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13/08/2014 Towards a Responsible Mining Industry,
Rovaniemi, Finland 1
Applying Sustainability to Mining in Canada
Towards a More Responsible Mining Industry
Rovaniemi, Finland, August 13, 2014
Rick Meyers Vice President, Technical & Northern Affairs
The Mining Association of Canada
AGENDA
About MAC Mining’s Contribution to Canada’s economy Towards Sustainable Mining MAC and Tailings Management Mining in Canada’s North
About MAC The national voice of the
mining industry in Canada:
Advocacy - to advance the
business of mining
Towards Sustainable Mining:
About performance, stewardship
and social license
39 Corporate members in iron
ore, gold, diamonds, oil sands,
met-coal, base metals, uranium
50 Associate members in
engineering, environment,
finance
Advocacy work supported by
member committees:
environment, science,
economics, public affairs,
Aboriginal relations
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Canada’s Mining Industry Contributions
Domestic Contribution
• 220 mines, 33 smelters and refineries,
~400,000 employees,
• $20B in annual capital investments
• $9B taxes and royalties
• Largest employer of Aboriginal Canadians
• Primary economic driver in Canada’s North
Global Competitor
• Attracted 18% of world exploration spending
in 2011
• TSX/TSX-V: 1,600 mining companies listed,
47% projects outside Canada
• Minerals account for 23% of Canada’s total
goods exports
• Top five world producer in uranium, potash,
nickel, platinum, zinc, aluminum,
diamonds, met coal
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Towards Sustainable Mining: Our Commitment
Established in 2004, TSM is MAC’s
commitment to responsible mining that
every member agrees to implement.
TSM’s primary objective is to enable
mining companies to meet society’s
minerals products needs in the most
socially, environmentally and economically
responsible way.
The program’s core strengths are:
• Accountability – Mandatory for all
members to report at the facility level
• Transparency – Annual reporting against
23 indicators with independent verification
• Credibility – Through ongoing consultation
with our Community of Interest Advisory
panel to improve industry performance and
help shape TSM for continual advancement
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TSM Program Architecture
TSM Guiding Principles
Policy Frameworks
TSM Performance Protocols
Communities and People Environmental Stewardship Energy Efficiency
Aboriginal and Community Outreach
Crisis Management Planning
Safety and Health
Tailings Management
Biodiversity Conservation Management
Energy Use and GHG Emissions Management
Good Practice Guidance Assessment Protocols Performance Measurement
and Reporting System External Verification
Energy Efficiency
Guidance and Expectations
Performance Indicators
Reporting and Verification
Aboriginal and Community
Outreach
Community of interest (COI) identification
Effective COI engagement and
dialogue
COI response mechanism
Reporting
Crisis Management Planning
Crisis management preparedness
Review
Training
Safety and Health
Policy, commitment and accountability
Planning, implementation and
operation
Training, behavior and culture
Monitoring and reporting
Performance
Tailings Management
Tailings management policy and commitment
Tailings management system
Assigned accountability and responsibility for tailings management
Annual tailings management review
Operation, maintenance and surveillance (OMS)
manual
Biodiversity Conservation Management
Corporate biodiversity conservation commitment,
accountability and communications
Facility-level biodiversity conservation planning and implementation
Biodiversity conservation reporting
Energy Use and GHG Emissions
Management
Energy use and GHG emissions management
systems
Energy use and GHG emissions reporting
systems
Energy and GHG emissions performance
targets
Communities and People Environmental Stewardship Energy
Efficiency
TSM Protocols and Indicators
•Excellence and Leadership AAA
•Integration into management decisions and business functions AA
•Systems/processes are developed and implemented A •Procedures exist but are not fully consistent or documented; systems/processes planned and being developed B
•No systems in place; activities tend to be reactive; procedures may exist but they are not integrated into policies and management systems C
TSM Performance Rating System
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TSM Verification System
Self-assessment
• annual
External verification
• every three years
CEO letter of assurance
• posted on MAC website in year of external verification
COI Panel Review
• 2-3 companies each year
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Governance
Tailings Working Group Energy Task Force
Community of Interest Advisory
Panel
MAC Board of Directors
TSM Governance Team
TSM Initiative Leaders
Public Affairs Committee
Biodiversity Task Force
Other MAC Committees/ Taskforces/Working Groups
Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM)
4/23/2013 Barents - Best Environmental Practices
Conference, Rovaniemi, Finland 9
COI Advisory Panel Composition
Aboriginal peoples
Environmental NGO
Economic/community development
Social NGO including faith based groups
Finance/investment
International development
Labour/workplace
Media/communications
MAC Board of Directors
Junior Mining Company Representative
TSM and Corporate Responsibility (CR) as the
primary Business Driver
In our experience CR is a key component of
business strategy…
It is a straightforward equation
• CR builds trust
• Trust builds reputation
• Reputation drives value
How does CR drive value?
• Performance improvement
• Risk management
• Access to capital
• Attract competent workforce
• Innovation and technology
• Social license
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Corporate Responsibility and Tailings Management Increasing tonnages
Decreasing ore grades
Advancements in recovery
technologies
= More tailings per tonne of ore
Historically:
No clear management practices • Little or no regulation or
environmental assessment
Increased public awareness and
world wide environmental focus • Increased pressure on regulators
• Increased scrutiny & regulation
Led to improved tailings
management practices
Key Drivers for TSM
Responding to World Wide Tailings Failures
Merriespruit, 1994 South Africa
Omai, 1995 Guyana
Los Frailes, 1998 Spain
Marcopper, 1996 Philippines
Kolontar, 2010 Hungary
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Mount Polley 2014 British Columbia, Canada
Talvivaara 2012 Finland
Obed Coal 2013 Canada
MAC Board: Recognizing Tailings as a
Business Risk
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1997 1999 2001
April 98 Dam failure Sept 2000 spill
Cost of lost credibility
Access to capital
Permitting and approvals hurdles
Low employee morale
Decreasing public opinion
• Tailings are a business risk that need to be managed Recognizing the potential for environmental,
social and economic damage
MAC Tailings Working Group formed in 1996
• Impacts of tailings failures may reach far beyond the cost of rehabilitating the mess
Loss of corporate credibility
Loss of access to capital Loss of investor confidence may be many times
more than direct costs
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For MAC, Tailings management is an integral part of industry’s commitment to sustainability and continual improvement
MAC Tailings Management Guides Workshops provide a comprehensive overview of the MAC Guides Why a Tailings Management Framework is important Helping operations meet their commitments to TSM and applying
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