checklist and the interaction matrix related to development impacts within the environment. Based on the results, it was concluded that the impacts of mining are 44% negative and only 6% positive and that in most cases, the environmental impact was of high magnitude, representing a clearly unsustainable social and environmental activity.Keywords: Mining; Landscape characterization; Environmental impact.

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Lusonde, Caroline, and Kabwe Harnadih Mubanga. "Residents’ perceptions of the environmental and social impacts of KCM’s mining activities inNchangaNorth Township, Chingola, Zambia." Environmental Management and Sustainable Development 8, no. 4 (October 8, 2019): 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v8i4.15591.

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The study explores and assesses mining and its environmental and social impacts on communities within which mining activities take place. The focus is on a mining community in Chingola, Zambia called Nchanga North Township where mining is carried out by a mining group called Vedanta Resources Plc, KCM. The study investigates the real and latent environmental and social impacts and the residents’ perception of impacts of mining activities on their communities in the light of the numerous promises and prospects that mining is said to provide for communities.Nchanga North Township in Chingola was purposively selected as the study area because of its close proximity to KCM’s Nchanga Mine. Several data collection methods were used, including; observations, literature review, 60 semi-structured interviews, water and soil sample analysis for pH. In assessing the perceptions of residents towards the environmental and social impacts of mining activities, systematic random sampling was used to interview a total of 60 households. This was out of a total number of 540 households in Nchanga North Township.It was found that mining operations at Nchanga mine were releasing dust to air mainly during blasting. There was also noise produced mainly by mine equipment and blasting operations. It was also discovered that suspended solids resulting from carry overs of sediments with runoff from pit slopes resulted into water contamination. There was no significant difference between the pH values measured at the eight sample points in Nchanga North Township (mean = 6.20; range= 5.07-8.14) and the expected normal soil pH (mean = 6.25; t = -0.121; p = 0.907) at probability level p = 0.05. This implies that there was no pH raising or decreasing contaminants in the soil. There was no significant difference between the water pH values obtained in the field with the normal water pH (t = 6.636; p = 0.095) at probability level p = 0.05. This implies that there was no pH raising or decreasing contaminants in the Kafue River at the point of sample collection. Nchanga North Township residents believe that mining operations at Nchanga mine are affecting their environment and social life negatively. The lack of an environmental management plan by the mine to combat the adverse effects on the residents meant the residents close to the mine, were highly affected negatively.

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Ticci, Elisa, and Javier Escobal. "Extractive industries and local development in the Peruvian Highlands." Environment and Development Economics 20, no. 1 (January 22, 2014): 101–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x13000685.

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AbstractDuring the last 20 years, the mining sector in Peru has been experiencing sustained growth. Using census, administrative, nationally and regionally representative data we compare districts in the Peruvian Highlands with a recent mining development with suitable counterfactuals. We find that the new mining activities attract migration inflows, and have some positive effects over educational indicators, and that these impacts, on average, are smaller in districts with lower levels of corporate social expenditure. However, the results of this study suggest that the local potential welfare impact of the mining boom is largely untapped and corporate social responsibility has had a limited role in improving this effect.

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Cecinati, Francesca, Tom Matthews, Sukumar Natarajan, Nick McCullen, and David Coley. "Mining Social Media to Identify Heat Waves." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 5 (March 2, 2019): 762. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050762.

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Heat waves are one of the deadliest of natural hazards and their frequency and intensity will likely increase as the climate continues to warm. A challenge in studying these phenomena is the lack of a universally accepted quantitative definition that captures both temperature anomalies and associated mortality. We test the hypothesis that social media mining can be used to identify heat wave mortality. Applying the approach to India, we find that the number of heat-related tweets correlates with heat-related mortality much better than traditional climate-based indicators, especially at larger scales, which identify many heat wave days that do not lead to excess mortality. We conclude that social media based heat wave identification can complement climatic data and can be used to: (1) study heat wave impacts at large scales or in developing countries, where mortality data are difficult to obtain and uncertain, and (2) to track dangerous heat wave events in real time.

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Jacka, Jerry K. "The Anthropology of Mining: The Social and Environmental Impacts of Resource Extraction in the Mineral Age." Annual Review of Anthropology 47, no. 1 (October 21, 2018): 61–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anthro-102317-050156.

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This article examines the social and environmental costs of living in the mineral age, wherein contemporary global livelihoods depend almost completely on the extraction of mineral resources. Owing to the logic of extractivism—the rapid and widespread removal of resources for exchange in global capitalist markets—both developed and developing countries are inextricably entangled in pursuing resource extraction as a means of sustaining current lifestyles as well as a key mechanism for promoting socioeconomic development. The past 15 years has seen a massive expansion of mineral resource extraction as many developing countries liberalized their mining sectors, allowing foreign capital and mining companies onto the lands of peasant farmers and indigenous people. This mining expansion has also facilitated the rise of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). Transformations in livelihoods and corporate practices as well as the environmental impacts and social conflicts wrought by mining are the central foci of this article.

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Ashofteh Alireza,, Abedini Ali,, and Esmaeily Dariush,. "ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ASSESSMENT OF TASH BAUXITE MINE IN SEMNAN PROVINCE, NORTHERN IRAN." NEWS of National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan 5, no. 443 (October 15, 2020): 21–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.32014/2020.2518-170x.100.

