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@PHDTHESIS{Amiri:684220,
author = {Amiri, Ravanbakhsh},
othercontributors = {Kretschmann, Jürgen and Martens, Per Nicolai and
Langefeld, Oliver},
title = {{S}ustainable strategic management of {S}angan iron ore
mines in {I}ran},
school = {Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen},
type = {Dissertation},
address = {Aachen},
reportid = {RWTH-2017-01816},
pages = {1 Online-Ressource (lxxviii, 302 Seiten) : Illustrationen,
Diagramme, Karten},
year = {2016},
note = {Veröffentlicht auf dem Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen
University 2017; Dissertation, Rheinisch-Westfälische
Technische Hochschule Aachen, 2016},
abstract = {The Sangan Iron Ore Mine (SIOM) is one of the largest iron
ore mines in Iran and one of the Middle East’s richest
deposits. It contains a total geological resource of 1.2
billion tons of mostly magnetite with a Fe grade ranging
from 27 to $61\%.$ The deposit is located 300 km southeast
from Mashhad, the capital of Khorasan-e-Razavi Province, and
18 km northeast of Sangan town, in Khaf County. Today SIOM
is owned by the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries
Development $\&$ Renovation Organization (IMIDRO). This
estate owner organization intends to develop an open pit
mine complex and supporting facilities and supervise
development projects in SIOM for the final production of
about 20 million tons per year including iron ore fine,
lump, oxide concentrate and pellets in cooperation with
private institutions to satisfy the growing demand of the
Iranian steel industry.This study presents a development
strategy for SIOM to demonstrate possible measures that
ensure economic growth, prosperity of neighbouring
communities and the sustainability of environment. To define
the objectives of the research question, the history and
current situation of Iranian mining and minerals industries
with a special focus on SIOM was outlined. Additionally the
implications of sustainable development were analysed on an
international and national level. Sustainable development
indicators were identified, and finally the advantages of
sustainable mining were reviewed. To have a better idea of
the case study, the status of sustainable development in
SIOM was assessed with a special emphasis on social,
economic, and environmental aspects. According to the
results of this assessment, SIOM contributes to the
development of the region by increasing the employment rate,
improving the education status, decreasing the criminal
activities and enhancing the transportation connections in
the Khaf County. To formulate realistic sustainable
strategies, the principles of strategic planning and its
tools were reviewed. Besides, the ranking of Iran in
sustainable development indexes was presented. Moreover, the
Iranian rules and regulation and Islamic thoughts were
assessed to present the approaches that affect strategy
planning in Iran. To ensure the sustainability of corporate
governance, external and internal stakeholders were also
identified and their expectations were considered in the
strategy planning process. Using the SWOT analysis, the
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in SIOM
were recognized, the related matrix was prepared, an
internal-external analysis was done and then after the
decision making stage the four high-ranked strategies were
suggested for future development of SIOM. Along with the
research, two structured surveys were conducted among local
stakeholders. The questionnaires comprised various aspects
including health, education, job creation, transportation
and environmental pollution. According to the results, local
people were generally satisfied with the SIOM projects and
its development; however they were concerned about
environmental pollution and a lack of infrastructure. The
results of the interviews have been anticipated as similar
concerns of the stakeholder were recognized by the SWOT
analysis. This shows the credibility of applied methodology
in formulating sustainable strategies. The Fuzzy Delphi
Methodology (FDM) was utilized to choose the applicable
indicators from social, economic and environmental pillars
to SIOM. Then the indicators were calculated. The results of
this section enable decision makers and strategy planners to
act appropriately to secure the sustainable development of
the SIOM mining area. The outputs of the current study
benefit not only Iran but also all countries that mainly or
partly depend on the mining industry. Selecting the
sustainable development indicators by FDM, tracking the
progress of sustainable development realization
quantitatively, identification of main stakeholders and
their expectations, reviewing religious issues, legal rules
and regulations and finally determining the backbones and
drawbacks of the system by SWOT analysis are all measures
that help to implement sustainable strategic management in
SIOM and make this approach a role model for other countries
- specially Islamic ones - to have comprehensive
perspectives while deciding about resources exploitation.},
cin = {511110 / 510000},
ddc = {620},
cid = {$I:(DE-82)511110_20151029$ / $I:(DE-82)510000_20140620$},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
doi = {10.18154/RWTH-2017-01816},
url = {https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/684220},
}
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