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The application of the show mine assessment model on underground mining heritage and mine tourism in Switzerland 展示矿山评价模型在瑞士地下矿山遗产与矿山旅游中的应用

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101730

Aleksandar Antić , Cristian Scapozza , Andrea Ferrando , Emmanuel Reynard

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Geosciences teaching for elementary school students in the Brazilian Amazon 巴西亚马逊地区小学生地球科学教学

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101734

Eduardo Francisco da Silva , Piera B. Coelho Amora , Leila Cruz Moreira , Carlos R.R. Quadros , Fernando Andrade de Oliveira , Giliam de M. Araújo

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Post-extraction governance and the making of mining heritage: Institutional pathways for quarry requalification in France and Brazil 采掘后的治理和矿业遗产的形成：法国和巴西采石场再认证的制度途径

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101731

Úrsula de Azevedo Ruchkys (Associate Professor) , Eugênia Viana Cerqueira , Luciano José Alvarenga , Dionisio Tadeu de Azevedo

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The subterranean state: The municipal work of artisanal miners in the northern Peruvian Andes 地下状态：秘鲁安第斯山脉北部手工矿工的市政工作

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101717

Luis Meléndez

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"The buck stops here”: State and community hold a clay mine accountable for environmental harm in South Africa “责任止于此”：国家和社区要求一个粘土矿对南非的环境危害负责

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101722

C.M. Dzerefos , T. Matlou

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Contested futures: Media, social cohesion, and the Kaunisvaara mine in Swedish public discourse 2006-2024 有争议的未来：媒体、社会凝聚力和瑞典公共话语中的Kaunisvaara矿2006-2024

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101721

Peter Waara

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Gaps and limitations in public access to environmental information in mining licensing 公众获得采矿许可证方面环境信息的差距和限制

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101711

Iria Buxán Raposo , Urbano Fra Paleo

{"title":"Gaps and limitations in public access to environmental information in mining licensing","authors":"Iria Buxán Raposo , Urbano Fra Paleo","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101711","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101711","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Industrial rocks and metallic minerals are vital to the global economy. However, mining activities can have significant environmental impacts. Public access to full, open, transparent, reliable and timely information on potential project impacts is essential to promote accountability and good governance. The main objective of this study is to examine the process and quality of public access to environmental information by the public authorities. To do so, we assess the case of a copper mining exploration in Galicia (NW Spain), a region known for its rich mineral resources. We do this by using a combination of telephone interviews and a 13-question survey as primary data collection methods, as well as analyzing information from documentary and regulatory sources. The findings of this study reveal that there is specific legislation in place to ensure the quality and level of accessibility of environmental information on mining exploration projects either through active dissemination or on request. However, the implementation of the regulation results in a low level of transparency and accessibility of mining information in Galicia. This article highlights the need for more effective and efficient administrative procedures to ensure that environmental information in the mining sector is systematically made available to the public.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 101711"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563089","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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Reframing small-scale gold mining cooperatives: Evidence from Brazilian Amazon 重构小型金矿开采合作社：来自巴西亚马逊地区的证据

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101728

Carlos Henrique Xavier Araujo, Giorgio De Tomi

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Digitalization in mining and the rise of the urban miner 矿业数字化与城市矿工的崛起

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101718

Keith Storey

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What makes minerals critical? Problematizing sovereignty in times of crisis 矿物质为何如此重要？在危机时期将主权问题化

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101720

Brice Laurent, Guillaume Louvet, Roman Solé-Pomies, Alexandre Violle

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