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News and Articles
Gold Fields CEO: ‘Markets have yet to hit bottom’
In a Critical Resource Q&A, Nick Holland calls for companies to prioritise long-term stakeholder concerns over short-term investor demands.
Eni director: ‘The industry needs extraordinary leaders’
In a Critical Resource Q&A, Karina Litvack, a non-executive director of Eni and SRI expert, calls on extractive firms to plan for a 2°C world.
Mali’s Minister of Mines: Africa’s new resource vision
In a Q&A with Critical Resource, Dr Boubou Cissé calls on African leaders to take responsibility for translating resources into development.
Launch of ‘The Heat is On’ initiative
Critical Resource launches an initiative to catalyse stronger leadership by fossil fuel companies on climate change.
‘Before it hits the fan’: getting deal due diligence right
Critical Resource identifies seven common pitfalls in approaches to assessing political and stakeholder challenges.
Vedanta Chairman: Making India a $20 trillion economy
In a Q&A with Critical Resource, Anil Agarwal, Chairman of the major resources company Vedanta, enthuses about opportunities for resource investment in India, and discusses the challenges of sustainable development.
Randgold CEO: Africa can deliver ‘super-growth’
In a Critical Resource interview, Mark Bristow enthuses about opportunities in African resources – and calls for hard listening to stakeholders.
Working through the downturn
Creating local jobs is good for companies’ ‘license to operate’ – but what approach should extractive firms take in a commodity price downturn? A snapshot from a recent client assignment.
Q&A with NRGI: “Transparency is the best disinfectant”
The president of the influential Natural Resource Governance Institute highlights leaders and laggards among extractive firms.
Managing public health threats: Lessons from Ebola
As the Ebola epidemic in West Africa shows signs of receding, what lessons can extractive firms learn for dealing with major public health threats?
Q&A with Tullow Chairman: the oil price & new African realities
Simon Thompson discusses the oil-price collapse and new realities for extractive companies and African governments.
Civil relations with civil society
Can extractive companies and NGOs find more constructive ways to engage?