Sustainable development of diamond mining in Lunda Sul

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mining, sustainable development, STS approach, environmental impacts, mining communities

Abstract

This research addresses diamond mining in Lunda Sur from the perspective of science, technology, society (STS) with the purpose of carrying out an analysis of the challenges and perspectives that this activity presents to achieve sustainable development. The research carried out from the qualitative paradigm is exploratory, entering a very little researched field with the intention of offering a different vision of the relationship between the exploitation of the mine of the Catoca Mining Company Lda. (SMC), the environment and the communities. Being a research that delves into a world of asymmetries and relationships of deep strategic complexity for the country, the results shown here are based on the interpretation of the literature, documents and direct experience in activities in the SMC by the researchers. The most relevant conclusions presented are based on the relationship between the challenges and the real potential of this company to contribute to the sustainable development of Lunda Sur through mining that compensates communities for the negative impacts it causes and maximizes the positive ones, and the place of technologies in this process.

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Published

2024-12-01

How to Cite

Ivulo, F., & Montero-Peña, J. M. (2024). Sustainable development of diamond mining in Lunda Sul. Minería & Geología, 40(4), 343–355. Retrieved from https://revista.ismm.edu.cu/index.php/revistamg/article/view/2602

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Vol. 40 No. 4 (2024): octubre-diciembre

Section

Mining and Society
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