ABSTRACT
The Australia-Africa Minerals & Energy Group (AAMEG) is the leading member association supporting the Australian extractives industry in dealing with non-technical issues in their operations in the countries of Africa. AAMEG organizes a range of member forums including presentations, roundtables and workshops through which members can share their individual experiences and be better prepared to deal with what are often confronting issues. AAMEG strongly supports Australia's approach to the extractive industries transparency Initiative, the organization for economic co-operation and development guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. AAMEG also supports the worthy aspirations of African leaders as expressed in the Africa Mining Vision. The establishment of a mining project in a remote jurisdiction can bring jobs, training, education and economic flow-on to a community otherwise estranged from the material benefits of big business. Mining can pose a threat to the local environment, displace residents, create wealth inequalities and disrupt traditional livelihoods and culture.
