This study analyses the economic developments in Yemen from the 1970s to today in the context of the resource curse … (economic) analyses, I confirm that post-reunification Yemen suffers from an intense oil curse. The curse is evidenced by low … remittances from Saudi Arabia in the 1970s and 1980s. Moreover, the current instability in Yemen has its origins in rent …

The paper analyses the impact of mining on remote statistical local areas (SLAs) in Australia by comparing mining to … non-mining SLAs and investigating changes emerging in the two types of SLAs from the resources boom. Specifically … variance with main effects for the size of mining industry and interaction effects for census periods are carried out with 197 …

and mining activities is set within the legal context, with the requisite legal regulations (which describe various … main legal regulations of environmental conservation in relation to mining activities, defines basic environmental … components which form the basis of environmental conservation in relation to mining, and analyzes the impact of mining on each …

This paper argues that actions of large-scale mining companies at the early stages of a mining project establish a … legacy which sets the tone for that mine's long-term relationship with the local artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM … these mines' relationship with local small-scale mining stakeholders. Circumstances at Damang during the discovery and early …

There is increasing international pressure to ensure that mining development is aligned with local and national … development objectives. In South Africa, legislation requires mining companies to produce Social and Labour Plans, which are aimed … at addressing local developmental concerns. Against the background of the new mining legislation in South Africa, this …

, particularly mines, the paper, basing as a case study of land use arrangements in PNG mining, has several objectives to address …. First, it discusses land use arrangements in the mining industry and how they have evolved over the last few decades. Today … sustainable mineral policy development in PNG. Second, the paper argues that ‘it is not business as usual’ for mining companies as …

constrained by discursive pressures to legitimise mining operations, to restrict social licence issues to the local level, to …

׳Free prior and informed consent׳ (FPIC) has emerged as an influential theme in contemporary debates about mining and … development. This paper considers the social knowledge base required to actualize the notion of FPIC in particular mining contexts …. FPIC introduces heightened social performance requirements at a time where many mining companies are still grappling with …