Operating safely, sustainably and responsibly is essential to how we manage our operations across the globe.
That’s why we are proud to announce that three of our mines – our Amandelbult and Mototolo PGM mines in South Africa and our Minas-Rio iron ore operation in Brazil are about to begin the third-party independent assessment against the Standard for Responsible Mining, led by the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA). This is in line with our commitment in our Sustainable Mining Plan to have all of our operations assessed against credible responsible mining standards by 2025.
These sites follow in the footsteps of our Unki PGM mine in Zimbabwe, which was the first in the world to publicly commit to a third-party audit to determine its performance against IRMA’s Standard in 2019.
IRMA’s Standard for Responsible Mining has been developed over ten years through a public consultation process with more than 100 different individuals and organisations, including mining companies, customers and the ultimate downstream users of mined products, NGOs, labour unions, and communities. The Standard defines good practices for what responsible mining should look like at the industrial scale. The assessments for both mines will include two stages – a desk review, followed by an on-site audit.
