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Newcrest joins ICMM as its 25th company member

1 November 2017

Today, Newcrest, one of the world's largest gold mining companies and the largest gold producer listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, joined the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM).

Tom Butler, ICMM’s Chief Executive Officer said: “I am delighted that Newcrest have become ICMM’s 25th member company and today I had the great pleasure to welcome Newcrest’s CEO Sandeep Biswas at our Council meeting.

“Newcrest have demonstrated their commitment to ICMM’s sustainable development framework across their operations in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Côte d’Ivoire.”

Newcrest Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Sandeep Biswas said, “We are proud to become the 25th member company of ICMM.  Newcrest is committed to ICMM principles on sustainable development and is working across our operations to embed them.

“Sustainable mining delivers safe and profitable operations. It means that local communities are engaged and respected, that environmental impacts are assessed and managed, and that business decisions are made ethically and transparently.

Mr Biswas said, “Newcrest’s membership of ICMM provides the opportunity to benchmark our performance and to learn from our global peer companies, and to contribute our own experience in support of ICMM’s efforts to shape global industry standards.”

Member companies’ sustainability performance is independently assessed annually to ensure that their sustainability policies align with the ICMM 10 Principles and mandatory requirements set out in supporting ICMM position statements.

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Note for editors

ICMM is an international organisation dedicated to improving the safety, social and environmental performance of the mining and metals industry. We bring together 25 of the world’s leading mining and metals companies employing around 1 million people globally, as well as over 30 regional and commodity associations.

  • African Rainbow Minerals
  • AngloGold Ashanti
  • Anglo American
  • Antofagasta Minerals
  • Areva
  • Barrick
  • BHP
  • Codelco
  • Freeport-McMoRan
  • Glencore
  • Goldcorp
  • Gold Fields
  • Hydro
  • JX Nippon Mining & Metals
  • Lonmin
  • Mitsubishi Materials
  • MMG
  • Newmont
  • Polyus
  • Rio Tinto
  • South32
  • Sumitomo Metal Mining
  • Teck
  • Vale

Introductions to ICMM member companies are available at: www.icmm.com/en-gb/members

For more information please contact:

Mike Eames
ICMM

Email: mike.eames@icmm.com

Mobile: +44 (0) 7881 316 724