Mining co-operatives: a model to establish a network for sustainability

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Autor(a) principal: Alves, Wellington
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Ferreira, Paula Varandas, Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira de
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/70742
Resumo: Mining Co-operatives wield significant influence over the mining sector. These organizations have been getting increasing importance to support diggers through initiatives and policies to improve small-scale mining activities. In spite of the importance of cooperatives to the local communities, studies on their role and contribution towards sustainable business practices in the sector are still scarce. This paper investigates the scenario of mining Co-operatives in Brazil through a set of interviews to the managers of these Co-operatives, which allowed to conclude on the relevance of the sector to establish a sustainable network into the mining sector in the country. The results indicated some key concerns related to lack of awareness towards cooperative principles and environmental impacts and the reduced engagement with local community. The need to improve knowledge and academic background of both diggers and managers emerged as a major challenge to be overcome to ensure that cooperative principles are effectively put in place and guide the cooperatives towards sustainable development
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spelling Mining co-operatives: a model to establish a network for sustainabilityMining cooperativesSustainabilityBrazilSocial SciencesMining Co-operatives wield significant influence over the mining sector. These organizations have been getting increasing importance to support diggers through initiatives and policies to improve small-scale mining activities. In spite of the importance of cooperatives to the local communities, studies on their role and contribution towards sustainable business practices in the sector are still scarce. This paper investigates the scenario of mining Co-operatives in Brazil through a set of interviews to the managers of these Co-operatives, which allowed to conclude on the relevance of the sector to establish a sustainable network into the mining sector in the country. The results indicated some key concerns related to lack of awareness towards cooperative principles and environmental impacts and the reduced engagement with local community. The need to improve knowledge and academic background of both diggers and managers emerged as a major challenge to be overcome to ensure that cooperative principles are effectively put in place and guide the cooperatives towards sustainable development- The authors would like to thank to CAPES and Science Without Borders scholarship, BEX Process 10.190-13-9 for providing financial support to this research.ElsevierUniversidade do MinhoAlves, WellingtonFerreira, Paula VarandasAraújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira de2019-062019-06-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/70742eng2213-297X10.1016/j.jcom.2019.03.004https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213297X1730054Xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:30:04Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/70742Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:25:11.095423Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Mining co-operatives: a model to establish a network for sustainability
spellingShingle Mining co-operatives: a model to establish a network for sustainability
Alves, Wellington
Mining cooperatives
Sustainability
Brazil
Social Sciences
title_short Mining co-operatives: a model to establish a network for sustainability
title_full Mining co-operatives: a model to establish a network for sustainability
title_fullStr Mining co-operatives: a model to establish a network for sustainability
title_full_unstemmed Mining co-operatives: a model to establish a network for sustainability
title_sort Mining co-operatives: a model to establish a network for sustainability
author Alves, Wellington
author_facet Alves, Wellington
Ferreira, Paula Varandas
Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira de
author_role author
author2 Ferreira, Paula Varandas
Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira de
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Alves, Wellington
Ferreira, Paula Varandas
Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Mining cooperatives
Sustainability
Brazil
Social Sciences
topic Mining cooperatives
Sustainability
Brazil
Social Sciences
description Mining Co-operatives wield significant influence over the mining sector. These organizations have been getting increasing importance to support diggers through initiatives and policies to improve small-scale mining activities. In spite of the importance of cooperatives to the local communities, studies on their role and contribution towards sustainable business practices in the sector are still scarce. This paper investigates the scenario of mining Co-operatives in Brazil through a set of interviews to the managers of these Co-operatives, which allowed to conclude on the relevance of the sector to establish a sustainable network into the mining sector in the country. The results indicated some key concerns related to lack of awareness towards cooperative principles and environmental impacts and the reduced engagement with local community. The need to improve knowledge and academic background of both diggers and managers emerged as a major challenge to be overcome to ensure that cooperative principles are effectively put in place and guide the cooperatives towards sustainable development
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