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Suatmiati, Sri, Feri Tuispani, and Reny Okpirianti. "Proliferation Of Unlicensed Mining In Indonesia When The Minerba Law Was Enacted." Jurnal Sosial Sains 2, no. 11 (November 15, 2022): 1222–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.36418/jurnalsosains.v2i11.527.
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Background: Article 33, Section 3 of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia states, "Land and water and the natural resources therein shall be under state control and shall be used for the maximum prosperity of the people." Therefore, according to Article 33, Section 3 of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, Indonesia's natural resources are managed by the state to benefit the people, as mentioned earlier. Coal production in Indonesia is increasing every year.
Purpose: Therefore, the Indonesian government has decided to change the country's primary energy source from petroleum to coal by 2025.
Method: The research style employed in this study is normative legal; however, it is supported by data/information from the Directorate General of Mineral and Coal about numerous issues associated with unlicensed mining in Indonesia.
Results: Illegal mining must be eradicated through a concerted effort. Improving mining supervision and monitoring aspects, particularly by increasing the quantity and calibre of mining supervision employees, should be a top priority for the government's current preventative measures (mine inspectors). Furthermore, repressive attempts by law enforcement must be addressed seriously, particularly against law enforcement officers who participate in such operations. In addition, illegal mining must be prosecuted by addressing multiple elements, including legal, law enforcement, infrastructure, community, and cultural factors.
Conclusion : In this instance, the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia must urge the government to adopt a fiscal policy that better supports the facilities and equipment of law enforcement officers in the mining industry. This is important to tackle various challenges associated with the monitoring and monitoring requirements of mining activities.
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Ponomarenko, Tatiana, Marina Nevskaya, and Izabela Jonek-Kowalska. "Mineral Resource Depletion Assessment: Alternatives, Problems, Results." Sustainability 13, no. 2 (January 16, 2021): 862. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13020862.
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The depletion of non-renewable natural resources (primarily mineral and energy resources) and its assessment is a problem that is analyzed based on the concept of sustainable development. Mineral resource depletion assessment is particularly important for resource-based economies. It provides for assessing the impact of mineral asset disposal that results from the suspension or termination of operations conducted by a mining company due to insurmountable circumstances. The results of such an event will be manifested at the national, regional, and local levels and felt by mining companies, suppliers, workers, the population of the territory, and other stakeholders. The study clarifies the attributes and essence of mineral resource depletion, analyzes the advantages and limitations of the existing tools for assessing mineral resource depletion, identifies depletion factors, describes a methodology for assessing mineral resource depletion, and contains a case study of a tin deposit. The results of the study contribute to the development of the theory on the depletion of non-renewable natural resources. They provide for assessing losses to social wellbeing that can be caused by stopping the use of profitable mineral reserves.
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Prianto, Yuwono, Rasji Rasji, Benny Djaja, and Narumi Bungas Gazali. "REFORMULASI KEBIJAKAN PERTAMBANGAN ATAS KEWENANGAN DAERAH." Vol. 21 No 1 April 2020, no. 21 (July 17, 2020): 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.23969/litigasi.v21i1.1789.
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Thisstudy of natural resource management under the Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution ismore motivated by economic justice where the management of natural resource always ignores the environmental aspects as such that the state fails to protect the community. The state should significantly increasethe prosperity and welfare of the people. Environmental aspects become the last criteria in promulgatingeconomic policies and production processes atmacro and micro scale in the mining sector. The existence of PETI is generated by internal and external triggering factors. Community believes that mining commodities in the surrounding area can stimulateprosperitywhile the quality of human resources is generally low and financial capacity is limited. This eventually triggered the emergence of illegal people's mining practices. Technical requirements for granting IPRmentioned in the Article 48 Paragraph 2 letter b of Governmental Regulation No. 23, 2010 is difficult to meet by community miners. Under Article 9 Paragraph (3) jis Article 11 Paragraph (1), Article 13 Paragraph (3) letter (e)of Law No. 23, 2014 regarding Regional Government, energy and mineral resource issues is included inconcurrent Administrationaffairs. Central Government, in passing its policy shouldconsiderlocal wisdom while paying attention to national interests
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Li, Yang, Tianhong Yang, Weidong Song, and Ling Yu. "Movement Law and Discriminant Method of Key Strata Breakage Based on Microseismic Monitoring." Shock and Vibration 2019 (August 26, 2019): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8652894.
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Because of the unique natural geography, geological structure, and ecological environment, there are serious geological disasters and environmental damage caused by the high-intensity mining in Western China. It seriously restricts the development of coal resources and the protection of ecological environment. In order to fully capture the law of key stratum breakage with high-intensity mining, the IMS microseismic system was introduced into Xiaojihan coal mine which is a typical high-intensity mining mine in Western China, and the whole process dynamic monitoring was carried out. The process of key stratum breakage was analysed by MS data, which were in agreement with the pressure analysis results of the hydraulic support of the working face. The results showed that there were the obvious forewarning characteristics in microseismic event number, energy release, energy index, Schmidt number, coefficient of seismic response, and b value when the key stratum was breaking. Then, a method to discriminate the breakage of key stratum was proposed by using the forewarning characteristics, which could provide the guidance for prevention and control of geological hazards in the working face with high-intensity mining.
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Bochorishvili, Nika, Davit Khomeriki, Edgar Mataradze, Nikoloz Chikhradze, Sophio Kvavadze, Davit Robakidze, and Sergo Khomeriki. "Mining Waste Complex Research and Development of Technologies for their Use in Georgia." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 906, no. 1 (November 1, 2021): 012133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/906/1/012133.
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Abstract In 1996, Georgian mining and extractive industry moved to a new stage as a result of the adoption of a new law on subsoil, which prepared grounds for the development of a legislative framework regarding the use of country’s subsoil and created new economic settings for the industry. Mining and extractive industry play a significant role in Georgia’s sustainable economic development. From 1999 through 2020, the output value of the industry (excluding non-renewable energy resources: coal, natural gas and oil products)is estimated at of 5,6 billion Lari (GEL). The majority of deposits of mineral resources in Georgia are mainly small and medium in size. Considering the current rate of their exploitation, within 15-20 years their majority will be exhausted. Over time, the country’s economy will face a serious problem as it will need to import raw materials. It is therefore important to look for feasible technologies for the application of unconventional raw materials, namely secondary raw materials that come with essential mineral resources. This will allow to maintain the potential of mineral resources of the country. The work presents the outcomes of the Mining Institute’s current studies on qualitative, quantitative and assimilative technologies and possibilities of the application of mining waste as secondary natural resources. Research methodology is based on the principles of Green Economy that implies linking mining and extractive industry to circular economy, aiming at rational assimilation of natural resources by applying the 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle) approach. Within the frames of the study, technologies were developed for obtaining construction, glass and porcelain raw materials (from spoiled rock layers stored and extracted from operating open pit mines of the Chiatura manganese and Bolnisi ore deposits/queries), along with those for manufacturing products with such materials.
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Gao, Yu, and Maksim Viktorovich Bolotov. "Legal aspects of ensuring national security in the sphere of subsoil use of natural gas in Russia and China." Юридические исследования, no. 2 (February 2022): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.25136/2409-7136.2022.2.37382.
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In the current context, the goals of Russia and China in achieving "carbon neutrality" by 2060 and strengthening their own energy resource and environmental security, the comparative study of the laws on transition towards low-carbon energy sources and new environmental standards declared by both countries is relevant and urgent. The subject of this research is measures to reform legislation in the sphere of exploration and extraction of natural gas in Russia and China, which can be divided into the following aspects: reform of the legislative system on the mineral resources and competitive transfer of the right to use the subsoil plots, reform of the law "On Foreign Investment" and definition of state strategic mineral resources, legal system of environmental protection, and reform regarding the protection of environmental resources in the mining districts. Based on comparative research in various legal disciplines, the author generalizes and analyzes the similarities and differences in ensuring resource and environmental security in Russia and China. This article summarizes the experience and shortcomings of Russia and China in maintaining balance between the national resource security and environmental security aimed at the achievement of "carbon neutrality". Stemming from the fact that both countries manage the appropriate resource and environmental security, China should adopt the Russian experience and transform the administrative provisions of the lower level associated with the protection of resources and environmental security into legislative acts, in order to enhance their law enforcement, compulsory and deterrent authority. Russia, in turn, should also resort to the experience of China in implementation of the factors of market competition in the sphere of exploration of oil and gas, as well as encourage and motivate foreign or domestic private capital to contribute to oil and gas exploration and help Russia to upgrade its equipment and boost production.
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Tong, Shuai, Xiang Ji, Yun Chu, Tianlong Liu, and Fengyu Wang. "Spatio-Temporal Analysis about Resource and Environmental Carrying Capacity (RECC) of Mining Cities in Coal-Concentrated Areas: A Case Study of Huaihai Economic Zone in China." Sustainability 15, no. 2 (January 11, 2023): 1367. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15021367.
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The over-exploitation and utilization of natural resources in mining cities has caused sharp contradictions between urban development and ecological protection. In addition, dynamic changes in resources and environmental carrying capacity (RECC) will be changed by the different ways and degrees of the specific utilization of natural resources. In order to better study the dynamic trends and reasons of the RECC in mining cities, so as to provide methods and suggestions for the mining cities to save resources, improve the ecology, and adjust the industrial structure, this article will construct an evaluation index for the RECC of mining cities. Taking Huaihai Economic Zone as the research object, we used the entropy method to determine the index weight. Then, the TOPSIS model was used to analyze the spatial and temporal characteristics of the development of the RECC of mining cities in coal-concentrated areas during 2012–2018. After the analysis, the study found five results. (1) Except Zaozhuang, the RECC of the six mining cities in the Huaihai Economic Zone showed a steady upward trend during 2012–2018; (2) among the three subsystems, natural resources have the greatest impact on the RECC; (3) in terms of space, the carrying capacity in this region gradually has a polarization phenomenon centered on Xuzhou and Jining, and will continue to increase in the future; (4) the types of mining cities will have an impact on the change characteristics of the RECC; and (5) most cities improve the level of ecological carrying capacity (ECC) and social economic carrying capacity (SECC) at the cost of the decline of resources carrying capacity (RCC). Based on the results, the research can provide optimized reference strategies for the transformation and development of mining cities to ecological cities in Huaihai Economic Zone.
