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Sociocultural risks of resource extraction for the low-carbon energy transition: Evidence from the Global South 低碳能源转型中资源开采的社会文化风险：来自全球南部的证据

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101478

Joshua Matanzima, Julia Loginova

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Local community participation in Tanzania's natural gas sector: A dissection of policies and the regulatory frameworks 当地社区参与坦桑尼亚天然气行业：政策和监管框架剖析

IF 3.1 2区社会学

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101474

Iddi R. Mwanyoka , Makarius V. Mdemu

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Greening the global battery chain? Critical reflections on the EU's 2023 battery regulations 绿化全球电池链？对欧盟 2023 年电池法规的批判性思考

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101467

Craig A. Johnson, Jonathan Khosravani

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Green nickel, electric vehicles and mining governance challenges in the U.S. 美国的绿色镍、电动汽车和矿业治理挑战

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101469

Roopali Phadke

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The crisis of leadership in minerals governance in Ghana: Could process leadership fill the void? 加纳矿产治理中的领导危机：进程领导能否填补空白？

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101470

Clement Sefa-Nyarko

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Geo-economics of China's rare earths production: Concurrent green transition and environmental vulnerability 中国稀土生产的地缘经济学：绿色转型与环境脆弱性并存

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101466

Dan Smyer Yü

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The socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 on selected mining companies in Limpopo Province, South Africa COVID-19 对南非林波波省部分矿业公司的社会经济影响

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101462

Malebajoa Anicia Maoela, Lazarus Chapungu, Godwell Nhamo

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Fuel subsidy removal in global south oil-producing economies: A review of literature 全球南方产油经济体取消燃料补贴的情况：文献综述

IF 3.1 2区社会学

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101468

Pius Gamette, Clement Oteng

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Bread for today, hunger for tomorrow. Social impacts of community development agreements in the North of Chile 今天的面包，明天的饥饿。智利北部社区发展协议的社会影响

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101448

Sascha Miguel Cornejo Puschner

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Mineworkers with pneumoconiosis, work-related injury compensation, and empty institution in China 中国的尘肺病矿工、工伤赔偿和空壳机构

IF 3.1 2区社会学

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101451

Xiuyun Yang , Wenyu Ye , Qiuping Chen

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