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Related Sites
See also the MRF sections on Small-Scale
Mining and the General Forum.
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United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa
(UNECA)
ECA's primary responsibility is to carry out activities encouraging
the growth of the economic and social sectors in the African region.
ECA has five Sub-Regional Development Centres:North
Africa, East
Africa, West
Africa, Central
Africa and Southern
Africa.
UNECA
- Committee on Natural Resources and Science and Technology
(CNRST)
CNRST serves as a forum for the promotion of cooperation among African
countries in the areas of science and technology and development
and natural resources and for providing advice on science and technology
issues relevant to the development of member States. The Committee
meets on a biennial basis.
UNECA - Regional
Cooperation and Integration Division - Promoting
Regional Cooperation in Minerals and Energy Resources Development
United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)
Division
of Earth Sciences - UNESCO sponsors a range of courses to aid
capacity building in the earth sciences field. They are also active
in information
management through programs such as the Deposit Modeling Programme
(DMP), Geological Applications of Remote Sensing (GARS), the Pan-African
Network for a Geological Information System (PANGIS), and the
Southeast Asian Network for a Geological Information System (SANGIS).
The
World Bank
Africa
Business Network - is focused on the needs of investors in Africa.
For small businesses, it provides general business help and "how-to"
information in formulating a business plan, starting a business,
financing and managing it. It also includes a variety of information
for larger businesses. The publications include: an address
by Tie Mante, IFC, to the Sub-Saharan Oil and Minerals Conference
in 1993.
Focus
on the New Africa: Fact Sheet on Foreign Direct Investment
A joint initiative by UNCTAD, MIGA, UNDP, and the ICC to promote
foreign direct investment (FDI) into the African region.
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South Africa
South
Africa Department of Minerals and Energy
Ghana
Minerals
Commission Ghana
Environmental
Protection Agency Ghana
Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Livelihoods -
UNDP Ghana Project RAF/99/023. - Focusing on artisinal mining communities.
June 2000. Olympios Katsiaouni, Socio-Economic and Development Advisor
and James Crnegie, Sustainable Livelihoods Consultant. Please contact
Ms. Beatrice Labonne for further
information.
An overview
of the Ghana mining industry is available on MBendi
Tanzania
United
Republic of Tanzania - Government
Information is available on Mining,
Environment
and the National
Environment Management Council
An overview
of Tanzania's mining industry is available on MBendi.
Togo
Development
of a Mineral Database for Togo TOG/B05 Project - UNDP,
UNDESA, EU, and Government of Togo.
Regional
Southern
African Development Community (SADC)
- Mining
Sector Coordination
The SADC has been established under a Treaty with
the broad objectives of achieving economic growth and development,
alleviation of poverty, enhancing the standard and quality of life
of the peoples of Southern Africa and support of the socially disadvantaged
through regional integration, and achieving sustainable utilization
of mineral resources and effective protection of the environment.
The Mining Sector has identified the following areas for regional
integration; information exchange, enhancement of technological
capacity, establishment of common standards, promotion of private
sector participation, development of small scale mining, environmental
protection and occupational health and safety.
Non-African
The following non-African government agenices are active in the
African mineral sector.
Bundesanstalt
für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
(BGR) - (German)
Bureau
de Recherches Géologiques et Minières
(BRGM) - French government organisation for the sustainable
management of mineral resources. Site includes the InfoTerre
database containg an extensive list of documents and geological
maps. (French/English)
US
Geological Service (USGS)
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Communities
and Small-Scale Mining (CASM)
CASM is an umbrella forum, providing a coordinated approach to assessing
and addressing some of the problems within the small-scale mining
sub-sector and disseminating pertinent information on activities.
The CASM Secretariat is located at the World Bank Group, Mining
Department.
Minerals
and Energy Policy Centre (MEPC)
MEPC is an autonomous knowledge-based organization that promotes
the sustainable development of the Minerals and Energy sectors of
Africa. They work on a range of policy research, policy audits,
impact studies, and policy facilitation among stakeholders with
national, regional and international public and private clients
on a non-profit basis.
MMSD
Southern Africa
The regional working group for Southern Africa of the Mining, Minerals
and Sustainable Development (MMSD) project that has the goal of
establishing how mining and minerals can best contribute to the
global transition to sustainable development. A variety of documents
are available on the MMSD Southern Africa process, papers, newsletters,
commissioned research papers and a multi-stakeholder workshop proceedings.
University of the Witwatersrand and CSIR (Council
for Scientific and Industrial Research) are jointly managing the
Southern African process of MMSD.
Southern
African Network for Training and Research on the Environment
(SANTREN)
SANTREN is a network of research and educational institutions and
experts in the SADC region. The network is organized in more than
a dozen technical groups with the main objective being to bring
together individuals, universities, industrial organization and
other institutions in the Southern African region in a financially
sustainable programme of environmental research, training and capacity
building. Meetings and workshops facilitate an intensive exchange
of information and the promotion of research.
