This module covers the vital industry issues of corporate social responsibility, social license to operate, stakeholder engagement, and political & environmental factors that affect mining decisions. The module explores how environmental impact is measured, monitored and controlled, and what sustainability means in the context of mining. It also explores international and local mining legislation, expectations of local people in mining regions, and the long and short term impacts of mining on a local and national scale with a particular focus on the social, economic and environmental impacts of mine closure.

 

Mines can only be developed where the mineral deposits occur, and this means that large scale infrastructure development and mining activities are established in widely differing countries, cultures, and environments. This module will focus on how mining operations, their activities and people, affect those around it, particularly within the growing agenda of resource nationalism and the environmental impact and legacy of mining. A sustainable mining operation needs to earn and maintain its social licence to operate. You will gain a broad understanding of mining legislation, sustainability, environmental, social and economic impacts, stakeholder engagement, CSR initiatives and particularly the challenges caused by mine closure.

 

The module aims to provide you with:

 

An international perspective on how mining companies operate in a diverse range of locations; politically, socially and environmentally. The module also explores the importance of small scale and artisanal miners, and their contribution to the international mining sector.

 

 

 

If a student is referred or deferred, the failed / non-completed component(s) will be re-assessed at the same weighting as the original assessment.

 

All referral marks capped at 50%.