Integrated planning analysis can provide evidence to support decision making and consensus building about sensitive issues in the energy sector. To support analysis, an optimization model imputes costs to a range of pertinent activities (capital and operating costs of power plants, operating and...

This chapter examines overarching mineral policies and mining laws to identify current trends in mineral development that contribute towards sustainable development. From those trends key components are defined that, if embedded in overarching policy and legal instruments, becomes tools of...