Tag: Metals
The Politics of ‘Green’ Extraction Frontiers: Mapping Metals and Mineral Mining Conflicts Related to the Energy Transition in the Americas
Article by Mariana Walter, Yannick Deniau, and Viviana Herrera Vargas DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/08969205241305963 Abstract We document how the extraction of metals and minerals, deemed critical for green growth and its energy transition, is expanding and being resisted in the …
Global patterns of metal extractivism, 1950–2010: Providing the bones for the industrial society’s skeleton
By Anke Schaffartzik, Andreas Mayer, Nina Eisenmenger and Fridolin Krausmann. Mining operations have high social and environmental impact potential, and the increasing extraction and use of metals is likely to fuel …
Global patterns of metal extractivism, 1950–2010: Providing the bones for the industrial society’s skeleton
By Anke Schaffartzik, Andreas Mayer, Nina Eisenmenger and Fridolin Krausmann. Abstract During the second half of the 20th century, mining expanded globally and must be considered one of the dominant forms of …
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