Strained relations: A critical analysis of the mining conflict in Prestea, Ghana

Sustainability reporting on large-scale mining conflicts: the case of Bajo de la Alumbrera, Argentina

“…Research on mining community conflicts is often biased towards community-level perspectives (e.g. Hilson and Yakovleva, 2007;Holden et al, 2011;Kemp et al, 2011;Yakovleva and Vazquez-Brust, 2012) whereas only a reduced number of studies also document management perspectives on conflicts exposing the arguments of contending parties (Bebbington and Bury, 2009;Garvin et al, 2009) or seeking to discover reporting gaps between disclosure and performance (Adams, 2004 Critical studies on the current mining model in Argentina focus on environmental, economic and ethical concerns, referring to extractivism as a 'loot', emphasising the resistance of local grassroots movements with thick descriptions of the socio-environmental conflicts and discourse analyses (Galafassi, 2008;Robledo and Lumerman, 2009;Rodríguez Pardo, 2009;Solanas, 2007;Svampa and Antonelli, 2009;Walter, 2008). Rather than focussing on mining-related disputes, others stress the positive contributions of mining to economies and society (Jordán et al, 2004;; Secretaría de Minería de la Nación, 2012).…”

Shifting Formalization Policies and Recentralizing Power: The Case of Zimbabwe's Artisanal Gold Mining Sector

“…Recent power maneuvers in Zimbabwe's mining sector can also be understood in relation to other cases in Africa whereby coercive policing tactics have produced undesirable consequences in artisanal mining communities, as documented, for example, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Geenen 2013) and Ghana (Hilson and Yakovleva 2007;Bush 2009), albeit in vastly different political circumstances. The period discussed in this study constitutes a particularly difficult period for mining populations in Zimbabwe, where increasing numbers of people from diverse backgrounds have become dependent on artisanal mining for income in numerous parts of the country.…”

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“…In a similar vein, Hilson and Yakovleva (2007) also noted that, the brawl between local "galamsey" (illegal small-scale mining) operators and the Bogoso Gold Limited (BGL) in the Prestea area of Ghana is as a result of unfulfilled promises made to develop the local community.…”

“…This will help demystify the notion that government is collaborating with IOCs to deprive them of their most pressing needs. As noted by Hilson and Yakovleva (2007), the Western Region has been the hub of the country"s gold, diamond, bauxite and manganese mines even prior to the oil discovery however the region has benefited very little from mining activities and as such their expectations and fears about prospects from oil activities for the region are firmly grounded.…”