Mining, corporate social responsibility and pluralism in Papua New Guinea

![CDATA[This paper discusses the emergence of an embryonic form of pluralism in the negotiation of development projects between local communities and multinational mining companies (MNMCs) as part of (the latter's) corporate social responsibility (CSR) commitments in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The author draws on data gathered through long periods of fieldwork and observation of MNMCs, state and local communities interactions in the development and day to day operations of mines in PNG. The chapter identifies factors which have led to the emergence of eager and sometimes restless local communities which host large mining projects and their unrelenting pressures on developers for tangible development projects. This has led to the establishment of appropriate institutional arrangement and therefore legitimizing the entry of local communities into the pluralistic negotiation process. The background to mining, complexity characterizing PNG mining and CSR and discussion of three mines' CSR commitments are just some of the topics pursued in this chapter.]]