Prof. Fiona McKenzie describes the Enduring Community Value from Mining project, which is part of the Regional Economies program.

1. Regional Economies –
Enduring Community Value
from Mining
Professor Fiona Haslam McKenzie
Dr Boyd Blackwell
Paulina Sepulveda-Bravo

2. Research Questions
Five research components focused on answering:
 What constitutes enduring community value from mining?
 What is the nature of benefits flowing from resource
industries in specific, remote places and how could these be
managed to ensure a flow of enduring benefits to
communities and SMEs during and beyond the mine’s life?
• What are the synergistic opportunities for local economies
which have the potential to build long-term benefit, exceeding
the life of the mine?
• What are the size and flows of benefits and costs generated
by a mining (and related processing) activity over its lifecycle
and where are these impacts felt spatially and by whom?
• What strategies will enhance leveraging for both communities
and mines to achieve ‘community benefit’?
• What are the essential devices for fostering community
resilience?
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3. Methods
Mine lifecycle planning (UNE PhD)
• Case studies comparing and contrasting mines at different
stages of the mine lifecycle
• Map the nature and intensity of costs and benefits flowing
from mine and impact on different stakeholders.
Corporate social responsibility (UniSA)
• Case studies to assess ability of different corporate
activities to generate community and corporate benefits.
• Measurement of the socio-economic relationships using
social return on investment (SROI) methodology.
Benefits from royalties, taxes & State Agreements (Curtin)
• Mix of qualitative (SROI) and quantitative methods
(Input:Output)
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4. Methods (2)
Economic impact of mine operation expenditure (UNE)
• Combination of qualitative and quantitative methods
 Input-output model and
 GIS maps tracking income/expenditure distribution
Socio-economic costs and benefits for mining
communities of automation and long distance
commuters compared to a residential workforce
(Curtin)
• Case studies and social return on investment
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5. Project Outcomes
Communities will be able to:
 Achieve long-term social and economic benefits from
short-term investments by mining companies
 Build resilience that enables them to withstand mining
lifecycle fluctuations
 Ensure that they retain both economic and social benefits
of mining activities for the long-term benefit of current
and future community members
 Build their capacity to identify, communicate and
question opportunities for ‘community benefit’.
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6. Communities in case study areas
Western Australia –
• Kalgoorlie
• Onslow
• Tom Price
• Port Hedland
• Exmouth?
• Shark Bay?
Northern Territory
• Yuendemu
• Alice Springs
• Jabiru?
South Australia
• Leigh Creek
• Roxby Downs
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7. Achievements to date
Recruitment
• Post-doctoral fellow (UNE)
• 3 PhD students (Curtin - 2; UNE -1; plus one to come at UniSA)
End-user engagement
• Newmont Asia Pacific; Rio Tinto; BHP(?)
• Minerals Council of Australia; WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy;
• S.A. W.A. and NT governments,;
• Pilbara and Goldfields Esperance Development Commissions;
• CSIRO Minerals Futures;
• 7 community jurisdictions
Expert advice
• FMcK gave evidence at the House of Representatives Enquiry into FIFO
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8. Achievements to date
Publications and presentations
• Davies & Maru 2011. Literature review [Ninti One Working Paper]
• Haslam McKenzie 2011. Fly-in fly-out: The challenges of transient
populations in rural landscapes. [Book Chapter]
• Haslam McKenzie 2011. Attracting and retaining skilled and professional
staff in remote locations of Australia. [The Rangelands Journal]
• Blackwell 2012, (In-print). Local government in remote and
unincorporated Australia: Sui Generis? [Public Policy. Special Issue]
• Haslam McKenzie (Under review) Housing Market Failure in a Mining
Boom Economy [Housing Studies]
• Haslam McKenzie 2012 presented at CSIRO Resource Extraction in
Australia: a changing Landscape or Business as Usual? workshop.
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9. For further information:
Professor Fiona Haslam McKenzie
(Curtin Graduate School of Business)
F.mckenzie@curtin.edu.au
0417 09 8880
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10. Partners of Ninti One