Mining
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- Can improved natural resource exploitation and trade help reduce poverty in the Great Lakes region?
- ( Department for International Development, UK , 2007)
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This document analyses natural resource exploitation and trade at four main border areas in the Great Lakes region. It looks at the mechanisms of exploitation for cassiterite, coltan, gold, copper ...
- Does the increase in the price of gold benefit Mali?
- ( I. Gourmelon;A. Arnaud;J. Katende / International Federation for Human Rights , 2007)
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This paper analyses the reasons why Mali’s gold economy has failed to benefit the population despite its rapid growth and the boom in the gold market. It also explores the conflicts of intere...
- The impact of the Rio Tinto ilmenite mine in Madagascar
- ( R. Harbinson / Friends of the Earth , 2007)
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This report assesses the effects of a Rio Tinto owned company's project to for a large scale ilmenite mine in southern Madagascar. It assesses the impacts of the global on the local as perceived by...
- Large-scale developments should engage in two-way communication with local communities
- ( R. Harbinson / Panos Institute, London , 2007)
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Differences of understanding over a new mining project in Southern Madagascar have led to mistrust and social conflict which, unless addressed, could escalate. This report examines the c...
- Mining activities of multinational companies in Katanga and the wellbeing of the community
- ( Groundwork , 2007)
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Does Anvil Mining, a multinational company which has been extracting copper since 2002 from a mine in Dikulushi impact positively or negatively on the lives or rights of the local populations? The ...
- Contributing to human rights abuses?: companies operating in conflict zones
- ( Global Witness , 2007)
- This paper investigates the extent to which private companies operating in conflict zones can contribute to Human Rights abuses. In addressing this issue, it focuses on four voluntary frameworks &ndas...
- Failing to obtain community consent in the mining industry: a case study of the Didipio mining project
- ( S. Martin;L. Vettori;J. McLeod / Oxfam Australia , 2007)
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This Mining Ombudsman case report examines problems with community involvement in the Australian-owned Didipio mining project based in the Philippines. It follows a request by Didipo community memb...
- Assessing the IFC's environmental, health and safety guidelines for large-scale mining projects
- ( EARTHWORKS , 2007)
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This report assesses the International Financial Corporations (IFC’s) environmental, health and safety (EHS) guidelines for large-scale mining projects. T...
- How effective are voluntary CSR initiatives in the mining sector?
- ( War on Want , 2007)
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This report documents the performance of the world’s second largest mining company with regard to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Despite Anglo American’s participation in v...
- Vedanta's mining and refining activities are wrecking local livelihoods in India
- ( ActionAid International , 2007)
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This report investigates the threats to the livelihoods of Indian Lanjigarh locals after the arrival of a subsidiary of Vedanta. It presents the myths about Vedanta in relation to this project and ...
