Introduction: alchemy of a material world -- The pleasure of treasure. What lies beneath: the material and mystical origins of mineral wealth -- Creating value: the endurance of precious jewels -- The rush factor: tracing the mineral roots of global power through gold, coal, and oil -- Toil and...

The main objective of this paper is to analyse the resource management issues in macroeconomic perspective for Myanmar. We identify various gaps to improve the overall performance of the economy and provide a benchmarking for translating the resources to promote sustainable consumption as well...

Artisanal and small-scale mining has existed for millennia and is engrained in many cultural traditions. However, in the context of modern natural resource economies, it is often understood somewhat simplistically as either a problem of informality or as an exemplar of entrepreneurial...

Water remains a key limiting resource for the oil, gas and mining industries. Often the geological deposits are located in arid areas and mineral processing requires large quantities of water. In planning for extractive industries infrastructure projects, cost/benefit analyses play a critical...

The concept of a "circular economy" needs a more cogent theoretical anchor which will allow for transference of its goals and methods of attainment across cases. Tensions between ecological goals of this concept and the social implications of its implementation need to be addressed. This paper...