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Changing Social Perceptions on Mining-Related Activities: A Key Challenge in the 4th Industrial Revolution

dc.contributor.authorA., Mateus
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-06T15:43:17Z
dc.date.available2022-07-06T15:43:17Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-06
dc.description.abstractWe are living in a period of multiple and accelerating changes where new uncertainties emerge constantly. Guidelines for economic growth are changing, social demands and environmental concerns are growing, and technological advancements are succeeding at rates never seen before. The main drivers of these changes are mostly related to digitization, decarbonization and dematerialization processes of economies, which follow the recent improvements achieved in biotechnology, digital networks, software design, and information and communication technologies. The ongoing technological (r)evolution includes continued linear progressions of solutions of widespread use along with innovations of exponential increase that will significantly shape the future and have potential to influence the current social and cultural patterns. However, all these transformations stimulate the reliance on a large number of minerals and metals whose increasing demand cannot be fulfilled on the basis of reuse, recycling and/or substitution practices. In other words: the full development of digital, eco-efficient and low-C intensity economies with higher levels of automation will require considerable inputs of raw materials derived from primary resources to balance the demand/supply ratio, filling the gaps of material stocks and flows in the economy that are not provided by secondary sources, even when suitably managed. So, mineral exploration and mining will remain fundamental in the completion of pathways to the future, as occurred throughout the history of human civilization. Notwithstanding this evidence, clearly demonstrated in many studies, the access to mineral resources are becoming increasingly difficult worldwide and mining-related activities are even more perceived negatively by society.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.31031/AMMS.2020.05.000608pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/53699
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherCrimson Publisherspt_PT
dc.relationInstituto Dom Luiz
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://crimsonpublishers.com/amms/fulltext/AMMS.000608.phppt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectMineral resourcespt_PT
dc.subjectMineral explorationpt_PT
dc.subjectMiningpt_PT
dc.titleChanging Social Perceptions on Mining-Related Activities: A Key Challenge in the 4th Industrial Revolutionpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleInstituto Dom Luiz
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F50019%2F2020/PT
oaire.citation.issue2pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleAspects in Mining & Mineral Sciencept_PT
oaire.citation.volume5pt_PT
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person.familyNameNunes Mateus
person.givenNameAntónio Manuel
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project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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