There are however some social negative impacts associated with mining including violence, child labour, escalation of gender inequalities, health and environmental effects including deforestation and pollution. In this section, the focus will be on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). However, environmental impacts of industrial sand …
The mining sector has seen challenges with respect to access to water, as well as regulatory and social pressures related to water contamination and resource impacts. These factors influence current mining production and costs, and may pose risks for long term investments in the sector. This chapter summarizes the key findings of a 3
Understanding the levels of social, economic and environmental benefits of a project, which are the factors that inform local considerations of sustainable mining, should incorporate IK ...
The countries that yield the top 15 ESG scores (Fig. 2c) are characterised by a combination of two factors: a large number of mining projects and mining projects with high ESG scores.These ...
Researching the issues of mental health for theworkplace, in this case, mining, provides the opportunity to address industry-identified needs and to contribute to an overall aim held by Universities Australia, to ensure that research conducted by academics is relevant to 'real world' issues, that research is sustainable and builds …
Based on the EY survey of approximately 200 global mining executives, the results in Fig. 1 show that Environmental and Social risks have risen to be the most …
01: Environmental risks including new regulations. The non-stop rise of ESG is reflected in environmental risks jumping from fifth place to first in a year. Nearly three-quarters (72%) agree or strongly agree that ESG will be a cause of major disruption in the mining industry over the coming three years. Moreover 84% agree or strongly agree ...
2. Corporate social responsibility, mining and risk: the literature. In this section I introduce the literature on CSR and development in the mining industry before summarising the different drivers for increased engagement with CSR and research on the sociology of 'risk' and its role in the mining industry. 2.1.
Highlights We review the origins of the 'social license to operate' (SLO) in the mining sector. Northern Canada is used to demonstrate the context-specific nature of SLO. Shifts in governance and a focus on sustainability have enabled SLO to emerge. Complex configurations of state, market and civil society actors and institutions are …
Maintaining a social license and meeting community expectations is rated the number four risk. Indeed, the consequences of miscalculating this risk is no longer …
However, recent academic discussion more accurately distinguishes social and business risks: (i) social risks are the expected negative impacts of mining …
Mineral exploration is an industry of uncertainties. Only 0,1% of exploration projects become mines, as the volume, content, and quality of a deposit all must be economically justifiable to find funding in the global financial market. However, the business risk of mineral exploration is not limited to geotechnical and financial risks, as social …
Land use-related impacts and environmental impacts affecting human health and human rights appear to be the most …
Abstract and Figures. This study aims for investigating the process of mining investments and calculating the level of risk to which mining companies are exposed. As a mining firm gets involved in ...
This report offers deep insights into the views of mining leaders from around the world and the significant risks, challenges, threats, and opportunities ahead for us all. Risks and Opportunities for Mining. This survey reveals an optimistic sector confidently dealing with new challenges in 2021.
Occupational health-related risk factors are identified and discussed under six sectors of the investigated physiological disorders. This can lighten future research paths for presenting ...
Control of OHS risks in the mining industry has been attracting increasing attention in recent years. Because of their great diversity in a complex system, hazards can be difficult to identify and ...
4. Social Risk Factors. Among the greatest advances in elucidating the determinants of disease over the past two decades has been the identification of social and psychological conditions that seem to influence morbidity and mortality directly through physiological processes and indirectly via behavioral pathways.
Hard coal mining is an important industry for the global economy׳s development, owing to the rising energy needs and still-high share of hard coal in meeting these needs (Lorenz and Grudziński, 2009, Martin-Amouroux, 2008).The place of hard coal mining in global economics is still determined by a high and increasing share of this …
Downloadable (with restrictions)! We examine the risk factors that affect foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mongolia's mining sector. By applying the complex network approach, we obtain the importance and ranking of each risk factor. Further, we divide these risk factors into three levels. The first level includes government stability, business …
perspectives. Indeed, various factors can be identified as shifting strategic focus to ESG, including: ... social, political and reputational risk management by enhancing community engagement. 1 In its 2019 ESG Sector Risk Atlas, which looks at ESG risks in over 30 diverse sectors, S&P Global Ratings ranked the Metals and Mining Sector as being ...
Instead, it is being put forth to initiate discussion around the importance of these risks for mining companies, why they have become key-to-success factors and suggest that a new ESG risk categorisation exists as a means of identifying the intersection of those risk elements that are of the highest importance.
Recently, there has been a growing interest in the mining industry in issues related to risk assessment and management, which is confirmed by a significant number of publications and reports devoted to these problems. However, theoretical and application studies have indicated that risk in mining should be analyzed not only in the human …
Political risk can be defined as the potential for uncertainty and harm to business/economic operations that arise from political (governmental and other) behavior and events. These risks typically stem from factors such as economic structures, government institutions, policies, and societal characteristics, and are becoming more of …
Almost half (46%) of respondents expect major technological innovation to disrupt the mining industry in the next three years, while 84% believe technological disruption will be an opportunity versus a threat. A global shift towards decarbonization is continuing to drive growth and optimism in the world's mining sector, according to KPMG ...
Emission intensity factors can vary greatly depending on location and choice of materials. of electricity from solar and wind could consume, respectively, ... As the raw-materials supplier to the economy, the mining sector will need to grow at an unprecedented pace in order to enable the required technological shifts. The sector will …
Mining companies are under public scrutiny for their impacts on society. Previous studies have discussed aspects of the drivers of social conflicts and the factors that lead communities to grant ...
To achieve this aim, the author limits the data two years before (i.e. from 2006 to 2007) and six years after (i.e. from 2009 to 2014) the implementation of the Sustainable Development Framework in the mining sector in 2008.,Using the techniques of content analysis and interpretive textual analysis, this study examines 27 social and ...
Mining companies and communities: Collaborative approaches to reduce social risk and advance sustainable development. February 2018. Resources Policy 74 …
In the broader field of stakeholder engagement, Kemp et al. [45] have also criticised the industry's use of the term 'social risk', which they argue has been conflated. To mining companies and investors, social risk typically refers to inbound risks on the business that arise from social unrest. To communities, social risk rather refers to …