Resources Policy

1974 - 2025

Current editor(s): R. G. Eggert

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Volume 110, issue C, 2025

Assessment of critical minerals supply chain for the United States in perspective of trade restriction by foreign countries

Ji Won Moon, Sean Y. Xun, Jaewon Chung and Steven D. Textoris

Metal mining decarbonisation scenarios – Ontario's path towards net zero GHG emissions

Michelle Y. Levesque

Occupational health and safety concerns in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector: A review

Gavin Hilson

Governing mined landscapes through memory: Afro-centred approaches to post-extractive transitions

Úrsula de Azevedo Ruchkys, Eduardo Evangelista Ferreira, Múcio do Amaral Figueiredo and Alice Ruchkys

Allocating child labor in resource production to the global transport sector

Tomoya Sugiyama, Xianlai Zeng and Kazuyo Matsubae

A global analysis of asymmetric sustainability effects of human and natural capital resources

Konstantinos Eleftheriou, Peter Nijkamp and Michael Polemis

Exploring mining extraction dynamics in Africa: A Hotelling model perspective with non-linear costs

Sassire Napo, Didier Tatoutchoup and Eloi Somtinda Sondo

Recovery of strategic elements from mining tailings at La Cienega, Peru, through geochemical and mineralogical assessment: a focus on circular economy policy

Marco A. Cotrina-Teatino, Jairo J. Marquina-Araujo, Jose N. Mamani-Quispe, Jorge Chira-Fernandez, Cesar De la Cruz-Poma, Aldo R. Castillo-Chung, Solio M. Arango-Retamozo, Joe A. González-Vasquez and Salomon M. Ortiz-Quintanilla

Energy, critical minerals, and precious metals: Navigating interconnectedness and portfolio strategies in investment risk management

Seyi Saint Akadiri and Oktay Ozkan

Drilling down: Oil prices, oil production, and production taxes in North Dakota

Dragan Miljkovic and Puneet Vatsa

Analysis of factors influencing metal markets across multiple scales – A smooth transition regression approach

Dejan Živkov, Boris Kuzman and Jonel Subić

Natural resource extraction, energy efficiency moderation, and sustainable development in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Jamal Alnsour

Optimization of semi-mobile in-pit crushing and conveying production scheduling

Mohammad Shamsi, Mohammad Ataei, Micah Nehring and Yashar Pourrahimian

Quantitative analysis of climate change impacts on the resiliency of lithium supply chain

Mehdi Farhadkhani and Andrzej Kraslawski

Deconstructing cost overrun and delay in mining projects: A system-based model of prices, quantities, and time

Patricio Faúndez and Juan Ignacio Guzmán

Anticipatory CSR: Legitimacy politics in Uganda's pre-production oil sector

Laura Smith, Anne Tallontire and James Van Alstine

Sustainable mining development in Ghana: An integrated AHP-TOPSIS-Manhattan distance approach

Mohammed Gadafi Tamimu and Decui Liang

Strangers in their own land: Impacts of mining felt acutely by an original population

Jhon Blesia, Keith Dixon and Beverley R. Lord

From opposition to conditional acceptance: Corporate environmental and socio-economic engagement in critical minerals mining in Michigan

Raphael Deberdt, Nicole M. Smith, Aaron Malone and Robin Bullock

Military intervention in informal mining: Allegations of bias and power dynamics in local and foreign mining operations

Kenneth Joseph Bansah, Abigail Boafo, Paul Junior Acquah, Benitta Wiafe and Lilian Owusu

Green but different: ESG component effects in mineral sector portfolios using advanced risk metrics and optimization algorithms

Zahra Hosseini Vajari, Gholamreza Mansourfar, Fahimeh Biglari and Tohid Ghanizadeh Bolandi

Revisiting the resource curse: Natural resource rents as drivers of economic growth in Ghana using advanced nonlinear techniques

Kwadwo Boateng Prempeh, Mohammed Musah, Thomas Appiah and Felix Kwabena Danso

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