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Mugabe’s Chaotic Reforms Enrich A Few And Impoverish Many

The epithet of “Uncle” is not always affectionate. In Hollywood shorthand it’s sometimes used by...

Ma’aden Blazes A CSR Trail In The Middle East

Western liberals are apt to get in a flap periodically about equality, the repressive judicial...

Impala Platinum Lays Out A CSR Template For Peers

The first page of Impala Platinum’s sustainability report makes for distinctly interesting reading...

Kalahari Bushmen still hanging on despite the depredations of

There was a film famous in the early 1980s in the white communities of Southern Africa called The...

Will Kurt Budge Finally Sort Beowulf Mining’s Issues With The Sami?

One way or another Beowulf Mining has been on the ground in northern Sweden for the better part of...

Samarco disaster plays out in different ways for different people

The big boys in the world of finance have launched a class action against Vale, the Brazilian...

In Romania All The Surprises Have Been Positives, Says Roy Pitchford

“I live in Bucharest,” says Roy Pitchford of Vast Resources. Nothing so unusual about that, you...

Equatorial Palm Oil’s Sustainability Report is a signpost for future

George Monbiot recently made a splash in the Guardian with a feature on the slash and burn...

Ollachea’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence Carries Real Risk

Depending on who you talk to the Ollachea gold mine in Peru was - or is - owned by a London-listed...

Gold Resource Corp moves on from strike, helped by ongoing CSR

There’s often a tension in business between the community needs and the urge to profit. But it...

Amur Minerals Only Too Keen To Help Out In Case Of Flood Or Fire

In CSR, it’s not always about the material value of what you give that counts. Sometimes it’s more...

Lundin Mining Takes A CSR Lead From A Motorcycle Trip Of Yesteryear

It’s an interesting thing the internet. If you type Lukas Lundin’s name into address bar of Google...

Is Acacia Getting Its CSR Act Together In Tanzania?

Tanzania is a relatively easy country for mining companies to operate in. It was opened up as a...

CSR In Eritrea: The Tricky Case of Nevsun

In terms of mining and in terms of Western-style industrial projects in general, Eritrea is...

Ormonde’s Tungsten Mine Looks Set To Revitalise Spanish Community

For the uninitiated, there was a line in the most recent release from Ormonde Mining that might...

More Mining-Related Violence In Peru

Violence erupted at a major mining development in southern Peru this week, as local community...

Are South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Land Laws Working?

South Africa’s land laws are a lot stricter than they once were, that’s for sure. Stricter on...

Scotgold’s mining plans at Tyndrum bring hope, life and opportunity

Once-upon-a-time there was a big hoo-ha about a plan to go mining in a National Park. But this...

How Much CSR Is Enough For BHPBilliton?

Business is business, don’t you know? But however that may be, it’s still somewhat unedifying to...