Resources Policy

1974 - 2025

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Volume 109, issue C, 2025

Critical minerals and the future of the U.S. economy, 2025

Hugo Morão

Edmonton, a resource city: urban development examined through unrecognized resource legacies

Peter Whyte and Kristof Van Assche

Coal discourse in India: Good governance as a panacea for India’s energy future?

Vladimíra Ličková, Petr Ocelík and Hedvika Koďousková

Comparative analysis of mathematical models for integrated production scheduling and sustainable waste management in open-pit mining complexes

Jingsi Lin, Mohammad Waqar Ali Asad, Erkan Topal and Ping Chang

The political economy of breaking European dependence on Russian gas

Adnan Vatansever and Andreas C. Goldthau

Optimal investment strategy for natural hydrogen exploration and production considering dual price uncertainties: A real options approach

Saedaseul Moon and Deok-Joo Lee

Informal artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-saharan Africa: Policy evolution, sector formalization, and future trajectories

Peter Donkor, Ebenezer Kwadwo Siabi, Samuel Kofi Mensah, Kwasi Frimpong, Christopher Vuu, Emmanuel Kwesi Nyantakyi, Elikplim Sarah Siabi and Albright Boachie- Ameyaw

Financial transparency and cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the extractives industries

Şevkat Özgür Speitmann, Raffael Speitmann and Yuchen Wu

Allies and enemies: On the political determinants of trade in critical minerals

Markos Farag and Chahir Zaki

Igniting sparks for the transition of a coal mining region: The role of firm- and system-level agency to innovate, diversify and create new growth paths in a regional innovation system

Jan Henrik Gruenhagen, Janice Terrill and Stephen Cox

Discussion: “An overview of the coal circularity in Brazil: A new sustainable approach based on sampling method, characterization, and waste valorization”, by Faraco et al. (2025, Resources Policy 102 105496)

Luis F.O. Silva, James C. Hower and Maria Eliza Nagel-Hassemer

Negotiating compensation in Ghana's mining sector: Community valuer's selection dynamics and governance implications

Joseph Kwaku Kidido, Benjamin Avurinyinbiik Ajabuin and Samuel Kumi

Evaluating energy efficiency strategies with natural resource rents and energy technologies in Canada

Mustafa Naimoglu and Ugur Korkut Pata

The legal construct of mining conflicts

Sara K. Phillips

Scrutinizing challenges to adopting digital technologies in the mining industry: A systematic review through PRISMA and bibliometric analysis

Javad Pakdel and Ismail Erol

Assessing technological trends in mining fleet energy management toward sustainable mineral extraction

Jaime A. Mesa, Diego Hincapie-Florez, Melkis Bobadilla-Vasquez, Lesme Corredor, Oscar Pupo-Roncallo and Arturo Gonzalez-Quiroga

‘Blunt’ tools for grievance management and the complexity of injustice: a case study of operational-level grievance mechanisms on South Africa's platinum belt

Judy Hofmeyr

A mathematical model for optimizing cut-off grade and stockpiling policies in open pit mines with grade engineering

Hamza Khalifi, Abdellatif Elghali, Yassine Taha and Mostafa Benzaazoua

Green investor entry and corporate green transformation: Evidence from Chinese resource-based industry

Kun Luo and Xiaolu Wang

Visualizing the regional risk in raw material supply based on event analysis

Hiroki Hatayama, Shinsuke Murakami and Yurie Anzai

Assessing the impact of small-scale mining activities on land use land cover and the sustainability of mining practices in Ghana: A case of the Atiwa East district

Samuel Kofi Mensah, Emmanuel Kwesi Nyantakyi, Gifty Serwaa Mensah, Ebenezer K. Siabi, Nana Osei Bonsu Ackerson, Prince Antwi-Agyei, Peter Donkor and Sarah Elikplim Siabi

Breaking down the barriers to a green Africa: Detangling the overlapping issues of fossil fuel energy consumption, resource richness, and economic growth

Rasheed O. Alao, Ifedolapo O. Olanipekun, Akinwumi Sharimakin and Temitope P. Olanipekun

Reforming legal frameworks for combating gas flaring in Nigeria: A comparative legal analysis and sustainable solutions

Olusola Joshua Olujobi and Nathaniel Tolulope Ape

An approach to assessment of geoheritage elements determined in the Upper Aras Basin (NE Türkiye) as resources: A decision-making model based on Interval Rough Numbers (IRNs)

