mining and csr: case studies from tanzania siri lange, chr. michelsen institute
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Mining and CSR: Case studies from TanzaniaSiri Lange, Chr. Michelsen Institute
Notes on methodology
• Studies to be used in training courses• Collaboration with ESRF in Dar• Sensitive issue - authorities sceptical
• 5 days at each location:
– Gold mining in Geita– Tanzanite mining in Mererani
• Interviews with:– Mining companies, local authorities, artisinal miners, NGOs/CBOs
Mining in Tanzania
• 1967 state monopoly
• Structural adjustment from 1986
• Foreign investors were invited
• Minerals’ share of total value of exports:
1996: 3.8%
2003: 50%
CSR in mining – national figures
• 70% of donations to ’community devlopment’ spent on water and roads
• Percent of exports:1999: 5.1%2000: 4.3%2001: 1.2%2002: 0.3%
Geita Gold Mine – Lake Victoria
• Owned by Anglo-Gold Ashanti (SA)
• Third largest gold mine in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Full operation since 2002
• 2400 employees
• 1/3 of government’s revenues from mining
CSR at Geita Gold Mine (GGM)
• Has a good reputation – praised by the WB
• Half of the amount spent on water pipe
• $ 140 000 per year to the District Council
• Projects dis-located, money was lost
• GGM now donate ’in kind’ (buildings)
AFGEM - Mererani
• Owned by Tanzanite One (SA)
• Operated since 2001
• 450 employees
• Small scale miners ’encroach’ the mine
• Several miners killed - court cases
• Rumours about ownership
CSR at AFGEM
• 2001 offered $ 28 000 to Mererani village goverment – which refused
• Mining company favours the Maasai• $ 276 000 to Nasinyai village ($ 46 pc)• Corruption – waste material• No control function (women loose out)• Use support to build ward offices – ethnic separatism
Challenges
• No national CSR guidelines • How to define the unit of ’community’?
– GGM: District Council level– AFGEM: Village Government level
• Degree of recipient responsibility • Alliances between mining companies and authorities – the poor
suffer• Disclosure of contracts & donations