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Goldlake Eurocantera/Honduras
Authors: Erzurumlu, Sinan; Anderson, Marty; Carte, Assheton L. Stewart
Product Type: Cases
Source: Babson College
Publication Year: 2012
GOLD launched Goldlake, a mining industry investment company, through its subsidiary Eurocantera in Honduras. Goldlake considered its organizational goals to be commercial viability and the environmental and social impacts of its business decisions on reputational and financial value. This case focuses on how Goldlake developed values based on principles of human and environmental sensitivity, and how it turned the social innovation of community inclusiveness into a competitive advantage.
Rio Tinto and the Resolution Copper Mining Joint Venture (A, B, C)
Authors: Werhane, Patricia H.; Starr, Justin; Mead, Jenny; Gorman, Michael
Product Type: Cases
Source: Darden School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
From its inception, the Resolution Copper Mining (RCM) joint venture faced a number of significant technical, political, and environmental challenges as it attempted to develop a strategy for mining a copper ore body located under the Tonto National Forest in Superior, Arizona.
MSPL Limited: CSR and Sustainability in Mining
Authors: Gupta, Amit; Joseph, Amita
Product Type: Cases
Source: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore; Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
MSPL’s main source of revenue, the Vyasankere Iron Ore Mine (VIOM), was one of the largest iron ore mines in the private sector in India. The case deals with the choices and decisions regarding the numerous initiatives undertaken by the organization in sustainability and CSR. Were there other initiatives that MSPL should have undertaken? Was it even necessary for the company to carry out CSR activities in the local communities?
Australian Miners and the Resource Super Profit Tax
Authors: Delios, Andrew Karl; Jimenez, Donna; Turner, Clarissa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business; National University of Singapore
Publication Year: 2012
In 2010, the ruling party in Australia devised the Resource Super Profit Tax (RSPT) to enable national and state governments to benefit from the boom in the mining industry. The case is presented from the perspective of the CEO of BHP Billiton, one of the largest mining companies in Australia. Successful analysis of the case involves an evaluation of all interested stakeholders in the Australian economy that will be influenced by the imposition of the RSPT.
Mining and Corporate Social Responsibility (A, B, C)
Authors: Puffer, Sheila M.; Wesley, David T.A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Northeastern University
Publication Year: 2012
The case takes place in Peru in the aftermath of the worst mercury spill in history. BHP Billiton, affected by the increased hostility toward mining companies, enters into an agreement with Oxfam to conduct training on sustainability and the impacts of large-scale infrastructure projects on communities...
First Quantum Minerals vs. Eurasian Natural Resources
Authors: Serafeim, George; Knauer, Andrew
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
The case describes the battle between First Quantum Mineral and Eurasian Resources over mines in Democratic Republic of Congo...
China Plays Heavy Metal: Rare Earth Elements and the US Defence Industry
Authors: Ramon-Berjano, Carola; Schuetz, Marcus
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2011
In 2010, 97% of the world's supply of rare earth elements (REE) came from mines in China. The United States faced the challenge of rebuilding domestic REE supplies to achieve self-sufficiency and protect the environment.
China Minmetals Corporation and Noranda Inc.
Author: Litvak, Isaiah A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
The proposed takeover of Noranda Inc. (one of the biggest mineral players in the world) by the Chinese state owned enterprise, China Minmetals Corporation, was cause for Canadian government concern as it required some understanding about the workings and objectives of state owned enterprises. There was particular concern around the labour issues and human rights violations in China...
BP and the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Author: Roberto, Michael A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
On the night of April 20, 2010, a series of explosions rocked the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The case describes how Tony Hayward and his predecessor, John Browne, led the firm and shaped the culture during the past two decades. In addition, the case explains how the regulatory environment and political forces shaped decision-making in the oil industry. The case concludes by examining the aftermath of the accident, particularly the public relations miscues that BP experienced as it tried to manage the crisis.
Kinross Gold Corporation: Accounting for Stock-based Compensation
Authors: Henderson, Darren; Liu, Christine
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
Kinross Gold is considering changing the stock-based compensation plans that it uses for medium to long-term executive incentives. A Human Resources consultant must determine whether the current split between stock options and restricted share units should be altered...
Barrick Gold Corporation - Tanzania
Authors: Newenham-Kahindi, Aloysius; Beamish, Paul W.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
Following recent organized tensions and heightened criticism from local communities, media, international social lobbyists and local not-for-profit organizations, the giant Canadian mining corporation Barrick Gold Corporation has attempted to deal with the local communities in a responsible manner. At issue for senior management was whether there was much more that it could reasonably do to resolve the tensions.
