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Canada’s climate policy crossroads: Supply-side pressures and competing energy futures 加拿大气候政策的十字路口：供应侧压力和相互竞争的能源未来

IF 4.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2025-10-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101793

Amy Janzwood , Kathryn Harrison , Angela Carter

This article documents interprovincial variation in climate and energy policy trends within Canada to explore the disconnect between climate ambition and aspirations for fossil fuel production. We compare subnational policies concerning domestic emissions and fossil fuel production within and across four provinces. Unsurprisingly, the provinces most economically dependent on fossil fuel production are both committed to expanding production and less ambitious with respect to reducing their emissions within their borders. Yet Quebec took a different path, forgoing development of its oil and gas reserves, and instead focusing on deep emissions reductions and building a lower-carbon economy that will be more resilient in the ongoing global energy transition. In a more ambivalent policy position, British Columbia has committed to expanding gas production for export, yet has remained relatively ambitious with respect to reducing its territorial emissions. Set in the overarching national energy and climate policy context, this article underscores the disconnect between production and territorial emission policies, one that leaves Canada economically vulnerable while the global energy transition unfolds, decreasing global fossil fuel demand.

本文记录了加拿大境内气候和能源政策趋势的省际差异，以探讨气候雄心与化石燃料生产愿望之间的脱节。我们比较了四个省的国内排放和化石燃料生产的地方政策。不出所料，经济上最依赖化石燃料生产的省份都致力于扩大生产，而在减少其境内排放方面则不那么雄心勃勃。然而，魁北克省选择了一条不同的道路，放弃了对其石油和天然气储量的开发，而是专注于深度减排和建设低碳经济，这将在当前的全球能源转型中更具弹性。不列颠哥伦比亚省的政策立场更加矛盾，它承诺扩大天然气产量用于出口，但在减少其领土排放方面仍然相对雄心勃勃。在国家能源和气候政策的背景下，本文强调了生产和地区排放政策之间的脱节，这种脱节使加拿大在全球能源转型展开、全球化石燃料需求减少的情况下经济脆弱。

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Mining companies’ contribution to sustainable development in senegal: Assessing the effectiveness of voluntary social expenditures 矿业公司对塞内加尔可持续发展的贡献：评估自愿社会支出的效力

IF 4.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2025-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101803

Idiatou Bah , Thierno Bachir Sy , Amadou Tandjigora

This article analyzes the impact of voluntary social expenditures (VSEs) by extractive companies across Senegal’s administrative departments between 2017 and 2021, assessing their alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The study introduces a Sustainability Index (SI) to evaluate the effectiveness of social investments by company and by region. Findings reveal significant regional disparities: Tivaouane, Saraya, Kédougou, and Saint-Louis recorded the highest SI scores, while Kanel, Bambey, and Rufisque posted consistently low results. The strategic alignment of investments indicates a prioritization of SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), while other goals, such as SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), and remain under-addressed. The company-level evolution of SI scores also highlights notable variations—SGO and SEPHOS show consistent investment behavior, whereas BP Senegal and CGO demonstrate year-to-year fluctuations. The study identifies a lack of coordination with local public policies, which undermines the overall social impact of these expenditures. To enhance their effectiveness, the study recommends aligning social investments with national development priorities and strengthening public–private partnerships to ensure meaningful contributions toward the SDGs in Senegal.

