׳Free prior and informed consent׳ (FPIC) has emerged as an influential theme in contemporary debates about mining and … development. This paper considers the social knowledge base required to actualize the notion of FPIC in particular mining contexts …. FPIC introduces heightened social performance requirements at a time where many mining companies are still grappling with …

readers' understanding of the ways in which profit maximization, value creation and community benefit interconnect. How to …

Within the puzzle of why conflict persists in natural resource rich countries, and why in the critical case of the DRC … ‘conflict economy’, including ‘coping’, ‘conflict’ and ‘shadow’ economy actors, can shape the dynamics of conflict and conflict … low volume gold determine how effectively ‘conflict minerals’ trade control measures could be implemented, which the …

question is how the significance of the conflict affects social investments, market shares, production quantities, profits, and … social welfare. Methods / Approach: Conflict technology is described by contest success functions determining market shares … existence and its characteristics are described. Conflict adversely affects the profit of the inefficient firm while it …

Despite a sizeable literature, there is no consensus as to whether and how mineral resources are linked to conflict. In … this paper, we estimate the relationship between giant mineral deposit discoveries and the intensity of armed conflict … insurgency feasible. The data indeed show discoveries of giant deposits to lower the intensity of conflict for low unitvalue ores …

. We study whether and where mining is possible in such countries without raising the risk of civil conflict. We proceed in …The energy transition increases the demand for minerals from ethnically diverse, conflict-prone developing countries … three steps: First, we propose a theoretical model to predict the occurrence and location of conflict events on the …