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Guo, Guo, Tan, Bai, and Zhao. "Sustainable Development of Resources and the Environment: Mining-Induced Eco-Geological Environmental Damage and Mitigation Measures—A Case Study in the Henan Coal Mining Area, China." Sustainability 11, no. 16 (August 12, 2019): 4366. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11164366.
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Coal is an important resource that has supported China’s economic development. This situation is expected to continue in the immediate future. However, coal mining has also led to serious environmental disasters in some mining areas. Henan Province is one of the 14 large-scale coal bases that are planned by the Chinese state. It is located in the transitional zone between the second and third terrain ladders of China and spans two tectonic units. The geological features and ecological environmental characteristics display wide spatial variations throughout this district, which is an ecologically fragile region of stepped transition type. However, large-scale, extremely intense coal mining activities will inevitably lead to further deterioration of the already fragile ecological and geological (eco-geological) environment, which makes recovery increasingly difficult. Based on the condition of the eco-geological environment and the coal mining industry in the Henan mining area, the mechanisms by which mining-induced damage can occur were analyzed. The characteristics and status of the destruction of ground structures, land resources, water resources, the atmospheric environment, and natural ecology are discussed in this paper. Appropriate mitigation measures are proposed based on the findings. This mainly includes: management practices to prevent and mitigate damage throughout all stages of mining; adoption of mining techniques that will control damage at the source; and, the adoption of appropriate post-mining recovery technologies. The analysis of mining-induced eco-geological environmental damage and mitigation measures is of importance for the prevention of eco-geological disasters, and the promotion of efficient and environmentally sustainable exploitation of coal resources.
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Adam, James Natia, Timothy Adams, Jean-David Gerber, and Tobias Haller. "Decentralization for Increased Sustainability in Natural Resource Management? Two Cautionary Cases from Ghana." Sustainability 13, no. 12 (June 18, 2021): 6885. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13126885.
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In Sub-Saharan African countries, governments are increasingly devolving natural resource management from central administration to the local government level as a trend toward subsidiarity. In parallel, efforts to implement formalization processes have resulted in a puzzling institutional arena, wherein mixed actors are struggling to influence the paths of institutional change and the associated distribution of land and land-related resources. Relying on political ecology and new institutionalism in social anthropology, we investigate how the decentralization of formalization of rights in artisanal and small-scale gold mining can lead to paradoxical outcomes, often negatively impacting social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Two comparative case studies are performed in Ghana. Our results show that the negative effects of formalization efforts for resource end users are to be understood in the broad context of actors’ repositioning strategies following the selective implementation of decentralization. The authors conclude that increasing the power of the central government and line ministries to control local resources can influence the disenfranchisement of local people’s participation and control of natural resources, resulting in a relentless environmental crisis.
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Mao, Wenxin, Wenping Wang, Huifang Sun, Peiyi Yao, Xiaolei Wang, and Dang Luo. "Urban industrial transformation patterns under natural resource dependence: A rule mining technique." Energy Policy 156 (September 2021): 112383. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112383.
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CHANTURIA, Valentin, Irina SHADRUNOVA, and Olga GORLOVA. "INNOVATIVE PROCESSES OF DEEP AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE PROCESSING OF TECHNOGENIC RAW MATERIALS IN THE CONDITIONS OF NEW ECONOMIC CHALLENGES." Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories 13, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 224–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.21177/1998-4502-2021-13-2-224-237.
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Innovative processes of deep and complex processing of technogenic raw materials in the context of sustainable development of the mining industry and the economic challenges facing the mining industry should ensure the transition to a circular economy and the maximum use of natural resources. The article reflects the priority scientific and technological research on the involvement of technogenic mineral resources in efficient processing. Presented, developed at ICEMR RAS, including jointly with universities, research and production organizations and enterprises, modern innovative processes of deep and environmentally friendly processing of refractory mineral raw materials of complex material composition (tailings of enrichment of non-ferrous and noble metal ores, poor off-balance ores, slags ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy, sludge of metallurgical production) and hydro-mineral technogenic resources (acidic mineralized bottom-dump waters of mining enterprises of the copper-zinc complex of the Urals, saponite-containing circulating waters of diamond processing factories). Among other things, new directions in the field of selective disintegration of finely dispersed mineral raw materials based on energy effects and deep processing of slags are outlined; increasing the selectivity of enrichment processes; combined processing of technogenic raw materials; resource-saving processing of technogenic and hydro-mineral resources, obtaining secondary products from processing waste. It is shown that in the face of new economic challenges, Russia has sufficient scientific and technological potential in the field of deep and environmentally safe processing of technogenic raw materials in the form of developed and, to varying degrees, tested innovative resource-saving technologies that correspond to the world level, and in a number of technologies are superior to it.
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Zhang, Can, and Shiming Fang. "Identifying and Zoning Key Areas of Ecological Restoration for Territory in Resource-Based Cities: A Case Study of Huangshi City, China." Sustainability 13, no. 7 (April 2, 2021): 3931. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13073931.
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Resource-based cities are cities that depend on the exploitation and primary processing of natural resources, such as minerals, metals, and oil, and whose rise and development are highly dependent on resources. Due to over exploitation, many problems related to ecosystem degradation have been caused. Ecological restoration of land space is urgent. One of the difficulties in carrying out ecological restoration of territorial space lies in the identification of key areas for ecological restoration and diagnosis of regional ecological problems. In this study, we applied the spatial assessment of ecological sensitivity and the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model to quantitatively analyze the overall ecosystem in Huangshi city so as to delimit the ecological restoration division of Huangshi City. The results showed that: (1) The overall distribution rule is that vegetation, such as that in mountains and forests, is dense, the sensitivity around water and wetlands is high, and the distribution of mines in Huangshi is high. (2) For the period 1980–2018, the habitat quality index of Huangshi was good, with a slight decreasing trend. The simulated habitat quality distribution was consistent with the region-dominated land cover type. (3) Huangshi formed a spatial pattern with natural protected areas as the priority protection areas, mining areas as the key restoration areas, and natural protected areas and mining areas as the general restoration areas. (4) During the period of 1980–2018, the water management of Huangshi generally improved, which indicates that the water pollution control in Huangshi had a positive effect. The results of this study can provide some reference for the green transformation development and ecological restoration of resource-based cities.
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Mardonova, Mokhinabonu, and Yosoon Choi. "Assessment of Photovoltaic Potential of Mining Sites in Uzbekistan." Sustainability 11, no. 10 (May 26, 2019): 2988. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11102988.
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The present study analyzed the potential of eight operational mining sites in Uzbekistan for the installation of photovoltaic (PV) systems: Sarmich, Ingichka, Kuytosh, Yakhton, Chauli, Sherobod, Chorkesar, and Tebinbuloq. A PV system with 1 MW capacity, which required a total of 4926 m2 of project land, was considered. The renewable energy analysis software RETScreen, developed by Natural Resources Canada (NRC), was used to calculate energy production, greenhouse gas reduction, and financial factors of the PV systems in the selected study areas. The iron mine Tebinbuloq in Karakalpak showed the highest potential, with annual electricity production of approximately 1685 MWh, equating to a potential reduction of approximately 930 tons of greenhouse gases. The economic benefit of the PV system in this mine was $2.217 million USD net present value with a project payback period of approximately 13 years. The results of precision checks of satellite- and ground-based solar measurements showed high correlations; hence, satellite-based data can be applied for solar project assessments where solar monitoring meteorological stations are not available.
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Kinash, Iryna. "METHODS OF STATE REGULATION OF THE MINING SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY OF UKRAINE." HERALD OF KHMELNYTSKYI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 300, no. 6 Part 2 (December 2021): 235–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.31891/2307-5740-2021-300-6/2-38.
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The article presents modern methods of state regulation of the mining sector of the Ukrainian economy. It is established that the mining sector is a powerful sector of the Ukrainian economy, which creates the necessary level of energy security of the country. It is proposed to define the methods of state regulation of the mining industry as ways of favorable influence of the subjects on the activities of enterprises in the industry, which take into account the interests of man, society and the state. It was found that the state policy towards mining companies lies in the implementation of the Mining Law of Ukraine. The principles of state policy in this area and administrative bodies authorized to carry out state regulation are determined. The state policy on such natural resources as oil and gas is formed taking into account the specialized laws “On oil and gas”, “On gas (methane) of coal deposits”. State regulation of such companies is carried out through the establishment of general rules of their activities, the issuance of licenses, special permits for the use of oil and gas. Targeted development programs are a powerful tool for state regulation of the mining sector of the economy. The “National Program for the Development of the Mineral Resources Base of Ukraine for the Period up to 2030” is in force. An important tool for state regulation of the mining sector of Ukraine’s economy is to obtain subsoil use permits. It is investigated that 3118 permits are currently valid in Ukraine. These permits mainly concern the research and development of deposits and extraction of metals and non-metals, groundwater, hydrocarbons, coal and peat. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the choice of ways of state influence on the mining sector of Ukraine’s economy is determined by the goals, strategy, ways of development of Ukrainian society.
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Suwari Akhmaddhian, Lilis Supriatin Dan. "KEWENANGAN PERIZINAN USAHA PERTAMBANGAN PASCA BERLAKUNYA UNDANG UNDANG PEMERINTAH DAERAH (Studi di Kabupaten Kuningan Provinsi Jawa Barat)." UNIFIKASI : Jurnal Ilmu Hukum 4, no. 2 (December 4, 2017): 64. http://dx.doi.org/10.25134/unifikasi.v4i2.730.
