Extraction and Global Transformation
Sustainability and Mineral Security
Series: New Horizons in Environmental Politics series;
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Product details:
- Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing
- Date of Publication 28 November 2026
- ISBN 9781049417493
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages462 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 666 g
- Language English 700
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Short description:
This incisive book analyses global developments and dynamics in the extraction of fossil fuels, critical minerals and metals. Developing and applying a novel framework of extraction networks, Arthur P.J. Mol demonstrates how the growth of destructive mineral extraction has become tightly connected to worldwide uncertainty and geopolitical tension.
MoreLong description:
This incisive book analyses in much detail global developments and dynamics in the extraction of fossil fuels, critical minerals and metals. Developing and applying a novel framework of extraction networks, Arthur P.J. Mol demonstrates how the growth of destructive mineral extraction has become tightly connected to worldwide uncertainty and geopolitical tension.
Exploring both large-scale and artisanal and small-scale mining and refining, Mol outlines how extraction network constellations are fundamentally changing and increasingly controlled by state-capital hegemonic powers. Chapters evaluate in-depth existing extraction practices and new extraction frontiers across Antarctica, Asia, Europe, South America and the deep sea, including mineral recycling performance and potential, to illustrate the mutual strengthening and trade-off between sustainability and mineral security in distinct geographies. The book ultimately highlights how extraction is both a cause and consequence of contemporary global volatility.
Extraction and Global Transformation provides valuable insights for scholars and students in environmental studies, geography and political and social sciences, especially those with an interest in geopolitics and resource sovereignty. The book is also beneficial for policymakers and industry practitioners seeking a comprehensive understanding of the topic.
‘A remarkably comprehensive and timely volume. Mol combines historical depth with a global vision of mineral extraction. Its innovative attention to networks, places, frontiers, and future transformations makes the book essential reading for understanding extraction in an era of climate change, resource security, and geopolitical competition.’
Table of Contents:
Contents
Introduction: global extraction and its controversies
1 Intermezzo: extraction and extractives
2 Analysing global extraction
3 A brief history of mining since industrialization
4 Contracting energy minerals extraction?
5 Expanding critical minerals extraction
6 Persisting artisanal and small-scale mining
7 Suriname: a mineral state
8 China: global extraction supremacy
9 Europe: a resource-poor region
10 Extraction frontiers: the commons
11 Circularity promises and prospects
12 Conclusion and outlook
