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{"title":"Social innovation, ecological crises and creating mining host community resilience in Southern Africa","authors":"Nelson S. Chipangamate ,&nbsp;Glen T. Nwaila","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101756","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101756","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mining firms in emerging markets succeed when they also overcome several urgent global issues. For example, they confront environmental impacts, social inequalities and economic uncertainties in regions with limited infrastructure. Mining firms grapple with addressing two urgent ecological crises, climate change and biodiversity loss, in the current Anthropocene era. This is especially so because of the devastating environmental impacts of mining processes. In developed countries, managing disasters resulting from global warming, including heat waves, droughts, floods, and pandemics is largely the responsibility of governments. However, in emerging markets the mining industry plays a more critical role in addressing these challenges, such that it has become an expectation even from the governments, communities and other stakeholders. It has, therefore, become crucial for the industry to actively build resilient host communities that are better prepared to handle the dual crises. Despite social innovation bearing promise as a mechanism for creating community resilience, few studies have analysed how ecological challenges and monitoring of community needs shape social innovation processes. We critically examine how mining companies design interventions to build community resilience and encourage social learning. Our analysis synthesises findings from both resilience studies and social innovation research. We argue that local resources and capabilities, governance and networks, and process dynamism are crucial elements in social innovation processes. They are important in creating resilient communities to deal with ecological shocks and stresses. We further examine how monitoring, evaluation and social learning, together with community attributes, shape social innovation processes and strengthen resilience. We conducted a systematic literature review to develop a framework of social innovation for building resilient mining communities in emerging markets. We end by proposing opportunities for future research to refine our knowledge further and strengthen the ability of mining operations to build resilient communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 101756"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144891847","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}

{"title":"Social perception analysis towards climate change and green transformation: Karabük case study","authors":"Neslihan Köse ,&nbsp;Filiz Ersöz ,&nbsp;Alparslan Serhat Demir","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101755","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101755","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although the issue of climate change is a topic of discussion among individuals in public/private institutions and organizations at a certain level of society, the perception of society on this issue has remained in the shadows. The awareness of climate change among those living in cities where mining-related industrial pollution is particularly intense is of interest. In this study, a comprehensive survey was conducted in Karabük Province, Türkiye, where mining-related industrial pollution is intense, to clarify this issue, whose aim is to determine the level of knowledge and perception of society on climate change and green transformation. The main results obtained show that the vast majority of participants define climate change as global warming. They see the increase in the number of factories and workshops and air pollution as the main causes of climate change. It has been observed that perceptions towards climate change and green transformation change as the level of education changes. It is anticipated that the results obtained in the study will guide policymakers and relevant stakeholders in determining adaptation strategies for society.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 101755"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144863555","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}

{"title":"Sustainable exploitation of rare earth minerals in Southern Africa: Exploring the linkages","authors":"Oliver Maponga ,&nbsp;Kalimanshi Nsakaza","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101754","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101754","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper addresses sustainability issues in the minerals sector through a focus on the rare earth minerals value chain in Southern Africa. The approach employed in the analysis provides for the incorporation of aspects of comparative advantage in the attainment of the sustainable development goals, as rare earth mineral endowments located in specific jurisdictions can contribute to the accomplishment of these development milestones. The analysis employed seven datasets on rare earth mineral occurrences, development corridors in Southern Africa, Mineral Industries and Related Infrastructure, the quality infrastructure for sustainable development index, Solar PV and wind energy capacity and data on the Mo Ibrahim index of Africa governance. The rare earth minerals pathway to sustainability argued in this paper is through at least four distinct nodes along the value chain. The first node is on rare earth minerals exploration and maps prospectivity of these minerals and the associated socio-economic development issues. It establishes the role of development corridors in facilitating exploration through the integration of nodes of deposit-rich areas and providing a pathway in the transportation of inputs and outputs across the region. The second node assesses the region’s energy capacity against the energy requirements for the sustainable extraction of rare earth minerals. This node also assesses the location of the mines and the extraction technologies employed to ensure a reduction in the carbon emission footprint on the natural habitats through addressing the challenges of abandoned mines. The third node focuses on analysis of the location of rare earth mineral processing centers and their relationship with transport and development corridors. This fosters the spread of benefits beyond the local mining areas to other regions and ensures that these corridors act pull factors for the location of mineral processing centers. The fourth node is crosscutting and establishes the security and geopolitical landscape of rare earth minerals. The paper concludes that sustainability should be measured by both the attainment specific goals and the direct and indirect impacts along the pathway towards the attainment of the goals along each distinct commodity value chain. This ensures that the path to sustainable development in the minerals sector has a lower carbon footprint, fosters inclusive and sustained growth that reorients Southern Africa’s position in the rare earth minerals regional and global value chains and addresses socioeconomic challenges through enhanced value addition, growing processing capacity and an integrated transport network through leveraging development corridors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 101754"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144863557","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}

