Anglo American Platinum says its Mogalakwena mine in South Africa has been assessed in opposition to the Initiative for Accountable Mining Assurance’s (IRMA) complete mining normal for the primary time, reaching an IRMA 50 degree of efficiency.
This can be a additional reflection of Anglo American Platinum’s built-in strategy to sustainability and its dedication to transparency in striving for accountable platinum group metals (PGMs) manufacturing, the corporate says.
Mogalakwena is the final of the 4 owned PGMs mines in Anglo American Platinum’s secure to finish an IRMA audit. This follows the achievement of Unki mine in Zimbabwe, the primary mine on this planet to publicly decide to be independently audited in opposition to the IRMA Normal for Accountable Mining, reaching IRMA 75 in 2021 and reconfirmed in 2024 at IRMA 75 following an everyday surveillance audit. Mototolo and Amandelbult have been additionally audited in 2024 – for the primary time, reaching IRMA 75 and IRMA 50 respectively.
IRMA provides impartial third-party verification in opposition to a complete normal for all mined supplies that gives ‘one-stop protection’ of the total vary of points associated to the impacts of industrial-scale mines, IRMA states. The IRMA scoring system recognises 4 ranges of efficiency: IRMA Transparency, through 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 essential necessities along with no less than 50%, 75% or 100% of the necessities in every of the 4 ideas of the Normal for Accountable Mining being sustainably or totally met respectively.
IRMA’s Normal for Accountable Mining has been developed over a decade by way of a public session course of with greater than 100 totally different people and organisations, together with mining corporations, clients and the final word downstream customers of mined merchandise, NGOs, labour unions, and communities, and is taken into account to be one of the crucial rigorous verification processes.
Craig Miller, CEO of Anglo American Platinum, mentioned: “As a number one adopter of the IRMA, we recognise that stakeholders, together with our shareholders and clients, must belief the place and the way our metals are mined. With this newest IRMA accreditation for Mogalakwena, we’ve achieved our goal of getting all our mines assured by 2025. We’re immensely happy with the work the groups are doing throughout all of our operations to assist accountable mining, enabling us to show an moral worth chain for our metals, and we look ahead to persevering with to paved the way within the PGMs sector globally.”
Aimee Boulanger, Government Director of IRMA, mentioned: “By way of detailed IRMA audit reviews, mining corporations, communities and firms that buy mined supplies can achieve the data they should determine what’s going nicely and what could require extra consideration at particular mines. Mogalakwena’s report demonstrates that the mine can level to clear, impartial evaluations of their environmental and social efficiency together with the opposite three Anglo American Platinum mines in South Africa and Zimbabwe.”
