Nanau, Gordon (2014) Local experiences with mining royalties, company and the state in the Solomon Islands. Journal de la Société des Océanistes, 138 . pp. 77-92. ISSN 0300-953X
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Abstract
Royalties, rents and other material benefits from
mining ventures have been of interest to development
discussions. These benefits are important to all stakeholders
but the first mining agreement in the Solomon
Islands only accommodated a tiny percentage of the gross
value of gold and silver produced as the mining lease to
landowning groups. The questions that led me to the
Gold Ridge mine and surrounding communities on
Guadalcanal in 2007 and 2010 are: (i) Can royalties
from the mine be sustainable agents to improve people’s
livelihoods? (ii) To what extent have royalty payments,
licence fees and rents from mines impacted on local Solomon
Islanders’ lives? (iii) How do mining agreements
and courts of law do or do not safeguard local social
capital and the environment? In analysing the data, the
processes of negotiating mining agreements; movement
and resettlement of people; livelihood and gendered
opportunities offered by the mine; and the state’s role
in the mine are discussed in this paper. Moreover, the
paper responds to the three questions above and assesses
the sustainability of mining royalties and the role of
the modern state and processes in the Solomon Islands
mining sector.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) > School of Government, Development and International Affairs |
| Depositing User: | Repo Editor |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2015 03:31 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Sep 2016 04:12 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/7938 |
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