Environment & sustainability

Circulor has announced it has closed US$14 million in Series A funding to accelerate the company’s rapid growth.

As it develops several gold mining concessions in West Africa, the UK-based 79th Group has been accepted into the UN Global Compact initiative.

BASF, Daimler AG, Fairphone, and Volkswagen Group have initiated a ‘Responsible Lithium Partnership’ aiming to work towards responsible natural resource management, including lithium, in Chile‘s Salar de Atacama.

Canyon Resources has submitted the ESIA for the Minim Martap Bauxite Project to Cameroon’s Ministry of Mines, Industry, and Technological Development.

Alamos Gold Inc. has released its 2020 ESG report, which outlines the company’s progress on its ESG performance in 2020 and provides direction on planned initiatives for 2021.

NLMK Group has signed an MOI for a new metals and mining facility at the Stoilensky Mining and Beneficiation plant.

Canada Nickel Company Inc. has announced that its Crawford project is expected to have an industry leading low carbon footprint, lower than 99.7% of existing global nickel production.

In response to the growing challenge of responsible sourcing in global mineral value chains, SRK has been chosen alongside other companies to build a global stakeholder platform, known as the RE-SOURCING project.

VivoPower International PLC has announced that the company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tembo e-LV B.V., have entered into a non-binding agreement with Acces Industriel Mining Inc. for Acces to distribute Tembo electric light vehicles in Canada.

CMOC, ERG and Glencore, in collaboration with Umicore, are piloting ReISource, a solution to trace responsibly produced cobalt from the mine to the electric car.

Newcrest Mining Ltd has announced its new goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

FLSmidth has received validation from the Science Based Targets initiative for its carbon emission reduction targets.

Centamin has announced the publication of its sustainability report for the 12 months ended 31 December 2020.

BHP, Rio Tinto, and Vale have launched the Charge On Innovation Challenge, a global competition for technology innovators to develop new concepts for large-scale haul truck electrification systems.

The CERA 4in1 initiative and ICL Iberia have announced a breakthrough in the cross-recognition of raw materials sustainability certification following pilot project results at the Súria & Sallent potash mine and Súria processing plant near Barcelona, Spain.