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Article

1 Jan 2011

Author:
Shamiso Mtisi, Mutuso Dhliwayo & Gilbert Makore, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association

[PDF] Extractive Industries Policy and Legal Handbook: Analysis of the key issues in Zimbabwe's mining sector - Case study of the plight of Marange and Mutoko Mining Communities

This handbook constitutes one of the battles being fought by civil society organisations to promote and protect the rights of communities living adjacent to mining areas against the operations of extractive industries, the state and other individuals who violate their Environmental, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...In Marange, diamond mining...has resulted in a lot of human rights violations...[O]ne of the key research questions was whether the local communities are deriving any tangible economic benefits from mining and what has been the impact of mining activities on community livelihoods...[I]n both cases the research identified some of the major impacts of mining on the communities including environmental degradation, loss of land, water pollution, human rights violations and mere plundering of resources without any tangible benefits going to the communities. [refers to Core Minerals and Mining, Canadile, New Reclamation Group, Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC), Anjin (joint venture Anhui Foreign Economic Construction & Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation), Mbada Diamonds (joint venture New Reclamation Group & Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation)]