SANTREN was formed in 1995 as a collaborative training project of
the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.V (CDG) of Germany, the Institute
of Environmental Studies (IES) of the University of Zimbabwe and
various universities within the SADC region. The secretariat is
situated in Harare at the IES.
Technical
teams have been established in the areas of Mining
and the Environment, Small-Scale
Mining and Mine
Dumps among others. A number of training courses have
been developed including: Environmental
Management of Mine Dumps/Dams, Mining
and the Environment and Environmental
Hazards in Mining.
Intermediate
Technology Development Group (ITDG)
ITDG is an international non-governmental organization which specialises
in helping people to use technology for 'Practical Answers to Poverty'.
Based in the United Kingdom, the group works in the regions of Latin
America, East Africa, Southern Africa and South Asia focusing on
small-scale mining, in addition to agriculture, transport, shelter,
disaster mitigation and energy technologies.
Wassa Association of Communities Affected
By Mining (WACAM)
WACAM is a Ghanaian grassroots organisation that campaigns on behalf
of communities which have been adversely affected by the gold mining
activities in the region. They tackle the problems created when
communities are moved off their land by mining companies, as well
as the problems of those forced to live in close proximity of a
mine. These issues range from loss of land and livelihood, pollution
of water sources, increased poverty and lack of access to schooling
and health care.
WACAM can be contacted at:
WACAM,
P. O. BOX 558
Tarkwa - GHANA
Tel: + 233 362 20137 or + 233 22 200585
Email: kowus75@yahoo.com
Environmental
Rights Action (ERA)
ERA is an environmental watch group located in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
ERA publishes a monthly Niger Delta ALERT magazine, and testimonies
of residents of the region. ERA also has reports on multinational
oil corporations operating in Nigeria's Niger Delta.
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Chamber
of Mines of South Africa
Comprehensive news, data and policy information on mining, with
emphasis on the activity of the South African mining industry.
The Chamber provides a page listing the daily
mining news from South African newspapers.
Tanzania
Chamber of Mines (TCM)
Represents private participants in the Tanzanian mineral sector.
World
Diamond Council (WDC)
Adapted from the World Diamond Council website. "The WDC includes
representation from the diamond industry, countries where diamonds
play a major economic role and the international banking sector.
The Council's mandate is the development, implementation and oversight
of a tracking system for the export and import of rough diamonds
to prevent the exploitation of diamonds for illicit purposes such
as war and inhumane acts. Human rights activists refer to diamonds
exploited in this way as "blood" or "conflict"
diamonds. A System for International Rough Diamond Export and Import
Controls has been developed."
Business
Partners for Development (BPD) - Natural Resources Cluster
Extract from website: "The Natural Resources Cluster seeks
to enhance the role of oil, gas and mining corporations in development.
Our aim is to produce practical examples, based on 'focus projects'
around the world, of how three-way partnerships involving companies,
government authorities and civil society organization can be a more
effective means of reducing social risks and promoting community
development."
Member partners include; AngloAmerican, BP plc., Shell
International, CARE International, Placer Dome Ltd, WMC Ltd, UK
Department for International Development (DFID) and The World Bank.
Focus projects in Africa are Konkola
Copper Mines - Zambia; and SPDC,
petroleum -Nigeria.
Other focus projects are: Sarshatali
coal mine - India; Las
Cristinas gold mine - Venezuela; Kelian
gold/silver mine - Indonesia; and BPXC,
petroleum - Colombia
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Some of the major mineral companies based in Africa, or with significant
operations in this region, are provided for reference.
Anglo
American plc
The following text is adapted from the Anglo American website.
The Anglo American group is a global leader in the mining and natural
resources sectors. It has significant interests in gold, platinum,
diamonds, coal, base and ferrous metals, industrial minerals and
forest products. The Group is geographically diverse, with operations
and developments in Africa, Europe, South and North America and
Australia. The website has information on the area of social responsibility
including the environment, corporate social investment and HIV/AIDS.
AngloGold
AngloGold is the world’s largest gold producer, based in South Africa,
with operations worldwide.
Ashanti
Goldfields Company Ltd
"Ashanti Goldfields Company Ltd is the largest African gold
mining company outside South Africa and the leading company in the
Ghanaian mining industry."
The company has operations in Ghana, Guinea, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
Information on the Geita
Project in Tanzania includes significant background information
of relevance to the Tanzanian mineral sector.
A MBendi profile
is available.
De
Beers
The following text is adapted from the De Beers website.
De Beers produces about 45% by value of the total annual global
diamond production from mines in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia.
The gem mining operations span - open pit, underground, alluvial,
coastal and under sea - while its exploration programme extends
across six continents.
