Environmental, social and governance pressures should feature in future scenario planning
about the transition to a low carbon future. As low-carbon energy technologies advance …

The supply of copper underpins global economic growth and human development.
Forecasts predict a market deficit of 600 kilotones of copper metal by 2021. Accessing new …

Rising consumer demand is driving concerns around the “availability” and “criticality” of
metals. Methodologies have emerged to assess the risks related to global metal supply …

This special issue aims to create a space for rethinking current approaches to “complex
orebodies”. Our introductory paper surveys recent developments in the field and identifies a …

Brazil was one of the first countries in Latin America to institutionalize a National
Environmental Policy in 1981, including the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process …

Spatially integrated social science is a broad term used to describe the integration of space
and place in social science research using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It …

Land access is central to natural resource development projects. Business strategy for
securing continuing tenure to support operational activities is therefore a key factor in …

This article examines the social management capability (SMC) of the global mining industry
to identify, understand and manage complex social and environmental issues, such as …

Mining projects contribute to–and are impacted by–changing patterns of spatial mobility
amongst local populations. This paper explores these processes through a case study of the …

The Papua New Guinea (PNG) landscape is punctuated by large-scale resource extraction
projects that have created concentrated nodes of hyper-intensive capital development that …