本文分析了2017年至2021年期间塞内加尔行政部门采掘公司自愿社会支出（vse）的影响，评估了其与可持续发展目标（sdg）的一致性。该研究引入了可持续性指数（SI）来评估公司和地区社会投资的有效性。调查结果揭示了显著的地区差异：蒂瓦瓦内、萨拉亚、ksamudouou和圣路易的SI得分最高，而Kanel、Bambey和Rufisque的SI得分一直很低。投资的战略协调表明可持续发展目标11（可持续城市和社区）和可持续发展目标3（良好健康和福祉）的优先次序，而其他目标，如可持续发展目标4（优质教育）和可持续发展目标6（清洁水和卫生设施）仍然没有得到充分解决。SI得分的公司层面演变也突出了显著的变化- sgo和SEPHOS表现出一致的投资行为，而BP塞内加尔和CGO表现出年度波动。该研究指出，缺乏与地方公共政策的协调，这破坏了这些支出的总体社会影响。为了提高其有效性，该研究建议将社会投资与国家发展重点相结合，并加强公私伙伴关系，以确保为塞内加尔的可持续发展目标做出有意义的贡献。

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From (De)regulation to Industrialization?: Chilean Lithium Policy in Comparative Perspective, Sebastián Carrasco (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025), 220 pages, ISBN 978-3-031-77129-3 从（去）管制到工业化？：比较视角下的智利锂政策，Sebastián Carrasco (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)， 220页，ISBN 978-3-031-77129-3

IF 4.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2025-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101799

Sören Scholvin

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Critical minerals and their conflicts: Dynamics of warnings about lithium exploration in the vale do Jequitinhonha, Brazil 关键矿产及其冲突：巴西Jequitinhonha河谷锂勘探预警动态

IF 4.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2025-10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101801

Paula Ferreira Ribeiro, Ana Beatriz Cabral Gomes Cardoso Lana Dias, Valderí de Castro Alcântara

Lithium has been widely promoted as a strategic mineral for enabling the energy transition. However, the process of extracting this mineral generates controversies in producing regions such as the Vale do Jequitinhonha in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Based on the notion of environmental alert proposed by Torny and Chateauraynaud (1999; 2017), this study aims to describe and understand the environmental alerts raised regarding lithium extraction in the region. Through a descriptive documentary research approach, data from YouTube videos, news articles on websites, magazine texts, and social media posts from different actors (the Minas Gerais government, activists, and local residents) were analyzed. The analysis revealed that the promise of “green mining” contrasts with the social and environmental impacts associated with the extractive process. Additionally, local communities have been denouncing rights violations and environmental degradation. The study highlights that, despite sustainability promises, lithium extraction in the Vale do Jequitinhonha perpetuates an extractivist model that prioritizes economic gains at the expense of socio-environmental impacts and the voices of local communities. As a result, this work contributes to the debate on the contradictions in the “green mining” narrative and sheds light on the need for public administration that acknowledges the complexity and conflicts inherent in the development model imposed by mining.

锂已被广泛推广为实现能源转型的战略矿物。然而，开采这种矿物的过程在巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州的Jequitinhonha河谷等产区引发了争议。基于Torny和Chateauraynaud（1999; 2017）提出的环境警报概念，本研究旨在描述和理解该地区关于锂开采的环境警报。通过描述性文献研究方法，分析了来自YouTube视频、网站新闻文章、杂志文本和来自不同参与者（米纳斯吉拉斯州政府、活动家和当地居民）的社交媒体帖子的数据。分析显示，“绿色采矿”的承诺与与开采过程相关的社会和环境影响形成鲜明对比。此外，当地社区一直在谴责侵犯人权和环境退化。该研究强调，尽管有可持续发展的承诺，但Jequitinhonha河谷的锂开采延续了一种开采模式，即以牺牲社会环境影响和当地社区的声音为代价，优先考虑经济收益。因此，这项工作有助于就“绿色采矿”叙述中的矛盾进行辩论，并阐明了公共行政的必要性，即承认采矿所强加的发展模式的复杂性和内在冲突。

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Narrative warfare in critical minerals: Information manipulation and governance challenges 关键矿产中的叙事战：信息操纵和治理挑战

IF 4.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2025-10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101798

