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Developing comprehensive knowledge of underground resources has become urgent for African countries.
Ghana has spent over 60 years trying to build an aluminium industry.
Australia has a massive opportunity to reduce global emissions by as much as 9%, all while renewing its heavy industries and economy. But to seize the opportunity, government needs to move fast.
Simple economic modelling shows the mining industry would benefit from a carbon tax.
Successive regimes in Guinea have used mining to maintain the status quo.
President Alpha Condé’s pursuit of mining interests during the Ebola crisis may have foreshadowed his demise as he tightened his grip over power and plundered the state’s wealth.
Resettlement plans for large infrastructure projects don’t always go according to plan.
Ghana’s quest to fill a significant infrastructure deficit has led to a barter deal with China that threatens one of West Africa’s most important environmental spaces.
Local people in India are supposed to be protected by progressive laws. But the reality is a far cry from that.
Cape York’s ecosystems are worth as much as the Queensland economy.
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Adjunct Researcher, James Cook University
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Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
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Professor of Economics, Institute of Rural Management Anand
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Professor and Architect, University of Liverpool
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PhD Candidate in Mining Engineering, University of British Columbia
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Associate Lecturer, University of Aberdeen
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Nevada, Reno, University of Nevada, Reno
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Qualitative Research Manager, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), Honorary Lecturer, Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, and Visiting Research Associate, African Leadership Centre (ALC), School of Global Affairs, King's College London, King's College London
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Enterprise Professor, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
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PhD student, mining engineering, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Botany, University of Ghana
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Lecturer in International Political Economy, King's College London
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EY Distinguished Scholar in Global Mining Futures, University of British Columbia
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John Rowe Lecturer in Australian Literature, University of Sydney