27 March 2024
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Sishen and Kolomela mines achieve IRMA 75 performance on
responsible mining standard
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Anglo American plc notes the
announcement by Kumba Iron Ore Limited released today to the
Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The text of the announcement is copied
below:
Kumba Iron Ore announces that its
Sishen and Kolomela mines in South Africa have been assessed
against the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance's (IRMA)
comprehensive mining standard, achieving the IRMA 75 level of
performance. This reflects Anglo American's integrated approach to
sustainability and its commitment to transparency in striving for
the highest levels of responsible iron ore production.
Mpumi Zikalala, Chief Executive of Kumba Iron
Ore said: "We are proud of our
teams' efforts and the outstanding progress made across both of our
operations to promote responsible mining practices. As part of our
commitment to leading in ESG practices, we are dedicated to
delivering premium quality iron ore products that help to reduce
carbon emissions in the steel-making process, while helping our
customers meet the growing demand for responsibly sourced materials
in an efficient and independently verified way. Through the IRMA
assurance process, we have been able to evaluate our sustainability
performance at Sishen and Kolomela mines, identify areas for
improvement and ensure that we strive to adhere to the highest
standards of responsible mining".
Themba Mkhwanazi, Anglo American's Regional Director - Africa
and Australia, said: "We are pleased
that Kumba is the first iron ore producer in Africa to complete the
IRMA audit, providing stakeholders with a way of accounting for
sustainability practices that is transparent, verifiable, and
comparable. Launched last year, our digital traceability platform
Valutrax™ is available to customers purchasing Anglo American mined
products, helping them to trace metals and minerals through a
tailored selection of key provenance and sustainability indicators,
including third-party assurance such as IRMA. The IRMA results
demonstrate further progress on our Sustainable Mining Plan
commitment of having all our operations undergo third-party audits
against responsible mine certification standards by 2025. IRMA
improves our ability to build an understanding of areas where we
can continue to improve our ESG performance.
Aimee Boulanger, Executive Director of
IRMA, said "Through detailed IRMA
audit reports, mining companies, communities and companies that
purchase mined materials can gain the information they need to
decide what's going well - and what may require more attention - at
specific mines. The Sishen and Kolomela reports demonstrate
that these mines can point to transparent, independent evaluations
of their environmental and social performance."
The IRMA scoring system recognises
four levels of performance: IRMA Transparency, in which a mine is
third-party-assessed and publicly shares its scores; IRMA 50, 75 or
100, signifying that a mine meets a core set of critical
requirements together with at least 50%, 75% or 100% of the
requirements in each of the four sections of the Standard for
Responsible Mining being met respectively.
IRMA's Standard for Responsible
Mining has been developed over a decade 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 and is considered to be one of the most rigorous
certification processes.
The link to the assessment of
Kumba's mines can be found on IRMA's website at:
https://responsiblemining.net/.
The release of the IRMA reports for
Kolomela and Sishen builds on those already completed for other
Anglo American operations, as follows:
Product
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Site
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IRMA Achievement Level
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Iron Ore
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Kolomela (South Africa)
Minas Rio (Brazil)
Sishen (South Africa)
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IRMA75
IRMA75
IRMA75
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Nickel
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Barro Alto (Brazil)
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IRMA75
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PGMs
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Amandelbult (South Africa)
Mototolo(South Africa)
Unki (Zimbabwe)
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IRMA50
IRMA75
IRMA75
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