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Mineral resources and mining are the pillars of development in any country. Mining development must be performed based on the pillars of sustainable development to prevent the damage to water, soil, air, plants, wildlife and social life of local communities by exploiting valuable minerals and economic development. Lack of attention towards the pillars of sustainable development in the long-term can turn into serious damages to environment and social life of local communities. There would probably be needed to spend multiple times more than the added value earned by the mineral production in order to recompense the environmental and social damages caused by unauthorized mining. Therefore, from the late 2001 the beginning of mining activities in the Bauxite mine of the village of Tash has caused challenges for the environment, natural resources and social issues. Some of the most important of which are loss of water reserves in the region, the pollution of ground and surface waters, soil erosion, susceptibility of the region to dust, loss of vegetation and rangelands, the endangerment of wildlife, flooding due to inappropriate tailings depot. This paper addresses to the causes of these pollutions and how to stop further damages of the process.

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Monteiro, Nathalie Barbosa Reis, Ana Keuly Luz Bezerra, José Machado Moita Neto, and Elaine Aparecida da Silva. "Mining Law: In Search of Sustainable Mining." Sustainability 13, no. 2 (January 16, 2021): 867. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13020867.

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Mining is an activity that generates inputs to different production chains, making it essential for any country’s development. However, it causes environmental, economic, and social impacts that must be considered. The Mining Law provides guidelines, through laws and regulations, so the activity can be carried out in an environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable way. In this paper, an analysis was conducted of the application of some peculiar characteristics of Brazilian Mining Law (locational rigidity, priority granting, among others) according to the parameters established in the Federal Constitution, in the Mining Code and its updates, and in the National Department of Mineral Production, Environment Ministry, and Mines and Energy Ministry normative acts. Moreover, the Superior Court of Justice Jurisprudence was analyzed to understand how the Mining Law is applied, in practice. It was verified that the Brazilian legislation is not perfect, but it has mechanisms to protect and benefit the miner, the society, and the environment. However, there are many shortcomings like the lack of speed in judging processes and the flaws in the applicability of some principles that compromise sustainability in the activity’s development, especially regarding the environmental and social liabilities left after mine closure.

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Jiang, Shu Wei, Abuduhelili Haibier, and Yong Xin Wu. "Combined Impacts of Sand Mining Activities: The Nandu River Downstream Segment." Advanced Materials Research 671-674 (March 2013): 3134–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.671-674.3134.

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With the accelerated pace of urban construction in Hainan province, demand for building sand increased rapidly, river sand prices soared. This led to the illegal and unauthorized sand mining continue to emerge at Nandu River downstream segment. The current sand mining situation of Nandu River downstream section was expounded. The various impacts of sand mining activities on river regime, flood safety, hydrodynamic characteristics of the river, development of delta and water environment have been studied according to measured data and results of field investigation. It is shown that sand mining activities undermines the natural evolution of the river regime; affects the habitat of fish and other aquatic organisms. Water level drops, water velocity decreases, and the Nandu Rive delta coastline retrogrades due to sand extraction. Besides, sand mining has an obvious adverse impact on infrastructures, waterway safety and social stability.

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MehariGirmay, MehariGirmay. "Phytoremediationof Heavy Metals Released from Mining Waste Drainage Using Selected Plant Species, in Ethiopia." Budapest International Research in Exact Sciences (BirEx) Journal 1, no. 3 (July 25, 2019): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/birex.v1i3.336.

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Mining is known in releasing of heavy metals and environmental pollutants due to their toxicity, persistence in the environment, and bio-accumulative nature. Leaching activity of mining has a major role in releasing of chemicals which toxify to the mining environment. Such activity contaminates the terrestrial ecosystemswith toxic heavy metals that lead to the environmental problem of public health concern. In Ethiopia, even the mining trend is accounted long time, the environmental and social impacts are underestimated and not taken as an issue for a long time. However, these impacts are become very risky and problematic from time to time, since mining companies are not dedicated to their environmental and social impact assessment commitments. Being persistent pollutants, heavy metals accumulate in the environment and consequently contaminate the food chains. Accumulation of potentially toxic heavy metals in biota causes a potential health threat to their consumers including humans. Phytoremediation is more cost-effective than alternative mechanical or chemical methods of removing hazardous compounds from the soil.Vetiver grass is a perennial grass belonging to the Poaceae family with short rhizomes and a massive, finely structured root system. The deep root system makes the vetiver grass extremely drought tolerant and very difficult to dislodge when exposed to strong water flow. The main purpose of this study is to review the ecological impacts of mining in releasing leached wastes/drainages/ and the possible and effective techniques of treatment via Phytoremediation technology.

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Gebru, Mehari Girmay. "Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals Released from Mining Waste Drainage using selected plant species, in Ethiopia." Budapest International Research in Exact Sciences (BirEx) Journal 1, no. 3 (July 27, 2019): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/birex.v1i3.343.

