Ecological Distribution Conflicts around coastal mining of Heavy Mineral Sands across the world

The database is organized by the following variables: - country - name of case - material - location - mining area - company or companies involved - resisting parties - contestations, which are further divided into three major categories—ecological/environmental concerns, livelihood concerns, and aesthetic or cultural concerns - the presence of violence - period of EDC - references (multiple website links per case are provided).

This project has been funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation SSH project as a part of the project titled: Extracting Voice: the subnational law and politics of relationships between mining companies and affected communities in India. Grant Number: 10001A_185148 (SWISSUbase study 20539).