Fairmount Minerals
Authors: Sharma, Garima; Chatterjee, Sayan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
Given the strong personal values of stewardship of the planet and community held by the CEO, and because of the reputation of the industry, Fairmount Minerals was moved to action to integrate sustainable development in every step of its value chain — from mining to shipping the product to the customer.
Fortune Minerals - Adoption of IFRS
Authors: Sturby, Chris; Jean, Melissa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
The controller of a publicly traded mining company must make a series of recommendations the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the company as the company prepares to adopt international financial reporting standards (IFRS). Major decisions revolve around accounting for the company's fixed assets and mining properties.
When Engaging with Your Stakeholders Is Worth Its Weight in Gold
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2011
Given two gold mines with the same amount of gold in the ground, the same cost of extraction and the same worldwide demand, why is one mine valued 10 times more than the other? Because one has local support and the other doesn’t...
Suncor's Political Role in Fort McMurray
Author: Valente, Michael
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
In the midst of massive growth in the oil sands, Suncor's chief executive officer (CEO) is growing concerned about the local government's inability to cope with unprecedented growth of oils sands development in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Crime, prostitution, drug use, social inequality and ecological deterioration have begun to cripple the area. The CEO is concerned that inaction may hold Suncor complicit in the social and ecological issues in the region.
Samarco: The Role of Businesses in Empowering People
Authors: Fischer, Rosa Maria; Borba, Paulo Da Rocha Ferreira; Mendonca, Luciana Rocha de; Bose, Monica; Novaes, Elidia Maria
Product Type: Cases
Source: Social Enterprise Knowledge Network
Publication Year: 2011
Samarco’s Environment Manager proposed a new social program for the mining company. This program had broad objectives: to improve the company's image; to involve the communities in the preparation of sustainable social-environmental projects and to build a network of partners for meeting local demands and proceeding with development actions after the end of the company's involvement in the Program. Fierce internal controversies culminated in a dilemma as to whether or not the company's way of operating socially should be changed.
Hocol
Authors: Uribe, Elsa Margarita; Gutiérrez, Roberto; Barragan, Andres
Product Type: Cases
Source: Social Enterprise Knowledge Network
Publication Year: 2011
This business case illustrates how Hocol competed in the exploration and extraction of oil in Colombia. What distinguished this oil company was the dynamic construction of a particular business model based on a deep understanding of the external context, allowing the simultaneous creation of economic value (profitability) and social value (promotion of social development).
Shale Gas Extraction by Shell: Environmental Implications
Author: Dutta, Subhankar
Product Type: Cases
Source: Amity Research Centre
Publication Year: 2011
Royal Dutch Shell Company initiated a South African oil project that led to controversy around "fracking" extraction technology. The company faced strong protest and criticism from the local inhabitants and environmentalists arguing that the project could contaminate the underground water and lead to serious health problems across the region.
Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (A, B)
Authors: Alfaro, Laura; Roscini, Dante; Kim, Renee
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
As the world's largest copper producer, Chile was benefiting from the rise in copper prices. Copper revenues translated into greater income for the government as Chile's biggest copper producer, Codelco, was a state-owned enterprise. Several critics wanted the funds to be used to improve the poor public education system, income gap, and other impending social issues. After all, Chile had one of the most unequal distributions of wealth in the world.
Old Problems Remain, New Ones Crop Up: Political Risk in the 21st Century
Author: Jakobsen, Jo
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2010
Despite the fact that most developing countries now generally welcome multinational companies, political risk still represents a huge concern for international business. In fact, multinational companies today probably face a much broader array of risks than during the nationalization wave of the 1960s and 1970s.
IFP, Indonesia
Author: Shapiro, Roy D.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
IFP, Ltd. is a Europe-based multinational mining and minerals company contemplating an investment to produce forest products in Indonesia. The primary case decisions are 1) how to assess political and operating risk, 2) how to integrate economic and political risk analysis in order to select among the alternative spatial and operating configurations, and 3) how to manage operations in order to minimize risk.
Murky Waters? Corporate Reporting on Water Risk
Author: Barton, Brooke
Product Type: Cases
Source: Ceres
Publication Year: 2010
Despite growing water-scarcity risks in many parts of the world, the vast majority of leading companies in water-intensive industries have weak management and disclosure of water-related risks and opportunities, according to a first-ever report issued by the Ceres investor coalition, the financial services firm UBS and financial data provider Bloomberg.