Vlado Vivoda , Lachlan Nieboer , Rowan Bisshop

As global demand for critical minerals accelerates, so does the strategic manipulation of information surrounding their governance and supply chains. Owing to their complexity, opacity, and geopolitical significance, critical minerals uniquely lend themselves to information manipulation. This paper explores how disinformation, misinformation, greenwashing, and narrative warfare shape the politics of perception in critical minerals governance. Drawing on 15 empirical vignettes spanning diverse geographies, it develops a typology of narrative manipulation, categorising techniques such as geopolitical disinformation, ESG distortion, criminal obfuscation, and community-level misinformation. The analysis reveals how information asymmetries are not peripheral to the sector but central to how legitimacy, consent, and value are constructed—making the governance of perception as consequential as the governance of material flows. The paper argues that information integrity is an emerging frontier of resource governance, requiring not only technical transparency but also epistemic pluralism and accountability in framing, consultation, and oversight. It concludes by proposing a conceptual shift toward governance models that treat narrative control as a site of political power and regulatory concern.

随着全球对关键矿产需求的加速，围绕其治理和供应链的战略性信息操纵也在加速。由于其复杂性、不透明性和地缘政治意义，关键矿物独特地使其成为信息操纵的对象。本文探讨了虚假信息、错误信息、洗绿和叙事战如何塑造关键矿产治理中的感知政治。利用跨越不同地理位置的15个经验片段，它开发了一种叙事操纵的类型，分类技术，如地缘政治虚假信息、ESG扭曲、犯罪混淆和社区层面的虚假信息。该分析揭示了信息不对称如何不是该部门的外围问题，而是如何构建合法性、同意和价值的核心问题——这使得感知治理与物质流治理一样重要。本文认为，信息完整性是资源治理的新兴前沿，不仅需要技术透明度，还需要认识多元化和框架、咨询和监督方面的问责制。最后，它提出了一种向治理模式的概念转变，将叙事控制视为政治权力和监管关注的场所。

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Governing property rights and extractivism in the Nordics under the European Union's Critical Raw Materials Act 根据欧盟的《关键原材料法》管理北欧国家的产权和采掘活动

IF 4.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2025-10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101795

Gustav Sigeman

The Nordic countries significant deposits of raw materials are becoming increasingly attractive to extract fueled by growing global demand, geopolitical pressures and increasing market volatility. Yet mining faces a growing number of legal disputes driven by social, economic and environmental concerns. Property-rights theory offers a framework for understanding how hierarchies of rightsholders contributes to environmental conflicts. By applying a macro-level (EU policy), meso‑level (national mining strategies), and micro-level (conflicts involving Indigenous rights) perspective, this paper analyses how high-level objectives are translated into national strategies and their potential impacts on local actors. The paper contributes to existing research by connecting literature on the evolution of property rights, Extractivism and resistance to mining in Sweden, Norway and Finland. It shows that supreme court rulings regarding Girjas (2020), Vetsijoki river (2022) and Karasjok (2024) points to a fragmented legal landscape, where the Sámi can sometimes be considered as proprietors in Sweden, but only authorized users in Norway and Finland. This indicates that the slow degradation of second order property rights which began in the 18th century as part of state building processes, create vulnerabilities which indigenous communities currently are trying to mitigate through court action. The results are important to avoid expansion of legal disputes tied to the Critical Raw Materials Act and national mining policies.

在全球需求增长、地缘政治压力和市场波动加剧的推动下，北欧国家丰富的原材料储备正变得越来越有吸引力。然而，由于社会、经济和环境方面的考虑，采矿业面临着越来越多的法律纠纷。产权理论为理解权利持有者的等级制度如何导致环境冲突提供了一个框架。本文运用宏观层面（欧盟政策）、中观层面（国家矿业战略）和微观层面（涉及土著权利的冲突）的视角，分析了如何将高层目标转化为国家战略及其对地方行动者的潜在影响。本文通过将瑞典、挪威和芬兰有关产权演变、采掘和抵制采矿的文献联系起来，为现有研究做出了贡献。它表明，最高法院对Girjas（2020年）、Vetsijoki河（2022年）和Karasjok（2024年）的裁决表明了一种支离破碎的法律格局，在瑞典，Sámi有时可以被视为所有者，但在挪威和芬兰，只有授权用户。这表明，从18世纪开始，作为国家建设过程的一部分，二级产权的缓慢退化造成了土著社区目前正试图通过法院诉讼来减轻的脆弱性。这一结果对于避免与《关键原材料法》（Critical Raw Materials Act）和国家矿业政策相关的法律纠纷扩大非常重要。

