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Dynamic Adjustment Mechanisms for Strategic Mineral Lists
Analyzes the logic behind national “critical mineral lists” (e.g., lithium, cobalt, rare earths, nickel), focusing on balancing resource security, external dependency, and industrial chain resilience. -
Low-Carbon Policy Innovations in Mining Under the “Dual Carbon” Goals
Examines how carbon emissions trading, mandatory mine rehabilitation standards, and clean energy subsidies reshape technological pathways and cost structures across extraction, beneficiation, and smelting. -
Global Resource Governance and Geopolitical Competition
Compares mineral diplomacy, resource nationalism, and ESG standard-setting strategies among China, the US, the EU, and Australia, revealing interactions between “resource corridors” and “technology decoupling.” -
Mining Rights Reform and Local Fiscal Transitions
Evaluates the impact of net mining rights auctions and direct extraction of aggregates on local revenue structures and resource-dependent county economies, using case studies from China and elsewhere. -
Policy Bottlenecks in Tailings Resource Utilization
Identifies barriers—and potential solutions—in tax incentives, green finance subsidies, and cross-agency coordination for converting tailings into construction materials, valuable metals, or backfill. -
Compliance Mapping for Overseas Mining Investment
Builds a regulatory framework encompassing community consent, Indigenous rights, anti-corruption clauses, and cross-border carbon adjustments (e.g., CBAM), highlighting high-risk intersections for Chinese mining firms. -
Spatial Governance Effects of Mine-Land Integration Policies
Empirically assesses synergy and conflict between mine site land reclamation and urban-rural construction land quota policies in mining regions such as Ordos, Panxi, and Dexing. -
Effectiveness of Digital Monitoring on Illegal Mining
Quantifies the nonlinear relationship between policy enforcement costs and illegal activity reduction using satellite remote sensing, blockchain mineral traceability, and drone surveillance data. -
Subsidy Design for Recycling Metals from Retired EV Batteries
Investigates optimal subsidy structures (e.g., per-tonne credits, technology tiering, extended producer responsibility) to close material loops for lithium, cobalt, and nickel. -
Mining ESG Disclosure Mandates and Access to Capital
Assesses how mandatory ESG reporting rules (e.g., EU’s CSRD, global GRI standards) affect financing costs, equity valuations, and mine permitting timelines for junior versus major mining firms.

