Assessing the effects of gold mining on environment: A case …
The company do not conducted study on environmental and social impacts: 4 (28.5%) 10 (71.5%) 3: It increase the chance of land slide: 4 (28.5%) 10 (71.5%) 4: The gold mining produce some dangerous substance to enviroments ... and natural resources management closely monitor gold mining environments to ensure they minimize the negative impact of ...
(PDF) Social Impacts of Modern Small-scale Mining: Case …
PDF | This paper analyzes the social impacts of "modern" small-scale mining as perceived by four small communities in Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina.... | Find, read and cite all the research ...
Social and Environmental Impacts in Mining: NRGI …
impacts of mining for transition minerals2 by conducting research and mapping to inform further in-depth work. A key point of inquiry is the extent to which countries and organizations are …
Social and psychological dimensions of minign activities …
published between 2005 and 2016. It was based on three concepts: mining activity; the types of impacts considered (social impacts, psychological impacts and nuisance affecting quality of …
5.0 Anticipating Social and Community Impacts of Deep …
5.2 Common social impacts of mining Predicting the impacts of mining on society is a complicated task (Vanclay and Esteves 2011) that will di ffer from site to site and will depend upon a range of factors, including project scale, point of project life cycle, …
(PDF) Impacts of Coal mining: a Review of Methods and
For a genuine and thorough interpretation of coal mining impacts, it is quite important to understand the direct as well as the far-reaching environmental and social consequences of coal mining.
Environmental and Social Pressures in Mining. Results from …
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) …
Social impact assessment in the mining industry
Social impact assessment in the mining industry Ciprian Trocan1, Marian Mocan1, Ben-Oni Ardelean2, and Larisa Ivascu1,3* 1 Politehnica University of Timisoara, Faculty of Management …
How are large-scale extractive industries affecting progress …
Mining can play an important role in sustainable development, influencing economic, social, and environmental dimensions both positively and negatively across geographic scales (Lodhia, 2018).More specifically, mining is thought to have the potential to contribute toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to poverty eradication (SDG 1), …
Developing a new social impact assessment model for
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations for 2030 could not be achieved without mining (Desa, 2016).All mining projects must evaluate the mining operation's impacts on the environment and society following the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit (Unced, T. E. O, 1992).Moffat and Zhang (2014) stated that modifying the sector's …
Social impacts of bauxite mining and refining: A review
DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2023.101264 Corpus ID: 258739195; Social impacts of bauxite mining and refining: A review @article{Hansen2023SocialIO, title={Social impacts of bauxite mining and refining: A review}, author={Anne Merrild Hansen and Sanne Vammen Larsen and Naja Carina Steenholdt and Sara Bj{o}rn Aaen and Naja Dyrendom Graugaard and Konstantinos Kollias}, …
Social impacts of artisanal cobalt mining in Katanga, …
Social impacts of artisanal cobalt mining in Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo IV 5 Impact on workers 27 5.1 Safe and healthy working conditions 27 5.2 Freedom of association and right to collective bargaining 29 5.3 Equality of opportunity and treatment and fair interaction 30 5.4 Forced Labour 31 5.5 Child Labour 31
Evidence of the impacts of metal mining and the …
Although the environmental impacts of mining have a longer history [e.g. 52, the social impacts of mining is a fairly new research topic, and we may observe an increase in research attention …
Stronger regulations needed to curb environmental, social impacts of mining
Extractive resource governance experts are urging the adoption and enforcement of stronger legislation and best practices to address environmental and social risks associated with mining ...
The Environmental Impacts of Cobalt Mining in Congo
This article explores the environmental impacts of cobalt mining in Congo. Cobalt Mining in Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa's second-largest country, is endowed with an exceptional array of natural resources, from coffee, diamonds, and timber, to its famed biodiversity-rich Congo Basin – the world's second-largest ...
Chapter 6: The use of social impact assessment in mining …
We review the use of Social Impact Assessment (SIA) in mining projects, recurring challenges for SIA practice, and future directions and opportunities. We begin by charting the …
(PDF) Impacts of Coal Mining in Witbank, …
Coal mining plays a critical role in the economy of South Africa though posing detrimental environmental effects on aquatic life and the terrestrial environments with one of the major impacts ...
Research Associate in Social and Environmental Impacts of …
Background knowledge relating to the mining, materials or resource extraction industries would be helpful; What we can offer you. The opportunity to be part of an …
Anticipating Social and Community Impacts of …
social impacts of deep sea mining are as yet unknown, and . proposals to mitigate environmental impacts remain un-tested. It is this very lack of experience and data related to .
Economic and Social Impacts of the Mining of Rare Earth …
Economic and Social Impacts of the Mining of Rare Earth . Resources: Taking the United States as an Ex ample . Ruohan Pan 1* 1 The High School Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China .
Synergies and challenges of bottom-up and top-down
Purpose The mining industry plays a critical role in the global economy by providing raw materials and metals for various sectors, but it is also associated with environmental and social impacts. This paper presents a comparison of the findings from social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) with those obtained from a stakeholders' risk perception analysis. The …
Social impacts of mining
Social and Cultural Impacts of the Mining Cycle Excerpts from the 2008 "Boom to Bust" report by the Pembina Institute Booming social problems When mine closures result in sudden unemployment and loss of income, social problems often …
IGF Guidance for Governments: Improving legal …
managing impacts and optimizing social and economic benefits from the mining sector. Unfortunately, the environmental and social impacts of mining are often not properly considered before mining activity begins. Regulatory shortcomings and procedural flaws in the ESIA process, monitoring, and enforcement can have negative repercussions:
Applying LSA text mining technique in envisioning social impacts …
Moreover, Eaton et al. (2014) mention that publics may provide knowledge of non-technical nature, social considerations such as social and ecological impacts, social acceptability, and other social and ethical concerns that are pervaded in the realm of our society instead of science. This is further supported by Pang's Futures 2.0 (2010), which ...
Coal mining and the resource community cycle: A …
Two social impact assessment (SIA) studies of Central Queensland's Coppabella coal mine were undertaken in 2002–2003 and 2006–2007. As ex post studies of actual change, these provide a reference point for predictive assessments of proposed resource extraction projects at other sites, while the longitudinal element added by the second study illustrates how …
Title: Social impacts of mining: changes within the local …
perceptions and interpretation of the social impacts of mining and explores the qualitative changes occurring in the local social landscape within an already established Western Australian community. Two mining operations – a large-scale gold mine (which re-opened in . 3 2010) and a small-scale bauxite mine (in operation for more than three ...
Chapter 2.1 Environmental and Social Impact
proposed mining project and commensurate with the level of its environmental and social risks and impacts, shall be completed prior to the commencement of any site-disturbing operations associated with the project. 2.1.1.2. To enable a reasonable estimation of potential impacts related to the mining project, the ESIA process
Understanding cobalt's human cost
After studying the impacts of mining cobalt — a common ingredient in lithium-ion batteries — on communities in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Northwestern University is calling for more data into how emerging technologies affect human health and livelihoods.
Mining: Friend or Foe? Economic, Environmental & Social Impacts …
Social impacts: Mining may cause several negative effects on the quality of life and lifestyle of the communities. The rapid influx of people into mining areas can lead to price inflation of local goods (food, fuel, land/housing etc.). Furthermore, social ills such as alcohol abuse, prostitution, spread of communicable diseases, namely, HIV ...
[PDF] Social impacts of mining: Changes within the local …
Abstract Understanding the social impacts at a community level triggered by mining operations is a challenging exercise. This paper reflects on a community's perceptions …