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Leaders to Laggards: the mining industry has fallen behind on community complaints handling 领导者致落后者：采矿业在处理社区投诉方面落后了

IF 4.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2025-10-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101802

Judy Hofmeyr , Mark Wielga

We revisit the role of operational-level grievance mechanisms (OGMs) in the mining sector, arguing that these systems remain a critical but underutilised tool for addressing mining impacts and advancing corporate accountability. Drawing on insights from the evolution of grievance management under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, we trace how the mining industry initially led the development of grievance systems but has since lost momentum. As practitioners and researchers of the industry, we have observed a stagnation in practice, limited transparency, and declining trust among affected communities. We are seeing similar trends in empirical and scholarly works. The discussion identifies key factors behind this shift, including reduced investment in the social function, the rise of audit culture which drives empty and performative practices, and a growing focus on risks to projects over human impact. We argue that the current moment presents a strategic opportunity to revitalise OGMs in mining, given intensifying scrutiny linked to global supply chain regulation and the energy transition. Effective grievance systems are not only feasible but essential for maintaining legitimacy and navigating conflict in contested operational environments. We conclude with a call to reinvest in credible, responsive community complaint mechanisms – and the teams to operate them – as a central pillar of responsible mining in the twenty-first century.

我们重新审视了运营层面申诉机制（OGMs）在采矿业中的作用，认为这些系统仍然是解决采矿影响和推进企业问责制的关键但未得到充分利用的工具。根据《联合国工商业与人权指导原则》对申诉管理演变的见解，我们追溯了采矿业最初如何引领申诉系统的发展，但后来失去了动力。作为该行业的从业者和研究人员，我们观察到实践停滞，透明度有限，受影响社区之间的信任下降。我们在实证和学术著作中也看到了类似的趋势。讨论确定了这种转变背后的关键因素，包括减少对社会功能的投资，审计文化的兴起导致了空洞和表现性的实践，以及越来越多地关注项目风险而不是人为影响。我们认为，鉴于与全球供应链监管和能源转型相关的审查日益严格，当前时刻提供了振兴采矿业ogm的战略机遇。有效的申诉系统不仅可行，而且对于在有争议的作战环境中维持合法性和解决冲突至关重要。最后，我们呼吁重新投资于可信的、反应迅速的社区投诉机制以及运作这些机制的团队，作为21世纪负责任采矿的核心支柱。

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From underground economy to surface tensions: Stakeholders’ perspectives on mine closures in Gümüşhane 从地下经济到地表紧张：利益相关者对g<s:1>马姆<e:1>海煤矿关闭的看法

IF 4.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2025-10-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101796

Işıl Esra Pınarbaşı , Orkun Demirbağ , Şerife Örs

Mine closures are not merely the end of an economic cycle but complex processes that produce long-term social, environmental, and psychosocial consequences. Despite the growing recognition of the importance of Social Impact Assessment (SIA), studies often underemphasize the closure phase and its social repercussions. This study investigates those social impacts in Gümüşhane, Türkiye, a historically mining-dependent region, through the lens of stakeholder theory and a qualitative fieldwork approach. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 21 participants including mine workers, company representatives, public officials, NGOs, media, and local community members, the study identifies significant transformations in six domains: economy, employment and education, land use, demographics, environment and health, and human rights. Findings reveal that mine closures led to income loss, unemployment, migration, weakening of social cohesion, environmental degradation, and violations of labor and participation rights. The exclusion of local stakeholders from closure planning exacerbated distrust and social fragmentation. Providing a nuanced understanding of the social dynamics surrounding mine closure, study contributes to the growing literature calling for more inclusive, just, and sustainable closure processes, and emphasizes the urgency of incorporating SIA as a mandatory and comprehensive practice including not only the opening but also the closure and post-closure stages of mining.

