Resources

Learn how ICMM is promoting leading environmental and social practices to encourage better industry performance.

Role of Mining in National Economies: Mining Contribution Index (6th Edition)

This edition of ICMM's 'Mining Contribution Index' synthesises into a single number the significance of the mining sector’s contribution to national economies.

Research & briefings

Metals and Minerals Are at the Heart of a Circular Economy

In mining, for materials to be truly circular, operations must have a net positive contribution to people and planet, promoting responsible use and recovery of metals in the wider value chain.

Case Studies

Collaboration for Innovation: Accelerating the Implementation of Zero Emission Vehicles for the Mining and Metals Industry

Diesel-powered mining vehicles account for anywhere from 30-80 per cent of direct emissions at a mine site, depending on the site geography and commodity being mined.

Case Studies

Tailings Reduction Roadmap

The 'Roadmap' provides strategic directions on how to accelerate the development and adoption of technologies capable of reducing tailings production.

Guidance & toolkits

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: Six ways the mining industry is celebrating Indigenous Peoples

For International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples we are celebrating Indigenous Peoples and the building of relationships based on respect writes Danielle Martin, Director – Social Performance.

Comment & analysis Case Studies

Safety Performance: Benchmarking Progress of ICMM Company Members in 2021

ICMM is committed to strengthening health and safety performance to reduce operational fatalities to zero. As part of this commitment, ICMM produces an annual safety data report.

Research & briefings

Mining Principles: Performance Expectations

ICMM’s Mining Principles define good practice environmental, social and governance requirements for the mining and metals industry.

Organisational communications

Six ways ICMM members are pioneering environmental good practice

As we journey through the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, World Environment Day is an important reminder of how critical healthy ecosystems are for nature to thrive.

Comment & analysis Case Studies

Social and Economic Reporting: Framework and Guidance

Providing a foundation for consistent reporting on a company’s contribution to social and economic development.

Organisational communications Guidance & toolkits

An Inclusive Growth Approach to Promote Community Resilience

An inclusive growth approach encourages mining companies to re-imagine systems, rethink partnerships, unlock capital from under-leveraged sources and unite partners around common objectives.

Research & briefings

Tools for Social Performance

These tools support a greater understanding of what social performance is and the enablers required within organisations to deliver good, consistent social performance.

Guidance & toolkits

An Approach to Contractor Engagement

Encourages a move from ‘service providers’ to a ‘delivery partner’ model for contractor management.

Research & briefings

Considerations for the Adoption of Real-Time Particulate Monitoring

Provides a high-level overview of the considerations for the adoption of real-time particulate monitoring (RTPM) in the mining and metals industry.

Research & briefings

Adapting the ICMM Tailings Management Good Practice Guide into Training Materials

Training materials to build capacity and raise awareness of why tailings management is so important, and to illustrate what good governance and engineering practices look like

Guidance & toolkits

Transparency of Mineral Revenues: Position Statement

Promoting revenue transparency to enhance governance, combat corruption and foster sustainable growth.

Organisational communications

ICMM Members’ Tax Contribution Report: 2020 Update

Detailing the tax and royalties paid by ICMM members over the last eight years.

Research & briefings

External Drivers Shaping the Future of the Mining Industry and Implications for Skills and Community Resilience

Critical external drivers that are outside the industry’s control will affect community resilience and shape how mining operations are developed and managed.

Research & briefings

Mining with principles at Boliden's Aitik mine in Sweden

See how Boliden is using trolley assist technology at its Aitik copper mine in Sweden, as a step towards its vision of fossil fuel-free operations.

Case Studies

Renewable energy in the South American mining and metals industry

As renewable energy becomes more and more accessible, ICMM members are making significant efforts to power their mines with green energy.

Case Studies

Mining with principles by restoring degraded areas of the Carajás National Forest in Brazil

ICMM member Vale is restoring degraded areas of the Carajás National Forest and its surrounding areas to re-establish connections between fragments and protect endangered species.

Case Studies