Mining industry needs to be more consultative, transparent

摘要

Mining companies needed to be more open and transparent with communities surrounding their mine operations, Bench Marks Foundation executive director John Capel said in his presentation during a panel discussion, the topic of which was Building Community Trust, at the 2015 Investing in African Mining Indaba. He said the strained relationship between community members and mining operations could mostly be attributed to "the mining industry's mindset that is focused on short-term profit maximisation and that does not recognise community interest beyond industrial mining".