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The natural resource management should aim to prosper society in accordance with the purpose of nation and state. This study aims to find out how the authority of mining business licensing in Kuningan district based on Law No. 23 year 2014 on Regional Government and Implementation of authority in the management of mining business licenses based on Law No. 23 year 2014 on Regional Government in Kuningan district. This research method used empirical juridical with data collecting tool through interviews and observation. The result of this research is the mining arrangements based on Law No. 23 of 2014, the matters of energy and resources in the districts / cities are entirely handed over to the provincial government, while the affected areas are in the districts / cities there is no segregation of community authority or criteria that provides regulatory opportunities to districts / cities. In implementation of mining management in districts Kuningan based on Law No 4 Year 2009 is correct, with the division of authority between the central government, provincial government, and district governments, and not apart from the control and control factor. In the Law Number 23 Year 2014 is only divided between the Central Government and Provincial Region. Licensing becomes the authority of the central provincial government, uncontrolled supervision and control, constraints, long distances, complicated process procedures. The conclusion is that the regulation of mining authority based on law No 23 year 2014 is contradictory to the theory of Regional Autonomy for the licensing of mining management of provincial government authority.Keywords: Authority, Local Government, Mining Management.�AbstrakPenelitian ini dengan latar belakang yaitu untuk mengetahui bagaimana kewenangan pengelolaan pertambangan di Kabupaten Kuningan berdasarkan Undang-Undang Nomor 23 Tahun 2014 tentang Pemerintah Derah. Tujuan penulisan ini adalah untuk mengetahui Bagaimana Kewenangan Pengelolaan pertambangan berdasarkan Undang-Undang Nomor 23 Tahun 2014 tentang Pemerintah Daerah dan untuk mengetahui Bagaimana Implementasi Kewenangan Pengelolaan pertambangan berdasarkan Undang- Undang Nomor 23 tahun 2014 tentang Pemerintah Daerah. Metode penelitian yuridis-empirik dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui wawancara dan observasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa pengaturan pertambangan berdasarkan Undang Undang-Nomor 23 Tahun 2014, urusan energi dan sumberdaya mineral yang ada di kabupaten / kota diserahkan seluruhnya kepada pemerintah provinsi, sedangkan daerah terkena dampak berada di kabupaten/kota, tidak ada pemilahan kewenangan baik secara komoditas maupun kriteria yang memberikan peluang melakukan pengaturan kepada pihak kabupaten/kota. Implementasi pengelolaan pertambangan di Kabupaten Kuningan berdasarkan Undang-Undang Nomor 4 Tahun 2009 sudah benar dengan adanya pembagian kewenangan antara pemerintah pusat, pemerintah daerah propinsi, dan pemerintah kabupaten. tetapi tidak melupakan faktor pengawasan dan pengendalian. sedangkan Undang Undang Nomor 23 Tahun 2014 hanya dibagi antara Pemerintah Pusat dan Daerah provinsi. Perizinan menjadi kewenangan pemerintah propinsi menjadi tidak sederhana, jarak yang jauh dengan tata cara proses rumit, pengawasan dan pengendalian tidak terkendali karena menjadi kewenangan pemerintah pusat. Kesimpulan yaitu pengaturan kewenangan pertambangan berdasarkan Undang Undang Nomor 23 Tahun 2014 bertentangan dengan teori Otonomi Daerah. Undang Undang 23 Tahun 2014 memiliki kelemahan secara teori sistem hukum dengan tidak memberikan kewenangan pada pemerintah daerah kabupaten sebagai wilayah kegiatan pertambangan.
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Wang, Yujing, Fu Ren, Ruoxin Zhu, and Qingyun Du. "An Exploratory Analysis of Networked and Spatial Characteristics of International Natural Resource Trades (2000–2016)." Sustainability 12, no. 18 (September 20, 2020): 7765. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12187765.
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Natural resources, as the material basis of human life and production, play a crucial role in national economic and social development. It is essential to reveal the structural characteristics of global natural resource supply and demand, which has become one of the most critical factors affecting every country’s policy strategy and economic development. However, mining the characteristics of international natural resource trades is a huge challenge because of the availability and quality of trade data. In this study, the international natural resource trade system is modeled as networks based on the available bilateral trade data from 2000 to 2016. Complex network methods and spatial analysis are utilized to explore the networked and spatial characteristics of different international natural resource trade networks (INRTNs). First, we quantitatively present the overall evolution trend of INRTNs by calculating several indicators of network features at the macrolevel. Then, as the intermediate-level characteristics of INRTNs, the core–periphery structures are explored by applying hierarchical clustering and a visual matrix heatmap. Finally, at the microlevel, the imbalance in direction is detected through the combination of node importance in a complex network with bivariate choropleth maps of spatial analysis. The empirical evidence from INRTNs of different product types in this paper will help governments and business administrations to perceive the complex natural resource trade environment, which can instruct policymakers to formulate effective import–export policies and ensure national resource security and sustainable development.
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Nasih, Mohammad, Iman Harymawan, Yuanita Intan Paramitasari, and Azizah Handayani. "Carbon Emissions, Firm Size, and Corporate Governance Structure: Evidence from the Mining and Agricultural Industries in Indonesia." Sustainability 11, no. 9 (April 28, 2019): 2483. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11092483.
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The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between firm size, corporate governance, and carbon emission disclosure (CED) in Indonesia, a country with rich natural resources. This study focused on the mining and agricultural industries to better capture the disclosure behavior of companies directly engaged in natural resources. Using a sample of 305 firm-year observations of listed firms in Indonesia spanning from 2011 to 2016, the results show that larger firms and firms with larger board sizes are more likely to have higher disclosure on CED. We also showed that firms with a higher percentage of independent commissioners and directors are less likely to disclose information related to carbon emissions. These findings indicate that a greater number of commissioners and directors sitting on the board will stimulate a firm’s decision to make a higher number of disclosures related to carbon emissions. However, the increased percentage of independent commissioners and directors will cause more conservative disclosure outcomes to the firms. In addition, firms in the mining industry are more likely to have a higher level of CED relative to firms in the agricultural industry. These findings remained robust even after we corrected the standard errors.
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Hefni, Mohammed, Hussin A. M. Ahmed, Ebaa Shaikh Omar, and Maaz A. Ali. "The Potential Re-Use of Saudi Mine Tailings in Mine Backfill: A Path towards Sustainable Mining in Saudi Arabia." Sustainability 13, no. 11 (May 31, 2021): 6204. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13116204.
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia covers an area of approximately 2 million km2 and is rich in natural resources that are necessary for industrial development. The estimated mineral wealth beneath the Kingdom’s soil is approximately USD 1.33 trillion, as reported by the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources. The Kingdom’s vision for 2030 is to develop the mining sector to become the third pillar of the domestic economy. Therefore, exploration and mining activities are expected to accelerate over the next decade, which will lead to increased waste production. New executive regulations issued in January 2021 contain several sustainable elements related to the environment, social responsibility, and occupational health and safety. Therefore, this study aims to promote an example of sustainable mining activities in the Kingdom that could be adapted to meet the regulatory requirements. Cemented paste backfill samples of varying composition were made with waste materials from a Saudi copper mine for re-injection into underground mining cavities to minimize waste exposure to the environment. The samples were tested for unconfined compressive strength (UCS) after 7, 14, 28, 56, and 90 days of curing. Results from a statistically designed experiment technique show that the samples developed sufficient strength to be used in mine backfilling applications. Strong negative relationships were detected between the UCS and the water-to-binder ratio. There is strong potential for mine backfill technology to be applied to a wide range of Saudi Arabian mines to enhance the sustainability of the mining sector.
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Chanturia, Elena. "PROBLEMS OF COMPLEX AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE PROCESSING OF NATURAL AND MAN-MADE MINERAL RAW MATERIALS (PLAKSIN READINGS – 2021): Review." Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories 13, no. 4 (December 20, 2021): 644–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.21177/1998-4502-2021-13-4-644-654.
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In Vladikavkaz (Republic of North Ossetia-Alania) in the period from October 04 – 08, 2021, the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the Problems of Mineral Enrichment, the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science “Institute of Problems of Integrated Development of Mineral Resources named after Academician N.V. Melnikova of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (IPCON RAS), the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Higher Education “North Caucasus Mining and Metallurgical Institute (State Technological University (SKGMI (GTU)” held an international conference “Problems of complex and environmentally safe processing of natural and man-made mineral raw materials” (Plaksin Readings – 2021). Plaksin Readings-2021 were attended by 150 representatives from 51 organizations, including 15 academic and 11 industry institutes, 9 large mining and metallurgical companies. The reports were made by scientists from Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Mongolia. Plenary reports were presented by leading scientists in the field of mineral processing: Chanturia V.A., Shadrunova I.V. (Institute of Problems of Integrated Development of Mineral Resources named after Academician N.V. Melnikova RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation); Innovative processes of deep and environmentally safe processing of technogenic raw materials in the context of new economic challenges); DmitrakYu.V. (North Caucasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (State Technological University), Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russian Federation) “The main directions of scientific activity of SCGMI (GTU) in the study and solution of the problem of complex and environmentally safe processing of natural and technogenic mineral raw materials”; Kurkov A.V., Anufrieva S.I., Temnov A.V. (N.M. Fedorovsky All-Russian Research Institute of Mineral Raw Materials of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation) “Prospects for the development and implementation of integrated technologies for processing Subsurface Use waste”; Semyachkov A.I., Pochechun V.A. (Ural State Mining University, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation) “Methodological foundations for assessing the impact of mining complexes on the environment”; Alborov I.D., Tedeeva F.G. (North Caucasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (State Technological University), Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russian Federation) “Environmental aspects of the conservation of technogenic deposits of non-ferrous metals in the North Caucasus”; Masloboev V.A., Makarov D.V., Klyuchnikova E.M. (Institute of Industrial Ecology Problems of the North, FITC KNC RAS, Apatity, Russian Federation) “Sustainable development of the mining complex of the Murmansk region: minimizing technogenic impacts on the environment”; Ustinov I.D. (NPK “Mechanobr-Technika”, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation) “Geometallurgy as the basis of complex processing of mineral raw materials”; Ozhogina E.G., Kotova O.B. (FSBI “All-Russian Research Institute of Mineral Raw Materials named after N.M. Fedorovsky”, Moscow, Russian Federation, FSBI Institute of Geology named after Academician N.P. Yushkin FIT Komi NCUrO RAS, Syktyvkar, Russian Federation) “Technological mineralogy in solving the problem of complex processing of mineral raw materials”. According to the results of the Conference, the importance of the presented results of fundamental and applied research, the high scientific level of reports was noted. The Conference participants agreed that experimental results, scientific developments, and proposed technologies are of undoubted interest and will be in demand in the real sector of the economy. The Conference decided the expediency of supporting the promotion of the initiative to form a state program for the ecological rehabilitation of the land fund and water resources of North Ossetia from the damage caused earlier by the activities of mining enterprises. To provide high-tech industries of Russia with strategic metals (resources) based on complex and environmentally safe processing of natural and manmade mineral raw materials, it is recognized necessary to concentrate the research of leading organizations in the field of mineral processing on the justification and development of innovative processes for extracting valuable components from natural and man-made raw materials.
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Taufik, Ahmad, and Indra Lestari. "PERAN PROGRAM PENGEMBANGAN PETANI SEBAGAI IMPLEMENTASI CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) PADA PT. SORIK MARAPI GEOTHERMAL POWER (SMGP) TERHADAP RESISTENSI MASYARAKAT." Lembaran Masyarakat: Jurnal Pengembangan Masyarakat Islam 8, no. 1 (June 30, 2022): 59–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.32678/lbrmasy.v8i1.6346.
