Achieving Circularity through Novel Product-Service Systems in the Mining Industry: An Opportunity for Circularity

Juan Pablo Vargas, Angélica Patricia Muñoz Lagos, José Guillermo Feriz Torres, Ian Scott Kinney, Sebastián Pérez Cortés and Juan Pablo Hurtado
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Juan Pablo Vargas: Mining Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Santiago of Chile (USACH), Avenida Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 3363, Estación Central, Santiago 9160000, Chile
Angélica Patricia Muñoz Lagos: Mining Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Santiago of Chile (USACH), Avenida Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 3363, Estación Central, Santiago 9160000, Chile
José Guillermo Feriz Torres: Mining Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Santiago of Chile (USACH), Avenida Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 3363, Estación Central, Santiago 9160000, Chile
Ian Scott Kinney: Independent Researcher, Barros Arana 492, Concepción 4030000, Chile
Sebastián Pérez Cortés: Mining Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Santiago of Chile (USACH), Avenida Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 3363, Estación Central, Santiago 9160000, Chile
Juan Pablo Hurtado: Mining Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Santiago of Chile (USACH), Avenida Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 3363, Estación Central, Santiago 9160000, Chile

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 6, 1-15

Abstract: The evolution toward sustainable mining can be achieved by implementing circular economies (CEs), and one way forward is via product-service systems (PSSs). However, applying PSSs in the mining industry is an area with little extant research. We seek to contribute to CE and sustainability research by proposing a model by which mining companies can achieve circularity through their suppliers: something which has not yet been explored. First, we present a critical literature review of published papers about the barriers and benefits in industries where servitization or PSS has been applied. We discuss barriers impeding PSS implementation in the mining industry, along with related concepts including CE and PSSs in digital technologies. With this study we hope to draw more discussion to the topic of PSSs in the mining industry and provide useful guidelines to academics and industry professionals for PSS implementation in mining: an important step toward circularity.

Keywords: circular economy; mining industry; product-service systems; servitization; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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