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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2026.101851

Augustine Gyan

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-12-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101825

William N. Holden

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Mining, separate development, and uneven impact: Evidence from South Africa’s former homelands during the 2000s commodity boom 矿业、独立发展和不均衡影响：2000年代大宗商品繁荣时期来自南非前家园的证据

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101709

Musa Nxele

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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 : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101720

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

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Drivers of changes and transition pathways of sand resource extraction in tabasco, Mexico 墨西哥塔巴斯科沙资源开采变化驱动因素及过渡途径

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101752

Román Ahumada-Mexía , Aurora Torres , Claudia María Monzón-Alvarado , María Azahara Mesa-Jurado , Miguel Ángel Díaz Perera

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Rebuilding project-affected livelihoods using the Graduation Approach 利用毕业方法重建受项目影响的生计

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101757

Ana Maria Esteves , Alexandra Maurtua Konstantinidis , Benjamin Carroll , Clotilde Gouley , Frank Vanclay

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Gender and mining: Assessing the landscape for women entrepreneurs in the critical minerals supply chain 性别与采矿：评估关键矿产供应链中女企业家的前景

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101753

Patricia F. Ackah-Baidoo

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Socioeconomic framework and indicators for assessing cumulative effects of resource development on indigenous nations 评估资源开发对土著民族累积影响的社会经济框架和指标

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101735

Effah Kwabena Antwi , John Boakye-Danquah , Denyse Donna Mary Nadon , Maurice Joseph Kistabish , Tanya Matthews , Akua Nyamekye Darko , Priscilla Toloo Yohuno (Apronti) , Felicitas Egunyu

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The development of Tunisia’s green transition, actors’ interests, and policy coalitions’ power dynamics 突尼斯绿色转型的发展、行动者的利益和政策联盟的权力动态

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101738

Mohamed Ismail Sabry

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Sustainable pathways for rural sand mining: Integrating socioeconomic resilience, financial viability and environmental stewardship in Badulu Oya, Sri Lanka 农村采砂的可持续途径：在斯里兰卡Badulu Oya整合社会经济弹性、财务可行性和环境管理

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Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101744

Sithumini Gunawardhana , Nimila Dushyantha , Gimhani Nipunika , Sandunika Rathnayake , Gayithri Niluka Kuruppu , Panchala Weerakoon , Titus Cooray

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