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Mining in the Asia-Pacific

Risks, Challenges and Opportunities

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Editors:
  1. Terry O’Callaghan

    1. Centre for International Risk, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, The University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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  2. Geordan Graetz

    1. Centre for International Risk, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, The University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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  • Investigates the exploration, production and trade of the principal commodities coal, iron ore, uranium, oil and gas, and gold Analyses mining activity and the principal challenges confronting the resources industry in the Asia-Pacific region today
  • Analyzes the key issues faced by the industry, including climate change, sustainable development, indigenous issues, mine abandonment and legacy issues, declining ore grades, governance, and corporate social responsibility?
  • Provides the most comprehensive survey of mining activity and the principal challenges confronting the resources industry in the Asia-Pacific region today
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: The Political Economy of the Asia Pacific (PEAP)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Terry O’Callaghan, Geordan Graetz
    Pages 1-15

  3. Theorising Risk in the Mining Industry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in the Mining Industry

      • Vlado Vivoda
      Pages 19-33

    3. Regulatory Regimes, Foreign Mining Investment, and Risk in the Asia-Pacific Region: Comparative Evaluation and Policy Implications

      • Terry O’Callaghan, Vlado Vivoda
      Pages 35-48

    4. Property, Politics, and Power: Theorising Political Risk in the Mining Industry

      • Daniel Feher
      Pages 49-64

    5. Social Risk and Business Risk in Mining Projects

      • Geordan Graetz, Daniel M. Franks
      Pages 65-83

    6. Security of Resource Supply and the Obsolescing Bargain

      • Tom Johnson
      Pages 85-104

    7. Mining and Human Rights

      • Eboni Tiller
      Pages 105-119

    8. Mergers and Acquisitions: The Politics of Megadeals in the Mining Industry

      • Vlado Vivoda, Geordan Graetz
      Pages 121-138

  4. The Major Resources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Iron Ore

      • Richard Leaver
      Pages 141-153

    3. Coal

      • Philip Crowson
      Pages 155-175

    4. Rare Earth Elements

      • Ming Hwa Ting
      Pages 177-187

    5. Natural Gas

      • Vlado Vivoda
      Pages 189-215

    6. Copper

      • Philip Crowson
      Pages 217-236

    7. Coal Seam Gas

      • Cristelle Maurin
      Pages 237-250

  5. The Major Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
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    2. Mining and Sustainable Development

      • Glen Corder
      Pages 253-269

    3. Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

      • Tamsin Scholz
      Pages 271-283
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About this book

This book provides the most comprehensive survey of mining activity and the principal challenges confronting the resources industry in the Asia-Pacific region today, and presents new theoretical and practical insights into the political and business risks faced by mining companies operating in the region from both academic and corporate perspectives. It focuses on the exploration, production and trade of the principal commodities coal, iron ore, uranium, oil and gas, and gold, as well as the emerging commodities unconventional gas and rare earth minerals, provides the reader with a valuable understanding of resource activity in the region. In addition, it also integrates and draws attention to eight key issue areas which have the potential to pose significant risks, challenges and opportunities for the industry going forward, which include sustainable development, resource governance and economic contributions, declining ore grades and territorial expansion, community aspects of mining, mining and indigenous peoples, climate change, and impact assessment. The contributors to this volume are experts in their respective fields, and the diversity of voices makes this book a must read for scholars, industry participants, investors and policy-makers with an interest in mining in the Asia-Pacific.​

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for International Risk, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, The University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

    Terry O’Callaghan, Geordan Graetz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mining in the Asia-Pacific

  • Book Subtitle: Risks, Challenges and Opportunities

  • Editors: Terry O’Callaghan, Geordan Graetz

  • Series Title: The Political Economy of the Asia Pacific

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61395-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61393-2Published: 15 September 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87071-7Published: 17 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61395-6Published: 06 September 2017

  • Series ISSN: 1866-6507

  • Series E-ISSN: 1866-6515

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 388

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: International Economics, Environmental Economics, Asian Economics

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