ICMM’s Mining Principles define good practice environmental, social and governance requirements for the mining and metals industry through a comprehensive set of performance expectations.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Supporting the flow of information and good practice on member responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Global Tailings Review

Establishing an international standard for the safer management of tailings storage facilities ⭷

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Guidance

The value of minerals and metals

ICMM publishes 2019 mining occupational safety data

Monitoring and reporting on occupational health and safety indictors is an important aspect of driving performance improvement.

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Briefing: Mining with principles to address a health and social crisis

Demonstrating how the mining and metals industry is supporting communities, nations and supply chains to persevere in these extraordinary times.

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Tracking Performance on Closure Management: ICMM's KPI Tool for Closure

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) help mining companies track their performance on closure management, writes ICMM's Alice Davies.

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Making a positive contribution

There is an expectation that the private sector can and should play a significant role in promoting and supporting the delivery of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Comprising a universal set of targets, the goals seek to expand on the eight anti-poverty goals of the now expired Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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