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The presence of mining projects or power plants that exploit natural resources saves the potential for social and economic environmental problems for the community. The PT SMGP geothermal power plant project since 2010 has also experienced rejection from the community. Meanwhile, with the demand for energy sustainability in the midst of the fossil energy crisis, the government passed the 2014 Geothermal Law and the Omnibus Law hopes for the sustainability of geothermal energy projects with a Corporate Social Responsibility strategy. PT SMGP through the farmer development program hopes to support the project's sustainability without any disruption. This study aims to describe and analyze the role of the farmer development program as PT SMGP's CSR in dealing with community resistance. This study uses qualitative methods, with a total number of 12 informants. The data collection technique is through interviews with informants and documentation studies. As for being limited by the concept of CSR; Social Legitimacy Theory; Resistance, this research shows that the farmer development program as CSR of PT SMGP is effective in directly reducing farmer resistance. In addition, this CSR program indirectly contributes to providing a sense of the company's presence for the nearest village community so as to support the sustainability of the company's activities (social license operate).
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Tabata, Shinichiro. "The Contribution of Natural Resource Producing Sectors to the Economic Development of the Sakha Republic." Sustainability 13, no. 18 (September 10, 2021): 10142. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131810142.
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This paper provides basic materials for considering the sustainability of natural resource development in the Arctic, taking the Sakha Republic as a case study of the Russian Arctic regions. The author clarifies the contribution of the mining industry to the economic development of Sakha with special attention paid to the contribution to government budgets by numerical and statistical analysis of regional and municipal data. The paper demonstrates that the mining industry has been a driving force of the economic growth of Sakha and that the oil sector has sharply increased its presence while the diamond sector has decreased its presence. Simultaneously, it reveals that the mining industry is unevenly developed in Sakha, which has caused significant inequality in per capita Gross Municipal Product (GMP). Then, the analysis of the paper shows that Sakha’s contribution to the federal budget has increased significantly in recent years due to growing oil production and that the diamond sector is still more influential than the oil sector in the contribution to the republican and local budgets.
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Balakina, G. F., and M. P. Kulikova. "The Development of coal deposits in the Tyva Republic: challenges and risks." Mining Industry Journal (Gornay Promishlennost), no. 3/2022 (July 1, 2022): 99–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.30686/1609-9192-2022-3-99-102.
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Description of the main theme. Before the Republic of Tyva, the modern conditions of development have put forward the challenges of intensifying the development of natural resources to improve living standards and reduce unemployment. Since coal is the main wealth of the interior of Tyva, it is necessary to find ways to involve this resource in economic circulation. Object problems. At present, a coal-mining territory is being formed in Tyva and the volume of coal production is growing dynamically. There are high risks. Purpose of the study. Analysis and systematization of the challenges and risks of a large-scale increase in coal production in Tyva. Basic methods of analysis. Methods of systemic, economic and statistical analysis, classification were used. The research was based on statistical and analytical data for Russia and the Republic of Tuva and internet resources. Research results. The scientific novelty of the study consists of the analysis of the development of coal mining in the regions of the Russian Federation, systematization of risks arising in the formation of coal-industrial territory in Tyva. Natural, anthropogenic, technogenic and socio-economic risks are identified, differing in the source of their occurrence. Ecological risks from anthropogenic and technogenic risks are highlighted. The ways of reducing the possible environmental load are substantiated. Conclusions. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that in order to reduce the lag in the parameters of socio-economic processes in Tyva, one of the effective ways is the formation of a coal mining area. This implies the creation of an energy-chemical complex for coal processing and the production of a wide range of coal chemistry products, an increase in coal export volumes after the construction of the railway. To eliminate the high risks of this strategic direction of regional development, it is proposed to implement a number of innovative sustainable technology, systematic monitoring of the state of coal mining territories.
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Boafo, James, Sebastian Paalo, and Senyo Dotsey. "Illicit Chinese Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: Beyond Institutional Weakness?" Sustainability 11, no. 21 (October 25, 2019): 5943. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11215943.
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While the engagement of Chinese migrants in small-scale mining in Ghana has gained traction in scholarship, the extant literature pays little attention to how the relationship between the so-called formal institutions (e.g., the Minerals Commission and Ministry of Land and Natural Resources) and informal institutions (e.g., the chieftaincy and customary land institutions) enables illegalities in the mining industry. This paper addresses this gap in the literature, focusing on the relationship between formal state and informal customary land institutions in the small-scale mining sector. Using an institutional analytical framework, we argue that the increasing involvement of the Chinese in small-scale mining in Ghana is an expression of a bigger and deep-seated problem characterized largely by uncoordinated interactions between key state and customary institutions. This, we suggest, creates parallel operations of formal and informal systems that promote different levels of agency and maneuvering among actors―breeding uncertainty, bureaucratic logjams, and illegalities in the mining industry. Based on our findings, we recommend that a more efficient coordination between the relevant state and traditional land governing institutions could curb the proliferation of illegal mining activities, and in particular, those involving Chinese migrants. As part of the conclusion, we suggest that future empirical research be conducted to explore the interactions between formal and informal institutions and how they affect mining activities.
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Rustiana, Rustiana. "Tanggung Jawab Hukum Terhadap Hilangnya Nyawa Orang Di Lubang Tambang Batu Bara Ditinjau Dari Perspektif Hukum Pidana (Studi Kasus PT. Cahaya Energi Mandiri (CEM), kelurahan Sambutan Kecamatan Samarinda Ilir)." Yuriska : Jurnal Ilmiah Hukum 11, no. 2 (September 1, 2019): 200. http://dx.doi.org/10.24903/yrs.v11i2.523.
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The use of natural resources in coal mining has many positive and negative impacts. The positive impact is increasing economic and social development both for the community in terms of employment and the government of the Province of East Kalimantan and the Regency of the City of the Producer in terms of Regional Original Revenue (ROR). Negative impacts include the destruction of forests in the area around the mine, contamination of the sea, disease outbreaks for people who live in the area around the mine, even the real negative impact on mining that makes the loss of one's life due to ex-mining holes, legally the case of responsibility for loss of life the person in the coal mine pit is not one person responsible, but there are some responsible parties.The object of research is PT. Cahaya Energi Mandiri, and the Government and the police related to the loss of life of people in mining pits or Mining Business License (IUP) of PT. Cahaya Energi Mandiri. So the purpose of this first thesis is to know and analyze the Legal Responsibility to the Loss of People Life at the Coal Mine Hole Judging from the Perspective of Criminal Law, the second to know and analyze the elements of criminal acts associated with the field of coal mining.The research method used is the normative-empirical legal research method that is merging between the approach of normative law with the addition of various empirical element.From the results of the research can be seen that the loss of life of the pit hole people have met the elements in the provisions of criminal law, because the loss of the lives of people perforated mine has met the elements in Article 359 KUHP and article 112 of Law Number 32 the Year 2009 on Protection and Environmental Management. While the criminal law responsibility can be imposed on the holders of IUP and the Government as the party responsible for environmental monitoring by punishment in the form of imprisonment or restitution or compensation for the victim or his family by the perpetrator.
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Qiolevu, Venina, and Seunghoo Lim. "Stakeholder Participation and Advocacy Coalitions for Making Sustainable Fiji Mineral Royalty Policy." Sustainability 11, no. 3 (February 2, 2019): 797. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11030797.
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The Fiji government perceived mining as a means to accelerate economic growth because of its potential to generate great wealth for the Fijian economy. However, the environmental and social impacts associated with mining is of great concern. Mining activities have caused immense environmental degradations that affect livelihoods. One way to recompense these mining impacts is to provide a source of income to the landowners that can substitute the providence of natural resources that were damaged or completely taken away by mining activities. From the current revenue earned from mining, only land leases have been paid out to landowners and no royalty payments as yet, because there are no specific guidelines to determine the distributions. These have brought about the great need to determine the fair share of mineral royalties between the Fiji Government and the landowners in Fiji. This paper will therefore explicate the formation of coalitions based on similarities in policy beliefs, the various strategies undertaken to interact and network with each coalition in efforts to advocate core policy beliefs to obtain government’s attention for the formulation of Fiji’s Mineral Royalty Policy, based on the analytical lenses of Advocacy Coalition Framework and Issue Network Theory, at both the problem definition and agenda setting stages. Moreover, this paper also investigates the impacts of political instability in formulating Fiji’s first ever Mineral Royalty Policy.
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Lee, Mushang, and Yu-Lan Huang. "Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Performance: A Hybrid Text Mining Algorithm." Sustainability 12, no. 8 (April 11, 2020): 3075. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12083075.
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Until now, the works regarding the relationships between corporate operating performance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) could not reach a conclusive result (positive, natural, and negative). This circumstance can be attributed to two main reasons: (1) inadequate performance measurement and (2) ignoring the multi-dimensional nature of CSR. To combat this, we provided a hybrid decision framework that consisted of two main procedures: (1) performance measurement via linear programming algorithm and (2) CSR’s multi-dimensional nature extraction via text mining. By joint utilization of a linear programming algorithm and text mining, we could gain more insights from the outcome. The proposed decision framework, tested by real cases, is a promising alternative method for performance prediction. Managers can take this model as a roadmap and allocate resources to suitable places, as well as reach the goal of sustainable development.
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Avkopashvili, Marika, Guranda Avkopashvili, Irakli Avkopashvili, Lasha Asanidze, Lia Matchavariani, Alexander Gongadze, and Ramaz Gakhokidze. "Mining-Related Metal Pollution and Ecological Risk Factors in South-Eastern Georgia." Sustainability 14, no. 9 (May 6, 2022): 5621. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14095621.
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Gold and copper production is important to the Georgian economy, but at the same time, mineral resources are mined in one of the important agricultural areas of the country. This study evaluated water and soil quality in the region. Soil from 18 villages was analyzed. Some of these villages have not been investigated before and previous information about soil quality was unknown. Ecological risk factors and potential ecological risk were determined for the study area. Atomic absorption spectrometry was used to analyze heavy metals concentration in soil and water samples taken from the study area. Integrated water and soil data allowed us to see how these important natural resources influence each other. After the comparison of the four-year period of the study, we observed an increase of heavy metals increase in the soil in 2017 compared to 2014. Higher lead concentration was discovered within a two kilometer radius of the mining area whereas the highest cadmium concentration was observed in the village Ratevani, 15 km away from the nearest mine, where there was an extremely high ecological risk of Cd concentration. Further investigations are recommended to be done in Ratevani village as the people living in this village are at risk of Cd poisoning.