{"title":"Indigenous communities and mining activities in Central America and Mexico: A systematic review","authors":"David Leroy","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101747","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101747","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mining activities pose an increasing threat to Indigenous peoples in Central America and Mexico, as their territories become the focus of expanding extractive interests. This systematic literature review provides a cross-cutting analysis of the relationships between Indigenous communities and mining operations across the region. Drawing on the ROSES (Reporting Standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses) methodology, it analyzes 50 peer-reviewed articles published in English and Spanish between 2000 and 2024. The findings reveal a strong concentration of studies centered on Guatemala and Mexico, with particular attention to the Maya (Mam, Q’eqchi’, Sipakapense) and Zapotec peoples. Canadian mining companies emerge as the dominant actors, especially in gold and silver extraction. The research field is structured around a diverse set of interrelated themes, with significant emphasis on conflicts and resistance, violence and criminalization, colonial legacies and dispossession, Indigenous ontologies, and the socio-environmental impacts of extractivism. The review underscores the need to advance research on post-extractive transitions, corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies, and gender-sensitive approaches. It also advocates for the use of participatory methodologies co-developed with Indigenous communities and highlights the importance of expanding geographical coverage to underexplored contexts such as Panama and Nicaragua.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 101747"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144860643","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}

{"title":"Anticipatory governance for responsible investment in energy transition minerals in the Western Congo Basin","authors":"F.A Mboringong ,&nbsp;R.A. Riggs ,&nbsp;J.D. Langston ,&nbsp;A.K. Boedhihartono ,&nbsp;D. Endamana ,&nbsp;Y. Ge ,&nbsp;J.L Innes ,&nbsp;J. Lu ,&nbsp;P. Meyfroidt ,&nbsp;L. Weng ,&nbsp;J. Sayer","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101749","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101749","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Demand for Energy Transition Minerals and Metals (ETMs) for clean energy technologies is driving a new wave of investment in mining. Many African countries contain significant reserves of ETMs and are eager to exploit their mineral wealth for economic benefits. However, extracting these minerals comes with social and environmental costs, including the degradation of high biodiversity habitats. Without learning from the past and anticipating possible futures, the potential benefits from ETMs could be offset by harms to vulnerable people and nature. In this paper, we draw from experience in the resource-rich Western Congo Basin forests to consider lessons and opportunities for anticipatory governance of ETM extraction to contribute to just and sustainable development pathways. We identify and build on four existing initiatives in which practitioners, policy-makers, and researchers can proactively engage in to enhance capabilities in foresight, networked decision-making, learning mechanisms, and open mindsets to guide responsible investment. By drawing on lessons and anticipating futures, decision-makers can strengthen institutional capability to guide and benefit from the impending wave of mine and infrastructure development. We call for greater attention to anticipatory governance for responsible investment in ETMs that aligns with environmental stewardship and community wellbeing in the Western Congo Basin.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 101749"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144829225","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}

{"title":"Drivers of changes and transition pathways of sand resource extraction in tabasco, Mexico","authors":"Román Ahumada-Mexía ,&nbsp;Aurora Torres ,&nbsp;Claudia María Monzón-Alvarado ,&nbsp;María Azahara Mesa-Jurado ,&nbsp;Miguel Ángel Díaz Perera","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101752","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101752","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sand, gravel, and crushed rock (sand resources) are the most extracted solid materials globally, with demand projected to double by 2060. To understand the drivers of this changing demand and building on the concept of transitions in sand production, we studied the transition pathways—namely, intensification, separation, and substitution of sand resources in Tabasco, Mexico. We drew on regional official records, semi-structured interviews and field observations on two sand resources production hotspots: Cunduacán (river sand) and Macuspana (crushed rock). Our results reveal that sand extraction in Tabasco increased from annual average volumes of 3 Mt (2006–2010) to 61 Mt (2016–2020). We identified urban expansion and flood control efforts as the main drivers of change in the region, with more recent changes driven by large-scale infrastructure development projects. Cunduacán and Macuspana accounted for 78 % of authorized extraction, driven by technological and machinery-related changes that enabled production intensification and diversification. Given the strategic location and infrastructure connectivity of these hotspots, they have become key sources of supply for local demand but also for peripheral municipalities with high material needs and limited productive capacity. Although extraction volumes from quarries began to exceed those from rivers in 2015, interviews and fieldwork revealed no evidence of substitution that would indicate a transition from river mining to crushed rock production. Studying transition pathways is a crucial first step towards understanding the implications of increased sand resources consumption and can support regional development with broader environmental and social sustainability goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 101752"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144780261","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}

