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Aaron Cosbey
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Aaron Cosbey commented on Vanessa Ushie's blog post 'New mining technologies and the fiscal space: ensuring shared value and sustainable development'
"David, very good summary.  Hugh, great comments. A couple of thoughts on the latter:   Strongly agree that we’re not talking about trying to stop technological progress. Not only is that not possible, but the consequences of…"
Jun 4
Aaron Cosbey favorited Wendy Tyrrell's blog post ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & SOCIAL PROGRESS - POLICIES FOR IMPACT
Jun 3
Aaron Cosbey favorited Vanessa Ushie's blog post New mining technologies and the fiscal space: ensuring shared value and sustainable development
May 30
Aaron Cosbey commented on Aaron Cosbey's blog post 'New tech in the mining sector: Trends and impacts'
"Really good input from Hugh Thompson and Michel Jebrak. On Michel's point about the uses of the rich data coming from the mine of the future, and at the risk of going slightly off topic, I've heard it suggested that one such use is…"
May 24
Michel Jebrak commented on Aaron Cosbey's blog post 'New tech in the mining sector: Trends and impacts'
"Coming back to the topic of the discussion, I think that a key point of the mine of the future will be the way to increase e-communications between mines and communities.  One of the great potential for mine 4.0 is the hability to monitor the…"
May 24
Hugh Thompson commented on Aaron Cosbey's blog post 'New tech in the mining sector: Trends and impacts'
"Hi All - I've been meaning to get to this..... Mining has always been an adopter of technology and change agent. To understand the future impacts, I'd suggest to look to the 'recent past' examples. One example is what happened in…"
May 24
Aaron Cosbey commented on Osvaldo Urzua's blog post 'Smart inclusive mining, a key approach to increase local content and deliver shared value'
"Hi Osvaldo.  This is a compelling vision for moving forward. But let me play Devil’s advocate for a moment. While it clearly makes sense for governments and companies to focus more on local content policies in mining, what if we’re…"
May 22
Aaron Cosbey favorited Osvaldo Urzua's blog post Smart inclusive mining, a key approach to increase local content and deliver shared value
May 21
Aaron Cosbey commented on Aaron Cosbey's blog post 'New tech in the mining sector: Trends and impacts'
"Thanks Luke, for those insights.  I hope you'll come back to the question of the role of mining companies in community development efforts when we get to that issue in week four of the discussions (starting June 3). I'm intensely…"
May 19
Luke Viljoen commented on Aaron Cosbey's blog post 'New tech in the mining sector: Trends and impacts'
"Aaron and Isabelle:  The social licence to operate will continue to be major themes for future mines regardless of the adoption of future tech. The crucial issue I think, is to ensure that there is good communication and transparency between…"
May 18
Osvaldo Urzua commented on Aaron Cosbey's blog post 'New tech in the mining sector: Trends and impacts'
"Rene, My impression is that Social License to Operate (SLO) requires to be updated for quite a while now. For instance SLO still refers to transactional relationship, which is part of the challenge that needs to be addressed. Probably the long…"
May 17
Osvaldo Urzua commented on Aaron Cosbey's blog post 'New tech in the mining sector: Trends and impacts'
"Rene, My impression is that Social License to Operate (SLO) has been updated for quite a while now. For instance SLO still refers to transactional relationship. Probably the long commodity price boom postponed to advance in that direction. I have…"
May 17
Rene Roger Tissot commented on Aaron Cosbey's blog post 'New tech in the mining sector: Trends and impacts'
"I would like to join the discussion although my experience is in oil/gas. It seems (see Heffron et al The emergence of the ‘social license to operate’ in the extractive industries? 2017) that in some cases even with the promise of large…"
May 17
Osvaldo Urzua commented on Aaron Cosbey's blog post 'New tech in the mining sector: Trends and impacts'
"Hi Aaron, your make an important point. The social Licence scope is getting larger. There is a very diverse group of stakeholders whose acceptance level can impact a mining project. This group of stakeholders exist at local, regional, national and…"
May 17
Isabelle Ramdoo commented on Aaron Cosbey's blog post 'New tech in the mining sector: Trends and impacts'
"Hi @Audrey - please do :-) You are most welcomed! Luke and Aaron: to add to your points on fewer community issues with new high-tech mines. I think as long as mining operations will happen close to local communities, there will be expectations that…"
May 17
Audrey Cash commented on Aaron Cosbey's blog post 'New tech in the mining sector: Trends and impacts'
"Hello, I would like to join the discussion."
May 17

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Organisation (if non, specify N/A)
IISD/IGF
Type of Organisation
Civil Society Organisation
Website
http://www.igfmining.org
Job Title
Senior Associate
About My Work
Long history of work on trade and investment law and policy, with a sustainable development lens. Working for IGF on local content policies in the mining sector, and the implications of new technology.
Areas of interest
csr, environment, social accountability, human rights, redistribution and sustainable development
Intererested in job/consulting opportunities
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New tech in the mining sector: Trends and impacts

Posted on May 13, 2019 at 0:00 20 Comments

Mining is on the verge of a wave of changes like those that have swept over and redefined manufacturing, communications, finance, and other technology-transformed sectors. While this is good news in terms of productivity, worker safety, environmental impacts and other metrics, some types of technology will replace significant numbers of low- and medium-skilled workers, and many of the new jobs created will be difficult for locals to fill.…

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call for submissions - short-term senior consultant

Posted on October 8, 2018 at 23:00 0 Comments

Hi folks

I'm attaching a call for applications for a senior consultant working on the project New Tech, New Deal (collaboration of IISD/IGF and CCSI, Mining Shared Vision). The ideal candidate will have solid private sector mining experience, preferably with a technology/engineering background. See attached for details. October 22 closing.…

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call for submissions - research assistant

Posted on October 8, 2018 at 22:30 0 Comments

Hi folks

I'm attaching a call for applications for a temporary research assistant (consulting) working on the project New Tech, New Deal (collaboration of IISD/IGF and CCSI, Mining Shared Vision). The ideal candidate will have solid research and writing skills, preferably with a mining technology background. See link for details. October 22 closing.…

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