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
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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
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