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Buta, Mihai, Gheorghe Blaga, Laura Paulette, Ioan Păcurar, Sanda Roșca, Orsolya Borsai, Florina Grecu, Pauliuc Ecaterina Sînziana, and Cornel Negrușier. "Soil Reclamation of Abandoned Mine Lands by Revegetation in Northwestern Part of Transylvania: A 40-Year Retrospective Study." Sustainability 11, no. 12 (June 19, 2019): 3393. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11123393.
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Mining activities for mineral resources over the years have resulted in major soil damage. Due the removal process of desired mineral materials, soil textures have been destroyed, various nutrient cycles have been disturbed, and microbial communities have been altered, affecting vegetation and leading to the destruction of wide areas of land in many countries. Therefore, soil restoration of abandoned mining lands became a very important part of sustainable development strategies and also prescribed by law in several countries. The main aims of this study were to develop an ecological land restoration strategy to the degraded lands due former kaolin, quartz sand, and iron mining located in Aghireșu and Căpușu Mare in Cluj County, in the Northwestern part of Transylvania from Romania and monitor soil quality changes over 40 years. To assess the effectiveness of soil reclamation of mine lands, 30 soil profiles were examined and 450 soil samples were collected from three depths (0–20 cm, 20–50 cm, and 50–80 cm) and subjected to physical and chemical analyses, and compared for their sustainable and beneficial use. All the proposed plant covers (natural grassland, pasture cover, black locust, Norway spruce, and scots pine) significantly improved the overall soil quality with the increasing years of reclamation following various patterns. Pasture cover most significantly enhanced the soil’s microbial activity, organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium content followed by natural grassland. The results of this study show that considerable changes in soil quality was reached by revegetation of these abandoned mine lands restoring their ecological integrity and self-sustainability.
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Nwete, Bede. "Corporate Social Responsibility and Transparency in the Development of Energy and Mining Projects in Emerging Markets; Is Soft Law the Answer?" German Law Journal 8, no. 4 (April 1, 2007): 311–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2071832200005630.
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has today become the rhetoric of every Business Enterprise, especially those engaged in Natural Resource Development. This is in recognition of its intrinsic value to the business bottom line and its ability to stave off social and reputation risks that may not only affect a project's rate of return, but also subject to questioning, its ‘social licence’ to operate. But the ‘free rider’, ‘green wash’ and ‘blue wash’ problems that result from self-regulation inherent in the practical implementation of CSR initiatives, has led to questions as to whether self regulation as exemplified in the ‘soft law’ approach to CSR and transparency, is really the answer to the problem of using CSR and Transparency initiatives, to ensure that Mineral Resource Development benefits all parties on the Mineral Development Triangle. Is government regulation a better option or should industry driven self-regulation be allowed to continue? This paper reviews the above issues using examples from a few countries to show the way forward.
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KOPYLOV, Alexander, Ada DZHIOEVA, and Yuri KONDRATYEV. "An integrated approach to the development of the raw material base of the mining region with the use of resource-reproducing technologies." Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories 14, no. 2 (June 30, 2022): 228–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.21177/1998-4502-2022-14-2-228-239.
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Introduction. The constant increase in the consumption of mineral resources leads to the depletion of available reserves and a sharp increase in the depth of field development. In addition, reserves that were previously classified as off-balance sheet and the development of which is economically inefficient at the time of the assessment of technical and economic calculations are involved in the development of minerals: low metal content; location within water protection zones, settlements, structures, agricultural facilities, nature reserves, monuments of nature, history and culture. Involvement in the development of areas of deposits with a low content of a useful component in ore increases the costs of extraction, transportation and processing, as well as the formation of more man-made waste. The main way to ensure the sustainable development of the mining region is the use of mineral deposit development systems with a hardening bookmark and the involvement of man-made waste in a closed production cycle. The use of geotechnology with a bookmark helps to increase the completeness and quality of the extraction of reserves of the deposit, protects the hydrogeological regime and reduces the degree of crack development in the underworked array, which leads to the preservation of the water-proof thickness and protects the daytime surface from collapse. Geotechnology with a bookmark allows you to work out previously abandoned targets, which increases the mineral resource base of the mining enterprise and increases the life of the mine and allows you to solve the social issue of the region where the mining enterprise is the city-forming. The use of man-made waste from mining and processing and metallurgical enterprises in the preparation of the laying composite leads to their disposal. Utilization of man-made waste with geotechnology with a bookmark leads to a decrease in the volume of man-made storage facilities, which reduces the cost of their creation and maintenance. All this contributes to the implementation of the concept of waste-free production, the integrated development of natural and man-made resources, the sustainable development of the mining region and the reduction of the impact of mining and metallurgical industries on the environment. Purpose of research. Introduction of technologies that ensure the completeness of mineral extraction and safe mining operations with minimal environmental impact. Research methods. G eneralization of theoretical and experimental studies carried out by scientists in this field, synthesis of literary and patent data, analysis and summary of previously performed own research, comparison of theoretical calculation data on mathematical models with the experimental results obtained, application of current state standards, approved research methodology, use of calibrated and serviceable equipment. Materials were activated in a DESI-11 laboratory disintegrator, compression samples were tested on a PI-2000-A test press, and the reliability was confirmed by the repeatability of the results with a sufficient number of experiments. Research results. The possibility of replacing the traditional components of the laying composite with man-made waste without loss of regulatory characteristics and improvement of its rheological properties is substantiated. The necessity of applying mechanical activation treatment of the components of the laying composite in order to improve its rheological characteristics and the strength of the array after solidification is proved. The demand for resource-reproducing technologies that allow the most complete use of the technogenic mineral resource potential of the mining and processing enterprise, which will lead to a multiplicative ecological and economic effect, has been confirmed. It is established that the sustainable development of the mining and processing region is impossible without highly efficient exploitation of natural deposits and man-made geo-resources in combination with an integrated approach to the development of the subsoil. Conclusions. The level of impact of the mining and processing enterprise on the ecological situation of the region is reduced by involving man-made waste in a closed production cycle. Increasing the efficiency of the enterprise is achieved through the introduction of resource-reproducing technologies. The sustainable development of the mining region is ensured by switching to the innovative principle of production organization, which excludes the formation of waste and predetermines the use of intermediate products (man-made waste) in cyclic production.
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Mlambo, Courage. "Non-Renewable Resources and Sustainable Resource Extraction: An Empirical Test of the Hotelling Rule’s Significance to Gold Extraction in South Africa." Sustainability 14, no. 17 (August 25, 2022): 10619. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141710619.
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The study sought to test the applicability of Hotelling’s rule to gold extraction in South Africa. In environmental economics, Hotelling’s rule has come to be a pillar of the exhaustible resources framework and in addition to this, it has presented essential insights into the consumption and extraction of non-renewable resources. According to Hotelling’s Rule, the extraction path in competitive market economies will, under certain circumstances, be socially optimal. An extraction path that is not socially optimal compromises the welfare of future generations. The welfare of South Africa’s present population, particularly in the future, will be greatly determined by the stock of natural resources available. Currently, the production processes deplete natural resources in a way that is not sustainable. For instance, South Africa’s gold reserves are becoming depleted at a rate that, within 25 to 33 years, will mean the end of the industry on which South Africa’s economy has been built. This raises questions regarding how much of these non-renewable resources (gold) should be extracted today, and how much should be saved for future use or for future generations. Is gold being depleted more rapidly than the optimisation level suggested by Hotelling’s Rule? In order to empirically test Hotelling’s Rule, the study was guided by previous literature that had sought to test it, namely, the previously used graphical analysis and autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to assess the applicability of Hotelling’s Rule. The results showed that there seems to be no significant relationship between interest rates and gold processes. This shows that Hotelling’s Rule does not hold in South Africa. The results of the study suggested that the gold extraction in South Africa is not following a social optimal path. The study recommended that the government come up with measures that prolong the lifespan of the gold reserves. These included research and development to promote technological innovations in the mining sector.
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Kral, Rosana Maria, Rizki Maftukhah, Axel Mentler, Murtiningrum Murtiningrum, Ngadisih Ngadisih, and Katharina Maria Keiblinger. "Citizen Science in the Field: Co-experimentation at Pilot Scale for Sustainable Use of Natural Resources." Sustainability 12, no. 18 (September 17, 2020): 7700. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12187700.
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Natural resource management is a cross-sectoral topic, as reflected by its inclusion in several of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (e.g., SDGs 2, 6, 12, 15). In the study area on Bangka Island, Indonesia, agriculture is a pillar of local food security and livelihoods, making restoration of degraded lands also a local issue. The present study aims at restoring degraded land after tin mining and at restoring the natural soil base rendering it more suitable for agriculture. We use co-experimentation with citizens as a tool to develop options for re-habilitation at a pilot scale. The recruitment process in this study was reversed insofar as local citizens were at the origin of the project idea. Consequently, buy-in was high among local stakeholders. This set to increase the probability of successfully scaling up effective and actionable practices that were developed during co-experimentation at both local and regional levels. Co-experimentation provided a platform for exchange between local citizens and scientists. Citizens did not need to learn new skills to be able to participate in the scientific process and could autonomously evaluate results. We see involvement of citizens in this type of scientific projects not only as feasible, but as rewarding for all involved partners and as beneficial for the project outcomes. In light of the call for partnerships to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, we can only recommend investing in communication and relationship building to work together on better solutions to the challenges we face.
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Massonini Ngoma, Railh Gugus Tresor, Cety Gessica Abraham Mahanga Tsoni, Xiangrui Meng, and Sumaiya Bashiru Danwana. "The Impact of the Mining Equipment, Technological Trends, and Natural Resource Demand on Climate Change in Congo." Sustainability 15, no. 2 (January 16, 2023): 1691. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15021691.
