《采掘工業與社會》是一份專門傳播深入分析采礦和石油和天然氣生產對過去和現在社會的社會經濟和環境影響的雜志。它為就采掘工業和發展的廣泛問題和辯論交換意見提供了一個平臺，匯集了學術界、政府、非政府組織社區和工業界的一個跨學科社會科學家小組所進行的研究。該雜志涵蓋的主題包括礦山和鉆機的環境管理;企業社會責任與社區發展;手工和小型采礦對發展中國家的環境和社會影響;腐敗和采掘業;行業改革;捐助團體和采掘工業;氣候變化和化石燃料開采;以及該領域的稅收和外國直接投資。邀請各社會科學領域的提交者提交借鑒發達國家和發展中國家經驗的論文。該雜志出版原始研究論文、實地報告、評論、會議報告、書評和簡短的通信。

The Extractive Industries and Society is the one journal devoted to disseminating in-depth analysis of the socio-economic and environmental impacts of mining and oil and gas production on societies, both past and present. It provides a platform for the exchange of ideas on a wide range of issues and debates on the extractive industries and development, bringing together research undertaken by an interdisciplinary group of social scientists in academia, government, the NGO community and industry. Topics covered by the journal include environmental management at mines and rigs; Corporate Social Responsibility and community development; the environmental and social impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining in developing countries; corruption and the extractive industries; industry reform; the donor community and the extractive industries; climate change and fossil fuel extraction; and taxation and foreign direct investment in the sector. Submissions which draw upon experiences from both developed and developing countries are invited from across the social sciences. The journal publishes original research articles, field reports, critical reviews, conference reports, book reviews and short correspondences.