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Mining is known in releasing of heavy metals and environmental pollutants due to their toxicity, persistence in the environment, and bio-accumulative nature. Leaching activity of mining has a major role in releasing of chemicals which toxify to the mining environment. Such activity contaminates the terrestrial ecosystems with toxic heavy metals that lead to the environmental problem of public health concern. In Ethiopia, even the mining trend is accounted long time, the environmental and social impacts are underestimated and not taken as an issue for a long time. However, these impacts are become very risky and problematic from time to time, since mining companies are not dedicated to their environmental and social impact assessment commitments. Being persistent pollutants, heavy metals accumulate in the environment and consequently contaminate the food chains. Accumulation of potentially toxic heavy metals in biota causes a potential health threat to their consumers including humans. Phytoremediation is more cost-effective than alternative mechanical or chemical methods of removing hazardous compounds from the soil. Vetiver grass is a perennial grass belonging to the Poaceae family with short rhizomes and a massive, finely structured root system. The deep root system makes the vetiver grass extremely drought tolerant and very difficult to dislodge when exposed to strong water flow. The main purpose of this study is to review the ecological impacts of mining in releasing leached wastes/drainages/ and the possible and effective techniques of treatment via Phytoremediation technology.

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Barros, Dalmo Arantes de, João Carlos Costa Guimarães, José Aldo Alves Pereira, Luis Antônio Coimbra Borges, Rossi Allan Silva, and Alexandre Augusto Spadoni Pereira. "Characterization of the bauxite mining of the Poços de Caldas alkaline massif and its socio-environmental impacts." Rem: Revista Escola de Minas 65, no. 1 (March 2012): 127–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0370-44672012000100018.

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The intensive use of mineral resources brings along significant changes to the environment. The mining sector is essential for world economics, as long as it is operated on a basis that is technically coherent, socially fair and environmentally correct. This study aimed to characterize the bauxite mining of the Poços de Caldas plateau, MG, investigating its respective socio-environmental impacts. Through the overview presented, one can conclude that in most situations, the bauxite miningat the Poços de Caldas plateau mitigates its negative social and environmental impacts in a satisfactory manner in addition to generating positive social impacts; and the restoration methods of the mining-disturbed ecosystems have been continually improved and should be replicated by small-and-medium-sized companies.

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Symon, Andrew. "Petroleum and Mining in Southeast Asia: Managing the Environmental and Social Impacts." Southeast Asian Affairs 2007, no. 1 (April 2007): 77–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1355/seaa07d.

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Suopajärvi, Leena, Thomas Ejdemo, Elena Klyuchnikova, Elena Korchak, Vigdis Nygaard, and Gregory A. Poelzer. "Social impacts of the “glocal” mining business: case studies from Northern Europe." Mineral Economics 30, no. 1 (November 21, 2016): 31–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13563-016-0092-5.

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Nathalia, Deepa, Gopal Krishan, and Naval Kishore. "Socio-Economic Change Impact After the closure of Mining Activities. A Case study of Aravalli Hills of Faridabad District, Haryana." Current World Environment 12, no. 2 (August 25, 2017): 288–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/cwe.12.2.12.

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Mining activities in Aravali hills had played a vital role in industrial growth of the Haryana state but these are also responsible to affect the environment and social life of the community located nearby the area. Present study carried out through special questionnaire consisting of selective parameters such as type of houses, source of water, sanitary facilities, source of income, source of energy, asset, communication services and educational status etc. This elicited from 326 residents of surrounding villages of mining areas situated in Aravalli hills explaining the socio-economic status of the local people after the closure of mining activities for 13 years. The finding shows both positive and negative impact of closure of mining activities. The positive impacts found as reduction in environmental degradation, health and education improvement, while the negative impact observed on income stability, employment, migration etc. Taking into consideration these impacts, government and regional organizations should take possible steps to overcome this major problem of the district.

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Lutz-Ley, América N., and Stephanie J. Buechler. "Mining and women in northwest Mexico: a feminist political ecology approach to impacts on rural livelihoods." Human Geography 13, no. 1 (March 2020): 74–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1942778620910901.

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Women’s participation in large-scale mining (LSM) has been increasing in Mexico and worldwide; however, few comprehensive studies exist on the socioeconomic effects of mining on women depending on the specific roles they play in this activity. The objective of this study was to analyze, from a feminist political ecology perspective, the effects of mining on women in a rural community in Sonora State, in arid northwest Mexico, a region with important participation of LSM in the country. For this purpose, we developed a mixed methods approach combining literature review on gender and LSM, semistructured in-depth interviews, and analysis of secondary government data. Most literature on women and mining treats them conceptually as a homogeneous social group or focuses on only one role women play in mining. We address this gap by identifying several roles women can play in their interactions with the mining sector and then analyzing and comparing the effects of mining associated with these distinctive roles. In doing so, we unravel the gendered complexities of mining and highlight the socioecological contradictions embedded in these dynamics for individual women who are faced with significant trade-offs. Mining can provide economic and professional opportunities for women of varying educational and socioeconomic levels in otherwise impoverished and landless rural households. At the same time, women are unable to, as one interviewee phrased it, “break the glass ceiling even if using a miner’s helmet,” especially in managerial positions. Extraction of natural resources in the community is accompanied by the extraction of social capital and personal lives of miners. We give voice to the social–ecological contradictions lived by women in these multiple roles and offer potential insights both for addressing gender-based inequities in mining and for avenues toward collective action and empowerment.

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Triatmojo, Dimas Bagus, Warah Atikah, and Nurul Laili Fadhilah. "Revisiting the Land Conversion of the Protected Forest for the Mining Industry in Tumpang Pitu, Banyuwangi." Indonesian Journal of Law and Society 1, no. 1 (March 30, 2020): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.19184/ijls.v1i1.16761.