Resolute
Mining Ltd
Gold producer and explorer based in Australia. The company has
two operating gold mines of which the Golden
Pride Gold Project is located in Tanzania. Information
is available on the companies activities in the area of corporate
responsiblity - safety and health, community relations and the
environment.
Groupe Office Cherifien des Phosphates
(OCP)
Moroccan phosphate rock and fertilizer producer. The company website
is currently not available on the Internet.
A MBendi profile is available on OCP.
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FRAME -
A program to build knowledge-sharing networks for natural resource
professionals in Africa. One of the collective learning forums
is Mining
and Environmental Health in Africa (MEHA).
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR) - Mining,
Metals and Minerals section
An industrial research organization in Africa committed to innovation,
supporting sustainable development and economic growth. CSIR is
joint manager, with the University of Witwatersrand, of the MMSD
Southern Africa process.
The
Southern and Eastern African Mineral Centre
(SEAMIC)
SEAMIC is an independent regional centre of knowledge and information
for southern and eastern Africa established in 1977, under the umbrella
of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). Founder
Member States are Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tanzania, later on joined
by Angola, the Comoros and Uganda. Membership is open to all other
countries of the eastern and southern African sub-region.
The Mission of SEAMIC is to "Promote socio-economic and environmentally
responsible mineral sector development in Eastern and Southern Africa,
through establishing an independent reliable mineral centre of knowledge,
research and development, services and products, training and a
hub for geo-information for the sub region."
SEAMIC host the Geoscience
Data-compilation in Eastern and Southern Africa (Geodesa) project.
The project’s main objective is to make the region’s mineral exploration
information more easily accessible by providing assistance to the
13 individual member States.
School
of Mining Engineering
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Institute
of Mining Research
The Institute has the mission of enabling "the sustainable
development of the mining and related sectors in Zimbabwe through
innovative and responsive research, further education, training
and consultancy services of the highest quality." University
of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Intierra
Intierra provides information and knowledge management service to
resource companies, investors and Government agencies operating
in the global resources sector. Subscribers can access a comprehensive
web-based GIS system comprised of files, maps, images and other
documents.
Snowden
Mining Industry Consultants
Offices in Johannesburg, South Africa, Perth, Kalgoorlie and Brisbane
in Australia and Vancouver, Canada.
British
Geologic Service (BGS)
The BGS conducts surveys, monitoring and research in the geoscientic
fields; provides geoscientific information, advice and services
to customers in the industrial, engineering, governmental and scientific
communities; as well as providing knowledge, information, education
and training in the geosciences.
Council
for Geosciences, South Africa
A public organisation providing geoscience information and services
for South Africa. Reports, publications and maps are available as
well as an online catalogue to the Council's library. In addition,
a number of databases
are freely available for download including the SADC Map and Bibliographic
databases.
Deutsche
Geologische Gesellschaft e.V. /
German Geological Society - (German)
Department
of the Earth Sciences - University of the
Western Cape
Cover the disciplines of Geology, Physical Geography and Hydrogeology.
Geological
Society of Japan - (English/Japanese)
Geological
Society of South Africa (GSSA)
Geological
Society of Zimbabwe
The
Pan-African Network for a Geological Information System (PANGIS)
PANGIS
aims to enhance the capacity of national geological surveys in order
to respond more effectively and efficiently to the decision-makers'
need for data on the country's natural resources. This is to be
achieved through standardization of geological data bases in the
region to facilitate the exchange, transfer and retrieval of data
among African countries and between African and non-African countries
and produce data in a format which can be easily interpreted and
integrated into other management information.
Centre
International pour la Formation et les Echanges Géologiques
(CIFEG)/ International
Centre for Training and Exchange in Geoscience
CIFEG, a French organisation, provides assistance to developing
countries in the earth sciences field through: the management of
information (PANGIS
and SANGIS
programmes); information on the existing surveys and litterature
referring to the geology of their country (CIFEG Database); and
the publication of the results of their scientific research.
The
Royal Museum of Central Africa /
Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale
The Museum is one of the major centres for the scientific study
of Africa in the world, focusing on a range of academic disciplines
including Historical Sciences, Cultural Anthropology, Zoology and
Geology. The website includes the Metafro
InfoSys an information system integrating the catalogue of belgian
data sources related to the Central African states, and Burundi
and Rwanda.
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MBendi
- World Mining Industry
MBendi provides an overview of the mining industry in Africa
and other regions, as well as a descriptions of companies
active in the African region. An extensive projects database provides
information on current and planned projects with a focus on the African
region. This can be accessed using the project
search facility.
AllAfrica.com
AllAfrica Global Media is a leading provider of African news and
information worldwide. More than 500 new stories are posted daily
from over 80 African media organizations and its own reporters.
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