There is no doubting that Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) risks require attention from Board down to Operational level. It is fundamental when managing these...
Author: Responsible Raw Materials
Liv Carroll – Responsible Mining: Leveraging Technology for Resource Stewardship
Mining is the lifeblood of society as we know it, delivering the raw materials we all need to thrive, including supplying the fertilizers vital to...
Nicholas Arndt – Public Perception of Mining in Europe
To achieve a carbon-free economy will require drastic changes. A ban of diesel and petrol cars requires the production of over 30 million electric or...
Grant Erskine – Gold Fingerprinting Technology to Support Responsible Sourcing
‘Gold Fingerprinting’ is a term associated with established scientific based technology that originally was used to validate the mine of origin for Gold before expanding...
Ivy Chen – ESG and the JORC code
The ESG component of the JORC Code has always been there, is coming more to the fore. But that was all before Covid hit. Some economists...
Social Spotlight: Monica Ospina – Value of Trust in the Times of Covid-19
When working on stakeholder engagement and building trust in mineral projects, none of us consider a pandemic to be the real test to the Social...
Norman Gridley – Redesign of mining plans to create available volumes for permanent disposal of large quantities of mineral processing tailings in mined out areas
The presentation suggests that Mining Plans be designed and/or redesigned to consider and incorporate the permanent disposal of mineral processing tailings. Such redesigns would require...
Richard Herrington – Diversifying cobalt supplies
Cobalt is a metal associated with modern technologies with the Li-ion battery industry, particularly for private vehicles, using around 45 percent of global cobalt production. ...
Andrew Bloodworth – Reserve judgement: Why misplaced concern about geological stocks distracts from the urgent need to tackle the environmental consequences of resource use
Geologists and others working in the field of mineral exploration and mining use precise terminology to describe and classify minerals deposits, based on increasing levels...
Nadja Kunz – Progressing water security in mining regions
Water is an essential input for mining and minerals processing, but the industry’s use of water can pose detrimental impacts to natural ecosystems and the...