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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Large-Scale Mining"”.
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Interrogating Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Large-Scale Mining in Colombia
… the case of the Canadian-based multinational mining corporation GreyStar resources Ltd. in Colombia. Angosturas is GreyStar’s large-scale gold mining project in the sensitive wet highland of páramo de Santurbán in the northeast of the Andes. Although GreyStar has undertaken explorations in …
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Enabling Large-Scale Mining Software Repositories (MSR) Studies Using Web-Scale Platforms
The Mining Software Repositories (MSR) field analyzes software data to uncover knowledge and assist software developments. Software projects and products continue to grow in size and complexity. In-depth analysis of these large systems and their evolution is needed to better understand the …
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IWRM-tested national law and policies: towards catchment-based management of water resources during the life cycle of large-scale mining sites
Negative impacts of large-scale metal/mineral mining (LSM) on the quantity and quality of surface and ground water resources within the catchment are systematic occurrences during both mining and post-mining phases. The lack of adequate engagement by mining companies with interested and affected …
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Towards the formalisation of artisanal and small-scale mining in South Africa
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) plays a significant role in South Africa’s mineral economy by providing livelihoods to many who operate outside the formal mining sector. However, despite its contribution, the occupational health and safety (OHS) of these miners remain poorly regulated and …
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Channel Migration and Bank Erosion of the Clark Fork River at Grant-Kohrs Ranch N.H.S., Western Montana
Large-scale mining, concentration and smelting in Butte and Anaconda, Montana over the last c.a. 150 years led to contaminated tailings being distributed along the entire upper Clark Fork River System. The extent of hazardous material distributed along the Clark Fork River is a major concern …
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Channel Migration and Bank Erosion of the Clark Fork River at Grant-Kohrs Ranch N.H.S., Western Montana
Large-scale mining, concentration and smelting in Butte and Anaconda, Montana over the last c.a. 150 years led to contaminated tailings being distributed along the entire upper Clark Fork River System. The extent of hazardous material distributed along the Clark Fork River is a major concern …
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Linking Mining and Infrastructure Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a Collaborative Framework for Sustainable Shared-Use of Rails and Ports Facilities for Minerals and Non-Minerals Activities
… utilised by the various stakeholders involved in mining infrastructure related activities, as well as those not involved in mineral-related activities, to enable economic diversification and broad-based development within a country. The starting point of the study is the gap that exists within the …
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The needs of miners: political ethics, mercury abatement, and intervention in artisanal gold mining communities
… mercury pollution from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASM). ASM is the second largest source of anthropogenic global mercury pollution, accounting for roughly 1000tonnes of atmospheric emissions and releases to the environment per annum. The artisanal mining economy involves 10-15 …
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Technological Transitions in the Far North: Yukon People’s Difficult but Transformative Relationship with Technology
… through to Yukon's contemporary construction and mining sectors. The study contends that throughout the 20th century, the federal government supported the introduction of new technologies in Yukon's mining and construction sectors to establish a Southern presence in the territory and to access …
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Enclaves, legacies and prospects for sustained development in mineral-rich Africa
… in areas of Africa where foreign-financed large-scale mineral exploration and extraction are highly concentrated, is resource enclavity. While rarely advanced as an explanation in this context, the concept of resource enclavity, and allied terms such as “enclaves” and “enclave development”, …
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THE INTERPLAY OF STATE AND FIRM IN ZAMBIA: PATH DEPENDENCY IN THE MINING SECTOR
… state with a history inextricably tied to the mining of copper. The relationship between state and firm in Zambia has been contentious since independence from Britain in 1964. Since then attempts to nationalise or curb the power of the mining firms have failed owing to the path dependence of …
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Gold, Water, and Governance: the Stakes in the Santurbán Páramo Debate
… territorial zoning, at the service of Canadian mining interests cast domestically as the principal 'locomotora' (driving force) of national development, allows different expressions of state and civil society actors to either bypass or use environmental protections as means of personal gain …
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Water is More Important than Gold: Local Impacts and Perceptions of the 1995 Omai Cyanide Spill, Essequibo River, Guyana
… policies and regulations are causing a shift of large-scale mining activities to the tropics. This shift of mining to the tropics has the potential to modify natural ecosystems and disrupt the social structures of rural and indigenous peoples in some of the most remote areas of the planet. This …
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Social impacts of climate change and occupational heat stress and adaptation strategies of mining workers in Ghana
… heat stress and adaptation strategies of mining workers in Ghana, and thus fills a significant gap in the existing literature. Guided by the pragmatists’ research philosophical paradigm, this study adopted the convergent mixed methods approach by utilising data obtained from four …
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Exploring the capital investment practice of mining corporations in Namibia
… both national and international investors to the mining industry in the country. The mining sector is a capital-intensive industry that calls for long-term investment. Capital investment is a long-term economic venture that requires and consumes a lot of resources, for example, the purchase of …
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Development of framework for streamlining prospecting and mining right application process in South Africa
Mining has been one of the most significant contributors to South Africa's social and economic progress. South Africa is endowered with a diverse of minerals and mining activities are driven by large corporations and small-scale miners. However, the legislative uncertainty undermines the role of …
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Energy efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions across different scales of iron ore mining operations in Western Australia
… last two decades, Western Australian iron ore mining industry experienced an exponential production growth arising from increased global demand for steel. The upturn in the iron ore price and considerably lower production cost encouraged extensive mining and consequently high-grade ore reserves …
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A Study Of Cyanide-Glycine Synergistic Lixiviant And The Igoli Process As Suitable Replacements For Mercury Amalgamation In Artisanal And Small-Scale Gold Mining
Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) operations are characterized by the use of rudimentary tools and technologies owing to limited access to capital. ASGM is predominantly a poverty-driven exercise practiced as a source of livelihood, typically in rural communities where people lack other …