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SILVA ONTIVEROS, Letizia  y  SANCHEZ SALAZAR, María Teresa. The Post-mining Stage: Processes and Associated Activities in Five Sites in Northern Mexico. Cuad. Geogr. Rev. Colomb. Geogr. [online]. 2021, vol.30, n.1, pp.178-198.  Epub 02-Mar-2021. ISSN 0121-215X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcdg.v30n1.83134.

Mining activities depend on the feasibility of extracting non-renewable resources, so the interruptions of the mining cycle are intrinsic issues to mining, depending on economic, social, or technical factors that can obstruct the continuity of the process. This article addresses the characterization of different types of interruptions, encompassed here within what we call the post-mining stage, emphasizing on the perception of the population that is linked to the sites where mining is interrupted. Five case studies are taken that reflect different types of post-mining activities and processes, framed in the situation observed in 2018, using qualitative methods from the geography of perception. The contribution of the research lies in unveiling how the actions carried out by companies and governments overlap, contrasting with the perception of the populations that are linked to mining. This work is an approach to the understanding of what happens with the towns and the populations linked to mining once it ceases: how the relationship with the site and with its daily life is modified throughout the post-mining phase of differentiated way in each case presented.

Highlights: research article that analyzes the different characteristics of the interruption of the mining cycle, through the perception of populations linked to the end of mining activities. It explains how government and company mining policies are implemented, in an environment of uncertainty and ambiguity.

Palabras clave : mining cycle; geography of perception; Mexico; mining; environmental policy; government policy.

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