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Indonesia is a country that has abundant natural resources, both renewable and non-renewable. The wealth of natural resources contained in the motherland can be utilized for the needs and welfare of the people of Indonesia under Article 33 paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution. One of the natural resources in Indonesia is forests. The government establishes a forest area as a protected forest area for a benefit that is expected by law. There is a violation of the use of protected forest areas for interests outside the forestry sector, namely the conversion of the function of protected forests used as mining land violations that are contrary to Article 38 Paragraph 4 of Law Number 41 of 1999. Mining business activities have negative impacts as well as positive impacts that arise. Mining will harm environmental conditions that can affect the social life of the community, reducing the environmental quality of the positive impact of the existence of mining business activities in an area will cause changes to the economic level, the legal basis for protecting the affected communities in the mining sector, as mandated by Article 28G Paragraph (1) and Article 28H Paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution. Keywords: Transfer of Protection Forest Functions, Mining Impacts.

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Carrington, Kerry, Russell Hogg, and Alison McIntosh. "The resource boom's underbelly: Criminological impacts of mining development." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 44, no. 3 (December 2011): 335–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865811419068.

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Australia is currently in the midst of a major resources boom. Resultant growing demands for labour in regional and remote areas have accelerated the recruitment of non-resident workers, mostly contractors, who work extended block rosters of 12-hour shifts and are accommodated in work camps, often adjacent to established mining towns. Serious social impacts of these practices, including violence and crime, have generally escaped industry, government and academic scrutiny. This paper highlights some of these impacts on affected regional communities and workers and argues that post-industrial mining regimes serve to mask and privatize these harms and risks, shifting them on to workers, families and communities.

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CAO, LONGBING, YANCHANG ZHAO, CHENGQI ZHANG, and HUAIFENG ZHANG. "ACTIVITY MINING: FROM ACTIVITIES TO ACTIONS." International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making 07, no. 02 (June 2008): 259–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219622008002934.

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Activity data accumulated in real life, such as terrorist activities and governmental customer contacts, present special structural and semantic complexities. Activity data may lead to or be associated with significant business impacts, and result in important actions and decision making leading to business advantage. For instance, a series of terrorist activities may trigger a disaster to society, and large amounts of fraudulent activities in social security programs may result in huge government customer debt. Uncovering these activities or activity sequences can greatly evidence and/or enhance corresponding actions in business decisions. However, mining such data challenges the existing KDD research in aspects such as unbalanced data distribution and impact-targeted pattern mining. This paper investigates the characteristics and challenges of activity data, and the methodologies and tasks of activity mining based on case-study experience in the area of social security. Activity mining aims to discover high impact activity patterns in huge volumes of unbalanced activity transactions. Activity patterns identified can be used to prevent disastrous events or improve business decision making and processes. We illustrate the above issues and prospects in mining governmental customer contacts data to recover customer debt.

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Mulyanto. "The Social Impact and Enviromental Risks of Public Oil Mining in Musi Banyuasin Regency South Sumatera Province." E3S Web of Conferences 68 (2018): 02002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20186802002.

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The oil mining was firstly performed in Musi Banyuasin Regency by the end of the 1990s as performed by the people on old wells of Standard Vacuum Oil Company which was no longer engaged in oil production activities. The crude oil is then refined into gasoline (premium), kerosene and gas oil (solar). Due to the increasing oil mining activities, the local government of Musi Banyuasin Regency stipulated a Local Regulation No.27 of 2006 concerning the sale of public oil mining products. In this local regulation, people are only paid for their work drawing out the crude oil, which is valued at a low price and is not suited with the workload. Since then, the people have not only performed mining for crude oil from old wells, but also by performing their own mining activities, especially for the mining field with a depth of 100 - 200 meters. The result is that the crude oil trade in the Musi Banyuasin Regency is increasingly widespread, either for the crude or distilled oil. This study aimed to describe, analyze and interpret social impact, environmental risks and multiplier effect of illegal public oil mining. This study used the paradigm of critical theory. The results showed there are some social impacts on people's lives in the mining and refinery sites. The positive impact is the shift of livelihood activities, from rubber farmers to oil miners, both as investors, traders, workers and oil takers, so that the multiplier effect of this activity is highly perceived by the community in their lives. The negative impact is the polarization in the life of society, such as gambling, drug distribution, red-light district and environmental degradation due to oil spills and distillation.

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Pratama, Noven Surya, Lindrianasari ., and Usep Syaipudin. "The Effect of a Social License From the Community on Acceptance from the Community." International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology 5, no. 6 (July 3, 2020): 724–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt20jun1061.

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the benefits of assistance to the communities around the mine and the negative influence that communities have received in influencing community trust in influencing their decision to accept the collection of mines that are operated in the middle of their homes. This research was conducted by direct interview with the interviewees. The research sample is 203 residents who live in the mine within a radius of 1 Km. The results of this study are the General Benefits of Mining, Infrastructure Benefits from Mining, Impacts on Other Industries, and Environmental Costs do not have a significant effect on Mining Revenues. In contrast, Labor and Community Benefits and Increased Living Costs are associated with the significance of Mining Revenues.

