Africa’s Mineral Fortune: The Science And Politics Of Mining And Sustainable Development

Africa’s Mineral Fortune- Front Cover......Page 1
Africa’s Mineral Fortune......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of contributors......Page 9
Introduction......Page 12
Notes......Page 17
PART I:
The politics of African mining......Page 18
Chapter 1: Harmonizing African resource politics? Lessons from
the African Minerals Development Centre......Page 20
Introduction......Page 21
Harnessing Africa’s resource endowment......Page 22
The need for African-driven solutions......Page 24
Formulating the Africa Mining Vision......Page 26
Implementing the Africa Mining Vision through the African Minerals Development Centre......Page 28
Lesotho case......Page 30
Mozambique case......Page 32
Shifting paradigms under the Africa Mining Vision......Page 33
Conclusion......Page 34
Notes......Page 35
Introduction......Page 39
Revisiting resource conflict......Page 40
Conceptual framework: why politics matters......Page 42
Cases of conflict risks in east African extractive industries......Page 44
Governance mechanisms for addressing conflict risks at different levels......Page 48
Conclusion......Page 51
Notes......Page 52
Introduction......Page 56
Chinese investment in the world and in Africa......Page 57
Chinese investment in medium- to large-scale African mining......Page 58
The discourse of Chinese copper mining in Zambia......Page 62
Pay at Chinese- and other foreign-owned copper mines in Zambia......Page 64
Uniquely bad or neoliberally bad?......Page 66
Notes......Page 68
Chapter 4: Field vignette. Moving from prescriptive to performance-
based regulation: the case of waste management......Page 74
Chapter 5: Field vignette. Ghana’s policy on artisanal and small-scale
mining......Page 76
PART II:
Data and models: supporting strategic planning for
Africa’s minerals......Page 80
Introduction......Page 82
How can more metals and minerals be found?......Page 89
Challenges to the development of mineral resources in Africa......Page 91
The critical role of national geological surveys......Page 93
Notes......Page 94
Introduction......Page 97
Traditional regional development perspectives on identifying and measuring the impacts of mining......Page 98
New perspectives on the relationship between mining and development: global trends and structural transformations......Page 99
Current approaches to measuring resource-sector investment linkages in Africa......Page 102
Macroeconomic performance, mineral portfolios,and the structure of extractive industries in Rwanda, Zambia, and Ghana......Page 104
Evaluating the supply chain value of ASM in Rwanda: input–output analysis and multiplier effects......Page 107
Inclusive approaches to measuring development in Rwanda, Zambia, and Ghana: five capitals framework and Q-sort methodology......Page 122
Conclusion......Page 125
Notes......Page 127
Introduction......Page 130
Madagascar and mining: an overview......Page 132
Methodology......Page 136
Macroeconomic effects......Page 138
Fiscal contribution......Page 141
Economic linkages: local procurement......Page 147
Employment......Page 150
Transformative development: concluding remarks......Page 153
Notes......Page 155
Chapter 9: Field vignette. The Extractives Dependence Index and
its impact on Africa......Page 157
Chapter 10: Field vignette. The West African Exploration Initiative (WAXI)
as a model for collaborative research and development......Page 159
Capacity Building Activities......Page 160
Notes......Page 161
PART III:
Environment, health, and innovation......Page 162
Introduction......Page 164
Africa’s current conservation priorities......Page 165
Trends in mining and the environment......Page 170
Case studies......Page 176
Appendix I......Page 184
Notes......Page 185
Introduction......Page 193
Ebola and other emerging infectious diseases......Page 194
Managing risk for the extractives industry: prevention, preparedness, and response......Page 196
The way forward—multisectoral collaboration in a globalized system for EID control......Page 200
Notes......Page 203
Introduction......Page 206
Project valuation using real options......Page 207
Mining in Ghana......Page 208
Mining in South Africa......Page 209
Modeling gold price uncertainty......Page 210
Modeling environmental uncertainty......Page 211
The model......Page 213
Discussions......Page 214
Conclusion......Page 216
Notes......Page 217
Metallophytes and hyperaccumulator plants......Page 219
Mining industry and environmental legacy in Zambia......Page 220
Current state of metallophytes in Zambia......Page 222
The vegetation on copper-enriched sites in Zambia......Page 223
Phytostabilization of minerals wastes using metallophytes......Page 224
Potential for phytomining on minerals wastes using hyperaccumulator plants......Page 225
Advanced scientific methods to understand hyperaccumulator plants......Page 226
Conservation of metallophytes in Zambia......Page 227
Appendix......Page 228
Notes......Page 233
Chapter 15: Field vignette. South Africa’s underground women miners......Page 239
Notes......Page 240
Chapter 16: Field vignette. Sapphire mining, water, and maternal health
in Madagascar......Page 241
Note......Page 245
PART IV:
Reconciling scales of mining governance......Page 246
Introduction......Page 248
Methodology......Page 249
Promoting economic development through ASM in Africa......Page 251
Promoting effective governance of ASM in Africa......Page 255
Promoting protection and rehabilitation of the environment......Page 259
Promoting health and safety in ASM......Page 264
Notes......Page 268
Introduction......Page 275
ASM community risks: integration of households and workplace......Page 277
Water, sanitation, and hygiene-related health risks in ASM......Page 280
Tarkwa district: a case study......Page 281
More water- and gender-related health and safety issues: fieldwork findings......Page 283
Discussion......Page 284
Conclusion......Page 287
Notes......Page 288
Introduction......Page 293
Artisanal and small-scale mining formalization......Page 295
Interoperability......Page 298
Local development......Page 299
Consequences of non-compliance and sanctions......Page 301
Conclusion......Page 302
Notes......Page 303
AAMEG supports members operating in Africa by:......Page 308
Chapter 21: Field vignette. Sourcing “conflict-free” minerals from
Central Africa......Page 311
Conclusion: a multifaceted fortune......Page 313
Notes......Page 315
Index......Page 316