Mines and Communities Website celebrates 20 years

The Mines and Communities Website (MAC) seeks to expose the social, economic, and environmental impacts of mining, particularly as they affect Indigenous and land-based peoples.

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How Chinese Gold Mining Threatens Congo's Okapi Wildlife …

One resident, Muvunga Kakule, used to earn a living from small-scale mining and selling produce. Since losing access to the reserve, his earnings have dropped by 95%, leaving him unable to send ...

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Mines and Communities Website celebrates 20 years

The Mines and Communities Website (MAC) seeks to expose the social, economic, and environmental impacts of mining, particularly as they affect Indigenous and land-based peoples. Global in scope, the site was set up in May 2001 by organisations and individuals who met in London to demand greater accountability and transparency on the part of the ...

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The mine, the community, and the chief–mining governance …

In the last decades, the international mining industry has faced increased international scrutiny of its activities and the social, economic, and environmental impacts of …

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(PDF) Sustainable Development in Mining Communities: …

Achieving the SDGs will require collaboration between multiple mining companies, local government authorities, civil society and communities, and significant urgent interventions on education and ...

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Empowering activists and communities opposed to mining through information on global mining trends, specific projects and mining industry attempts to subvert legitimate protest

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Mining and its relationship with communities

Communities affected by mining activity: They will obtain in-depth knowledge on the advantages and disadvantages of mining, comparing agreements reached with mining companies with others previously implemented in other regions of the world. Governments and NGOs: ...

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(PDF) A critical review of the impact of South Africa's mine …

Aim: We reviewed South Africa's legal frameworks relating to mine closure, the winding-up of gold mining companies and the impact of sudden closure on the environment and communities.

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Athleticism and Wellness Community

Engage with Mines students who have similar interests/passions around health & wellness. Recognize what Mines and the greater Golden/Denver communities have to offer regarding athletic events, team sports, fitness, social activities, …

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Future-Proofing African Mining: Indigenous People and Mining …

While the interests of mining communities and indigenous groups intersect, the two groups do have distinct characteristics. Indigenous people have historical and ancestral connections to the land they live on. They have an inherent, pre-existing tie to the land. Mining communities are formed as a result of the mining activity, and are made up ...

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Environmental and Social Problems Caused by Newmont's Mining …

Newmont must provide free health rehabilitation services for the communities around the Mine; 5. Governments should ban Submarine Tailing Disposal in any mining operation and halt the expansion of mining operations in protected forests and Indigenous peoples territories;

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Mines and communities: the long road to real partnerships

Tim Hart, corporate social development consultant at SRK Consulting. Speaking at a World Bank event late last year in Johannesburg, South Africa, focusing on mining as a catalyst for building sustainable communities, Hart highlighted the lack of effective platforms for mines to talk to communities as vital stakeholders.

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MAC: List

Mines and Communities was active from 2001 to 2022 in publishing articles on the detriment of mining. Those articles are still available here although no new articles will be added. This website is a data base of around 14,000 articles covering 1856 mining companies with operations in 171 countries concerning 82 minerals and metals, published ...

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Living with time bomb: Untold story of abandoned Enugu coal mines

"Support mining communities to form a network to share ideas, monitor their environment and report unsustainable practices by firms engaging in coal extraction in their communities. In their separate remarks, Afulike Okezie, Project Officer of NEW Foundation, Barrister Chima Williams, ED of EDEN, Ubrei Joe-Mariere, Director, Campaigns and ...

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Working with the community for the rehabilitation of legacy mines …

Finally, there are sustainability issues, such as the transition of mines from construction to post-mining. Mine closure regulations remain vague when describing how companies should involve impacted communities in mine closure planning, and governments largely neglect to regulate the social aspects of mine closure.

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The mine, the community, and the chief–mining governance …

The corporate oxymoron "mine-hosting communities" implies a mutually beneficial relationship between mining companies and surrounding communities. This belies that many communities resist mining activities and downplays the salience of representation and decision-making power in mine-affected communities. Much mining occurs on lands of ...

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Assessing coal mine closures and mining …

Over 6 million people live in urban and rural mining host communities who will be significantly affected by mine closure. The national, provincial and local governments need guidance in ...

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The PASCAL Center focuses on three broad efforts: direct management of scholarship communities at Mines; institutional support, guidance, and proliferation of professional development programming with campus partners; and stewardship via engagement with alumni, donors, and the Mines Foundation.

