roles of mining industry in the regional development

  • Mining industry plays an important role in the economic and social development in each country. However, despite its importance there are many concerns regarding the influence of this industry on humans and environment. According to the European Commission, waste coming from the mining industry, including extraction and processing of raw materials,...

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  • The role of private corporations in regional planning and development …

    Oct 01, 2012· A significant body of research has explained the role of mining companies in regional development as a 'resource curse', a thesis developed to explain how economic and political distortions cause poor economic performance and reduce the contributions of extractive industries to development in mineral-rich regions (Auty, 1993; Rosser, 2006).

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  • The Role of Mining in Development - KEFI Minerals

    3 • Global mining industry suffering from falling metals prices, increased pressure on operating costs, and heightened community expectations and resource nationalism • Small mining companies with a market value of less than $2m – c.20% of listed mining companies across the main junior exchanges – had on average less than $1m in cash …

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  • The role of private corporations in regional planning and development …

    Oct 01, 2012· Mining companies were found to have a broad role in planning and development with far-reaching implications for land use and the wider regional community. These arrangements have emerged in response to corporate sensibilities, some recent policy requirements and most importantly, in pragmatic response to the institutional void …

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  • MINING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION …

    Feb 13, 2016· The development of relevant technology that will enable mining activities to take place beyond the current deep levels is crucial for the development of the minerals industry of South Africa.

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  • MANAGING LOCAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT …

    development; and mechanisms for the transfer of a share of income to municipalities. Mr. Émile B. Kaboré, Head of the Mining and Hydrocarbons Division of the WAEMU Commission, presented the WAEMU regional approach in the Revised Community Mining Code currently being adopted. In the second part of this first workshop day,

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  • Mining Industry: Career, Outlook and Education Information

    Occupations in the Mining Industry [About this section] []. The mining industry requires many kinds of workers. In 2008, over half of all workers were employed in construction and extraction or transportation and material moving occupations (table 1).Many construction and extraction workers are unique to the mining industry as many of them work with …

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  • MINING, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND BENEFIT-SHARING

    It reviews the literature addressing how the regional development impacts of mining ventures can be un-derstood and assessed empirically, such as how many jobs are …

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  • THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT POLICY IN SUSTAINABLE …

    now widely recognized by the mining industry. there have been various predictions about the potential economic impact of mining development in Northern Ontario. Most recently, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (hjartarson et al. 2014) in their report, Beneath the Surface, estimated the first 10 years of development in the Ring of fire would

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  • The Mining Minerals and Sustainable Development ... - Cultural …

    Apr 09, 2010· Many of those involved with the mining industry, or with mining related issues will by now be aware of the Mining Minerals and Sustainable Development Project (MMSD) being managed by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in London. MMSD is a two-year endeavor which began in April, …

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  • The Contribution of the Mining Sector to Socioeconomic and …

    This sustained strong economic performance goes against the accepted wisdom that even though the mining sector, like other extractive industries, can generate foreign exchange and fiscal revenues, it contributes little to sustained economic growth and, by extension, human development. Through the presentation of trends and patterns of various ...

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  • A new ICMM report - The role of mining in national economies

    Jan 29, 2015· The role of mining in national economies builds an understanding of the scope, scale, impact and potential of the industry to spur growth and development. Using ICMM's original composite Mining Contribution Index, it ranks the world's 214 economies according to the importance of mining and metals. The report shows that it is both …

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