Documents mining and quarrying 12 results

"Increasingly, over the past decades, the health impact of the extractive industries has generated concern across the globe. This special edition of New Solutions on the extractive industries includes important contributions from different countries and across different continents. It presents a more consistent and much deeper insight into the varied “faces” of the extractive industries and compels us to look with fresh eyes for sustainable solutions in the context of the entire life cycle of these industries. The papers, reflecting different settings, approaches, and frames, delineate some of the major common risks of the extractive industries to human health, environment, sustainable economies, and livelihoods. The authors elaborate some of the responses applied and needed to address these challenges."

"The article presents cases of silicosis among Brazilian stone polishing and mining workers who began employment as children, anywhere from 10 to 17 years of age. The design is that of a case series, with medical follow up via a surveillance program that included medical and occupational histories, chest radiography interpreted according to the ILO Classification and spirometry. The findings highlights a Public Health problem to be dealt with by the implementation of public policies to improve working conditions and make sure children and teenagers are kept away from hazardous work."

"Integration into Global value chains (GVCs) provides opportunities for economic growth and development. However, the nature and extent of these opportunities differ across countries and sectors, and participation in GVCs can support processes of economic transformation in a variety of ways depending on the type of GVC. This paper explores some of the linkages between GVC participation and economic transformation at the sectoral level, with a view to assisting countries in assessing the various policy options for maximising their comparative advantages and their benefits from GVC participation. Three aspects of the relationship between GVC participation – defined as the use of foreign intermediates and integration into international production networks – and economic transformation are explored: i) sectoral differences in upgrading dynamics; ii) the role of services; and iii) resilience to external shocks. A range of qualitative and empirical approaches are used to explore and test the robustness of the relationship for three sectors presenting different characteristics in terms of their trade dynamics and links with economic transformation: mining and quarrying; motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; and transport and storage services."