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The article is devoted to the answer to the question, what priorities prevailed in the process of restructuring hard coal mining in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, in which this sector had a significant share in the structure of the economy (Poland, Czech Republic and Romania)? The analysis was based on the study of the relationship between the level of coal prices on the European market and the level of employment. The hypothesis of the article is that in the Central and Eastern European countries, social priorities dominate over economic ones in the processes of restructuring hard coal mining. The hypothesis verification tools include the linear regression, correlation coefficients and determination of the level of employment and the level of coal prices in USD. The hypothesis is supported by strongly negative regression coefficients and correlation between prices and the level of employment in Poland, Czech Republic (especially in the bi-annual shift) and in Romania (especially with annual shift) (in the case of dominance of economic priorities, the relationship between the level of prices and employment should be positive). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to examine the diffusion and adoption process of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) Standard in Myanmar. In particular, this research provides insights about the dynamics of the EITI diffusion using the Rogers' diffusion of innovations models by proposing EITI as an innovation. Our result shows that the emergence of the network of civil society organizations (CSO) in Myanmar's extractive industries. The findings show that EITI diffusion in Myanmar is the result of both external and internal influence channels. Further research is needed to explore the analysis technique to show the different perceptions of the stakeholders for the EITI adoption process in Myanmar. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Companies in extractive industries have been moving towards implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) principles and practices in response to a variety of pressures. Since mining is an industry prone to cause serious environmental harm and human impact, the adoption of CSR practices in an effective and convincing manner is a major challenge for mining companies. The latter need to think beyond extraction, to be good corporate citizens, and respond to their multiple stakeholders' demands. Indigenous communities are one of the many stakeholders who have an interest or control over the resource projects. The companies involved in controversial sectors particularly in the extractive industries have to deal with their demands to ensure the success of the project or activity. These groups of stakeholders are the most directly and adversely affected by mining activities. The inability of an effective engagement of indigenous people as stakeholders can create major risks for organizations. If local indigenous communities consider a project as undesirable in the region, the company will face a longer development process and perhaps even find it impossible to operate in a hostile environment. This paper examines CSR practices within a context of the mining industry, a sector particularly exposed to controversies and stakeholder management dilemmas faced by business managers. It investigates strategies of indigenous communities involvement of major mining giants operating in North America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sudan is located in Northeast Africa with an approximate population of 40.53 million people in a total area of 728,215 square miles. The sex ratio of the total population was 1.020 (1,020 males per 1 000 females). Sudanese women have professionally distinguished themselves in every career level and are well-known in this regard. They are pioneers of the sciences, arts, medicine, engineering and other practical fields. Extractive industry refers to any processes that involve the extraction of raw materials from the earth to be used by consumers. It consists of any operations that remove metals, minerals and aggregates from the earth. The processes include oil and gas extraction, mining, dredging and quarrying. Women were known in the oil and gas engineering in Sudan from the nineties however Sudan was started too late to accept females in mining engineering education compared to other African countries. This study focused on extractive engineering education in Sudan where statistical percentages were founded for females in Oil, Gas, and Mining Engineering. The data has been collected from Sudanese Universities where only four out of about thirty-four public universities and more than twenty private universities have a program in petroleum, gas, or mining engineering. Oil, gas, and mining engineering education were established in 1992 with very few accepted females in oil and gas and no female intake for mining until 2016. Although women have qualities such as; conscientious, an artistic point of view, sensitivity, attention to detail, and emotional intelligence; can lead her to success in any engineering disciplines; the study shows that there is a big gap in gender equality in the extractive engineering education in Sudan where the female percentage in the current mining engineering education enrolment is only 2.4 %, and 7.7% in Petroleum Engineering (bachelor students and graduates) with a total of 6.7% for undergraduates (diploma and bachelor degree). Also, the study shows that; 20% of the postgraduate students in the Sudanese petroleum engineering departments are female. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sudan is located in Northeast Africa with an approximate population of 40.53 million people in a total area of 728,215 square miles. The sex ratio of the total population was 1.020 (1,020 males per 1 000 females). Sudanese women have professionally distinguished themselves in every career level and are well-known in this regard. They are pioneers of the sciences, arts, medicine, engineering and other practical fields. Extractive industry refers to any processes that involve the extraction of raw materials from the earth to be used by consumers. It consists of any operations that remove metals, minerals and aggregates from the earth. The processes include oil and gas extraction, mining, dredging and quarrying. Women were known in the oil and gas engineering in Sudan from the nineties however Sudan was started too late to accept females in mining engineering education compared to other African countries. This study focused on extractive engineering education in Sudan where statistical percentages were founded for females in Oil, Gas, and Mining Engineering. The data has been collected from Sudanese Universities where only four out of about thirty-four public universities and more than twenty private universities have a program in petroleum, gas, or mining engineering. Oil, gas, and mining engineering education were established in 1992 with very few accepted females in oil and gas and no female intake for mining until 2016. Although women have qualities such as; conscientious, an artistic point of view, sensitivity, attention to detail, and emotional intelligence; can lead her to success in any engineering disciplines; the study shows that there is a big gap in gender equality in the extractive engineering education in Sudan where the female percentage in the current mining engineering education enrolment is only 2.4 %, and 7.7% in Petroleum Engineering (bachelor students and graduates) with a total of 6.7% for undergraduates (diploma and bachelor degree). Also, the study shows that; 20% of the postgraduate students in the Sudanese petroleum engineering departments are female. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The political turn in the Euro-American management literature on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) attempted to go beyond the boundaries of corporate-based views regarding CSR, grounded on crude neoclassical economics. However, the political role of CSR in the diffusion of a particular type of inter-state cooperation through colonialist power relations has been largely neglected. Grounded on a Southern perspective, we ask how (political) CSR influence South- South relations? Therefore, we examine the political role of CSR in an illustrative case of a Latin American mining company operating in an African country. In this qualitative empirical investigation, we found out that the postcoloniality conditions were very much present in the company's strategies, and that CSR has been used as the primary managerial tool to legitimize its agenda. In the end, we propose a re-theorization of political CSR from the Global South. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]