Abstract
While conventional wisdom has placed the focus of the mining and oil and gas sectors on the fact of extraction, a prolific line of the debate on these industries is shifting towards the extent to which resources, as initial assets, can be transformed into broader-based development by promoting cross-sectoral linkages and diversification. This paper provides an overview of the Special Issue of Mineral Economics, Can Mining be a Catalyst for Diversifying Economies?, exploring trends and suggesting challenges for concepts and practice in these industries. It points to the Post-2015 Development Agenda as an opportunity of a transformational role for the mining industry.
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Notes
Raw Materials Group of Stockholm is since the beginning of 2014 part of SNL Metals & Mining. The seminar was funded by Rio Tinto plc through the Partnering Agreement it has with CEPMLP.
Paul Jourdan speaks of spatial linkages as infrastructure, and knowledge linkages as human resources development, research and development, stressing that knowledge linkages are prerequisites of production linkages (Jourdan 2014).
On perspectives on the legal framework for mining from a law and development perspective, see Bastida 2008.
On aspects of fiscal linkages see the report from the 2012 CEPMLP Mining Seminar Minerals Taxation and Sustainable Development by Bastida and Lipschutz (2012).
It has been noted that “Poverty Reduction Strategies” are most often the most up-to-date statement on national development policy, and that the contribution of extractive industries to poverty reduction is rarely mentioned under those documents (African Mineral Skills 2013).
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A special acknowledgment to Dr. Anida Yupari Aguado for the invaluable discussions on various strands of debate related to the theme of this Special Issue (that assisted in identifying the title of this paper), particularly on developments related to the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda, and to Magnus Ericsson for very substantial comments, materials and input
Editorial Paper of the Special Issue of Mineral Economics, Can Mining be a Catalyst for Diversifying Economies? co-edited with Magnus Ericsson, October 2014.
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Bastida, A.E. From extractive to transformative industries: paths for linkages and diversification for resource-driven development. Miner Econ 27, 73–87 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13563-014-0062-8
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