Implementation plan for a new mineral policy development framework and mining cadastre system for Pakistan

Ashraf, Hamid; Cawood, Frederick

doi:10.1108/jstpm-10-2017-0052

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“…For the mining industry to grow and attract investment, it requires an enabling environment backed by strong institutional, political, legal, and fiscal frameworks, which must provide for more stakeholder participation and sustainable development. A comprehensive gap analysis between Pakistan and eight developing countries was done (Ashraf H, 2017) as part of the NUST-WITS Collaboration. The six developing countries selected for the gap analysis were Chile; Mexico; Brazil; Peru; India and South Africa.…”

Section: A Progressive Mining Industry With Enabling Institutionsmentioning

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Building International Capacity in Mining Engineering: The NUST-WITS Mining Educational Collaboration

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Ashraf

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Pakistan has not developed its mining sector to its full potential. This is despite its quality mineral resources. Mining in Pakistan is mostly ‘artisanal’ and ‘small-scale’, and for this to change, the country must develop the skills to support a flourishing formal sector of significance in the twenty-first century. Pakistan has good quality universities with some of them already providing courses in mining. Building on this platform, NUST University approached the School of Mining Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits Mining) in 2011 to start a collaboration that will result in greater sector benefit for Pakistan. The outcome of the discussions was to do capacity building for mining professionals in Pakistan at postgraduate and post-doctorate levels. The approach used was to identify university staff requirements to support a teaching, learning and research programme for a 21st century mining sector and then to match these with the qualifications of the lecturers who were identified to deliver the programme at NUST. The collaboration has proved to be successful because of leadership, energy and carefully selected ‘champions’ on both sides. One of the many highlights of the collaboration was the establishment of an excellent laboratory doing research on how the fourth industrial revolution is affecting the mining sector. The Digital Mining Project formed the core of the research, and it still allows for regular exchanges of students, staff and post-doctorates on a consistent research theme.

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Section: A Progressive Mining Industry With Enabling Institutionsmentioning

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Building International Capacity in Mining Engineering: The NUST-WITS Mining Educational Collaboration

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“…In Pakistan, Ashraf and Cawood (2017) suggest that the Government of Pakistan must first establish what beneficiation is realistically expected from its mineral resources, and second, must formulate a mineral policy based on leading practices to attract mining investment. Furthermore, in a different article, Ashraf and Cawood (2018) suggested an implementation plan based on three fundamental building blocks, namely, implementing an enabling institutional framework and other key elements of mineral policy framework (Building Block 1); creating a mineral database and mining cadaster system (Building Block 2); and monitoring and evaluation (Building Block 3).…”

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Designing smelter industry investment competitiveness policy in Indonesia through system dynamics model

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Mangkusubroto

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Purpose This research aims to examine the smelter industry’s investment competitiveness in Indonesia as well as to find solutions to improve its competitive advantage for the nation. Design/methodology/approach This research applies a sequential mixed-methods approach with a second quantitative phase building on an initial first qualitative phase. The qualitative phase is conducted by interviews to find the root causes of problems as well as solutions to gain smelter industries’ competitiveness. The quantitative phase is conducted by a system dynamics model. A descriptive causal loop diagram is created based on interviews and focus group discussions to describe the problems. The concept of competitive advantage of a nation from Porter’s diamond model is applied in this research. Findings The results reveal the complexity of smelter industries in Indonesia. The paper also addresses the causes of problems and interaction of variables using a causal loop diagram. To gain the smelter industry’s competitiveness, this paper suggests the potential policy development to increase competitiveness of the smelter industry such as policy for different fiscal incentives to each different mineral, effective export duty and exploration obligation. Practical implications The result of this study provides a good basis for government in making policy to improve the competitive advantage of the smelter industry investment in Indonesia. Originality/value This is the first research on smelter industry competitiveness that applies Porter’s diamond model and system dynamics model to find solutions in designing appropriate policy to gain competitiveness.

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“…Before the adoption of a new Minerals Policy Framework, it will be necessary to develop a plan for its implementation. It is common, especially in developing countries, that a well-designed policy fails to achieve the desired results because implementation plans either do not exist or are poorly designed and executed (Ashraf and Cawood, 2018). There are several challenges which need to be addressed to capitalise on the mining opportunity that presents itself in case of Pakistan’s mineral sector.…”

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A new mineral policy development framework for Pakistan

Ashraf

Cawood

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a mineral policy development framework for Pakistan based on seven key elements derived from the gap analysis of Pakistan’s current framework with leading developing minerals-based economies. Pakistan is gifted with significant mineral resources that have the potential to lift its economy and bring prosperity to its citizens. For this to happen, Pakistan must formulate a mineral policy based on leading practices to attract mining investment for economic growth. Design/methodology/approach This paper develops a new mineral policy framework from the lessons derived from the gap analysis conducted in the first paper of this research. These lessons are called the “elements of development” which, after evaluation with the existing framework, will provide the suggested strategic fit measures for the formulation of the new mineral policy framework for Pakistan. Findings A new mineral policy framework is proposed based on seven key enablers, namely, institutional framework, stable political economy, legal framework, regulatory framework, fiscal framework, stakeholder participation and sustainable development. A new organisational structure of the Ministry is also proposed based on the generally accepted organisational structure of tiers, implementation and regulatory bodies. Practical implications The key constraints for Pakistan’s mineral sector are as follows: the sector is lacking an enabling institutional framework for efficient access to mineral resources and lacks an enabling fiscal and regulatory framework including secure mineral rights system for mining to enhance the economic attractiveness of the sector. Originality/value This paper presents original work on the development of a new mineral policy framework for Pakistan to extract maximum benefit from its mineral resources.

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Implementation plan for a new mineral policy development framework and mining cadastre system for Pakistan

Cited by 4 publications

References 26 publications

Building International Capacity in Mining Engineering: The NUST-WITS Mining Educational Collaboration

Building International Capacity in Mining Engineering: The NUST-WITS Mining Educational Collaboration

Designing smelter industry investment competitiveness policy in Indonesia through system dynamics model

A new mineral policy development framework for Pakistan

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