Miners Should Focus On Community Empowerment As Nationalism Tide Rises

Ramphele was firm that the mining industry needed to entrench sustainability into its operations. “I would like to see a situation where a mining company comes into a community and starts to sow the seeds of sustainability from the initial exploration phase right through to the eventual and inevitable mine closure. Unfortunately what we have seen for too long is a hole left in the ground with detrimental environmental consequences and a community mired in poverty.”
http://www.miningweekly.com/article/miners-should-focus-more-on-communities-as-nationalism-tide-rises-2012-02-09