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Mining exploitation and its impact on global warming have become significant problems. The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of mining industry equipment and natural resource demand on global warming in Congo. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from October 2021 to July 2022, using a self-administered questionnaire. The survey was carried out with 1360 respondents from Congo who worked in the mining sector for 18 years and above. For our research, we used the Partial least squares structural equation modeling approach (PLS-SEM) with SmartPLS software to analyze data. The results show that technological trends are the strongest predictor of global warming in Congo. Equipment was also the most significant predictor of climate change in Congo. Faced with this danger, we are sounding the alarm and asking for urgent intervention from the government. Moreover, all the scientific evidence on this subject is now irrefutable. Even if the climate of Congo may prove less worrying for the moment, the probability that it survives seems very low. However, the Congolese government must take immediate possible precautions to prevent Congo from finding itself in the same challenge currently faced by developed countries.
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Antoci, Angelo, Paolo Russu, and Elisa Ticci. "Mining and Local Economies: Dilemma between Environmental Protection and Job Opportunities." Sustainability 11, no. 22 (November 7, 2019): 6244. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11226244.
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Mining areas often experience a climate of social tension due to the potential trade-off between expected employment impact and concerns for environmental damage. We address this topic from a theoretical perspective that, unlike most empirical research, includes medium-term dynamics. We developed a two-sector dynamic model that provides a new way to identify differences among mining regions in terms of conflict risk, local development, and welfare. There are critical points in the natural-resource base of local nonmining activities and in the pollution rate of mining operations, which determine the type of dynamics and its welfare outcomes due to the opening up of the economy to mining investment. Pollution control is a sine qua non for welfare gains despite new job opportunities in the mining sector.
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Jindřichovská, Irena, and Eva Eckert. "Social Responsibility of Mining Companies at a Time of COVID-19: Dear Shareholders!" Sustainability 14, no. 1 (December 29, 2021): 350. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14010350.
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This paper examines annual reports (ARs) of multinational mining companies Glencore, Rio Tinto and BHP framed by the challenge of COVID-19 in 2020. We apply a linguistic analysis to screening the letters of chairmen and CEOs that encapsulate an ideology of mining, prioritize the message of sustained and prospective financial success, and display commitment to employees and communities. Using critical discourse analysis, we explore how corporations involved in destructive activities managed to mask the nature of their conduct and promote positive PR when expected to document an on-the-ground involvement with employees and local communities due to the global pandemic. We accounted for the ideology of mining natural resources, the central message foregrounded in the reports, the selection and distribution of key topics and keywords, and relexicalization of critical concepts and descriptions. The CDA revealed “smart management” of COVID-19 aimed to hide facts related to the destruction of the environment and to manipulate people in exchange for education, financial rewards and social improvement. The critical contribution of our paper is that the COVID-19 crisis became an opportunity for corporations to display resilience as well as to manage, dominate and render local populations dependent and vulnerable.
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Date, William, and Mark Stone. "Queensland’s risk-based petroleum and gas regulator." APPEA Journal 62, no. 2 (May 13, 2022): S238—S242. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj21084.
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Resources Safety & Health Queensland (RSHQ) is the new independent regulator for occupational safety and health in Queensland’s petroleum and gas, mining, quarrying and explosives sector. RSHQ was created by the Queensland Government on 1 July 2020 as a singular focussed statutory body. It is a stand-alone organisation quite separate from its former portfolio Department – the Department of Natural Resources Mines and Energy. RSHQ’s vision is ‘zero serious harm’. In pursuit of this lofty vision – which is defined as operations and activities free from fatality, hospitalisation and confirmed cases of disease – RSHQ applies its regulatory approach which is risk-based and data-driven. This paper outlines the regulator’s approach, values and principles to supporting the upstream petroleum sector in Queensland in order to protect its workers and meet its obligations under law. Importantly, RSHQ compliance principles and practice should be understood by operators, contractors, workers and other key stakeholders in the petroleum sector. Case studies demonstrate the efficacy of this approach as it applies to the construction, operation and decommissioning of wells, gathering systems and plant. Operators, contractors and service companies will significantly benefit from reading and hearing more from the regulator at the APPEA Conference in Brisbane in 2022.
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Suska, Magdalena. "Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility (ECSR) on the Example of Polish Champion Oil, Gas and Mining Companies." Sustainability 13, no. 11 (May 31, 2021): 6179. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13116179.
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The author uses empirical research to assess the environmental practices of the Polish champion oil, gas and mining companies to show that they are involved in Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility (ECSR). This paper investigates the tools such companies apply to implement the ECSR and the actions they undertake to reduce their environmental footprint. The community and environmental impact are inherent in the business activities of such companies. The author analyses the annual integrated reports published by Polish leading oil, gas and mining companies—PKN ORLEN, PGNiG and KGHM Polska Miedź—published in 2014–2019 in terms of environmental and climate responsibility. The ECSR initiatives undertaken by these companies are analyzed with regard to four categories: (1) water and wastewater management, (2) air emissions, (3) waste management and circular economy concept, and (4) energy management. All analyzed companies identify, supervise and monitor environmental issues, apply environmentally friendly technologies and techniques to reduce emissions to the environment and the amount of waste and wastewater, enable the effective use of natural resources in order to meet the new environmental challenges in the circular economy, and participate in R & D projects regarding new technologies.
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Leal Filho, Walter, Julian Hunt, Alexandros Lingos, Johannes Platje, Lara Vieira, Markus Will, and Marius Gavriletea. "The Unsustainable Use of Sand: Reporting on a Global Problem." Sustainability 13, no. 6 (March 18, 2021): 3356. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13063356.
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Sand is considered one of the most consumed natural resource, being essential to many industries, including building construction, electronics, plastics, and water filtration. This paper assesses the environmental impact of sand extraction and the problems associated with its illegal exploitation. The analysis indicates that extracting sand at a greater rate than that at which it is naturally replenished has adverse consequences for fauna and flora. Further, illicit mining activities compound environmental damages and result in conflict, the loss of taxes/royalties, illegal work, and losses in the tourism industry. As sea-level rise associated with climate change threatens coastal areas, sand in coastal areas will play an increasingly greater role in determining the amount of damage from floods and erosion. The present analysis points to the need for swift action to regulate sand mining, monitoring, law enforcement, and international cooperation.
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Murthy, Venkatesha, and Seeram Ramakrishna. "A Review on Global E-Waste Management: Urban Mining towards a Sustainable Future and Circular Economy." Sustainability 14, no. 2 (January 7, 2022): 647. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14020647.
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The trending need for smarter electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is surging globally by the year and is giving rise to huge amounts of outdated EEE going into landfills. This has caused enormous threats to our environment and the health of living beings due to its unsustainable ways of collection, treatment and disposal of waste EEE or E-waste. With increasing E-waste, the formal sectors lack infrastructure, technology and expertise required to collect and process the E-waste in an environmentally sound manner. This article is intended to bring out the global best practices in the field of E-waste management, to shed light on the importance of policy implementation, technology requirement and social awareness to arrive at a sustainable and circular economy. Although about 71% of the world’s populace has incorporated E-waste legislation, there is a need to enforce and implement a common legal framework across the globe. The article explains the gap created among the stakeholders and their knowledge on the roles and responsibilities towards a legalized E-waste management. It further explains the lack of awareness on extended producer responsibility (EPR) and producer responsibility schemes. Despite various legislations in force, numerous illegal practices such as acid leaching, open incineration, illegal dumping carried out by the informal sector are causing harm to the environment, natural resources and the safety of unorganized and unskilled labor. The article discusses the crucial need for awareness amongst stakeholders, consumer behavior and the global challenges and opportunities in this field to achieve a low-carbon, circular economy. To conclude, the article highlights the importance of common legal framework, EPR and licenses, transformation of the informal sector, benchmark technologies, responsibilities of various stakeholders and entrepreneurial opportunities to enhance the formal capacity. The article wholly advocates for transparency, accountability and traceability in the E-waste recycling chain, thus creating a greener environment and protecting our planet and natural resources for future generations.
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Hua, Li, Xue Yang, Yajun Liu, Xiuli Tan, and Yong Yang. "Spatial Distributions, Pollution Assessment, and Qualified Source Apportionment of Soil Heavy Metals in a Typical Mineral Mining City in China." Sustainability 10, no. 9 (August 31, 2018): 3115. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10093115.
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Daye is a city in China known for its rich mineral resources, with a history of metal mining and smelting that dates back more than 3000 years. To analyze the spatial distribution patterns, ecological risk, and sources of heavy metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in soils, 213 topsoil samples were collected in the main urban area of Daye in September 2016. The mean concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn were higher than the corresponding background values, with the mean concentration of Cd being almost seven times its background value. Spatially, the high concentrations of Cd, Mn, Pb, and Zn were mainly concentrated in the southeastern part of the region due to nonferrous metal mining and smelting. However, the high concentrations of Co and Cu were concentrated in the central part of the study area, resulted from copper mining and smelting. The data of the geoaccumulation index showed that the contamination levels ranged from no pollution (Co, Cr, Mn, and Ni) to heavy contamination (Cd, Cu, and Pb). Ecological risk assessment showed that Cd posed a high, serious, and even severe ecological risk in 53.78% of the area of Daye. According to the results of the principal component analysis, mineral exploitation and smelting involving a variety of minerals (ES_M), mining exploitation, and smelting of copper ore (ES_C), and natural sources are the three main sources of heavy metals in these soils. Furthermore, the absolute principal component scores showed that 69.21% and 23.17% of the heavy metal concentrations were ascribed to ES_M and ES_C, respectively.
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Turrión, Diana, Luna Morcillo, José Antonio Alloza, and Alberto Vilagrosa. "Innovative Techniques for Landscape Recovery after Clay Mining under Mediterranean Conditions." Sustainability 13, no. 6 (March 19, 2021): 3439. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13063439.
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Open-pit mining results in profound modifications at different environmental scales that may persist for very long time periods, or even indefinitely. Considerable research efforts in mine reclamation strategies have been made, although reclamation failures are still common. In dry climates, such as in the Mediterranean Basin, successful actions may depend on features related to proper species selection and restoration techniques, which may substantially contribute to provide substrate stability and facilitate the regeneration of the main ecological processes. In this context, we developed the TECMINE case-study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and suitability of innovative restoration practices applied to clay-mine reclamation under Mediterranean conditions. The restoration strategy was designed at the landscape level with two main approaches: the recovery of natural geomorphology shapes and ecological restoration, including vegetation recovery and soil quality, based on proper reference ecosystems. After the geomorphological land remodeling, a combination of several innovative restoration techniques was implemented to reclaim plant communities and ecosystem functioning. These techniques involved: (i) accurate species selection according to microhabitat characteristics; (ii) high-quality plant production; (iii) surface remodeling to improve substrate stabilization; and (iv) implementing rainfall collection to enhance resources availability, soil fertility improvement and the amelioration of abiotic conditions for seedlings. Finally, we developed a monitoring program to assess the success of the implemented restoration techniques over time. The application of these innovative techniques has reported interesting results and represents a step forward in the improvement of mine restoration under Mediterranean climate.
