Sustainable mining method selection by a multi-stakeholder collaborative multi-attribute group decision-making method

Xiaohong Chen, Shuhan Yang, Dongbin Hu and Xihua Li

Resources Policy, 2024, vol. 92, issue C

Abstract: How to protect the ecological environment during mineral resource exploitation is a crucial issue for the survival and development of human society. In this context, mining method selection requires simultaneous achieving environmental protection and resource exploitation, while involving the coordination of multi-agent interests. Therefore, this study develops a multi-stakeholder collaborative multi-attribute group decision-making approach for mining method selection. This method enables multiple stakeholders and experts from different fields to make decisions together. First, a conflict resolution model is proposed to resolve cognitive conflict and interest conflict among multi-stakeholders. Then, the 2-tuple linguistic representation model is used to deal with the decision maker's fuzzy preference. Next, the comprehensive attribute weights are calculated and the alternatives are prioritized. A case study for mining method selection in a gold mine in Shandong Province, China, is presented to verify the validity of the proposed method. This method considers not only the coordination between mineral resource exploitation and ecological environment protection but also the conflicting views of stakeholders. The proposed method is a useful tool for the assessment and selection of development schemes involving multiple stakeholders.

Keywords: Multi-attribute group decision making; Mining method selection; Multi-stakeholder collaboration; 2-Tuple linguistic model; Sustainable mining (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105043

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