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Akchurin, Maria. "Mining and Defensive Mobilization." Sociology of Development 6, no. 1 (2020): 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/sod.2020.6.1.1.

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Opposition to the social and environmental impacts of large-scale mining has become more visible in Chile since the early 1990s, yet not all mining projects catalyze mobilization. Building on the concept of defensive mobilization, I argue that opposition is more likely when a project is perceived as a threat to some members of a community. Using a data set of all major mining projects submitted for environmental licensing since environmental impact assessments were implemented in Chile, I identify the conditions under which mining projects lead to opposition. The results, based on binary logistic regression analysis, show that projects threatening agrarian and indigenous communities, where threats to existing water and land uses are especially salient, are more likely to be opposed. Community challenges are also more likely for projects majority-owned by international investors. About four out of every ten proposed projects have faced opposition, and only a handful of projects have ever been definitively rejected, even as projects that are found to violate regulations are increasingly fined and challenged in court as well as facing protests and public scrutiny.

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Sairinen, Rauno, Olga Sidorenko, and Heidi Tiainen. "A research framework for studying social impacts: Application to the field of mining." Environmental Impact Assessment Review 86 (January 2021): 106490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106490.

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Ciesłik, Tobiasz, and Justyna Górniak-Zimroz. "Analysis of environmental-social changes in the surrounding area of KWB Turow in the historical context." E3S Web of Conferences 29 (2018): 00028. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20182900028.

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Opencast mining of large-area lignite deposits impacts the environment, and the health and life of people living in the vicinity of the conducted mining activity. Therefore, the attempt was made to develop a methodology for identification of environmental and social changes in the Bogatynia municipality (south-western Poland), resulting from functioning of Turow lignite mine within its area. During the study of changes occurring over the years, the development of mining pit was noticed, as well as the transformations of this area and impact of the mining plant on the selected elements of environment and surrounding areas. Analogue and digital data were used for the preparation of cartographic compilations, the usefulness of which was analyzed in accordance with the guidelines contained in the standard [1]. The conducted cartographic studies allowed to learn the history of the mine together with identification of changes taking place in the municipality Bogatynia. The obtained results show the form and condition of the objects in the analyzed year, allowing for the interpretation of changes that occurred in the surrounding areas of the Turow mine. Due to the conducted activity of the mine and Turow power plant, both negative and positive aspects were noted in connection with the carrying out of mining activity in the Bogatynia municipality.

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Leuenberger, Andrea, Mirko S. Winkler, Olga Cambaco, Herminio Cossa, Fadhila Kihwele, Isaac Lyatuu, Hyacinthe R. Zabré, Andrea Farnham, Eusebio Macete, and Khátia Munguambe. "Health impacts of industrial mining on surrounding communities: Local perspectives from three sub-Saharan African countries." PLOS ONE 16, no. 6 (June 4, 2021): e0252433. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252433.

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Industrial mining projects can play an important role in global sustainable development if associated health risks are minimised and opportunities maximised. While a broad body of evidence from quantitative studies exists that establishes the interlinkages between mining operations and effects on public health, little research has been conducted investigating health impacts from the perspective of affected communities. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa, where about a third of the remaining global mineral resources are endowed and health-related indicators for sustainable development are lagging behind. In this multi-country qualitative study, we explore community perceptions regarding impacts of industrial mining on their health and well-being. In nine study sites in Burkina Faso, Mozambique and Tanzania, we conducted 83 participatory focus group discussions with a total of 791 participants (385 men, 406 women). Our findings reveal a broad range of perceived impacts on environmental, economic and social determinants of health, with secondary health implications related to morbidity, mortality and well-being. Overall, perceived negative impacts prevailed, mainly related to environmental pollution, change in livelihoods or social disruption. Perceived positive impacts on health and well-being were related to interventions implemented by the mines such as new or improved water sources, health care facilities, roads and schools. The consistency of these findings across countries and study sites suggests a structural problem and indicates a pressing need to address health by acting on the wider determinants of health in mining regions. Participatory health impact assessment should be strengthened in host countries to foster strategic interventions, include marginalised population groups, and protect and promote the health of local communities. By including community perspectives on health before and during project implementation, policymakers can take advantage of economic opportunities while avoiding the pitfalls, bringing their communities closer to achieving good health and well-being goals by 2030 and beyond.

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Vélez-Torres, Irene, Diana C. Vanegas, Eric S. McLamore, and Diana Hurtado. "Mercury Pollution and Artisanal Gold Mining in Alto Cauca, Colombia: Woman's Perception of Health and Environmental Impacts." Journal of Environment & Development 27, no. 4 (September 6, 2018): 415–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1070496518794796.

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This article discusses the results of a pilot research strategy for monitoring environmental hazards derived from the use of mercury in artisanal gold mining in the Alto Cauca region, Colombia. During 2016 and 2017, a transdisciplinary approach was established to inquire on the health, environment, and territorial problems originated from artisanal mining. In this article, we specifically focus on how this particular issue affects women in the area. We establish a closed-loop approach for integrating social action research with analytical sciences/engineering to understand risks associated with Hg2+ levels in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the Cauca department. We develop a platform known as closed-loop integration of social action and analytical chemistry research.

