'Sustainability' ... who are we kidding?

DR Congo: Is government intervention the real risk to watch?

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Kyzyl ramp-up signals new growth path at buoyant Polymetal

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New Energy brings experience to new dawn

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Bezant's Mankayan back in copper-gold spotlight

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Mining executives have been stung by the industry's critics who paint them as careless and callous in their dealings with the communities in which they work.

At the same time, the industry has found itself having to arbitrate between national aspirations for sustainable development and the demands of global markets for raw materials.

Sustainable development at the national leve...