The high prices of precious metals in recent years led the industry to expand into previously unexplored territories.
In these communities, social unrest, concerns about the environment and have conspired to nationalist leanings that mining companies are forced to adjust their way of doing business, analysts say.
Given the external pressures facing the industry, including a recent fall in commodity prices, it is increasingly necessary to work more closely with communities and foreign governments where mines are generally poor and rural areas and, in some cases, home to native populations.
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