Due to the economic importance of the mining sector to Brazil and its high environmental and social risks, achieving sustainability in all related activities represents one of the most important goals for the sector. ... Experts then highlighted the importance of Brazil's mining activities in terms HDI - the Human Development Index and its ...
In April 2011, the Ministry of Mining joined BHP Biliton and CODELCO (the National Copper Corporation of Chile) in a new program titled Strategy for the Development of World …
The mining sector has long been an area of focus for IISD. Since 2015, the institute has hosted the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) which supports more than 80 nations in advancing their sustainable development goals through effective laws, policies, and …
J-WAFS researchers Scott Odell, a visiting researcher in MIT's Environmental Solutions Initiative, and John Fernández, a professor in MIT's Department …
Finally, we identified three goals that are neither supported nor undermined by aggregate development, either due to lack of relevance of aggregate mining …
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) began its transition towards sustainable development in the 1980s. At that time, the MAC was the first association in the world to introduce an environmental policy intended for the mining industry (Fitzpatrick et al. 2011). The mining industry began to intensify its metal extraction activities in the …
The expansion in 2023 was driven mainly by mining, specifically gold production. ... 0.1 percentage points lower than in 2022 due to declines in revenue and grants and increased consumption spending. ... (Sida), Irish Aid and Norway in support of transport, energy, and waste management. In governance and human development, our key partners are ...
Financing Human Rights Due Diligence in Mining Projects Part III Contemporary Sustainability Challenges 8. Mining, Development and Indigenous Peoples 9. Transit Worker Accommodation in Remote Australian Mining Communities: Push and Pull Factors Part IV Corporate Sustainability Approaches 10. Sustainability reporting in the Mining …
Society's perception of mining is still from that of the 1920s – when miners used primitive tools for digging and accidents were common. The biggest challenge to …
The presence of a mine in the territory can also contribute to local development, when mining companies engage in providing and improving local infrastructures (e.g. road network, power and water supply), which in turn allow local populations to access health and education services. All these impacts are typically …
Globally, an estimated 23 million people live on floodplains that, due to active or legacy mining, are "affected by potentially dangerous concentrations of toxic waste," …
Death and injury is common among artisanal miners, due to both tunnel collapses and working without personal protective equipment. In the words of Ghislain: Sometimes we are afraid because if you ...
Growing demand for natural resources due to the increasing human population, more rapidly increasing per capita consumption and changing consumption patterns has meant that ever more natural habitat is being used for agriculture, mining, industrial infrastructure and urban areas. Key areas of human activity causing biodiversity loss include:
Odell is working with John Fernández, ESI director and professor in the Department of Architecture, on a project that is examining the converging impacts of climate change, mining, and agriculture in Chile. The work is funded by a seed grant from MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS). Specifically, the project …
The mining process consists of 4 major stages: 1. Exploration – determining sites which contain valuable deposits of the material to be mined and then determining the extent of the valuable material. 2. Development – building the mine of which there are several design options chosen based on the nature of the deposit.
Regulating these activities mainly depends on national frameworks and policies, but implementing good practices remains problematic. To truly shift to "sustainable mining," governments and companies must recognize the social impacts of mining, and enact laws and regulations that require community consultation throughout the life of a …
The mining industry today faces a new set of environmental, social, economic, and political challenges. Despite efforts deployed by companies to improve their sustainable practices, and the proliferation of international initiatives aiming at enhanced sector management governance, mining is again being challenged. Centralized …
Human development today is at a level that is comparable to deprivation in several dimensions. In addition to new resources directed at boosting health system responses, the crisis is hitting all of the human development's constituent elements hard: income, health care, education, and social services. The human development index is …
For example, mining associated infrastructure development can attract human populations causing new threats or exacerbate pre-existing threats, such as over …
Human Development Index (HDI) F H D: The United Nations developed the Human Development Index for measuring human development in a country. HDI is quantified by looking at a country's human development, such as education, health, and life expectancy. HDI is set on a scale from 0 to 1, and most developed countries have a …
The Indian Law Resource Center is helping indigenous leaders from these communities raise international awareness about the devastating impacts on indigenous peoples caused by mining. In late October, indigenous leaders traveled to Washington, D.C. for the 140th Period of Sessions at the Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights.