矿山关闭不仅是一个经济周期的结束，而且是产生长期社会、环境和心理社会后果的复杂过程。尽管人们越来越认识到社会影响评估的重要性，但研究往往低估了关闭阶段及其社会影响。本研究通过利益相关者理论和定性实地考察方法，调查了历史上依赖采矿的地区g m hane， trkiye的社会影响。通过对包括矿工、公司代表、政府官员、非政府组织、媒体和当地社区成员在内的21名参与者的深入访谈，该研究确定了六个领域的重大变革：经济、就业和教育、土地使用、人口、环境和健康以及人权。研究结果表明，关闭煤矿导致收入损失、失业、人口迁移、社会凝聚力减弱、环境恶化以及劳动和参与权利受到侵犯。将当地利益相关者排除在关闭计划之外加剧了不信任和社会分裂。该研究提供了对矿山关闭周围社会动态的细致理解，有助于越来越多的文献呼吁更包容、公正和可持续的关闭过程，并强调将SIA作为一项强制性和全面的实践的紧迫性，不仅包括采矿的开始阶段，还包括关闭和关闭后阶段。

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Large-scale mining, territories, and development: A case study from Áncash, Peru 大规模采矿、领土和发展：秘鲁Áncash的案例研究

IF 4.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2025-10-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101790

Matthew Himley

This paper uses the case of a large-scale gold mine in Andean Peru that is currently in closure to analyze the interrelations among mining, territory, and development. Drawing on long-term research in the study area, I document how large-scale mining was enabled by and generated a collection of territorial transformations that included the enactment of new corporate and state systems of development governance. I question, however, whether the product of these transformations has been a singular, coherent “mining territory.” I do so by highlighting how local and regional actors have reconfigured official development territorialities as well as how everyday labor, livelihood, and mobility practices exceed these territorialities and have been shaped by non-mining dynamics. Based on these findings and inspired by insights from recent scholarly efforts to decolonize territory, I argue for a relational “mining-and-territories” orientation that encompasses how extraction relies on and drives territorial reconfigurations as well as how it relates to diverse, multi-scalar forms of territory-making at different sites along mineral production networks.

本文以秘鲁安第斯山脉一个目前处于关闭状态的大型金矿为例，分析了采矿、领土和发展之间的相互关系。根据研究领域的长期研究，我记录了大规模采矿是如何通过一系列领土转型实现并产生的，其中包括制定新的公司和国家发展治理体系。然而，我怀疑，这些转变的产物是否已经成为一个单一的、连贯的“采矿领域”。为此，我强调了地方和区域行动者如何重新配置官方发展领域，以及日常劳动、生计和流动实践如何超越这些领域，并受到非采矿动态的影响。基于这些发现，并受到最近非殖民化领土的学术努力的启发，我主张一种关系的“采矿和领土”取向，包括开采如何依赖和驱动领土重新配置，以及它如何与矿产生产网络不同地点的多种、多标量形式的领土形成联系起来。

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Retraction notice to “Mining in the Amazon: An Exploration of the Tensions between Infrastructure Development, Environmental Protection, and Indigenous Rights under International and National Laws” [The Extractive Industries and Society 22 (2025) 101628] 对“亚马逊地区的采矿：国际和国家法律下基础设施发展、环境保护和土著权利之间紧张关系的探索”的撤回通知[采掘业与社会22 (2025)101628]

IF 4.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2025-10-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101792

Yang Li , Xiaochen Zhang , Hind Alofaysan , Xiaorong Jiang

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