This second issue of the European Educational Research Journal (EERJ) presents contributions to a conference on edcation and globalisation held last year in Frankfurt, Germany. Organised by the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University's Department of Education and sponsored by the Volkswagen-Foundation, the meeting with the title 'Education under Siege: shifting boundaries between politics, economy, and education' was held with the intention to contribute to the ongoing discussion concerning the major implications of 'globalisation' for education on general as well as on country-specific levels.According to a large number of economists, political scientists and cultural theorists 'globalisation' is the central contemporary indication of social change, recently taken up by educational research too (e.g. Burbules & Torres, 2000). At the same time many critics characterise 'globalisation' as just a fashionable discourse conceiving the term as a mere 'plastic word' (Poerksen et al, 1995). Both perceptions agree that there is more free association than precise designation. However, the issue is not a question of nominalistic definition, but depends also on the semantic field 'globalisation' is embedded in. It is comprised of a variety of other key terms such as deregulation, marketorientation, privatisation, competitiveness, efficiency, etc., which marks an intensification or enhancement of social processes and communication.Focussing on the commonly accepted descriptions, one may, moreover, rely on two certainties: First, major social theories are not really taken by surprise by the new developments and date the beginning of globalisation back
The Kamoa-Kakula project comprises a newly discovered, very large stratiform copper deposit with adjacent prospective exploration areas, located within the Central African Copperbelt in Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Kamoa-Kakula project lies approximately 25 km west of the town of Kolwezi and about 270 km west of Lubumbashi. Ivanhoe owns a 49.5% share interest in Kamoa Holding, an Ivanhoe subsidiary that currently owns 80% of the project. Zijin Mining owns a 49.5% share interest in Kamoa Holding, which it acquired from Ivanhoe in December 2015 for an aggregate cash consideration of US$412 million. The remaining 1% interest in Kamoa Holding is held by privately-owned Crystal River. The Kamoa-Kakula project consists of the Kamoa exploitation licences (exploitation permits 12873, 13025, and 13026, which cover an area of 397.4 km 2) and one exploration licence (exploration permit 703 covering an area of 12.74 km 2). The Kamoa exploitation licences, approved 20 August 2012, grant Kamoa Copper the right to explore The Kamoa-Kakula copper project-a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines, Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd, and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo-has been independently ranked as the world's largest undeveloped high-grade copper discovery by international mining consultant Wood Mackenzie. It is a very large, near-surface stratiform copper deposit with adjacent prospective exploration areas within the Central African Copperbelt, approximately 25 km west of the town of Kolwezi and about 270 km west of the provincial capital of Lubumbashi. A phased development approach is currently envisaged. The first phase of the project involves the development of a 6 Mt/a underground mine and surface processing complex (dual stream concentrator) at the Kakula deposit, a discovery announced in early 2016. The second phase involves an integrated 12 Mt/a two-stage development, beginning with initial production from the Kakula mine, to be followed by a subsequent, separate underground mining operation at the nearby Kansoko mine, along with the construction of a smelter. copper, Democratic Republic of Congo, mineral resources, economic evaluation, staged development.
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