Industry Trends: What Is Changing in Community Relations for Mining?
Six Shifts Reshaping How Extractive Companies Engage, Build Trust, and Maintain Social License in 2026.
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Identifying, mapping, and engaging the full range of parties affected by extractive operations: community leaders, indigenous groups, NGOs, regulators, and internal teams.
Social Performance Indicators: Tracking Relationship Quality in Mining Operations
A four-pillar framework for measuring what actually predicts operational stability: community trust, commitment delivery, adaptive capacity, and local development outcomes.
Mediation as a Strategic Tool for Earning Social License to Operate
How Mediation Helps Mining Companies Earn and Maintain Social License to Operate
You Have a Grievance Mechanism — But Do You Have Mediation?
Why a grievance mechanism that processes complaints isn't the same as one that resolves conflict, and what to do about it.
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