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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL]

Mining

Sara Ghebremusse

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Encyclopedia entries
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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL]
Article last updated:
January 2021

From: Oxford Constitutions (http://oxcon.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 11 December 2024

Subject(s):
Decolonization — Comparative constitutional law — Corporations — Right to property — Mining — Natural resources

General Editors: Rainer Grote, Frauke Lachenmann, Rüdiger Wolfrum
Managing Editor: Martina Mantovani

1 Mining is the process by which natural materials—namely metals and minerals—are removed from the earth (Cambridge Dictionary). It has been practiced for thousands of years around the world to provide communities with materials to craft tools used for various activities, including farming and hunting. Today, these extracted substances are of significant economic value due to their application in construction, energy, technology, manufacturing, and agriculture. Mining is conducted in two ways: the first is industrial, large-scale mining typically conducted by...
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