Environmental regulation and competitiveness in the mining industry: Permitting processes with special focus on Finland, Sweden and Russia

Söderholm, Kristina; Söderholm, Patrik; Helenius, Heidi; Pettersson, Maria; Viklund, Roine; Маслобоев, В. А.; Mingaleva, Tatiana; Petrov, Viktor

doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2014.11.008

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“…In the countries mentioned in the introduction the applied regulatory instrument is an emission standard, which is also used in Canada and Sweden (Söderholm et al, 2015) along with the other member states of the European Union often as a part of the environmental permit for the mine. The main extension to the current model is to analyze the monitoring and enforcement of an emission standard and to compare the results with those found here using an emission tax.…”

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On the Non-compliance of a Polluting Mine under an Emission Tax

Lappi

2019

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The production of different exhaustible resources, and mining in particular, are a source of stock pollutants and the growth of these stocks can be constrained by abatement and taxation. However, the firm may have incentives to non-comply with these regulations. This study analyzes the enforcement of an emission tax in a dynamic model, which includes stock externalities and abatement by the mining firm and by natural processes. The purpose of this investigation is two-fold. First, to study the consequences of a given enforcement scheme in a dynamic model and to generalize the results from previous static models. Second, to analyze the time paths of control variables and the violation level. It is argued that non-compliance in itself does not necessarily imply that net emissions from the mine are excessive compared to the full-compliance emission level. It is the possibility of a zero emission report that may cause the divergence from the socially optimal emission levels. The time path of violation and hence the path of unpaid taxes can have multiple shapes depending on the type of tax applied.

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On the Non-compliance of a Polluting Mine under an Emission Tax

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2019

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“…Mining operations in countries such as Canada, Australia, Finland, Sweden, or Russia require obtaining environmental permits designed to achieve positive environmental outcomes [144].…”

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Environmental Impacts of Sand Exploitation. Analysis of Sand Market

Gavriletea

2017

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Abstract:Sand is an indispensable natural resource for any society. Despite society's increasing dependence on sand, there are major challenges that this industry needs to deal with: limited sand resources, illegal mining, and environmental impact of sand mining. The purpose of this paper is twofold: to present an overview of the sand market, highlighting the main trends and actors for production, export and import, and to review the main environmental impacts associated with sand exploitation process. Based on these findings, we recommend different measures to be followed to reduce negative impacts. Sand mining should be done in a way that limits environmental damage during exploitation and restores the land after mining operations are completed.

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“…The question of which business strategy is appropriate for firms to respond to increasingly severe environmental regulations is frequently discussed in the areas of both academia and practice (Wong, ; Nesta et al , ; Söderholm et al , ). On one hand, as the principal part of economic society, firms are the most active factors in the promotion of productivity.…”

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How Does Open Innovation Modify the Relationship between Environmental Regulations and Productivity?

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2017

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With increasingly severe environmental regulations, a pressing issue has been the need for firms to develop efficient strategies to achieve environmental protection and high productivity. Several environmental experts argue that firms can respond to environmental regulations through innovation; however, the question of how to innovate is unanswered in the environmental literature. Therefore, this study focuses on the open innovation strategy approach to respond to environmental regulations and maintain high productivity by incorporating the idea of innovation management. We first divide open innovation strategy into two modes of external technology acquisition: foreign and domestic. Next, we examine these modes' mediation effects on environmental regulations and productivity. In addition, we test the moderating effect of internal R&D on the relationship between external technology acquisition and productivity. Using data on 35 Chinese industrial sectors from 2001 to 2010, the empirical findings show that foreign technology significantly and positively mediates the link between environmental regulations and productivity, while domestic technology does not. Internal R&D investment, as an absorptive capacity, positively moderates the effect of foreign technology; however, it negatively moderates the effect of domestic technology on productivity. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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Environmental regulation and competitiveness in the mining industry: Permitting processes with special focus on Finland, Sweden and Russia

Cited by 67 publications

References 30 publications

On the Non-compliance of a Polluting Mine under an Emission Tax

On the Non-compliance of a Polluting Mine under an Emission Tax

Environmental Impacts of Sand Exploitation. Analysis of Sand Market

How Does Open Innovation Modify the Relationship between Environmental Regulations and Productivity?

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