05.12.2014

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Articles

These days, the term “social license to operate” is commonplace. Its use is testament to an industry-wide recognition that, in many parts of the developing world, achieving local resource growth requires mining companies to go beyond just obtaining government permissions, such as licenses and permits to conduct business. Also necessary is the much more intangible and informal “social permission” from the local communities and other stakeholders.  Read the full article.