Kuttusi Zorlu, Volkan Dede, Yahya Öztürk, Burçin Şeyda Çorba, İbrahim Kopar and Soner Serin

Memory, myths and conspiracy theories: The legacy of mine decline for women in the Free State Goldfields, South Africa

Kentse Sesele and Lochner Marais

Multivariate regression (MVR) mining project cost estimator for future mineral supply scenario modeling

Tim M. O'Brien, Elisa Alonso, Dalton M. McCaffrey and John W. Ryter

Connectedness between gold, copper, fossil fuels, and major stock markets: Implications for portfolio management

Farzaneh Ahmadian-Yazdi, Walid Mensi, Khamis Hamed Al-Yahyaee, Manijeh Ramsheh and Sami Al-Kharusi

Digging deeper: Assessing the trade-offs of domestic cobalt mining in the United States of America

Chava Makman and Brandon Marc Finn

Uncovering direct and indirect causes of coal mine accidents: A novel analysis utilizing social network and Sent-LDA models

Yangyang Chen, Wenyi Tang, Xiaojie Liu, Yi Shi and Jiannan Zhu

Strategic potential assessment of lanthanum and scandium through geochemical-lithological analysis with unsupervised machine learning in southern Ecuador

Marco A. Cotrina-Teatino, Jairo J. Marquina-Araujo, Jose N. Mamani-Quispe, José A. Guartán, Aldo R. Castillo-Chung, Solio M. Arango-Retamozo, Joe A. González-Vasquez and Salomon M. Ortiz-Quintanilla

Volume 108, issue C, 2025

Geopolitical risks, critical materials and energy transition: Insights from wavelet analysis

Lyubov Doroshenko, Ivan De Crescenzo, Loretta Mastroeni and Alessandro Mazzoccoli

How sensitive is nuclear production to critical minerals?

Luccas Assis Attílio

Mine suppliers: Understanding backward linkages in Kitwe, Zambia

Anja Benshaul-Tolonen and Paula Fernandez Musso

Sustainability transition paradox: Emerging dimensions of illegal artisanal and small-scale mining of critical minerals in Africa

James Boafo and Francis Arthur-Holmes

Impact of natural resource management on entrepreneurial activity and SME growth in emerging economies: Does the rule of law matter?

Lawal Olamilekan Abdulwahab, Ismaheel Adewumi Raji and Shokunbi Morufu Oladimeji

Global iron ore trade network resilience assessment and shock response patterns of critical economies

Gang Wu, Xiaomin Liu, Yue Pu and Lianyue Feng

Towards sustainable mine closure and reclamation through strategic tailing disposal sites evaluation: A causality-based Dempster-Shafer framework

Mahdi Samadi, Seyyed-Omid Gilani, Jafar Abdollahisharif and Ezzeddin Bakhtavar

Mineral price shocks on macroeconomic aggregates in a highly dependent small open economy: Evidence from Peru, 2003–2024

Elmer Sánchez-Dávila and Andrés Riquelme

Critical minerals volatility under ESG uncertainty: Implications for the clean energy transition

Oktay Ozkan, Emmanuel Uche, Chinazaekpere Nwani and Kingsley I. Okere

Beyond black gold: Rethinking fiscal policy for a diversified future in Kuwait's oil-dependent economy

Ayele Gelan and Siddig A. Salih

Nickel and cobalt from U.S. mines and refineries: Assessment of five dimensions of mineral availability

E.A. Holley, A. Malone, L. Fahle, N.M. Smith, J. Calderon, R. Eggert, D.E. Spiller and M.D. Bazilian

The state of cobalt mining Laws: Implications for the future of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia cobalt mining prospects

Jeleel Abiola Balyaminu

Graphite and manganese mining in the U.S.: Proposed projects and federal battery mineral policies

E.A. Holley, L. Fahle, N.M. Smith, R. Deberdt, J. Calderon, G. Gibbs and M. Bazilian

Economic viability and risk management of auger mining in Indonesia using real option valuation under volatile market conditions

Abdullah Alghani and Dzikri Firmansyah Hakam

Could natural resources and financial development influence the markets for renewable energy in developing economies?

