Contents ContributorsVII PART I: Introduction 1. Introduction15 Thomas Niederberger and Tobias Haller 2. Legal Frameworks and Regulations for the Mining Industry 35 Helen Gambon and Madlen Kobi 3. The Mining Process and its Environmental Impacts 59 Isabella Brom 4. Coal Mining and Climate Change 71 Kathrin von Allmen 5. Impacts of Mining-related Pollutants on Human Health 75 Jacques Diezi and Günter Baitsch PART II: Case Studies Gold Exploration in Val Medel, Switzerland Gregor Kaufeisen and Annatina Foppa ‘Speech is Silver, Silence is Golden’: Gold Refining in Switzerland Angela Lindt The Rise and Fall of the Explorer Company Uranio AG Thomas Niederberger The Mopani Copper Mines in the Copperbelt District, Zambia Eva Schober, Amadea Tschannen, Thomas Niederberger Uranium Mining in Niger: Undermining Pastoralist Lifeworlds Clare Oxby and Saskia Walentowitz Artisanal Gold Miners Encountering Large-Scale Mining in Guinea: Expulsion, Tolerance and Interference Matthieu Bolay Constructed “From Above” or Driven “From Below”? Youth Agency, Mining and “Spaces for Change” in Sierra Leone Roy Maconachie El Cerrejón Coal Mine and the Wayuu in La Guajira, Colombia Claudia Howald and Karmen Ramírez Boscán The Marlin Gold-Silver Mine in San Marcos, Guatemala Annick Vollmar, Joel Zumbühl , Maximilian Rau The Las Bambas Copper Mine Project in Apurimac, Peru Annette Wallimann The Ranger and Jabiluka Uranium Mines in Northern Territory, Australia Isabella Brom and Daniela Bucher The Ambuja Rawan and ACC Jamul Cement Plants in Chhattisgarh, India Thomas Niederberger The Tampakan Copper-Gold Mine Project in Mindanao, Philippines Irina Wenk and Loretta Scherler 91 103 117 127 155 187 205 219 251 273 301 329 363 V PART III: Case Study Comparison Thomas Niederberger and Tobias Haller Introduction 409 A) Context411 B) Corporate Strategies435 C) Local People’s Strategies463 D) Conclusion and Outlook489 PART IV: Strategies for Action / Research Germaine F. Spoerri and Thomas Niederberger 509 Acronyms527 Figures, Maps, and Tables529 Index531 VI
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