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View article: The transformative potential of European mineral extraction: scratching the surface or digging deep for the sustainability transformation?
The transformative potential of European mineral extraction: scratching the surface or digging deep for the sustainability transformation? Open
While there is a clear call for transformative change towards sustainability in different sectors, an ongoing and strong critique about the inability to initiate this change prevails in the mineral extraction sector. Although there are sin…
View article: From Planetary Boundaries to Regional Action:Remote Sensing within Absolute Environmental Sustainability Assessments
From Planetary Boundaries to Regional Action:Remote Sensing within Absolute Environmental Sustainability Assessments Open
Accelerating environmental degradation and the continued overshoot of planetary boundaries highlight the urgent need for scientifically grounded sustainability assessments that operate across scales. While the planetary boundaries framewor…
View article: Towards Absolute Sustainability: Reflections on Ecological and Social Sustainability Frameworks—A Review
Towards Absolute Sustainability: Reflections on Ecological and Social Sustainability Frameworks—A Review Open
The interconnectedness of Earth’s ecological and social systems means that changes in one area invariably affect others. Human activities continue to push the planet beyond safe thresholds, threatening both environmental stability and huma…
View article: Climate stability hinges on energy-material feedback dynamics: aluminum perspectives
Climate stability hinges on energy-material feedback dynamics: aluminum perspectives Open
Accelerating climate actions is critically urgent, but its progress hinges on the availability of materials. As production of materials for renewable energy infrastructure requires energy, there is an inherent feedback loop between energy …
View article: Navigating the Mining Industry Challenges: An Introduction to the CERA 4in1 Standards
Navigating the Mining Industry Challenges: An Introduction to the CERA 4in1 Standards Open
The mining industry faces significant challenges, including sustainability, environmental impact, and compliance with evolving regulatory frameworks. These challenges are compounded by the global demand for responsible sourcing and traceab…
View article: Research Projects towards an Innovative, Digitalised, and Responsible Extractive Industry: Examples from the Chair of Mining Engineering and Mineral Economics
Research Projects towards an Innovative, Digitalised, and Responsible Extractive Industry: Examples from the Chair of Mining Engineering and Mineral Economics Open
Within the current digitalisation trend across industries, new technologies are reshaping the different stages of the mining life cycle. In this context, one of the focuses of the Chair of Mining Engineering and Mineral Economics of Montan…
View article: Social Acceptance of Mining Exploration Projects: Case Study from an Austrian Town
Social Acceptance of Mining Exploration Projects: Case Study from an Austrian Town Open
Achieving social acceptance for new exploration projects in the EU has become significantly challenging in recent years. In 2020 a company started a new construction materials project in an Austrian municipality. However, after three years…
View article: Perspectives on Closure and Revitalisation of Extraction Sites and Sustainability: A Q-Methodology Study
Perspectives on Closure and Revitalisation of Extraction Sites and Sustainability: A Q-Methodology Study Open
Closure and revitalisation are essential steps in the life cycle of a mineral extraction site. Proper planning and execution can counteract potential negative impacts caused by extraction activities and allow a positive impact to be left o…
View article: Public participation as an element of a mineral deposit safeguarding system – international experiences
Public participation as an element of a mineral deposit safeguarding system – international experiences Open
Every social group exhibits a need to make decisions that are binding for all its members and the participation of various interest groups in decision-making today is an integral part of modern political and legal thought as well as admini…
View article: Exploring scale in social licence to operate: European perspectives
Exploring scale in social licence to operate: European perspectives Open
This article explores the issue of scale in the social licence to operate (SLO) which, to date, is understudied. The community-company relationship is the original, and still predominant, conceptualization of the term with the less tangibl…
View article: Exploring frame conflicts in the development of a new mineral resource policy in Austria using Q-methodology
Exploring frame conflicts in the development of a new mineral resource policy in Austria using Q-methodology Open
Mineral resource policy deals not only with industrial and trade aspects but is nowadays also increasingly concerned with topics such as environmental protection and social development. The tensions associated with strongly divergent opini…
View article: A pantropical assessment of deforestation caused by industrial mining
A pantropical assessment of deforestation caused by industrial mining Open
Growing demand for minerals continues to drive deforestation worldwide. Tropical forests are particularly vulnerable to the environmental impacts of mining and mineral processing. Many local- to regional-scale studies document extensive, l…
View article: Impact of Covid-19 on the Mining Sector and Raw Materials Security in Selected European Countries
Impact of Covid-19 on the Mining Sector and Raw Materials Security in Selected European Countries Open
Events that change the global economy rapidly, without warning, in principle strongly affect mining, which is one of the pillars of global development. After the first months of the Covid-19 pandemic, the mining pillar seems to be relative…
View article: Mining and Europe’s World Heritage Cultural Landscapes
Mining and Europe’s World Heritage Cultural Landscapes Open
This study examines the four cases of World Heritage protected cultural landscapes in Europe that are characterized by mining in order to identify the role mining plays today in such cultural landscapes, the legal requirements for their pr…
View article: European mining and the social license to operate
European mining and the social license to operate Open
The Social License to Operate (SLO) has become an established part of the natural resource development lexicon in North and South America as well as Australia. In Europe, the concept of the SLO in relation to mining is still in early matur…
View article: Data for: Carbon Prices for meeting the Paris Agreement and their impact on key metals
Data for: Carbon Prices for meeting the Paris Agreement and their impact on key metals Open
Calculation sheets for the paper "Carbon Prices for meeting the Paris Agreement and their impact on key metals".
View article: Data for: Ecosystem services costs of metal mining and pressures on biomes
Data for: Ecosystem services costs of metal mining and pressures on biomes Open
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View article: Metal Mining’s Environmental Pressures: A Review and Updated Estimates on CO2 Emissions, Water Use, and Land Requirements
Metal Mining’s Environmental Pressures: A Review and Updated Estimates on CO2 Emissions, Water Use, and Land Requirements Open
The significant increase in metal mining and the inevitability of the continuation of this trend suggests that environmental pressures, as well as related impacts, have become an issue of global relevance. Yet the scale of the impact remai…
View article: Emergence of Differential Social License: A Case of Impact and Benefit Agreements in Nunavut, Canada
Emergence of Differential Social License: A Case of Impact and Benefit Agreements in Nunavut, Canada Open
Impact and Benefit Agreements (IBAs) are intended to be a negotiated agreement between an industrial proponent and a community, local or regional citizens’ organization. Although the elements have grown over the past two decades from a sim…
View article: Is it time for a Global Mining Initiative 2.0?
Is it time for a Global Mining Initiative 2.0? Open
From 1998-2002 the world's leading mining and metals companies developed the Global Mining Initiative (GMI) to understand their industry's role in the transition to sustainable development and to ensure its long-term contribution to sustai…