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Marine life versus energy security: Contesting offshore oil and gas seismic surveys along South Africa's Wild Coast 海洋生物与能源安全：争夺南非野生海岸的海上石油和天然气地震调查

IF 3.6 2区社会学

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-01-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101575

Richard Meissner

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The responsible cobalt sourcing assemblage: Thinking through a booming governance framework 负责任的钴采购组合：通过蓬勃发展的治理框架进行思考

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-01-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101613

Hadassah Arian , Espérant Mwishamali Lukobo , Sara Geenen , Sarah Katz-Lavigne

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Mineral resource exploitation and landownership rights: Understanding the ‘doctrine of custodianship’ in minerals and mining legislation in South Africa 矿产资源开采和土地所有权：了解南非矿产和采矿立法中的“监护原则”

IF 3.6 2区社会学

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-01-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101611

Moshood Issah , Lanre Abdul-Rasheed Sulaiman , Abdullateef Raji , Fatima Aliu , Ridwan Olabisi Yusuff , Salihu Zakariyyah Abdulbaqi , Sunday Joseph Akor , Nurudeen Adesola Malik

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Energy transition: A look at stranded assets 能源转型：看一看搁浅资产

IF 3.6 2区社会学

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-01-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101612

Dayana Madeira Nogueira, Odilanei Morais dos Santos

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Prakuam: Local knowledge commodification and preservation of Khmer silverware techniques and objects in Surin Province of Thailand Prakuam：泰国素林省高棉银器技术和器物的本地知识商品化和保存

IF 3.6 2区社会学

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101607

Suriya Klangrit , Vimal Kumar , Tzu-Chuen Lu , David D. Perrodin

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Towards system change in mining? Rule maps for discussing sustainable futures 走向采矿业的制度变革？讨论可持续未来的规则图

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-01-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101610

Phil Johnstone , Janset Nil Genç

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Deconstructing a single-actor resource ownership model: A study of the proposed uranium mining in the karoo region of South Africa 解构单一参与者资源所有权模型：对南非卡鲁地区拟议铀矿开采的研究

IF 3.6 2区社会学

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-01-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101609

Moshood Issah , Lanre Abdul-Rasheed Sulaiman , Fatima Aliu , Abdullateef Raji , Ridwan Olabisi Yusuff , Salihu Zakariyyah Abdulbaqi , Sunday Joseph Akor , Ojogiwa T. Oluwaseun

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The impact of environmental policy, technological innovations, and digitalisation: Does context matter in natural resource management in Sub-Sahara Africa? 环境政策、技术创新和数字化的影响：环境在撒哈拉以南非洲的自然资源管理中重要吗？

IF 3.6 2区社会学

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-01-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101608

Emmanuel K. Manu , Simplice A. Asongu

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“Mineral security” policies: Insights from oil markets “矿产安全”政策：来自石油市场的洞察

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-12-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101606

Michael A. Toman, Douglas R. Bohi

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The extractive industries transparency initiative: Achieving disclosure, but falling short on corruption reduction 采掘业透明度倡议：实现信息披露，但在减少腐败方面做得不够

IF 3.6 2区社会学

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-12-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2024.101602

Yuanguo Li , Muhammad Umair , Shafa Guliyeva , Zibeyda Shakaraliyeva

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