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19 May 2008

Questions to Consider

1. It is clear that many aspects of influx management are the domain of local/regional government. To what extent should a Company go beyond promoting awareness of influx issues to managing them?

2. IFC/CommDev is trying to define a typology of influx situations? We would be grateful to receive your thoughts on the following key questions:

  • Location
  • Type of Operation (oil, gas or mining)
  • Stage of Operation (exploration, construction, operations, closure
  • Description of influc phenomenon: Who has arrived? Numbers? Where are
  • they settling? What are they doing?
  • Description of key impacts
  • Any mitigation measures undertaken? Yes/No. If yes, please describe.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

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From David Graham on 26 March 2008, 14:45

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Dear COMMDEV,
Would you be able to direct me to articles or information dealing with managing rapid in-migration of workers to mining sites (these workers having hopes of obtaining employment)
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I am interested in obtaining practical information on best practices used by mining companies in hiring new employees, infrastructure management (specifically in terms of providing services for new employees e.g. housing, avoiding crime/rapid price increases for the local community etc.), developing positive community relations and influx management (specifically avoiding a rapid influx of workers from within the country where the mine is starting up and from across borders). Any assistance that you would be able to give would be most appreciated.

Sincerely,
David Graham

From Greg Maher on 6 May 2008, 00:45

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David,
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Your questions about rapid in-migration, particularly around construction phases in projects, is something we have been giving thought to lately. Please feel free to contact me to discuss. greg.maher@riotinto.com

From Ron Bisset on 12 June 2008, 11:15

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David
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Although not a mining project it may be worth investigating work done by BP on in-migration for its Tangguh LNG project in Indonesia as reported on the BP website.

http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9004769&contentId=7008850

Ron

From Jed Mitten on 13 August 2008, 15:45

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I am interested in obtaining practical information on best practices used by mining companies in hiring new employees, infrastructure management (specifically in terms of providing services for new employees e.g. housing, avoiding crime/rapid price increases for the local community etc.), developing positive community relations and influx management (specifically avoiding a rapid influx of workers from within the country where the mine is starting up and from across borders). [...]

From Ademola Adeyemi on 24 October 2008, 05:15

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Obajana Cement Plc is the largest cement producing company in Nigeria with capacity to produce 5million metric tonnes per annum. It is located in Kogi State in North-Central part of Nigeria. It enjoyed the financial support of IFC during construction stage.
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Because of the integrated nature of the company (own minies, power plant, dam, airstrip, fleet of trucks, etc), there is huge influx of people into the area.

During construction it was mainly employment seekers. We were able to manage them by having in place labour registration centres in our communities of influcence. The major contractor handled the construction work worked hand-in-hand with the Community Relations department of the company in reaching out to the labour registartion centres in recruiting labours.

Now we are in operation stage and still we have influx due to employment but additional huge influx as a result of trucking activities. To manage this phenomenon, we are now gradually implementing our Influx and Management/Community Development Plan which was developed through commissioned studies. Major progrmmes are:
1 .Influx management (workers management plan, health screning plan, accommodation plan, personnel movement plan, security management plan, etc).
2 .Poverty Reduction (supporting capacity building and skills training, helping to create jobs, encouraging local business development, increasing access to micro-credit, ec)
3 .Business development and business linkage programme (Develop and promote sustainable small- and medium-sized businesses; Increase the number of viable and sustainable businesses in the area; Support development of micro-credit facilities; Support diversification of the communities' income bases, etc)
4 . Skills Acquition as a strategy for alternative livelihood ( Electrical Installations and Maintenance; Carpentry and Joinery; Plumbing and Pipefitting; Block laying and Concreting; Welding and Fabrication etc)
5 .Advocacy
6 . Awareness creation and public enlightenment on issues of significance importance e.g HIV/AIDS

From Alidu Babatu Adam on 30 November 2009, 10:30

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I am in hunting for information relating to financial or programmatic compensation for women whose income streams (mostly and indirectly) get disrupted or made expensive by mining projects. We find that our proposed Akyem project will displace oil palm and citrus farms that women currently source input from for their agro-processing business. Our current compensation approach driven by the legal domain will leave significant compensation benefits in the hands and control of men. So we trying to find ways of mitigating or rebuilding the only industry that seem to occupy women in the area. Any little information of a sort might be helpful. [...]

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