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Copetti Callai, Sergio, Piergiorgio Tataranni, Manuel De Rose, Annalisa Murri, Rosolino Vaiana, and Cesare Sangiorgi. "A Preliminary Laboratory Evaluation of Artificial Aggregates from Alkali-Activated Basalt Powder." Sustainability 14, no. 24 (December 12, 2022): 16653. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142416653.
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The widespread use of natural aggregates is one of the main causes of the depletion of natural resources, as aggregates are constituents of several construction materials. Alternatively, it is, today, proven to be feasible to use mining tailings, either natural or recycled materials, to produce artificial aggregates through specific processes. A possible way to produce artificial aggregate is through the alkali activation of the powdered material in a process called geopolymerization. This study proposes to use a basalt powder and two different metakaolins as precursors for the production of an alkali-activated artificial aggregate, with a specific shape and size achieved by using 3D-printed molds. The experimental aggregates were evaluated using traditional tests for natural aggregates, such as resistance to compression, specific density and resistance to abrasion and fragmentation. Furthermore, the material was chemically analyzed in order to evaluate the geopolymerization process promoted by the two adopted metakaolins. The physical tests showed that artificial aggregates do not perform well in terms of resistance to wear and fragmentation, which can be improved. However, they revealed promising results in terms of skid, polishing and micro-texture.
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Wang, Jie, Li Li, and Hang Yu. "Application of Domestic High-Resolution Satellite Data in Remote Sensing Geological Survey of the Metallogenic Belt in Zhejiang Province." Sustainability 14, no. 8 (April 7, 2022): 4397. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14084397.
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A metallogenic belt is a metallogenic geological unit with rich mineral resources and potential. The study of metallogenic belts can provide a basis for mineral monitoring and deployment. Research of the metallogenic belt in Zhejiang Province is too deficient. This paper uses the domestic high-resolution satellite data from 2018 to 2021 to carry out the application of remote sensing in a comprehensive geological survey on different metallogenic belts in Zhejiang Province. The survey results show that the area of each metallogenic belt is decreasing year by year, which shows that under the regulation of the natural resources department, the unqualified mining activities in key control areas such as nature reserves, ecological red lines, and the Yangtze River economic belt are timely stopped and forcibly closed, so that the mining development order gradually tends to be good. The restoration and control points show a trend of less in the south and more in the north, mainly distributed in the economically developed areas of the northern, central, and eastern plains of Zhejiang Province. According to the statistics of the degree of mine environment restoration and treatment (treatment percentage), the Taishun-Zhoushan metallogenic belt is the highest, and treatment percentage from 2018 to 2021 is 83.01%, 80.07%, 76.91%, and 73.78%, respectively. For four consecutive years, the number of restoration and treatment projects has been increasing, and the restoration and treatment area has increased significantly. The countermeasures and suggestions for mine environmental restoration in the metallogenic belt have been put forward. In the mining area, if the geological environment is good, the rainfall is sufficient, and so on, then natural re greening can be considered. According to the brief evaluation criteria, a total of 2983 mines can be restored naturally, including 311 in the Si’an-Changxing metallogenic belt, 325 in the Lin’an-Huzhou metallogenic belt, 387 in the Kaihua-Hangzhou metallogenic Belt, 598 in the Quzhou-Shaoxing metallogenic belt, 765 in the Longquan-Shangyu metallogenic belt, and 597 in the Taishun-Zhoushan metallogenic belt. A total of 1911 mines were involved within 1 km of the “three zones and two lines”. There are 50 places in the Si’an-Changxing metallogenic belt, 151 in the Lin’an-Huzhou metallogenic belt, 236 in the Kaihua-Hangzhou metallogenic belt, 326 in the Quzhou-Shaoxing metallogenic belt, 513 in the Longquan-Shangyu metallogenic belt, and 635 in the Taishun-Zhoushan metallogenic belt. The survey results and suggestions can provide scientific basis and important reference for the local mining administration department to carry out the restoration of the mine ecological environment in metallogenic belts, and they are of great significance to promote the wide and in-depth application and technological progress of remote sensing technology.
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Kirin, R. S., V. L. Khomenko, O. Yu Illarionov, and Ye A. Koroviaka. "Dichotomy of legal provision of ecological safety in excavation, extraction and use of coal mine methane." Naukovyi Visnyk Natsionalnoho Hirnychoho Universytetu, no. 5 (October 30, 2022): 128–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.33271/nvngu/2022-5/128.
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Purpose. Providing general characteristics, types and concepts of legal relations in the coal mine methane industry (CMM industry), revealing specific features of coalbed methane as an object of international, European and constitutional legal relations caused by its natural dichotomy as a harmful substance greenhouse gas, on the one hand, and material and/or energy resource a mineral of national importance, on the other. Methodology. During the research, general and special research methods such as dialectical, comparative legal, formal-legal, formal logical, comparative, system structural and system functional methods were used. Findings. It is proposed to differentiate economic activity in coal mine methane industry into types corresponding to the specifics of content, object composition and the legislation field regulating it. It is established that for mining and subsoil legal relations in the CMM industry, subsoil, mining and subsoil mining objects can act as generic objects in which coal mine methane to be extracted is concentrated. The authors understanding of the moment of transferring property to coal mine methane is reasoned, as well as its consideration as an object of law of property various forms, based on the connection of methane with subsoil. The main features of coalbed methane as a direct subject of constitutional and legal relations and as an object of international and European legal relations are determined. Originality. The classification of types of legal relations in CMM industry of the general level, based on the natural dichotomy of coal mine methane, has been developed. Definitions of legal relations in CMM industry, environmental safety of objects of legal relations in CMM industry, as well as the features of coalbed methane as part of the property of the Ukrainian people, world climate policy and European green course. Practical value. The practical significance of the results consists in the possibility of using them in research and educational activities by scientists and researchers in higher education, lawmaking, law enforcement and judicial practice in the process of improving national legislation, investigating and reviewing legal cases in the field of using and emitting coal mine methane.
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Fitri, Meiliza, and Wahyudi Zahar. "KEBIJAKAN SEKTOR INDUSTRI PERTAMBANGAN INDONESIA DALAM REVOLUSI INDUSTRI 4.0." Prosiding Temu Profesi Tahunan PERHAPI 1, no. 1 (March 29, 2020): 833–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.36986/ptptp.v1i1.125.
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ABSTRAKPemerintah RI dalam upaya pengimplementasian Revolusi Industri 4.0 di bidang industri telah menetapkan 10 langkah prioritas nasional, yaitu roadmap yang dikenal dengan Making Indonesia 4.0, yang mencakup perbaikan alur aliran barang dan material, desain ulang zona industri, akomodasi standar-standar keberlanjutan, pemberdayaaan UMKM, pembangunan infrastruktur digital nasional, peningkatan minat investasi asing, peningkatan kualitas SDM, pembangunan ekosistem inovasi, pemberian insentif untuk investasi teknologi, dan harmonisasi aturan dan kebijakan. Melalui pemetaan ini, industri tambang menjadi salah satu unit industri yang penting untuk mewujudkan revolusi industri 4.0. Meskipun pada tahun 2018 trend insdutri global mengalami pergeseran dari industri ekstraktif (extractive industry) menjadi industri disruptif (disruptive industry), seperti perusahaan-perusahaan teknologi maupun perusahaan berbasis R&D (research and development), revolusi industri tidak serta merta dapat tercapai tanpa adanya peran dari sektor industri ekstraktif, misalnya sektor industri pertambangan, seperti pengadaan bahan baku industri, penggiatan energi terbarukan, hingga penyediaan segala fasilitas dan infrastruktur pendukung bergeraknya revolusi industri 4.0 di Indonesia, contohnya pemenuhan kebutuhan listrik. Untuk itu dilakukan penelitian dengan metode deskriptif kualitatif untuk mengkaji arah kebijakan sektor industri pertambangan sebagai sektor utama dalam mendukung perkembangan revolusi industri di Indonesia. Berdasarkan peraturan pemerintah yang dikeluarkan dalam KEN dan RUEN, serta UU Minerba Nomor 4/2009, terdapat hal mendasar yang perlu diperhatikan pemerintah, yakni kebijakan mengenai ketahanan energi nasional. Pemerintah harus mulai memperhitungkan keterdiaan energi dalam kebijakan yang juga menyangkut pembangunan berkelanjutan (sustainable development) sebagai upaya untuk mengendalikan sumber daya maupun cadangan batubara di dalam negeri untuk sumber energi nasional melalui kebijakan pembentukan Wilayah Cadangan Negara (WPN) khususnya batubara. Pembuatan neraca sumber daya alam sebagai langkah awal pembentukan kebijakan berbasis riset diharapkan dapat ditindaklanjuti dengan perhitungan yang matang mengenai ketahanan energi hingga perhitungan ekonomis terkait kerusakan lingkungan, karena meskip hingga pertengahan tahun 2019 PNBP di sektor mineral dan batubara telah mencapai Rp19,16 triliun atau 44,28% dari target tahun 2019, terdapat kemungkinan bahwa angka penerimaan ini tidak sebanding dengan besaran nilai yang dibutuhkan untuk kompensasi kerusakan lingkungan yang diakibatkan oleh adanya aktifitas pertambangan. Kebijakan pemerintah kedepannya diharapkan tidak hanya berfokus pada kebijakan DMO, besaran royalti, ekspor impor, hilirisasi, konversi maupun konservasi energi, namun perhitungan matang terhadap ketahanan dan ketersediaan energi nasional melalui pembentukan WCN batubara, karena batubara sebagai target bauran energi utama Indonesia merupakan energi fosil tidak dapat diperbaharui yang diperkirakan habis dalam 71 tahun, dan dapat lebih cepat apabila bauran batubara Indonesia sesuai proyeksi mencapai 38% di tahun 2025 (asumsi business as usual). Kata Kunci: kebijakan, cadangan energi, batubara ABSTRACTThe Government of Indonesia in the attempt to implement the Industrial Revolution 4.0 through its Ministry of Industry has set 10 national priorities, known as Making Indonesia 4.0, which includes improving the flow of goods and materials, redesigning industrial zones, accommodating the sustainability standards, empowering MSMEs, developing the national digital infrastructure, increasing foreign investment interest, improving the quality of human resources, building an innovative ecosystem, providing incentives for technological investment, and harmonizing rules and policies. Through this roadmap, the mining industry became one of the important industrial units to support the realization of industrial revolution 4.0 in Indonesia. Although in 2018 the global industry trend has shifted from an extractive industry to a disruptive industry, such as technology companies and R&D (research and development) based companies, the industrial revolution cannot necessarily be achieved without the role of extractive industry sectors, for example the mining industry, in supporting the raw materials, facilities and infrastructure, and electricity. For this reason, a qualitative descriptive study was conducted to examine the policy in terms of mining industry. Based on government regulations issued in KEN and RUEN, and Mining and Minerals Law, there are basic things that need to be considered by the government, namely policies on national energy security. The government must begin to take into account the availability of energy in its policies that also in line with the sustainable development as an effort to control domestic coal resources and reserves for national energy sources by establishing a State Reserve Area (WPN) policy especially for coal. Creating a natural resource balance as a first step in setting up a research-based policy is expected to be followed up by a careful calculation of energy security to economic calculations related to environmental damage, because even with the high amount of PNBP in the mineral and coal sectorthere is a possibility that this is not proportional to the amount of value needed to compensate for the environmental damage. Future government policies are expected to focus not only on DMO policies, royalties, export-imports, downstream, conversion and energy conservation, but also careful calculation of national energy security and availability through the formation of coal WCN, because as Indonesia's main energy mix, coal is fossil energy which estimated to be used up in the next 71 years, and can be faster if the percentage of coal in Indonesian energy mix reaches 38% in 2025 as projected (business as usual).Keywords: policy, energy reserve, coal
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Samylovskaya, Ekaterina, Alexey Makhovikov, Alexander Lutonin, Dmitry Medvedev, and Regina-Elizaveta Kudryavtseva. "Digital Technologies in Arctic Oil and Gas Resources Extraction: Global Trends and Russian Experience." Resources 11, no. 3 (March 11, 2022): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/resources11030029.
