Social – Pakistan The Mineral Marvel

Overview

Companies operating in the extractive sector such as oil and gas and mining often focus on sustainable long-term CSR goals. More often than not, blocks for mining are awarded in remote areas where local communities have limited access to basic amenities and facilities. Any community development initiatives taken therefore create a visible and strong impact. This not only helps build a strong and positive reputation for the operators on ground and in-country but it goes on to add value to brands in international markets where many companies are listed.

Sectors most larger players prefer to invest in are:

Creating access to quality Healthcare,
Facilitating Education ranging from primary schools in some remote areas to Higher-Secondary schools,
Capacity Building for improved income generation through vocational training courses, scholarships and merit-driven corporate trainee programs.
Apart from these sectors, businesses consider local community needs of areas where they work and implement tailor-made solutions to improve the quality of lives of the local population.
These can include projects for water-supply, natural disaster relief efforts, infrastructure uplift projects to help farm to market access etc.

Pakistan has a large base of local and internationally known and registered Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that businesses partner with to deliver suitable CSR projects for local communities. Many of these developed NGOs have built-in sustainability in their methodology which ensures a long-lasting legacy for the companies who invest in projects in partnership with them.

Companies in the mining sector have partnered with organisations such as the Indus Hospital and Healthcare Network, The Citizens Foundation (TCF), The Hunar Foundation and various other credible institutions.

https://indushospital.org.pk/

https://www.tcf.org.pk/

https://hunarfoundation.org/

Saindak Metals Limited has established a state of the art ‘Technical Training Centre’ at Dalbandin in district Chagai, which is where they operate their mines. This facility enhances technical capacity in minerals and mining related skills amongst local youth.

Reko Diq Mining Company has set up a similar vocational training centre at Nokkundi town in the same district in partnership with The Hunar Foundation which runs accredited courses in diverse fields including mining-related subjects. (Have hi-res photo in RDMC folder)

Solar powered primary schools, Reverse-Osmosis plants for the provision of potable water and hospitals managed by the Indus Healthcare & Hospital Network in Chagai are all recent investments made by the stakeholders who will operate the Reko Diq mine in the area. (Have hi-res photo in the RDMC folder)