Cameco in Kyrgyzstan: Corporate Social Responsibility Abroad
Authors: Bansal, Pratima; Scarfe, John; Johnston, Richard
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009
Based in Saskatoon, Cameco was the world's largest uranium mining company. The case centres on whether the same corporate social responsibility policy developed in Canada can be applied to the company's joint venture with the Kyrgyzstan government to operate a gold mine in eastern Kyrgyzstan.
Talisman Energy Inc.: The Decision to Enter Iraq
Authors: Bansal, Pratima; Slawinski, Natalie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009
The senior executive team of Talisman Energy met to debate Talisman's proposed entry into the oil-rich Kurdistan region of Iraq. This move was potentially very lucrative for Talisman but was fraught with risks. These risks were exacerbated by Talisman's previous foray into Sudan...
Environmental and Social Disclosure and Data Richness in the Mining Industry
Authors: Peck, Philip; Sinding, Knud
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Strategy and the Environment
Publication Year: 2009
Self-regulation by firms and industries in relation to the environmental impact they cause is not a full substitute for more traditional regulation of environmental externalities.
Web Conference: Preparing Responsible Managers for the Mining and Metals Industry
Authors: Hodge, R. Anthony; Hutton, Bruce; Scully, Maureen; Shattuck, Rachel
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: Aspen CBE
Publication Year: 2009
On January 22, 2009, Aspen CBE hosted a web conference that addressed social and environmental issues in the mining and metals industry, and the ways in which business faculty can incorporate these subjects into their teaching.
A Promise
Author: Ribeiro, Aline
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Época Negócios
Publication Year: 2009
This article describes the Alcoa efforts for the R$3.5 billion project to be seen as a model for responsible business in the Amazon. Conversations with the local population about the installation of the project began in 2005, when 70 meetings were held with residents from more than 100 communities from around Juruti, and with representatives from civil society, academia and the public authorities.
Breaking the Curse: How Transparent Taxation and Fair Taxes Can Turn Africa's Mineral Wealth into Development
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Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Open Society Institute of Southern Africa, Third World Network Africa, Tax Justice Network Africa, Action Aid International, and Christian Aid
Publication Year: 2009
This report has been compiled by a group of African and international civil society organisations concerned about the lack of transparency in mining contracts, as well as the revenue that national budgets forego because of excessive mining tax concessions as well as multinational mining companies avoiding and evading tax.
Safety at Fluor Hanford (A, B)
Authors: Inkpen, A; Moffett, M
Product Type: Cases
Source: Thunderbird School of Global Management
Publication Year: 2009
Fluor Corporation has always prided itself on its competence in safety. It was a core value of the company, and Fluor had achieved remarkable safety records on complex projects all over the world. But now, in the spring of 1997, Fluor found itself managing the western hemisphere's largest environmental clean-up site, the Hanford reservation in Washington State.
Rosia Montana: Political and Social Risk Management in the Land of Dracula (A, B, C)
Authors: Henisz, Witold J.; Dorobantu, Sinziana; Gray, Tim
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Publication Year: 2009
Gabriel Resources sought to excavate gold that lay directly below the town of Rosia Montana, embedded in the rock like sugar in a cake. To unearth its golden bounty, Gabriel Resources had proposed relocating 974 households, including about 2,000 people, as well as local churches and cemeteries, but not everyone wanted to leave. Now Gabriel Resources’ executives had to decide how to proceed.
Minerals Industry Risk Management Gateway (MIRMGate)
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Product Type: Web Sites
Source:
Publication Year: 2009
A comprehensive online library of information related to hazard and risk management in the mining, minerals processing and quarrying industries.
International Council on Mining and Metals Health and Safety Conference 2006
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Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: International Council on Mining and Metals
Publication Year: 2009
ICMM organized an international conference focusing on safety and health on 14-16 November 2006 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Mining and Metals: Managing Accidents, Crises, and Risks
Authors: Shattuck, Rachel; Scully, Maureen
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
Accidents and crises bring attention to the mining and metals industry and raise questions about the acceptable risks involved in core operations.
Good Practice Guidance on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
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Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: International Council on Mining and Metals
Publication Year: 2009
ICMM is a CEO-led industry group dedicated to helping mining and metals companies operate in an environmentally and socially responsible fashion.
Mining and Metals: Taking a Role in Pressing Social Issues: HIV/AIDS
Authors: Shattuck, Rachel; Scully, Maureen
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
Early case studies of how corporations in the U.S. responded to employees with HIV/ AIDS in the 1980s focused on learning from individual cases, updating specific employee benefits, and generally developing responsible and voluntary human resource management practices (for example, the case of Levi Straus in San Francisco).
Mining and Metals: Shareholder Activism and Other Levers for Change
Authors: Shattuck, Rachel; Scully, Maureen
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
The mining and minerals industry has introduced a number of changes. Both pressures that are internal to the industry as well as pressures from outside the industry have generated these changes.