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The paper is devoted to the analysis of the current and the forecast of the prospective state of introducing digital technologies into the oil and gas mining industry of the Russian Arctic. The authors of the paper analyzed the global trends that define the process of digital technologies’ introduction into the oil and gas mining industry. They also reviewed the Russian companies’ experience in this sphere. The main trends and prospects for the development of oil and gas resources extraction in the Russian Arctic in the digitalization sphere were identified. Together with this, the researchers considered prospects for digital technologies’ introduction into the oil and gas industry, observing their competition with RES. As a result, the authors have come to the following conclusions: (1) in Russian companies, digitalization is being more actively introduced into the processes of general enterprise management. (2) The main purpose of Russian oil and gas sector digitalization is to increase the efficiency of business process management, while the key constraining factors of digitalization are the lack of qualified personnel, lack of material and technical base and cyber-security threats aggravation. (3) The prospects of introducing a new package of sanctions can become both an incentive for a qualitative leap in Russian software development/implementation and an obstacle to the development of Arctic projects due to their rise in price. (4) The COVID-19 pandemic factor is one of the incentives for the widespread introduction of production and various business processes automation in the oil and gas industry, as well as the development of digital communications. (5) The leader in the digital technology development industry among Russian oil and gas companies is “Gazprom Neft” PJSC, followed by “NK Rosneft” PJSC. (6) “Gazprom” PJSC continues to lag behind in the sphere of digitalization; however, qualitative changes here should be expected in 2022. (7) The “sensitivity parameters” influencing the industry digitalization process in the Arctic region are the high dependence on foreign technological solutions and software, characteristics of the entire Russian oil and gas industry, and the problem of ensuring cybersecurity in Arctic oil and gas projects and power outages. (8) For the Arctic regions, the use of RES as the main source of electricity is the most optimal and promising solution; however, hydrocarbon energy will still dominate the market in the foreseeable future.
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Imasiku, Katundu, Valerie M. Thomas, and Etienne Ntagwirumugara. "Unpacking Ecological Stress from Economic Activities for Sustainability and Resource Optimization in Sub-Saharan Africa." Sustainability 12, no. 9 (April 26, 2020): 3538. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12093538.
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Most sub-Saharan African (SSA) nations are governed by traditional economic models of using varied varieties of capital (including human), technological and natural approaches to supply goods and services. This has undoubtedly led to annual economic growth of about 3.2% in several African nations and higher per capita income as some of the major benefits, which have improved the standards of living and social wellbeing but conjointly have led to environmental degradation. In response to the environmental degradation problem, while benchmarking against international policies, this article evaluates approaches to economic development, environmental management, and energy production in the context of climate change. Case studies consider the mine-dependent nations of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the agriculture-dependent nation of Rwanda. In Zambia and DRC, energy efficiency in the mining and metals industries could increase the electrification rate in Zambia and DRC by up to 50%. Additional industrial utilization of solar or wind energy is key to a stable energy supply, economic development and environmental protection. In Rwanda, population growth and land constraints point to economic growth and agricultural improvements as the key to sustainability and sustainable development. These case studies emphasize resource optimization, energy efficiency, renewable energy deployment, strategies to reduce biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, and the improvement of social wellbeing for both present and future generations to achieve an ecologically enhanced sub-Saharan Africa.
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Hsueh, Sung-Lin, Yue Sun, and Min-Ren Yan. "Conceptualization and Development of a DFuzzy Model for Low-Carbon Ecocities." Sustainability 11, no. 20 (October 21, 2019): 5833. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11205833.
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The Industrial Revolution has enabled mechanization to lead the manufacturing industry into a new era of explosive economic growth. Mass production through the use of machines has improved the overall societal prosperity in industrialized countries. The great and continuous demand of mechanization, economic growth, and energy consumption has resulted in the excessive use of natural resources and the mining of natural energy deposits. Challenges such as serious environmental pollution, ecological damage, and climate change have been identified as some of the critical issues for sustainable development. Therefore, this paper proposes a Delphi and Fuzzy (DFuzzy) model in order to institute low-carbon ecocities. DFuzzy is a scientific decision-making model with quantitative multiple attributes and artificial intelligence. Twelve specialists from the Delphi experts were interviewed, including chief executive officers (CEOs) of industries, management committee members, and senior academics, all of whom have 15 years of experience in urban planning practice. After a three-round Delphi process with 17 criteria that were taken from the literature, four criteria of the DFuzzy model were recognized by experts: policy norms, resident cooperation, pollution prevention and control, and ecological reserves. The practical application of the DFuzzy model took three areas as examples: the Baiyun District and Conghua District of Guangzhou City, and the Dahu Community of Kaohsiung City. Through the experts’ consensus in the two-round Delphi process, the four criteria, as the input basis, demonstrated the objective quantitative calculation function of the DFuzzy model and also indicated that the model established in this study provides a reference for evaluating low-carbon ecocities.
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Lestari, Leta, Ginting Jalu Kusuma, Abie Badhurahman, Sendy Dwiki, and Rudy Sayoga Gautama. "Mine void identification using Object-based Image Analysis (OBIA) of satellite imagery Sentinel 2 data." Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management 10, no. 2 (January 1, 2023): 4129. http://dx.doi.org/10.15243/jdmlm.2023.102.4129.
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Open pit mining is an extensively-used method in Indonesian coal mining. This method is characterized by the formation of mine void at the end of life-of-mine (LOM) due to insufficient material to backfill the mine-out areas. Mine voids are legally accepted as one of mine closure options and categorized as “<em>Reklamasi Bentuk Lain</em>” - a miscellaneous reclamation option (Decree of Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources/KepMen ESDM No.1827, 2018), However, unmanageable voids will exert negative impacts. The identification and mapping of mine voids spatially are imperative to give stakeholders ample information to construct viable mine voids management and benefit all stakeholders. In this research, Sentinel 2 satellite image data is used for land monitoring so that void can be mapped based on land cover classification. The land cover classification was carried out based on the Object-based Image Analysis (OBIA) method. This method has a good level of accuracy, ranging from 86.1 to 96.4%. Based on the land cover classification, potential voids are analyzed based on their shape, where potential voids have elongation values of 0.2-1.0 and circularity of 0.1-0.8. In addition, potential voids are analyzed based on the location where they are found (referred to as the Mining License Area/WIUP data). In 2018 there were 40 potential voids inside WIUP and 5 potential voids outside WIUP, while in 2020, 62 potential voids inside WIUP and 8 potential voids outside WIUP were identified in the study area. The final result of potential mine void, i.e. mine void-1 could not further be distinguished between mine sumps, voids, or mine ponds without additional data and analysis. On the other hand, mine void-2 could not be further assigned as natural water bodies or mine void from illegal activities. Subsequent studies using more elaborated data, processes, and analysis are important, to enhance the accuracy of void mapping using satellite images.
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Blinova, Ekaterina, Tatyana Ponomarenko, and Valentin Knysh. "Analyzing the Concept of Corporate Sustainability in the Context of Sustainable Business Development in the Mining Sector with Elements of Circular Economy." Sustainability 14, no. 13 (July 4, 2022): 8163. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14138163.
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Promoting the concept and principles of sustainable development at the micro level requires that industrial companies understand and improve approaches to managing corporate sustainability. Currently, economics does not provide a universal definition of what corporate sustainability is. With regard to the mining sector, corporate sustainability issues reflecting the viability, value, and sustainable development potential of companies have not yet been studied extensively. The article discusses the conceptual foundations of corporate sustainability; the characteristics and a classification of approaches to defining corporate sustainability; and the relationship between corporate sustainability, sustainable development at the micro level, and circular economy. By analyzing the example of Russia, the influence of the mining industry on the environmental, economic, and social development of both a country with a resource-based economy and individual mining regions is shown from the viewpoint of sustainability. The distinguishing features of mining companies, which include natural capital and mineral assets, are studied in the context of promoting corporate sustainability. It is proven that the effective corporate management of ESG factors results in environmental and social influence that goes in line with sustainable development requirements and serves as a foundation for corporate sustainability. A refined definition of corporate sustainability has been formulated, the specific features of corporate sustainability management in mining companies have been determined, and the specific features of corporate social responsibility have been studied. The issue of integrating circular economy elements into the corporate sustainability concept is discussed, and it is claimed that the inclusion of circular business models in the corporate strategies of mining companies will contribute to their corporate sustainable development and boost their contribution to the achievement of sustainable development goals.