Rocks and Hard Places : The Globalization of Mining
by
Roger Moody
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Global Issues
ISBN-10
1842771752
ISBN-13
9781842771754
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Zed Books Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 15th, 2007
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
252 grams
Dimensions
19.70 x 13.00 x 1.20 cms
Product Classification:
Social groups, communities and identitiesSocial groups
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The world of international mining is changing rapidly. Mineral consumption is outstripping the capabilities of both communities and fragile ecosystems to cope with bigger and bigger mines. This book identifies mining's key players and presents the costs for local communities and environment.
The world of international mining is changing rapidly. Mining corporations are encroaching on more and more greenfield sites in Africa, the Asia-Pacific and Latin America, to serve ever-expanding global industries. Moody shows that large-scale mining imposes a heavy toll on local communities, on their fragile economies and ways of life, as well as the environment. He challenges the mining corporations' recent public relations offensive extolling the virtues of largescale mining and its alleged compatibility with sustainable development, and reveals the unprecedented wave of community and trade union opposition to projects in both the South and the North. This important book concludes with urgent proposals to check the role of multinationals in a sector that has always been at the core of resource exploitation.
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