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Gold Mining companies in Africa

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The paper argues that the benefits of gold mining activities for African workers and their communities are limited. Although most of the multinational gold mining companies adhere to national legislation, they do not always implement the collective agreements reached with the unions.

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African gold mining from a workers perspective.: ( H. Jauch;A. Baah / African Labour Research Network , 2007); This paper examines the behavior of three leading gold producers in Africa; Gold Fields, Anglo-gold Ashanti, and Metorex. It discusses labour relations and working conditions, company restructuring, H...
Fighting corruption in oil rich countries: ( I. Kolstad;A. Wiig / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2007); Corruption is a serious problem in many developing countries that are rich in oil and other natural resources. This is central in explaining why resource rich countries perform badly in ter...
Strategies for the extractive sector in expanding economic opportunity: ( H. Wise;S. Shtylla / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , 2007); This report is part of a series exploring the connections between international development, business, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) communities in order to establish links between priv...
A better way forward for the natural stone sector.: ( India Committee of the Netherlands , 2007); In the last decade there has been a growing interest in the improvement of sustainability performance throughout supply chains. However, this report argues that sustainability standards for the quarry...
The need for better monitoring systems for working conditions in China’s natural stone companies: ( India Committee of the Netherlands , 2008); In the last few years the Chinese natural stone industry has increasingly come into the spotlight as a result of poor working and environmental conditions. Municipalities in several European countries...
Describing communities responses to gold mining: ( T. Allen;S. Saunders;P. Chatterjee / Friends of the Earth International , 2007); This report, a profile of Barrick Gold, the world’s largest gold mining company, aims to provide an illustration of what is wrong with the gold industry today. It highlights examples in which it...
Can improved natural resource exploitation and trade help reduce poverty in the Great Lakes region?: ( Department for International Development, UK , 2007); 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); 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...
Loopholes in the the Kimberley Process: ( Partnership Africa Canada , 2007); The Kimberley Process (KP) was originally established to tackle the problem of ’conflict diamonds’. The paper points out, however, that the Kimberley Process may have to stretch beyond ...
The impact of the Rio Tinto ilmenite mine in Madagascar: ( R. Harbinson / Friends of the Earth , 2007); 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...