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Low carbon transition dynamics for hydrocarbon-dependent rentier states 依赖碳氢化合物的食利者状态的低碳转型动力学

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101846

Sayeed Mohammed , Cheryl Desha , Ashantha Goonetilleke

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Extractive transitions: contested framings of decarbonization and lithium mining in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile 采掘转型：阿根廷、玻利维亚和智利脱碳和锂开采的争议框架

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101839

Donald Kingsbury

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Public preferences for critical mineral mining in the U.S.: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment 美国公众对关键矿产开采的偏好：来自离散选择实验的证据

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2026.101853

Bamidele Ajiga , Kwame Awuah-Offei , Mahelet G. Fikru

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Staging transparency: The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the spectacle of Nigeria’s extractive industry 阶段性的透明度：尼日利亚采掘业透明度倡议（NEITI）和尼日利亚采掘业的奇观

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2026.101859

Dr Walid El Hamad, Professor Lee Moerman, Dr Sanja Pupovac

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Strategic insights into China’s overseas acquisitions: state-owned mineral ventures in Australia 中国海外收购的战略洞察：澳大利亚国有矿产企业

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2026.101856

Zhanran Xu, Mark Wang, Tim T. Werner

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The contribution of South African mining companies to the sustainable development goals: A knowledge synthesis from text mining 南非矿业公司对可持续发展目标的贡献：来自文本挖掘的知识综合

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101827

Lorren K Haywood , Suzanna HH Oelofse , Sumaya Khan , Jodi Pelders , Busi Maphalala

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Strategic coupling in global production networks under geopolitical risk: Chinese lithium investment in Nigeria 地缘政治风险下全球生产网络的战略耦合：中国在尼日利亚的锂投资

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101849

Chun YANG, Ibrahim Abatcha UMAR

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Interrogating green hydrogen roadmaps: narratives of imminence and the anticipation of asymmetric energy futures 质疑绿色氢路线图：迫在眉睫的叙述和对不对称能源未来的预期

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101844

Tomás Ariztía , Tomás Undurraga , Carol Muñoz

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Floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels at the extremes–a review of notable installations 极端情况下的浮式生产储存和卸载（FPSO）船——对著名设施的回顾

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101800

Mark J. Kaiser

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La Piedra en el Zapato: everyday encounters between the security apparatus and local communities on the extractive frontier in El Estor, Guatemala La Piedra en el Zapato：在危地马拉埃斯特尔的采掘边境，安全机构和当地社区之间的日常接触

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2026.101854

Lazar Konforti

{"title":"La Piedra en el Zapato: everyday encounters between the security apparatus and local communities on the extractive frontier in El Estor, Guatemala","authors":"Lazar Konforti","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2026.101854","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2026.101854","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Owned and operated by Solway Investment Group and its local subsidiary <em>Compañía Guatemalteca de Níquel</em> (CGN), the Fénix nickel mine in northern Guatemala has been mired in controversy since its reactivation in 2004. Both state and private security forces have on several occasions violently repressed local opposition from Q’eqchi’ indigenous communities whose livelihoods are jeopardised by the mine. Based on an analysis of hundreds of security incident reports made public in a data leak, this paper maps out encounters between CGN’s security apparatus and local communities, revealing hitherto underexplored aspects of the social conflict in El Estor. First, place-based forms of contention developed throughout a long history of agrarian conflicts carry over into the conflict with CGN. Second, there exists an oft-overlooked “struggle for incorporation” whereby locals seek a more equitable distribution of mining-related benefits, generally by disrupting the company’s operations through various types of small-scale and loosely organised blockades. These findings simultaneously reveal some of the company’s vulnerabilities: properties that are too vast to police effectively and overdependence on a transport corridor that can easily be rendered inoperable. By targeting these vulnerabilities, these more quotidian forms of resistance can be a “pebble in the shoe” that complicates the production and policing of extractive frontiers. These insights are made possible by examining forms of “everyday resistance” and other less visible forms of contention revealed in the leaked security reports.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"26 ","pages":"Article 101854"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146037594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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