2021 Reports

New Tech, New Deal: Mining Policy Options in the Face of New Technology

Ramdoo, Isabelle; Cosbey, Aaron; Geipel, Jeff; Toledano, Perrine

While there has been a strong tendency in resource rich countries to push for more stringent local content regulations, the mining sector is looking to move towards increased automation. Such technological advances have the potential to increase health and safety standards as well as productivity of mine sites. In the project titled "New Tech, New Deal: Mining Policy Options in the Face of New Technology" CCSI, IISD GIZ, and Engineers Without Borders assessed how the mining sector can move forward to allow investments to serve as an engine for sustainable development for host countries and communities alike, looking at the various policies to leverage the new technologies to strike a new deal with host countries and communities.