The contribution of mining to the Ghanaian economy has been substantial. The mining sector is currently a major foreign … these impacts. Often, new mining exploration takes place on land that provides land-based livelihood to many rural people …. Ironically, compensation payments seem to worsen poverty in the mining communities and bring about the social conflicts. Hence …

constrained by discursive pressures to legitimise mining operations, to restrict social licence issues to the local level, to …

This article examines Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and mining community development, sustainability and … viability. These issues are considered focussing on current and former company-owned mining towns in Namibia. Historically … company towns have been a feature of mining activity in Namibia. However, the fate of such towns upon mine closure has been …

: Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD). The report portrayed an industry distrusted by stakeholders and under …

's responses. This case study contributes to ongoing debates on mining company-community relations in the context of the emerging …