Mining will inevitably expand, including in environments that have been relatively untouched. Now is the time to ensure we have the best possible data to assess what the impacts and risks will be ...
It is concluded that human rights due diligence is a requirement for exporting products to certain markets, serves to improve the reputation of companies, and can be an important instrument for risk-management decisions in the mining industry. ... 'Mining and Sustainable Development' in T O'Callaghan and G Graetz (eds) Mining in …
Mining has played a part in the economic development of developed countries such as the USA, Canada and Australia. However, the mining economic growth connection varies considerably from that claimed in the historical analogy reasoning. It is not evident that these countries' historical experience applies to modern developing …
A recent report by the World Gold Council found that gold mining contributed some US$78 billion in gross economic value added and 530,000 direct jobs in the 15 leading gold producing countries. Moreover, mining tends to generate large numbers of indirect jobs and to have significant multiplier effects – in part because many mining …
Urbanization: Currently, world populations are heavily concentrated on shorelines, and growing urbanization has put increasing pressure directly and indirectly on coastal ecosystems due to aggregate demand (Burt et al., 2019; UNEP 2002).Sand mining for urbanization (primarily for concrete aggregate in construction of buildings, roads, and …
Society's perception of mining is still from that of the 1920s – when miners used primitive tools for digging and accidents were common. The biggest challenge to the mining industry today and in the future is changing opinions, changing expectations of society, of people, and of citizens. Our performance as an industry and the rate at which ...
The exploitation of minerals and natural resources can have severe environmental consequences. For instance, mining can lead to the destruction of habitats, pollution of water bodies, and soil erosion, among other problems. These environmental impacts can have far-reaching effects on ecosystems, biodiversity, and even human …
At the same time, mining is the human activity that has been more disturbing to environment and is linked to large social impacts and inequalities. Notwithstanding, our future is deeply depending on mining. ... the wastes flow increases faster than the …
Finally, we identified three goals that are neither supported nor undermined by aggregate development, either due to lack of relevance of aggregate mining activities or due to synergistic effects counterbalancing conflicts within individual goals: goals 2 (zero hunger), 3 (good health and well-being), and 5 (gender equality) (Figure 3). Overall ...
2.1. Environmental and human health impacts. In this study, we selected six main categories of emissions (CO 2, PM 2.5, NMVOC, N 2 O, NH 3, and CH 4) to reflect …
Uranium and its progeny are heavy metals and would be expected to have effects on human growth and development similar to the two most extensively studied heavy metals, mercury and lead. ... Dewar, D. (2019). Uranium Mining: Environmental and Human Health Effects. In: Black-Branch, J., Fleck, D. (eds) Nuclear Non …
By Elizabeth E. Payne. Central Appalachia has a wealth of natural resources, but extracting fossil fuels has come at a high price to the communities living near mountaintop removal coal mining and natural gas fracking sites. Mortality rates in coal-mining counties of Appalachia lagged 24 years behind the national average, according …
The mining industry has an unprecedented opportunity to mobilise human, physical, technological and financial resources to advance sustainable growth (CCSI et al. 2016; Scheyvens et al. 2016). When managed effectively, mining can create jobs, support local socio-economic development, protect ecosystems, and support good governance.
At the same time, mining is the human activity that has been more disturbing to environment and is linked to large social impacts and inequalities. Notwithstanding, our future is deeply depending on mining. …
Economic Situation. After peaking at 8.9% in 2022, real GDP growth in the DRC remained robust at 7.8% in 2023, supported by a strong mining sector, which grew by 15.4% contributing around 70% to overall growth in 2023. Agriculture production slowed to 2.2% growth in 2023 (from 2.4 % in 2022). On the demand side, growth was led by …
Background Mining activities, including prospecting, exploration, construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, abandonment, decommissioning and repurposing of a mine can impact social and environmental systems in a range of positive and negative, and direct and indirect ways. Mining can yield a range of benefits to …