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The Open‐Ended Tale of Open‐Pit Mining in the Province of San Juan, Argentina
Author(s) -
Gonzalez Adriana T.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
latin american policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.195
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2041-7373
pISSN - 2041-7365
DOI - 10.1111/lamp.12098
Subject(s) - scale (ratio) , mining industry , business , socioeconomic status , political science , geography , engineering , mining engineering , cartography , sociology , population , demography
Foreign great‐scale mining is a recent phenomenon in Argentina, including in the province of San Juan. Since the approval of the new mining code and the implementation of laws passed in 1993, several foreign companies dedicated to exploration—some of them focused on the extraction of minerals—have set up in the province, during the 1990s and 2000s. Most of the mining projects are currently under construction or in exploitation stages and are owned by medium and large Canadian companies. Mining activity in the province has led to interesting new discussions about the costs and benefits of great‐scale mining, focused mainly on the environmental aspects. There has not been a more‐detailed, systematic discussion on the socioeconomic benefits, so the aim of this article is to research and asses these effects.