Sustainability and Mining: The Case of the Kola Peninsula

Didyk, Vladimir; Bay-Larsen, Ingrid; Sandersen, Håkan T.; Ivanova, L. V.; Исаева, Л. Г.; Kharitonova, G. V.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62610-9_6

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“…Hence, Suopajärvi et al [63] suggest that the relevant previous experiences of local people about the mining industry's positive or negative impacts inform their perceptions of what pertains to sustainable mining. Thus, Didyk et al [64] identified that the discernments of sustainable mining among local communities are dictated by the extent to which they can perceive the industry's influence on their quality of life. In addition, Jordan [65] indicates that local perceptions about sustainable mining are subject to a process that integrates various views and interpretations from society.…”

Section: The Social Dimensions Of Sustainable Miningmentioning

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The Drive towards Consensual Perspectives for Enhancing Sustainable Mining

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This paper investigates key innovative paradigms that seek enhanced consensus building on the sustainable mining agenda of the mineral resource development industry and realities on the ground. It reviews the 55 most relevant academic articles from 2000 to 2019, retrieved from the Web of Science, PubMed and International Conference on Sustainable Development Indicators in the Metals Industry databases. A systematic scoping review method was used to sieve the multitudes of entries obtained from the databases to generate appropriate publications that match the search terms used. Our survey finds a dearth of literature on the subject. Only one article directly confers the need for consensus building on sustainable mining. The existing literature does not suggest the modalities that would enhance indigenous groups’ understanding and appreciation of sustainable mining. This creates a gap between stakeholders with regard to what flags sustainable mining. This study also finds a lack of efforts to incorporate sustainable mining concepts into academic courses focusing on either mining or sustainable development. Thus, this paper suggests that the existing delusions on sustainable mining can be addressed if the science of assessing and communicating the principles of sustainable development in mining is suitably developed and applied in higher educational curricula, environmental literacy feats, community-initiated research and outreach activities. Incorporating indigenous knowledge can address the existing gaps between stakeholder groups and in science.

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Section: The Social Dimensions Of Sustainable Miningmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Drive towards Consensual Perspectives for Enhancing Sustainable Mining

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“…The entrapping Sovietness visible in Monchegorsk and other monotowns help explain some of the difficulties regularly encountered when trying to plan and introduce economic diversification and broader political engagement to these places (Didyk and Rjabova, 2014;Didyk et al, 2018;Gladysheva, 2017;Plisetskiy and Malitskaya, 2017). Most residents of extraction-based monotowns repeatedly express more interest in further development of minerals and factories over other alternative investments (Nedoseka and Zhigunova, 2019, p. 105;Suutarinen, 2015, p. 104).…”

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Living with socialism: Toward an archaeology of a post-soviet industrial town

Venovcevs

2021

The Extractive Industries and Society

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“…While the mining industry in Minnesota supports over 50,000 jobs and contributes nearly $3 billion to the state's economy annually, a number of sustainability related economic, social, and environmental challenges associated with it require trade-offs [65]. First, from the perspective of sustaining natural capital, mining is inherently unsustainable due to the finite supply of resources available, and the environmental impacts associated with extraction [66]. Second, from an economic capital perspective, in many instances, the distribution of economic gains from mining among stakeholders is uneven [67].…”

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Balancing Socio-Ecological Risks, Politics, and Identity: Sustainability in Minnesota’s Copper-Nickel-Precious Metal Mining Debate

Bergstrom

Clarke-Sather

2020

Sustainability

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In the northeastern corner of Minnesota, two of the state’s most iconic symbols, mining and pristine wilderness, are on a collision course. The Duluth Complex, considered by many to be the world’s largest undeveloped deposit of copper-nickel and precious metals, is the site of mining proposals for several controversial mines. Proponents suggest that mining can be accomplished in an environmentally benign manner, and in the process create nearly 1000 jobs and $500 million in economic benefits annually. Opponents counter that the tourism and recreation industries already provide nearly 18,000 jobs and bring over $900 million in economic benefits annually, and that mining will permanently impair the regions environment. Thus, the copper-nickel and precious metal mining debate has become highly polarized, and serves as an ideal example of how people address national and global sustainability issues at local and regional scales. This study examines this polarization through a Q-sort analysis of subjectivities of residents of the state of Minnesota. Results suggest that partisanship is a strong predictor of attitudes towards mining, and that the strongest differences between respondents were not based on perceptions comparing jobs and the environment, the typical partisan divide, but rather on respondents’ perceived identity with relation to the mining industry or water resources.

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Sustainability and Mining: The Case of the Kola Peninsula

Cited by 4 publications

References 16 publications

The Drive towards Consensual Perspectives for Enhancing Sustainable Mining

The Drive towards Consensual Perspectives for Enhancing Sustainable Mining

Living with socialism: Toward an archaeology of a post-soviet industrial town

Balancing Socio-Ecological Risks, Politics, and Identity: Sustainability in Minnesota’s Copper-Nickel-Precious Metal Mining Debate

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