Socio-economic Challenges in the Mining Industry – Four Cases from the Barents Region

Leena Viinamäki (ed.)

PUBLICATIONS OF LAPLAND UAS Publication series B. Reports 16/2015

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Socio-economic Challenges in the Mining Industry – Four Cases from the Barents Region

Published on Sep 21, 2015

MineHealth project (2012-2014) is funded partly by European Social Fund (Kolarctic ENPI CBC) and partly nationally. Socio-economic study gives possibilities to compare different mines, regions and countries and show the possibilities to implement a good socio-economic practice in the local community. The Socio-Economic Part of The Mine Research Work Package 4. is based as a Triangulative and Case Study Research Design. Reserarch team has collecting statistical data key economic and social indicators, has interviewed key informants and has done questionnaire for the Miners ac-cording to same data collecting plan. As the cases are the Mines in local municipalities in Finland Sodankylä, Kevitsa Mining Oy, in Norway Alta, Stjernoy Sibelco, in Russia Kirovsk, Phosagro-Apatit and in Sweden Boliden, Aitik Boliden.

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