Ishaya Tambari, Pierre Failler, Shabbar Jaffry and He Yuan

The blessing and curse of natural resource dependence: A stochastic frontier analysis on productivity, resource rent, governance and sustainability

Woon Kan Yap, Nor Liyana M. Anuar and Yun Cyn Choong

Volume 107, issue C, 2025

Lithium production in the United States: Socio-technical review of sites, environmental impacts, and social acceptance

Alannah C. Brett, Elizabeth A. Holley, Raphael Deberdt, Lukas Fahle and Nicole M. Smith

Hidden mining capitalism, mineral transportation chain, and gendering livelihoods in Africa's artisanal and small-scale mining: Evidence from northern Ghana

Francis Arthur-Holmes and Jennifer Dokbila Mengba

Do Rare Earth Elements (REEs) hedge financial risk? A spillover and portfolio analysis in the context of the energy market

Marco Tedeschi

Assessing the impact of Global Value Chains (GVC) on the development of local linkages in the mining sector

Silvana Huanqui

Mobilizing FDI in natural resources in the post-COP28 era: Spatial drivers, natural capital, and sustainability dynamics

Haithem Awijen, Younes Ben Zaied and Sami Ben Jabeur

The emerging phyllite mining industry in Ghana: economic potential and policy implications

Kenneth Joseph Bansah, Lilian Owusu, Paul Junior Acquah, Abigail Boafo, Emmanuel Abrokwah and Samuel Yamoah Nyamekye

U.S. industry practices and attitudes towards reprocessing mine tailings for metal recovery

Elizabeth A. Holley, Lukas Fahle, Aaron Malone, Nina Zaronikola, Priscilla P. Nelson and D. Erik Spiller

Mine closure transparency and disclosure: An open-source evaluation of financial, technical, and social reporting

Luanna Di Guimarães, Uajara Pessoa Araújo and Hernani Mota de Lima

Bibliometric and systematic analysis of the literature on the Hartwick rule in non-renewable resources

Marco A. Cotrina-Teatino, Jairo J. Marquina-Araujo, Jose N. Mamani-Quispe, Solio M. Arango-Retamozo and Joe A. Gonzalez-Vasquez

Impact of news and social media sentiments on rare earth investments

Anupam Dutta, Jukka Sihvonen, Donghyun Park, Brian Lucey and Gazi Salah Uddin

Good intentions, negative Outcomes: Environmental consciousness and ambidexterity toward environmental performance in the resource-intensive mining industry

William Limousin, Laurent Scaringella and Morgane Scaringella

Social license to operate: an institutional critique and research framework

Johannes Glückler and Denise Gutiérrez

The impact of domestic material consumption and energy mix on socioeconomic indicators—A global analysis from 1990 to 2022

Zoltán Zéman, Botond Géza Kálmán and László Vasa

Production and supply dynamics (2017–2023) associated with artisanal and small-scale mining of critical raw materials in Africa

Philip Schütte, Sebastian Vetter, Jürgen Vasters and Alain Ciabu Kota

Establishing a critical minerals industry: Review of Canada's administrative and legal efforts at the national and sub-national levels

Raphael Deberdt and Angeline Letourneau

Multi-scenario land use simulation for fast human growth regions: A case study of Zambia's Solwezi mining district

Xavier Takam Tiamgne, Darío Domingo, Felix K. Kalaba, Vincent R. Nyirenda and Cristina Gómez

Advancing digital transformation in the mining industry: A novel rough interval-valued neutrosophic DEMATEL approach to challenge interdependencies

Javad Pakdel, Ismail Erol and Ahmet Oztel

Supply chain competitiveness index: Evaluating U.S. and China's lithium-ion battery industries

Madeline Craig-Scheckman and Scott Moore

The only constant is change: Evidence on the declining role of fossil fuels and the rise of strategic metals in energy transition

Savaş Tarkun

Oil price swings and inflationary echoes: The impact of oil market shocks on consumer and producer prices in Europe and the U.S

Joana Gago and Sofia Vale

Recognizing historic injustice in a coal-rich district: A case study of Singrauli, India

Kopal Dhandhania, Jeemol Unni and Minal Pathak

Security movements in extractive spaces: Dispossession, community-level grievance and resource conflicts in Ghana

Phil Faanu, Nathan Andrews, Augustine Gyan and Sulemana Alhassan Saaka

The effects of high indebtedness on natural resources extraction in Ghana

Michael Kwame Asiedu and Joseph Antwi Baafi