Raising Our Game: Can We Sustain Globalization?
Author: SustainAbility
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: SustainAbility
Publication Year: 2009
This report takes stock of the challenges and opportunities facing business in a global context.
International Council on Mining and Metals: Resource Endowment Initiative
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Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: International Council on Mining and Metals
Publication Year: 2009
As part of the REi (Resource Endowment Initiative), ICMM has developed an Analytical Framework looking at the macroeconomic and governance influences on the socio-economic performance of mining companies.
EITI: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
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Product Type: Web Sites
Source:
Publication Year: 2009
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) aims to strengthen governance by improving transparency and accountability in the extractives sector.
Mining and Metals: Global Portability of Governance and Agreements
Authors: Shattuck, Rachel; Scully, Maureen
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
A common question in International Management is whether practices can be exported “as is,” whether they must be adapted, or whether a balance can be struck between these two approaches.
Interview with Prof. Mark Finster, School of Business, University of Wisconsin Madison
Author: Shattuck, Rachel
Product Type: Interviews
Source:
Publication Year: 2009
International Council on Mining and Metals
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Product Type: Web Sites
Source:
Publication Year: 2009
ICMM is a CEO-led organization representing many of the world's leading mining and metals companies as well as regional, national and commodity associations.
Mining and Metals: Sustainability and Core Operations
Authors: Shattuck, Rachel; Scully, Maureen
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
The mining and metals industry faces the depletion of resources, the stewardship of land, and the impacts on local communities as issues central to its operations.
Safeguarding Workplace and Community Health
Author: Upton, Maureen
Product Type: Cases; Policy and Issue Reports
Source: World Gold Council
Publication Year: 2008
The purpose of this report, Safeguarding workplace and community health: How gold mining companies are fighting HIV?AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, is to take the groundbreaking work of the International Council on Mining and Metals, Good Practice Guidance on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, published in June 2008, and investigate its application in the global gold mining industry.
Mining and Metals: Five Issues with Broad Implications
Authors: Shattuck, Rachel; Scully, Maureen
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2008
The mining and metals industry offers many challenging questions and useful lessons for MBA students. This teaching module helps professors raise these topics in the classroom by bringing together a variety of different materials from different sources that can be used both as background reading and as the focus of class discussion...
Coal's popularity concerns environmentalists
Author: Kraul, Chris
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Boston.com
Publication Year: 2008
As the global price of oil and natural gas soar, some customers are taking a new look at other fuels, including coal.
Utah Mine Disaster Was Preventable, Report Says
Author: Urbina, Ian
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2008
The general manager and possibly other senior staff at the Crandall Canyon Mine near Huntington, Utah, where 9 miners died in August 2007, hid information from federal mining officials that could have prevented the disaster and should face criminal charges, according to a Congressional investigation whose results were released Thursday.
Standards & Guidelines for Sierra Leone's Artisanal Diamond Mining Sector
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Product Type: Cases
Source: Diamond Development Initiative International
Publication Year: 2008
The aim of this document is to provide practical information and guidance to officials, organizations and companies interested in the world of artisanal diamond mining. Communities are poorly informed about regulations, and there are few accessible information points to inform and guide them.
Good Practice Guidance on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
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Product Type: Cases
Source: International Council on Mining & Metals
Publication Year: 2008
Aimed at managers and health practitioners, this toolkit seeks to increase their understanding of the individual diseases.
The Guidance explains the characteristics of each disease – the stages, signs and symptoms, spread, diagnosis and treatment. The uniquely different prevention, treatment and control mechanisms of the three diseases are recognized.
A systematic management process is described, comprising nine generic steps to determine the type and level of intervention required for HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria.
The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights: An Implementation Toolkit for Major Project Sites
Authors: McFetridge, Don; Nehring, Lee; Shankleman, Jill
Product Type: Cases
Source: Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, Japan Environmental and Social Challenges Fund, in partnership with Anvil Mining
Publication Year: 2008
Investors in large-scale projects, particularly in the extractive industries, face the difficult challenge of how to safeguard company personnel and property in a way that respects human rights and the security of local communities. In a range of countries companies have faced allegations of human rights abuse related to security incidents where employees or other civilians have been killed or injured. In December 2000, the United States and United Kingdom governments, along with a group of extractive companies and non-governmental organizations, agreed on a set of principles, known as the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPSHR), to guide companies on security and human rights. The VPSHR provide a short, concise outline of actions companies should take to assess risks and implement public and private security measures in a manner that respects human rights.
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