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Mine reclamation practices and effects of stakeholder …

The Saoner mine reclamation study conducted in Maharashtra, India, meticulously investigates the practicality and efficacy of ecological restoration initiatives post-mining operations. Employing multifaceted research approach, including field observations, interviews, and questionnaires, the study captures a diverse array of perspectives from stakeholders …

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MINING, LAND, AND COMMUNITY IN COMMUNAL AREAS I …

This Brief deals with an overview of how issues of mineral and land rights and community governance undermine individuals and communities in interactions with mining companies. The argument is that future suffering can be prevented by keeping the basic principle that mining must benefit South Africans while changing the structure and, most importantly, the application of …

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Resources and Communities in the Department of Mining Engineering. Our mission is to conduct scientific investigations that contribute to more just and equitable ecosystems where humans, the natural and built environment, and technology can coexist in mutually beneficial ways. We are particularly interested in human and environment interactions ...

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Lomas: Global trade, tariffs, and gold mining

Gold mining is global, but those who live and work around mines may not always see how global forces affect their communities. Developments in the 1990s affected practically everyone in

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Research Interests

Responsible Mining, Resilient Communities: Socio-technical approaches to artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Colombia and Peru Visit Project Site. Project synopsis. We are an interdisciplinary, multi-institution, and global research collaboration funded by the US National Science Foundation.

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CHAPTER 9 LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND MINES

• Residential communities– s or families who live within the geographical area affected by mining. They may live in close proximity or many miles away, such as on a river polluted by …

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A Practical Guide for Mining-Affected Communities

communities. Coal mining, and mining in general, are activities central to South Africa's economy. The Government regulates the mining of minerals through the law, which mining companies have to obey. Mining, by its nature, is invasive, causes a large amount of pollution and affectslarge areas of land. ...

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Mines and Communities: Home

Mines and Communities was active from 2001 to 2022 in publishing articles on the detriment of mining. Those articles are still available here although no new articles will be added. This website is a data base of around 14,000 articles covering 1856 mining companies with operations in 171 countries concerning 82 minerals and metals, published ...

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International Journal of the Commons

A critical issue confronting the mining industry and communities in Ghana is compensation for loss of land rights in mining activities. The 1992 Constitution and the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) both require compensation for the expropriated to be fair, adequate and promptly paid.

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Mining and Environmental Health Disparities in Native American Communities

Purpose of review: More than a century of hard rock mining has left a legacy of >160,000 abandoned mines in the Western USA that are home to the majority of Native American lands. This article describes how abrogation of treaty rights, ineffective policies, lack of infrastructure, and a lack of research in Native communities converge to create chronic exposure, ill-defined …

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MAC: List articles for Workers

We should recognise that hundreds of thousands of those employed in the mining industry are integral members of local communities. Upholding their rights is just as important as observing those of farmers, fisherfolk, and other resource custodians. And, increasingly, these groups are making common cause in fighting what they see as abusive mining.

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Study emphasises mining companies need to engage with communities

Conflict with Local Communities Hits Mining and Oil Companies Where It Hurts. By Stephen Leahy. Inter Press Service (IPS) 18 May 2014. UXBRIDGE, Canada - Conflicts with local communities over mining, oil and gas development are costing companies billions of dollars a year. One corporation alone reported a six billion dollar cost over a two-year ...

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An overview of land use conflicts in mining communities

This article examines the causes and impacts of land use conflicts between large-scale mines and community groups, and identifies a series of (land use) conflict resolution …

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Communities and the Extractive Sector: A New Paradigm …

About this course… Communities and the Extractive Sector: A New Paradigm towards Good Social Performance is a three-day intensive workshop that will provide a comprehensive picture of where mining and oil and gas sit in terms of engagement with the external world, particularly with local communities. The course will argue strongly that achieving a social license to operate is …

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Mining companies and communities: Collaborative approaches to reduce

However, in others, if communities can work with mining companies to identify points of intersection between the needs of the regions that host mining operations and the needs of the company, there may be opportunities for both parties to benefit: communities can access mining's financial resources, convening power and technical expertise to ...

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Understanding the impacts of mining on local environments and communities

From his fieldwork interviews, Odell has learned that the development of mines within communities can offer benefits. Mining companies typically invest directly in communities through employment, road construction, and sometimes even by building or investing in schools, stadiums, or health clinics. Indirectly, mines can have spillover effects ...

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mining and sustainable

of the communities and the mine. It evaluates the mine's effects on these communities in four ways: 1) jobs and income, 2) governance, 3) education, and 4) subsistence. This case study provides lessons for development in other rural communities. INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMUNITIES AND THE MINE The Communities of the Northwest Arctic.

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Government allows massive coal mine to move forward

Despite its enormous scale, the mine, located just an hour north of Jasper, has continuously slipped through cracks and loopholes and avoided a federal impact assessment …

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