{"title":"The housing crisis and economic and social development in Canada: the case of the region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue","authors":"Stéphane Grenier ,&nbsp;Marie Suzanne Badji ,&nbsp;Serge Esako Toirambe ,&nbsp;Serigne Touba Mbacké Gueye","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101729","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101729","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The housing crisis in Abitibi-Témiscamingue has persisted for over fifteen years, characterized by a housing shortage and limited access to affordable housing. This article contributes to understanding how this housing crisis is directly linked to regional labour shortages, particularly by impeding recruitment efforts in a context where the labour replacement index is below one. Using a mixed-method approach, researchers conducted a descriptive analysis of statistical data on housing, industry, employment, and the workforce. Additionally, individual interviews with regional businesses assessed the crisis’s effects on operations, recruitment, and employee retention. Findings indicate that while most companies did not perceive a direct impact, 39 % reported employees facing housing-related difficulties, such as delays in securing accommodations or resignations due to shortages. The crisis was found to affect recruitment more than retention, especially when hiring international workers. Almost halfof the surveyed companies had to reduce their opening hours due to labor shortages, while a third refused contracts because of recruitment challenges. Some businesses resorted to subcontracting, adjusting workloads, or limiting services to manage workforce constraints.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 101729"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144772965","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}

{"title":"Human-machine collaboration in mining: A critical review of emerging frontiers of intelligence systems in the mining industry","authors":"Rosebella Osei ,&nbsp;Samuel Frimpong ,&nbsp;Allada Venkat","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101746","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101746","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Artificial Intelligence (AI) is driving significant transformations in numerous industries revolutionizing business processes, relationships, and engagements among individuals within organizations as well as with external service providers. These emerging smart technologies will also revolutionize the mining industry in significant ways. The future of AI in the mining industry will focus on autonomous equipment, drones and robots replacing humans in tasks performance. Mine automation is creating a new paradigm where technically savvy personnel are performing remote operations with improved workplace safety, health, and efficiencies. This study reviews the progress of mine automation, robotics, and other intelligent systems in the mining industry. We applied the technology, organization, and environment (TOE) framework to synthesize the various barriers associated with the implementation of these smart technologies in the various mining lifecycles. Using a preliminary literature review approach, we discuss enabling technologies facilitating human-machine collaboration along the mining life cycle, their impacts and synthesize the future of an industry where human and machine collaborate successfully to the benefit of humans. This review contributes to the best practices for managing change as an enabling factor to facilitate the smooth implementation of smart technologies in the mining industry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 101746"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144780262","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}

{"title":"From lithium to batteries: Opportunities and challenges for linking Argentina’s lithium extraction to national industrial development","authors":"Ignacio Oscar Cretini ,&nbsp;Verónica Robert","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101745","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101745","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Argentina’s attempts to exploit its huge reserves of lithium – a strategic mineral crucial to the global green transition – has prompted public discussion on how best to link these resources to the country’s industrial development strategy. Against this backdrop, the paper adopts a technological innovation system (TIS) framework to analyse the opportunities and challenges presented by the current lithium boom and the formation of lithium-ion battery value chains. As the analysis makes clear, a just green transition must not only take into account environmental assets and liabilities, but also the unequal opportunities for industrial development and the appropriation of natural resource rents that inevitably arise.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 101745"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144772967","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}

{"title":"How should the socio-territorial density of tailings facilities be governed? A proposal for Chilean mining policy","authors":"Ivan Ojeda-Pereira ,&nbsp;Hernán Pezoa-Quevedo ,&nbsp;Fernando Campos-Medina","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101748","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101748","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The global energy transition has intensified demand for critical minerals, accelerating mining activity and the proliferation of tailings facilities, particularly in the Global South. While international research has focused on technical and corporate governance dimensions, limited attention has been paid to national-scale public policy frameworks. This article examines Chile as an extreme mining intensity and tailings accumulation case, offering a GIS-based spatial analysis of 764 registered facilities. Using kernel density and spatial clustering techniques, we identify two main zones of infrastructural accumulation and five socio-territorial patterns: (i) low-density with minor influence, (ii) low-density far from watercourses, (iii) high-density with regional impact, (iv) high-density affecting urban settlements, and (v) critical high-density clusters. These patterns reveal socio-territorial inequalities and zones of environmental exposure. Based on this evidence, we critically assess Chile’s National Plan for Tailings Facilities and identify three key policy gaps: (i) a weak social dimension with limited community engagement, (ii) a lack of retrospective recognition of environmental injustices, and (iii) insufficient territorial integration and cumulative impact assessment. In response, we propose a Territorial Oriented Policies Approach for multiscale, context-sensitive governance beyond site-specific management. This study contributes to global discussions on mining waste by advancing a spatially grounded, policy-relevant framework from a Global South perspective.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 101748"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144772966","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}