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Heikkinen, Hannu I., Élise Lépy, Simo Sarkki, and Teresa Komu. "Challenges in acquiring a social licence to mine in the globalising Arctic." Polar Record 52, no. 4 (December 20, 2013): 399–411. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247413000843.

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ABSTRACTIn recent decades, the mining industry has expanded globally especially in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. Mines often boost rural economies, but may have also negative impacts on environment and local livelihoods, such as tourism and reindeer herding. That is why acceptability and undeniable right to operate – the social licence (SL) to mine has become more and more important in mining related discussions. We examine empirically issues relating to SL in two mining projects in Finnish Lapland, Hannukainen in Kolari and Suurikuusikko in Kittilä. The main results emphasise the importance of transparency in mining operations and the continuity of communications with local stakeholders in building and maintaining the SL to mine. If the transparency of operations is lacking and issues come to publicity only via the media, this may affect the public image of a company and finally challenge its SL to operate and, in the long term, potentially effect the financing decisions of mining investors. We show that acquiring and keeping up a SL links not only to the developments in the actual mining site, but is also connected to processes taking place in other localities. These connections may emerge in various scales; between various local communities, mining companies and global financing principles, for instance. We use and propose ‘multi-sited ethnography’ as a method to describe and better understand complex linkages which may effect the SL to mine.

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Riley, Emily, Peter Sainsbury, Phil McManus, Ruth Colagiuri, Francesca Viliani, Angus Dawson, Elizabeth Duncan, Yolande Stone, Tracy Pham, and Patrick Harris. "Including health impacts in environmental impact assessments for three Australian coal-mining projects: a documentary analysis." Health Promotion International 35, no. 3 (May 5, 2019): 449–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daz032.

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Abstract Notwithstanding the historical benefits of coal in aiding human and economic development, the negative health and environmental impacts of coal extraction and processing are of increasing concern. Environmental impact assessments (EIAs) are a regulated policy mechanism that can be used to predict and consider the health impacts of mining projects to determine if consent is given. The ways in which health is considered within EIA is unclear. This research investigated ‘How and to what extent are health, well-being and equity issues considered in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) of major coal mining projects in New South Wales, Australia’. To this end we developed and applied a comprehensive coding framework designed to interrogate the publicly available environmental impact statements (EISs) of three mines in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, for their inclusion of health, well-being and equity issues. Analysis of the three EISs demonstrates that: the possible impacts of each mine on health and well-being were narrowly and inadequately considered; when health and well-being were considered there was a failure to assess the possible impacts specific to the particular mine and the communities potentially affected; the cumulative impacts on human health of multiple mines in the same geographical area were almost completely ignored; the discussions of intragenerational and intergenerational equity did not demonstrate a sound understanding of equity and, it is essential that governments’ requirements for the EIA include detailed analysis of the health, well-being, equity and cumulative impacts specific to the proposed mine and relevant communities.

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Sabanov, Sergei, Jyri Rivaldo Pastarus, and Julia Shommet. "Sustainability Assessment Methods In Oil Shale Mine Closure." Environment. Technology. Resources. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference 1 (August 5, 2015): 271. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/etr2011vol1.918.

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The post mining processes impacts on the environment, economy and people, whilst there may be positive contributions to the economy and social progress through mining there may also are negative impacts to the environment. The aim of this study is to elaborate sustainability assessment methodologies suitable for mine closure life cycle stage which allows defining hazardous influences on environment, society and economic dimensions, and helps quickly, conveniently and qualitatively solve, operate, find optimum variants for existing problems. The sustainability assessment methods will provides best decisions on the technological and post technological processes of a mining industry and can be used in the exploration, planning, exploitation and closure stages.

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Lampe, Ilyas, Haslinda B. Anriani, and Andi Mascunra Amir. "Corporate Social Responsibility Dilemma of Tiaka Oil and Gas Mining." MIMBAR : Jurnal Sosial dan Pembangunan 35, no. 2 (December 31, 2019): 471–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.29313/mimbar.v35i2.5143.

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The implementation of CSR programs of Tiaka refinery is based on financial, goods assistance, and several empowerment programs. However, the community’s response is negative. The community’s disappointment and dissatisfaction are accompanied by threats to the Tiaka refinery. This study uses a case study approach on Kolo Bawah, Baturube, and Tanasumpu to understand PT. Joint Operation Body (JOB) Pertamina Medco Tomori Sulawesi impacts on the loss of livelihood of the Bajo ethnic community in Kolo Bawah. The results show that the Bajo communities in Kolo Bawah are excluded from their living and cultural space because of the refinery. CSR activities and community empowerment are unable to reduce the economic and social burden of Bajo communities. CSR activities are not transparent, partial, and not accompanied by a needs assessment. CSR/CD activities remain as a source of mutual suspicion between regions, community and ethnic groups.

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Lechner, Alex M., Neil McIntyre, Katherine Witt, Christopher M. Raymond, Sven Arnold, Margaretha Scott, and Will Rifkin. "Challenges of integrated modelling in mining regions to address social, environmental and economic impacts." Environmental Modelling & Software 93 (July 2017): 268–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.03.020.

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Assya’bani, Ridhatullah, and Ahmad Syadzali. "PANDANGAN ULAMA BALANGAN TENTANG PENGELOLAAN SUMBER DAYA ALAM BATUBARA DI BALANGAN DALAM PERSPEKTIF EKO-SUFISME." Jurnal Studia Insania 2, no. 1 (April 30, 2014): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.18592/jsi.v2i1.1092.

