Nupela Masta? Local and Expatriate Labour in a Chinese-Run Nickel Mine in Papua New Guinea 1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12349558 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Graeme Smith (0000-0002-9925-9199, The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 178-195 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1035-7823 • E-ISSN: 1467-8403 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10357823.2013.768598 |
| OpenAlex | W1970369076 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 15 |
Studies of mining projects in Papua New Guinea, since the development of the Panguna copper mine in Bougainville during the 1960s, have contributed to our understanding of the politics of interactions between resource companies, host governments and landowners. The Ramu Nickel mine, situated in northern Papua New Guinea, is China's largest investment in the Pacific to date at US$1.4 billion. The project is managed by a state-owned enterprise, China Metallurgical Corporation, and financed by China ExIm Bank. This venture presents an opportunity to understand Chinese resource investment in a comparative perspective. While many issues, such as conflict over land, internal migration, and the limited involvement of the Papua New Guinean state, are constant, one aspect specific to Chinese resource investment is the use (or non-use) of host country labour, and the high proportion of Chinese labour employed at the mine sites. This practice differs from the relatively limited, short-term use of expatriate labour common to Western mining projects in developing countries. The attitudes and experiences of local and Chinese workers and managers will be examined to determine what is new in this approach to resource extraction
China · Corporation · Economics · Economy · Ethnology · Expatriate · Investment (military · New guinea · Political science · Politics · Resource (disambiguation · Sociology · State (computer science · International Development and Aid · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Mining and Resource Management
Unequal Lives in the Western Pacific
Kamapim gutpela man
Corporate social responsibilities of Chinese enterprises and local perceptions
Fifty years of China–Papua New Guinea relations
Bring Your Own Workers
At Africa’s expense? Disaggregating the employment effects of Chinese mining operations in sub-Saharan Africa
Racing to the Bottom? Chinese Foreign Direct Investment and Collective Labor Rights
Promises of hope or threats of domination
Going West and Going Out
China’s foreign aid system
Negotiating Work
‘White Skins‘, ‘Real People’ and ‘Chinese’ in Some Spatial Transformations of the Western Province, PNG1
Keeping the Network out of view
Understanding ‘resource’ conflicts in Papua New Guinea
Politicized Ecology
Raw Encounters
The Bougainville Rebellion, The Mining Industry And The Process Of Social Disintegration In Papua New Guinea
The Chinese in Papua New Guinea
Resource Wars
When land has a price
Mining Workers or 'Opportunist' Tribesmen
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |