The objective of this study was to assess community engagement and the causes of conflictrnbetween the mining company and local community in the study area. A descriptive survey designrnwas employed. The study has two sources of data. The study employed both qualitative andrnquantitative methods that include questionnaire; interviews and Focus Group Discussion (FGD).rnA simple random sampling technique was employed to select respondents from purposivelyrnselected Kebeles. The finding of the study indicated that the relationship between the miningrncompanies is not good; the level of community engagement at mining cycles is poor. Moreover,rnproper mechanisms are not employed by the company to promote community engagement .Therncauses of conflict between the company and the local community were absence of broaderrncommunity engagement and lack workshop for awareness creation. The company doesnâ€™t believernthat engaging the broader community has a positive impact on the delivery of services and makerncommunity consultation about the services and products of the company; the company producesrnsome dangerous substance to the community; the company does not work on public consultationrnwhen it was established. The company did not conduct study on environmental and socialrnimpacts. The findings indicate that collaboration/problem solving is the very important conflictrnmanagement strategies that need to be employed by the mining company and the localrncommunity; The Company need to be a representative "voice" of the community. Based on thernfinding of the study the research attempted to recommend the following. The mining company,rnthe concerned local government or regional or federal government should promote thernrelationship between the company and local government by conducting needs assessments of therncommunity by involving a variety of community members; conducting community meetings torndiscuss and seek input towards upcoming needs assessments; informing the company of issues ofrnimportance to them; request meetings for communities to voice concerns over community issues.rnCreating opportunities for community members to have input into what programs and servicesrnare provided; inform the organization's leadership of what community members would like to seernthe company offer ,and. the mining company, the concerned local government or regional orrnfederal government should promote collaborating (problem solving) conflict managementrnstrategies.