Social License to Operate in Mining: Present Views and Future Trends

Komnitsas, Kostas

doi:10.3390/resources9060079

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“…Raw material issues in secondary school do not appear until the 2nd grade (students aged [16][17], but they have a global dimension and do not relate to the national situation. Polish conditions are discussed only in the 3rd grade, which is also the last grade in which geography is an obligatory subject.…”

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“…SLO is not legally standardized in any way, yet it is becoming a key element for mining operations. It is nothing but informal and voluntary consent and acceptance of an activity expressed in the absence of opposition from the local community, authorities, and other stakeholders [16][17][18][19]. This concept began to develop in mining as early as the 1990s [20][21][22].…”

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The Role of Mineral Raw Materials Education in a Social License to Operate—A Case of Poland

Kot-Niewiadomska

2022

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The Social License to Operate (SLO), understood as the consent of a wide group of stakeholders to mining activities, has become an important element in the process of obtaining a mining license in recent years. Such a pattern of increasing importance is common, both in Poland and throughout the EU. Therefore, it should be of key importance to prevent society’s reluctance to this industry. The article indicates that a very important tool in this matter should be reliable and knowledge-based raw materials education, carried out as early as at the stage of school education. Deficiencies in this respect were revealed through a survey conducted among children and youth up to 15 years of age. The results of the survey were discussed in the context of the development of raw materials education in Poland, which results indicate should focus on emphasizing the benefits of mining, both in terms of the general public and individuals. Shaping and strengthening the mineral raw materials awareness of the inhabitants of Poland is also of key importance for the implementation of standards for the protection of mineral deposits and ensuring the country’s resource security.

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The Role of Mineral Raw Materials Education in a Social License to Operate—A Case of Poland

Kot-Niewiadomska

2022

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“…Aspects of maintaining a social license to operate play an increasingrole in this discussion. Whereby the social license to operate reflects an informal social contract that aims to bridge the gap among the views of the most important stakeholders involved in mining activities [48]. In doing so, the central challenge is to produce raw materials economically and with a reduction in environmental effects and social impacts like failures of the tailings dams.…”

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Potentials of business model innovation and values-based management approaches in the mining sector

Drusche

Krause

2021

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Mining is known to cause high ecological and social impacts especially due to its extractive nature on one hand and its resources and reserves mostly being located in developing or emerging economies on the other hand. Thus, it can be considered to have a paramount role in terms of making a significant contribution to sustainable development. Bearing in mind the growing economic output generated by humans and the growing world population, it is no wonder that related human-driven activities have never had such a strong (and at the same time burdening) influence on the biosphere resulting in exceedance of the planetary system boundaries. The critical reflection of the interaction between material cycles and economic growth is essential for reducing environmental burdens resulting from unthinking consumption patterns and production, and initial material extraction. The latest findings in academia confirm this assumption and point out that most practitioners are already aware of the urgent need for a redefinition of the sector’s understanding of success, taking into account the needs of both shareholders and stakeholders. Furthermore, the extractive sector has gained an image of being outdated. Agrowing number of decision-makers sees the necessity for a sustainable approach to business models that also embraces digitalization. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the standard business model that still dominates the mining industry, followed by a comparison of recent scientific findings on sustainability-oriented business model innovation and values-based innovation management to derive recommendations for potential sector-specific business model archetypes that contribute to the urgent redefinition.

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“…The SLO means acceptance or approval of activities by a local community and by society (Thomson and Boutilier 2011). Although land-use issues have been one of the fundamental causes of mining conflicts, the importance of project location has not received the attention it deserves in the SLO debate, and emphasis has been given to procedural and distributional fairness [17][18][19][20][21]. Therefore, based on the examination of concrete cases of MMEDs in Finland, Ref.…”

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Territories of Contention: The Importance of Project Location in Mining-Related Disputes in Finland from the Geosystem Services Perspective

Eerola

2022

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Geosystem services produced by geological processes are the abiotic equivalents of ecosystem services. Geosystems also contribute to satisfying human needs and produce welfare in the form of, e.g., mineral deposits, landscapes for recreation and tourism, and habitats for rare species that require protection. Geosystems are inherently linked to ecosystems, which causes overlap between provided services. This overlap may in turn cause conflicts over land-use needs and interests. Such controversies can be manifested as mining and mineral exploration disputes (MMEDs). Six MMEDs from Finland were selected for a closer examination. The MMEDs are described and spatially analyzed from the geosystem services perspective. The main causes for the examined MMEDs are land-use issues, i.e., the location of a project in a sensitive context (a protected area (PA), tourism destination, reindeer herding area, or lake area with vacation homes), and/or association with uranium. There have been attempts to block some of the projects through land-use planning by expanding PAs or excluding mining from the municipality. Conversely, one of the projects is an example of the safeguarding of mineral deposits by province-level land-use planning. A more comprehensive consideration of geosystem services by land-use planning may help to accommodate and reconciliate diverse interests and alleviate disputes.

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Social License to Operate in Mining: Present Views and Future Trends

Cited by 28 publications

References 75 publications

The Role of Mineral Raw Materials Education in a Social License to Operate—A Case of Poland

The Role of Mineral Raw Materials Education in a Social License to Operate—A Case of Poland

Potentials of business model innovation and values-based management approaches in the mining sector

Territories of Contention: The Importance of Project Location in Mining-Related Disputes in Finland from the Geosystem Services Perspective

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