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Seven ways that new technology will impact the mining sector

Will the coming wave of new technology mean fewer jobs, loss of social license to operate? Will it bring advances in safety, productivity and environmental performance? What will it mean for host communities, governments, mining companies?I’m sharing this blog, written as a personal reflection on the ideas discussed here on GOXI in the…See More

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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…"

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Aaron Cosbey favorited Wendy Tyrrell's blog post ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & SOCIAL PROGRESS - POLICIES FOR IMPACT

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Aaron Cosbey favorited Vanessa Ushie's blog post New mining technologies and the fiscal space: ensuring shared value and sustainable development

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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…"

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Aaron Cosbey favorited Osvaldo Urzua's blog post Smart inclusive mining, a key approach to increase local content and deliver shared value

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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…"

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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…"

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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: yes

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Seven ways that new technology will impact the mining sector

Posted on July 18, 2019 at 1:17 0 Comments 1 Favorite

I’m sharing this blog, written as a personal reflection on the ideas discussed here on GOXI in the…

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New tech in the mining sector: Trends and impacts

Posted on May 13, 2019 at 0:00 20 Comments 4 Favorites

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 0 Favorites

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 0 Favorites

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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