A multi-criteria based SWOT analysis of sustainable planning for mining and mineral industry in Pakistan
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A multi-criteria based SWOT analysis of sustainable planning for mining and mineral industry in Pakistan Izhar Mithal Jiskani 1
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Syed Ahsan Ali Shah 2 & Cai Qingxiang 1 & Wei Zhou 1 & Xiang Lu 1
Received: 12 May 2020 / Accepted: 6 October 2020 # Saudi Society for Geosciences 2020
Abstract Lack of strategic planning in the mining and mineral industry (MMI) of Pakistan remains the core issue impeding the development of the industry. This study proposes and, respectively, prioritizes future strategies based on strengths–weaknesses–opportunities–threats (SWOT) analysis. The proposed strategies aim to foster the sustainable development of the MMI. An integrated approach is introduced to conduct the analysis. Initially, SWOT factors are identified through a literature survey and experts’ feedback. The importance of each element of SWOT analysis and underlying factors is quantified using fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP). Finally, the weightage obtained using FAHP is used in the fuzzy technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (FTOPSIS) to rank, prioritize, and determine the best strategies for the future development of MMI. The FAHP results reveal that the strengths and weaknesses receive almost the same priority. It is found that the factors ‘enormous mineral potential’ and ‘demand for minerals’ can drive development in MMI, whereas governmental, organizational, and economic weaknesses place hurdles in the development. The results of FTOPSIS show that the need for new mineral policy development is recognized to be the most important factor, followed, respectively, by financial support to the industry, technological advancement, and human resource development. Keywords Competitiveness . Mining industry . SWOT . Fuzzy MCDM . Sustainable mining
Introduction Responsible Editor: Amjad Kallel Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-06090-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Izhar Mithal Jiskani [email protected] * Wei Zhou [email protected] Syed Ahsan Ali Shah [email protected] Cai Qingxiang [email protected] Xiang Lu [email protected] 1
School of Mines, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
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School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
The mining and mineral industry (MMI) is one of the leading economic sectors, linked with sustainable development in the world (Asr et al. 2019). It promotes trade, generates employment opportunities, and increases per capita income. Although MMI brings benefits to society, its planning is challenging due to economic, environmental, social, political, and health and safety issues (Prosser 2018). These issues need to be considered in order to derive sustainable and robust planning strategies. Pakistan has a huge mineral potential with 92 discovered minerals so far, outcropped over 600,000 km2. Despite having major intriguing deposits, such as the wor
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