Reconciling standards and the operational needs of mining projects in Africa: Examples from Guinea

Rey, Pascal; Mazalto, Marie; Jeanne, Ingrid

doi:10.1016/j.exis.2020.11.004

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“…Since 1980, many countries in the world have undertaken significant reforms in the mining sector, supported by the World Bank, to attract investments and stimulate the economic development of the country [76,77], and since the 1990s, many financiers have imposed specific environmental assessments in accordance with Global and European directives as a requirement for their funding [78]. These environmental assessments were then systematically integrated into the national legislation of African Countries over the next few decades [79]. In this way, the framework of good practices has been steadily strengthened, and in accordance with international or national standards, the feasibility of mining projects is now conditioned by an appropriate proactive process to prevent or minimize negative environmental, economic, and social impacts and maximize potential positive effects by the territorial and social integration of the project [80][81][82].…”

Section: Towards a Sustainable Path In Mining Sector In Africamentioning

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Cooperative Projects to Share Good Practices towards More Effective Sustainable Mining—SUGERE: A Case Study

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The supply of raw materials is a global challenge to be addressed; themes such as “sustainability”, “responsibility”, and “eco-compatibility” represent the cornerstones for proceeding towards a “wise” management of georesources. According to the United Nations’ SDGs, the economic development of countries must go hand in hand with the improvement of their environmental, health, and social sustainability. From this perspective, the exploitation of georesources needs to be handled with an interdisciplinary approach that tackles not only the technical, economic, and environmental issues, but also the social, legislative, and human health ones. In recent years, Europe has promoted several cooperative projects aimed at boosting sustainability in the extractive industry. To achieve and guarantee concrete and truly sustainable mining, it is necessary to build and strengthen educational and training skills. With these objectives in mind, the first results of the EU–Africa SUGERE Erasmus+ project are presented here. The objects of the project are the implementation of Bachelor, Master, and doctoral curricula in geology and mining engineering and the promotion of socioeconomic development thanks to the training of experts who are able to cooperate and work in an interdisciplinary manner for a sustainable approach to local mine exploitation.

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“…The objective of the SEZ is to attract foreign investment in disadvantaged regions or to stimulate the development of areas with strong agricultural or mining potential. On the other hand, the dispersion of mining infrastructures over mining localities loaded with historical challenges, ecological issues, and vital interests for the populations with an ineffective mechanism of compensation and unfair benefit distribution, compromise the capacities of communities to survive post-mining, hamper the exploitation of non-mining potential such as agriculture especially [41,42], since 40% of BOKE's surface area is provided with fertile soils [6,43]. These realities originated in 2019 with more than a hundred conflicts in the region of Boke.…”

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Bauxite Mining Conflicts in Guinea: Causes Identification, Analysis, and Countermeasures

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De-yi²,

Barry³

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Mining conflicts are among the most widespread issues linked to natural resources development and management in mineral-rich countries. Guinea mining industries development presents a huge challenge in promoting integrated, prosperous, peaceful, and sustainable mining. The scramble of companies to exploit bauxite in the Boké region is correlated with a wave of protests and violent conflicts. This article explores the reasons for the resurgence of conflicts in the Guinea Republic, proposes some strategies for better mining conflicts prevention, management in Boke region. Thus, through a survey carried out in 7 Municipalities of the region and other mining localities of the country, we use a quantitative approach through descriptive statistic elements to identify the causes of the outburst of the conflict in Boke which seriously hinders the climate of socioeconomic activities for local development. The outcomes of this study reveal that youth employment, water and electricity supply, the weakness in the management of compensation mechanism are the main reasons for conflict escalation in Boke. Although, solutions proposed by the state and some NGOs appear to be hopeful. However, better management of public services and good governance based on more innovative public-private partnerships, and changes in government policy to better benefit the local communities could solve these problems holistically. The implementation of a better strategy (approach) in the management of relations with the surrounding communities by considering the depths and the sociohistorical, cultural, economic characteristics of the region would guarantee an environment of peaceful cohabitation between the local communities and the companies.

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“…While the state may provide some of the basic infrastructure required to enable extractive activities to take place, its function has become "peculiar" as power has been transferred to private actors in response to a neoliberal context (Ye et al 2020) . While this shift in power dynamics has been apparent in the case of Guinea (Bolay and Knierzinger 2021;Campbell 2009;Diallo 2019;Knierzinger 2015;Rey, Mazalto, and Jeanne 2020;Szablowski and Campbell 2019), whether or not LCPs can redress the development void left at the local level yet remains to be seen.…”

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Exploring local content in Guinea's bauxite sector: Obstacles, opportunities and future trajectories

Wilhelm

Maconachie

2021

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Reconciling standards and the operational needs of mining projects in Africa: Examples from Guinea

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Cooperative Projects to Share Good Practices towards More Effective Sustainable Mining—SUGERE: A Case Study

Cooperative Projects to Share Good Practices towards More Effective Sustainable Mining—SUGERE: A Case Study

Bauxite Mining Conflicts in Guinea: Causes Identification, Analysis, and Countermeasures

Exploring local content in Guinea's bauxite sector: Obstacles, opportunities and future trajectories

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