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It starts from a consciousness that how importance of the role of scholars in their assessments and views onsocial reality, particularly on the issue of environmental crisis that occurred to the people in Balangan regency. Based on the research, the writers found a classification of the scholars’ views on coal mining and natural resources exploitation and the environmental impacts and social impact as the result. The first view, they agree fully to coal mining activities. Second view, they disagree on coal mining activity. The third view, the scholars who do not give a clear view or grey view to coal mining activities. Based the analysis conducted by the writers by using the eco-sufism concepts as theoretical basis, the writers concluded that their views who disagree with coal mining activity is based on the view of environmental ethics in accordance with the concept of eco-sufism.

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Fatmawati, Elsaputri Dyahayu, Ari Kristin Prasetyoningrum, and Dessy Noor Farida. "DAMPAK PROFITABILITAS, LIKUIDITAS DAN PENGUNGKAPAN ISLAMIC SOCIAL REPORTING TERHADAP RETURN SAHAM." El Dinar 8, no. 2 (October 28, 2020): 67–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/ed.v8i2.9825.

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Mining companies are capital-intensive industries and have high risks and their business activities have more physical and social environmental impacts compared to other business sectors. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of Return On Equity, Current Ratio, and Islamic Social Reporting disclosure to return stock. The samples used in this research are 13 mining companies listed in Indonesia Sharia Stock Index (ISSI) period 2014-2018 that are determined by purposive sampling. This research using the method of multiple linear regression analysis and hypothesis testing using program Eviews 9. The result of this research shows that in partial, Return On Equity and Current Ratio does not have a significant effects to return stock. While Islamic Social Reporting has significant effect to return Stock.

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Kouame, Kouame Joseph Arthur, Fu Xing Jiang, Yu Feng, and Si Tao Zhu. "A Study on Ivory Coast with the Impacts of Artisanal Gold Mining on Local Livelihoods and the Mining Industry." Advanced Engineering Forum 20 (January 2017): 68–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/aef.20.68.

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In rural regions, mining is an activity that employs many people due to the fact that the barriers to entry are sometime trivial, with very low technology, capital fund and no specialized skills required. Many people including children into artisanal mining in Ivory Coast because they can earn higher incomes in mining than through other traditional activities such as agriculture, which is the main activity in the country. Artisanal mining contribute to reduce the abject poverty and it offers many others opportunities. However, this activity has many negative social impacts. Local people including miners are risking their life everyday due to the unsanitary conditions, prostitution, chemical contaminants, and alcoholism, and also the large degradation of lands. The main objective of this Paper is to understand how artisanal gold mining in the Ivory Coast affects local livelihoods and the environment. Some key recommendations for addressing artisanal mining activities in order to have a good option for sustainable management of mineral resources in the country are proposed.

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Pons, Adrià, Carla Vintrò, Josep Rius, and Jordi Vilaplana. "Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility in mining industries." Resources Policy 72 (August 2021): 102117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102117.

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Zhou, Qingqing, and Ming Jing. "Multidimensional mining of public opinion in emergency events." Electronic Library 38, no. 3 (July 4, 2020): 545–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/el-12-2019-0276.

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Purpose The suddenness, urgency and social publicity of emergency events lead to great impacts on public life. The deep analysis of emergency events can provide detailed and comprehensive information for the public to get trends of events timely. With the development of social media, users prefer to express opinions on emergency events online. Thus, massive public opinion information of emergencies has been generated. Hence, this paper aims to conduct multidimensional mining on emergency events based on user-generated contents, so as to obtain finer-grained results. Design/methodology/approach This paper conducted public opinion analysis via fine-grained mining. Specifically, public opinion about an emergency event was collected as experimental data. Secondly, opinion mining was conducted to get users’ opinion polarities. Meanwhile, users’ information was analysed to identify impacts of users’ characteristics on public opinion. Findings The experimental results indicate that public opinion is mainly negative in emergencies. Meanwhile, users in developed regions are more active in expressing opinions. In addition, male users, especially male users with high influence, are more rational in public opinion expression. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first research to identify public opinion in emergency events from multiple dimensions, which can get in-detail differences of users’ online expression.

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Lechner, Alex, John Owen, Michelle Ang, and Deanna Kemp. "Spatially Integrated Social Sciences with Qualitative GIS to Support Impact Assessment in Mining Communities." Resources 8, no. 1 (March 4, 2019): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/resources8010047.

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Spatially integrated social science is a broad term used to describe the integration of space and place in social science research using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It includes qualitative GIS approaches, such as geo-ethnology and geo-narratives, which combine qualitative social data with GIS and represent an emerging approach with significant potential for facilitating new insights into the dynamic interactions between mining companies and host communities. Mine operations are unique in their complexity, both in terms of the dynamic and diverse nature of issues and the requirement to integrate knowledge, theories, and approaches from a range of disciplines. In this paper we describe the potential for spatially integrated social science using qualitative GIS to understand the social impacts of mining. We review current literature and propose a framework that incorporates quantitative and qualitative knowledge across social and biophysical domains within a multi-user approach. We provide examples to illustrate how our approach could support past, present, and future assessment of socio-environmental systems in large-scale mining. We conclude by discussing the need for a multi-disciplinary approach to support decision makers and local stakeholders in considering complex social and environmental scenarios.

