E-commerce mineral resource footprints: Investigating drivers for sustainable mining development

Weiwei Dong, XiaoQin Niu, Abdelmohsen A. Nassani, Imran Naseem and Khalid Zaman

Resources Policy, 2024, vol. 89, issue C

Abstract: As global economies surge, the escalating demand for precious mineral resources raises environmental concerns regarding mining activities. This study explores factors influencing e-commerce mineral resource footprints in six resource-rich economies from 1996 to 2022. Analyzing relationships between various factors and e-commerce mineral resource footprints, the study identifies key drivers of sustainability in the mining industry, informing policy decisions for responsible resource management. The findings reveal that mining resource incentives, combustible renewable waste, renewable energy demand, and economic growth contribute to increased footprints, while mining resource information has the opposite effect. Causality estimates confirm that resource incentives, combustible renewable waste, and renewable energy cause e-commerce mining footprints. The study corroborates hypotheses, such as mining resource incentives driving green energy development. Impulse response function and variance decomposition analysis predict future trends, offering valuable insights for policy decisions promoting responsible resource management and a sustainable future.

Keywords: Mineral resource footprints; E-Commerce; Resource information; Resource incentives; Renewable energy demand; Combustible renewable waste; Panel cointegration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301420723012801
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jrpoli:v:89:y:2024:i:c:s0301420723012801

DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.104569

Access Statistics for this article

Resources Policy is currently edited by R. G. Eggert

More articles in Resources Policy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().