Megaminería de cobre para la transición energética: análisis del proyecto “Malargüe Distrito Minero Occidental”, provincia de Mendoza, Argentina
The article seeks to contribute to studies on the relationship between the energy transition paradigm and the expansion of mining extractivism in Argentina, as well as to the analysis of the trajectory of provincial public policies on the matter, especially in those jurisdictions with regulations fo...
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Ediciones UNL
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/DesarrolloEstadoYEspacio/article/view/14228 |
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| Sumario: | The article seeks to contribute to studies on the relationship between the energy transition paradigm and the expansion of mining extractivism in Argentina, as well as to the analysis of the trajectory of provincial public policies on the matter, especially in those jurisdictions with regulations for the regulation of mining and/or water protection activity. For the analysis, the recent “Malargüe Distrito Minero Occidental” (MDMO) project is taken as a case study, an initiative promoted by the government of the province of Mendoza under the arguments of the need for copper for the energy transition. The objective of the work is to investigate the discourses and strategies used to design and implement this public policy in a province where the conditions of possibility that would allow open pit metal mining to be planned were not given. For this purpose, a theoretical-conceptual strategy was defined based on the proposals on the reference of public policies through the investigation of a variety of written and oral sources (state documents, interviews with key informants, presentations at public hearings). The analysis, focused on state actors, has allowed us to identify the main values, hypotheses and methodologies that construct MDMO as a green initiative. Among them, the following stand out: values associated with responsible mining and the moral commitment to the energy transition, hypotheses relating to Malargüe as a supplier of copper to the world and territorial production methodologies under a zonal logic and construction of social license through strategies of transparency. |
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