South Africa's Mining Development Association, which represents smaller and black-owned mining companies, also wants a variety of social-development conditions to be attached to licences.
According to this agreement both countries will cooperate in the areas of energy exploitation and exploration and in joint ventures involving petrochemical and hydroelectric development as well as hydrocarbons, mining, agriculture, infrastructure, science and technology.
Nitrogen, methane, helium, water, carbon-oxygen compounds and hydrogen produced from mining, could permit food growth and development of a water supply for lunar inhabitants.
The Obama administration has proposed putting government land designated for solar and wind development off limits to mining claims for at least two years.
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Mining4Life, made up of mining executives from different mining companies, sets its mandate as demonstrating a commitment to the development and social well-being of the communities where their mining companies do business.
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Following economic liberalization in 1991, these same elites were best placed to secure privileged access to lucrative contracts in mining, property development and infrastructure the sectors that have driven India's recent economic growth.
Mining companies spent little on research and development, or on exploration, in the 1990s and were slow to get going again.
Or will both sides work together to ensure that mining is compatible with the environment and social development?
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With a portfolio of 26 operating mines and advanced exploration and development projects, Toronto-based Barrick Corporation is the largest gold mining company in the world.
She also proposed support to assist in striking a balance between preservation and economic development in the Palawan Biosphere Reserve, where the issue of mining has come into the international spotlight.
What sort of problems arise when NGOs and government agencies try to partner with mining companies to advance international development?
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Much mining development in Australia is funded with equity, not debt, and is consequently not as financially stressed as you might think.
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Restrictions will be relaxed in sectors as diverse as civil aviation, construction development, industrial parks, petroleum and natural gas, commodity exchanges, credit-information services and mining.
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Furthermore, we will learn how SAP is partnering with the German Development Organization (GIZ) to support Ghana in meeting the global standard for transparency in the oil and mining industries set by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
The devil is in its detail, or lack of it: the mining minister will have plenty of discretion in awarding licences, and conditions relating to social development have yet to be defined.
He said the main cause of decline in wild bees, such as mining and mason species, was loss of habitat due to a variety of reasons including urban development.
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