Costs and benefits of a mining project in Rönnbäck : a CBA on the social and environmental impacts of mining

This study aims to give an overview of the costs and benefits from establishing a nickel mine in Rönnbäck, in the municipality of Storuman, Sweden. The mining industry is known to have both positive and negative effects on the society. The costs associated with the business include environmental dis...

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Autor principal: Johansson, Kornelia
Formato: M3
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: SLU/Dept. of Economics 2017
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description This study aims to give an overview of the costs and benefits from establishing a nickel mine in Rönnbäck, in the municipality of Storuman, Sweden. The mining industry is known to have both positive and negative effects on the society. The costs associated with the business include environmental disturbance and interest conflicts from local inhabitants and minority groups. The benefits from a mining project take its expression in terms of profit for the mining company, tax revenue and the creation of job opportunities. By using the transfer method and other CBA studies some of the impacts are examined. The result is a positive net social benefit with a value between 947 125 MSEK and 1 477 032 MSEK for the mining project which indicates that the project would have a beneficial impact on the society. It should be noted that only a few aspects are covered in this essay and that the case need further research.
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spelling RepoSLU127702017-10-19T12:19:12Z Costs and benefits of a mining project in Rönnbäck : a CBA on the social and environmental impacts of mining Johansson, Kornelia cost-benefit analysis transfer method external effects environmental effects pollution mining indigenous people local community contingent valuation WTA WTP This study aims to give an overview of the costs and benefits from establishing a nickel mine in Rönnbäck, in the municipality of Storuman, Sweden. The mining industry is known to have both positive and negative effects on the society. The costs associated with the business include environmental disturbance and interest conflicts from local inhabitants and minority groups. The benefits from a mining project take its expression in terms of profit for the mining company, tax revenue and the creation of job opportunities. By using the transfer method and other CBA studies some of the impacts are examined. The result is a positive net social benefit with a value between 947 125 MSEK and 1 477 032 MSEK for the mining project which indicates that the project would have a beneficial impact on the society. It should be noted that only a few aspects are covered in this essay and that the case need further research. SLU/Dept. of Economics 2017 M3 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/12770/
spellingShingle cost-benefit analysis
transfer method
external effects
environmental effects
pollution
mining
indigenous people
local community
contingent valuation
WTA
WTP
Johansson, Kornelia
Costs and benefits of a mining project in Rönnbäck : a CBA on the social and environmental impacts of mining
title Costs and benefits of a mining project in Rönnbäck : a CBA on the social and environmental impacts of mining
title_full Costs and benefits of a mining project in Rönnbäck : a CBA on the social and environmental impacts of mining
title_fullStr Costs and benefits of a mining project in Rönnbäck : a CBA on the social and environmental impacts of mining
title_full_unstemmed Costs and benefits of a mining project in Rönnbäck : a CBA on the social and environmental impacts of mining
title_short Costs and benefits of a mining project in Rönnbäck : a CBA on the social and environmental impacts of mining
title_sort costs and benefits of a mining project in rönnbäck : a cba on the social and environmental impacts of mining
topic cost-benefit analysis
transfer method
external effects
environmental effects
pollution
mining
indigenous people
local community
contingent valuation
WTA
WTP