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Di Noi, Claudia, and Andreas Ciroth. "Environmental and Social Pressures in Mining. Results from a Sustainability Hotspots Screening." Resources 7, no. 4 (December 1, 2018): 80. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/resources7040080.

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In recent years, increased interest and actions have been taken to better understand, and mitigate, sustainability impacts of mining activities, by both industry and policy. The present work reports on a sustainability hotspots screening performed for the EU Horizon 2020 “Integrated Mineral Technologies for More Sustainable Raw Material Supply” (ITERAMS) project, which foresees a more efficient water recycling, tailings valorization, and minimization of environmental footprint. The focus of this paper is on social and environmental issues in mining. Different methodologies were explored, starting from a qualitative causal loop modelling. Afterwards, an environmental and social LCA screening was performed using well-accepted databases and methods, thus completing results with a literature research. The main findings related to the importance of the supply chain, the vulnerability of local communities, and the toxic emissions from tailings offer a starting point to reflect on the specific social, socio-economic, and environmental context which may influence these issues. A better understanding of the environmental and social pressures associated with mining is not only crucial to orient the sustainability assessment foreseen for the ITERAMS project, but also to contribute in terms of methodology to the challenges tackled by policy and research worldwide towards a more sustainable mining.

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Zhou, Qingqing, and Ming Jing. "Detecting Expressional Anomie in Social Media via Fine-grained Content Mining." Journal of Database Management 31, no. 1 (January 2020): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jdm.2020010101.

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Expression plays an important role in language inheritance, interpersonal communication, and social stability. With the rapid development of the Internet, people are becoming frequently interested in expressing themselves on social media. Meanwhile, massive anomic expressions are generated, which pollute network environments and even hinder social development. Hence, the purpose of this article is detecting anomic expressions in social media automatically, so as to reveal fine-grained status of online expressional anomie. Specifically, the authors used machine learning to detect anomic expressions and identify anomic types. Then, impacts of different factors (e.g. gender, region, time) on expressional anomie were analyzed. Finally, distributions and characteristics of expressional anomie about online contents were obtained. Empirical results indicate that the current situation of expressional anomie is severe, and scientific and effective treatments for anomic expression are necessary and urgently. Meanwhile, gender, region, and time should be taken into consideration in the formulation of treatments.

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Qiolevu, Venina, and Seunghoo Lim. "Stakeholder Participation and Advocacy Coalitions for Making Sustainable Fiji Mineral Royalty Policy." Sustainability 11, no. 3 (February 2, 2019): 797. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11030797.

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The Fiji government perceived mining as a means to accelerate economic growth because of its potential to generate great wealth for the Fijian economy. However, the environmental and social impacts associated with mining is of great concern. Mining activities have caused immense environmental degradations that affect livelihoods. One way to recompense these mining impacts is to provide a source of income to the landowners that can substitute the providence of natural resources that were damaged or completely taken away by mining activities. From the current revenue earned from mining, only land leases have been paid out to landowners and no royalty payments as yet, because there are no specific guidelines to determine the distributions. These have brought about the great need to determine the fair share of mineral royalties between the Fiji Government and the landowners in Fiji. This paper will therefore explicate the formation of coalitions based on similarities in policy beliefs, the various strategies undertaken to interact and network with each coalition in efforts to advocate core policy beliefs to obtain government’s attention for the formulation of Fiji’s Mineral Royalty Policy, based on the analytical lenses of Advocacy Coalition Framework and Issue Network Theory, at both the problem definition and agenda setting stages. Moreover, this paper also investigates the impacts of political instability in formulating Fiji’s first ever Mineral Royalty Policy.

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Mackenzie, Sarah, Jo-Anne Everingham, and Pam Bourke. "The Social Dimensions of Mineral Exploration." SEG Discovery, no. 121 (April 1, 2020): 16–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5382/geo-and-mining-07.

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Editor’s note: The Geology and Mining series, edited by Dan Wood and Jeffrey Hedenquist, is designed to introduce early-career professionals and students to a variety of topics in mineral exploration, development, and mining, in order to provide insight into the many ways in which geoscientists contribute to the mineral industry. Abstract Geoscientists are often the first point of contact a local community has with a company conducting mineral exploration. The behavior of the geoscientists and the interest they take in understanding the local community and stakeholders will have ramifications well beyond their direct exploration activities. This article highlights some of the positive and negative impacts exploration can have for local communities (in part drawing on interviews with experienced geoscientists and others involved in exploration). The article explores the increasing complexity of deposits in terms of environmental, economic, social, and political parameters and the increasing scrutiny by local stakeholders and the international community. We argue that, although geoscientists are not social performance specialists, they still need the awareness, tools, and capabilities to understand and manage the social aspects of their exploration activities commensurate with the stage and resourcing of the project. We propose three interrelated aspects of social performance that can be applied during mineral exploration: meaningful and positive engagement, acquiring and documenting a social knowledge base, and strategic investment in the community. Two case studies provide cautionary examples of failure to do so and two case studies highlight how, through careful engagement and strategic collaboration, mutually beneficial and positive relationships can be built from early exploration.

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