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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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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

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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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‘Hungry children don't ask fathers for food’: Gender, security and the COVID pandemic in a Kenya gold mining area 饥饿的孩子不会向父亲要食物"：肯尼亚金矿开采区的性别、安全和 COVID 流行病

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101453

Doris Buss , Aluoka Otieno

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Gender, livelihoods and local development in artisanal and small-scale mining areas: Evidence from gemstone production in Zambia and Tanzania 手工和小型矿区的性别、生计和地方发展：赞比亚和坦桑尼亚宝石生产的证据

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-03-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101461

Chris Huggins , Agatha Siwale-Mulenga , Saitoti Parmelo

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Southeast Asia's dynamic sand trade and the need for better data 东南亚充满活力的砂石贸易和对更好数据的需求

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-03-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101452

Kai Wan Yuen , Diganta Das , Dung Duc Tran , Edward Park

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Examining the integration of women's issues in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy of Coal India Limited 研究印度煤炭有限公司将妇女问题纳入企业社会责任（CSR）战略的情况

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101445

Prajna Paramita Mishra , Ch. Sravan , Lavanya Pisipati , Sujit Kumar Mishra

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Mining green minerals with the Taliban: Addressing new sourcing risks from Afghanistan in the age of the green transition 与塔利班一起开采绿色矿物：在绿色转型时代应对从阿富汗采购的新风险

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101446

Raphael Deberdt , Nathaniel Buffenoir , Farnaz Gholami

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