Community relations and mining: Core to business but not "core business"

Resources Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 523-531

  Kemp, Deanna ^a   Owen, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Conflict; Corporate social responsibility; Mining; Organisation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY RELATIONS; CONFLICT; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); GLOBAL MINING INDUSTRY; LARGE-SCALE MINING; ORGANISATION; STAKEHOLDER GROUPS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MINING; PLANNING; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CORPORATE STRATEGY; MINING INDUSTRY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84883750539     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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