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Projects, publications, news, events, insights and articles about work on mineral extraction - and 'critical minerals' essential for the green energy transition - highlighting the need to mitigate the effect on local communities.

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Nickel smelters in Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Indonesia’s nickel refining boom: lessons for other mineral-rich countries

Insight, 28 January 2026

Woman worker in a stone quarry wearing a bright orange saree is making a phone call using a land line outside a building.

Using data to reduce gender-based violence in the energy transition

Insight, 10 December 2025

Large scale mining site

Data for gender justice: tackling gender-based violence in the energy transition

Active Project

Two women brandishing machetes stand either side of a banana plant.

Intersecting crises and women’s responses in Colombia

Article, 19 November 2025

Team members from CODEC gathered for a presentation, holding a big banner.

Protecting local communities against involuntary displacement in Guinea: a lack of political will?

Insight, 15 May 2025

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Understanding gender-based violence in critical mineral mining

Publication, 06 March 2025

A mine in Chuquicamata, Chile

Lessons from history highlight need for climate justice for the Atacama Salt Flat

Insight, 28 May 2024

Landscape with a mine and blue sky.

Can the net-zero transition offer a new dawn for Africa’s industrialisation?

Insight, 16 May 2024

An open-cast mine

Is overconsumption the ‘elephant in the room’ in the energy transition?

Insight, 09 May 2024

A salt mine, with a white cliff against a blue sky and a tiny lorry in the distance.

Trade deals and the energy transition: whose voices count?

Insight, 23 April 2024

Two scale pans, one containing gold powder.

Mining contract transparency improves local planning in Mali

Insight, 22 April 2024

A sign with the words "El desierto como cuerpo herido"

Energy transition, community fragmentation and territorial justice: an interview with Sonia Ramos

Article, 17 April 2024

A poster depicting the environmental and social costs of mineral extraction.

A just energy transition needs more than benefit-sharing: a view from the Atacama Salt Flat

Insight, 09 April 2024

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Timing your safeguards in mining

Publication, 28 March 2024

A man thrashes rice in a field, with mountains in the background.

The push for clean energy: how nickel mining expansion is impacting agrarian economies in Indonesia

Insight, 12 September 2023

Fenced working site in a field. There are workers and cars parked and a mineral exploratoion drilling rig

Mineral exploration goes unchecked as demand escalates

Insight, 16 February 2022

Two men on the side of a mountain; one bends over to pick up two sacks, the other carries them on his shoulders

Promoting better policy and citizen agency in the mining sector

Active Project

Two men carry a tray on the muddy side of a stretch of water, while another man, bending down, sorts through small stones

Mining cobalt better

Insight, 29 September 2021

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Energy and minerals in Greenland: Governance, corporate responsibility and social resilience

Publication, 01 June 2015

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Drilling deeper into public opinion

Publication, 01 March 2014

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Meaningful community engagement in the extractive industries: Stakeholder perspectives and research priorities

Publication, 01 February 2016

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Foreign investment, law and sustainable development: A handbook on agriculture and extractive industries

Publication, 01 February 2016

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ASM Dialogue Briefing and Agenda

Publication, 01 January 2016

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Impact note on Ghana ASM dialogue

Publication, 01 February 2016

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Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)

Critical minerals