Mining in the Asia-Pacific Risks, Challenges and Opportunities /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O’Callaghan, Terry (Editor), Graetz, Geordan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: The Political Economy of the Asia Pacific,
• Subjects: International economics.; Asia > Economic conditions.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; International Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Asian Economics.

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 r...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Section One: Overview of Risk, Regulation and Investment in the Resource Sector in the Asia-Pacific
• Theorising political risk in the mining sector
• Regulatory regimes, foreign mining investment and risk in the Asia-Pacific region: comparative evaluation and policy implications
• Determinants of foreign direct investment in the mining sector
• The return of resource nationalism?
• Social and business risk and the resources sector
• A corporate view of risk and regulation in the mining industry
• The Resources
• Iron ore
• Coal
• Uranium
• Rare earth minerals
• Oil and gas
• Unconventional gas
• Gold and copper
• Section Three: The Main Issues
• Mining and sustainable development
• Resource governance and economic considerations
• Corporate social responsibility and reputation risk
• Declining ore grades and territorial expansion
• Community aspects of mining (opposition/protest, community development, community relations, FIFO, human rights, etc.)
• Mining and indigenous peoples
• Mining and Climate Change
• Legacy Issues and Abandoned Mines
• Conclusion: opportunities and challenges for the resources sector in the coming decade .