1st Edition
Mining and Sustainable Development Current Issues
Mining is a transformative activity which has numerous economic, social and environmental impacts. These impacts can be both positive and adverse, enhancing as well as disrupting economies, ecosystems and communities. The extractive industries have been criticised heavily for their adverse impacts and involvement in significant social and environmental scandals. More recently, these industries have sought to respond to negative perceptions and have embraced the core principles of sustainability. This sector could be regarded as a leader in sustainability initiatives, evident from the various developments and frameworks in mining and sustainability that have emerged over time.
This book reviews current topical issues in mining and sustainable development. It addresses the changing role of minerals in society, the social acceptance of mining, due diligence in the mining industry, critical and contemporary debates such as mining and indigenous peoples and transit worker accommodation, corporate sustainability matters such as sustainability reporting and taxation, and sustainability solutions through an emphasis on renewable energy and shared-used infrastructure. Written by experts from Australia, Europe and North America, but including examples from both developed and developing countries, the chapters provide a contemporary understanding of sustainability opportunities and challenges in the mining industry. The book will be of interest to practitioners, government and civil society as well as scholars and students with interests in mining and sustainable development.
Chapter 1 Mining and Sustainable Development
Sumit Lodhia
Part I Importance of Sustainability in Mining
Chapter 2 The Changing Role of Minerals in Society: Managing a Shift in Paradigms
Saleem H. Ali
Chapter 3 Understanding the social acceptance of mining
Kieren Moffat, Justine Lacey, Naomi Boughen, Simone Carr-Cornish and Michelle Rodriguez
Part II Due Diligence
Chapter 4 Environmental Impact Assessment and the quest for sustainable mining
Alan Bond and Angus Morrison-Saunders
Chapter 5 Using social impact assessment to achieve better outcomes for communities and mining companies
Susan Joyce, Rauno Sairinen and Frank Vanclay
Chapter 6 Due Diligence in the Mining Sector: An Expanding Concept
Kendyl Salcito and Mark Wielga
Chapter 7 Financing Human Rights Due Diligence in Mining Projects
Motoko Aizawa, Daniela C. dos Santos and Sara Seck
Part III Contemporary Sustainability Challenges
Chapter 8 Mining, Development and Indigenous Peoples
Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh
Chapter 9 Transit Worker Accommodation in Remote Australian Mining Communities: Push and Pull Factors
Fiona Haslam McKenzie and Guy Singleton
Part IV Corporate Sustainability Approaches
Chapter 10 Sustainability reporting in the Mining Industry: Current Status and Future Research Directions
Sumit Lodhia
Chapter 11 Mining Taxation in Mineral-rich Developing Countries: Past Mistakes and Future Challenges
Pietro Guj
Part V Sustainability Solutions
Chapter 12 Emissions and the Role of Renewables: Drivers, Potential, Projects and Projections
Benjamin C. McLellan, Yosoon Choi, Syed Ali Ghoreishi-Madiseh and Ferri P. Hassani
Chapter 13 Implementing shared-use of mining infrastructure to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Perrine Toledano and Nicolas Maennling
Biography
Sumit K. Lodhia is an Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Sustainability Governance, in the School of Commerce, University of South Australia.
"With contributions from prolific authors in the field this book addresses a diverse set of sustainability issues in the global mining industry from multi-disciplinary perspectives. It is a must for researchers, practitioners and students with sustainability interests in mining. The book discusses current opportunities and challenges to sustainable development in mining." - Professor Stefan Schaltegger, Centre for Sustainability Management, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany.
