Over the last half century, large-scale changes to coal industries across Europe, and more recently in the United States and China, have resulted in as many as 4 million coal workers losing their jobs...
In the companion report to this guide, gender-sensitive approaches to the extractive industry in Peru: improving impacts on women in poverty and their families, ward and strongman present solid, evidence-based...
This book presents the results of the study 'New Approaches for Improving the Development Outcomes of the Extractive Industry in Peru: Improving Impacts on Women in Poverty and Their Families.' In recent...
Before the current economic crisis hit the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region in 2008, energy security was a major source of concern in Central and Eastern Europe and in many of the economies in the...
Extractive industries (EI) impacts can be positive and negative, spanning economic, social, and environmental issues. Oil, gas, and mining projects may create jobs, but may also consume farming land for...
Extractive industries (EI) can bring many positive development impacts to the communities involved, but also have the potential to create or exacerbate vulnerabilities within these communities. Benefits...
Poland has by far the highest hard coal production of any country in the European Union and hard coal will continue to play a crucial role regarding energy security for Poland. Most importantly, hard coal...
The woman and mining second conference which took place in Madang in June 2005 was the fourth in a series of mining conferences jointly organized by the department of mining and the World Bank. In this...
African mineral growth has been achieved mainly by the private sector. Future growth will depend on attracting high-risk capital from foreign mining companies with the technical and managerial capability...
The world copper market, depressed for more than a decade, has undergone a dramatic structural change. Depressed demand for copper was caused by the slowdown in world economic growth, a declining share...
The paper examines some deep rooted changes which have taken place during the past 20 years in the world's steel industry and presents projections of future steel production and demand. Based on the expected...