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Renewable energy technologies like wind turbines and batteries are essential for a just transition and require huge volumes of critical minerals and metals to make them. When it comes to critical minerals, the ends – important as they are – do not justify any and all means. Producing them responsibly requires mining with principles. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eK8xtdED

How can an industry that 'digs holes in the ground' ever be nature positive? Closing a mine responsibly is a dynamic and iterative process that must be considered from the start and requires close collaboration with authorities and other regional stakeholders to get the best outcomes for everyone involved: the mining company, workers, the environment and host communities.   Learn more about ICMM members’ approach to integrated mine closure here, as published in the book ‘102 Things to Do with a Hole in the Ground’, co-written by Peter Whitbread-Abrutat and Rob Lowe: https://lnkd.in/eG25ERgA  

It makes sense that any increase in production of metals will lead to more waste being produced. Our Tailings Reduction Roadmap outlines different technology solutions that can be deployed to reduce tailings waste: https://lnkd.in/eUaTytQC

Rohitesh Dhawan will be speaking at the IOM3 (Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining) alongside Duncan Wanblad, Chief Executive at ICMM company member Anglo American about the future sustainability challenges for mining Register here: https://lnkd.in/eNxtSWqS

The natural world is being lost at an unprecedented rate. The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) aims to catalyse a shift to an economy that supports nature, giving reporting companies and financial institutions the tools and information to put nature into the centre of decision-making. Find out how ICMM members Anglo American and Vale's use of the TNFD’s new Metals and Mining Sector Guidance is supporting the implementation of ICMM’s nature commitments and contributing to a nature-positive future: https://lnkd.in/edqcHqBU

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, in collaboration with ICMM, is hosting a Global Summit on Mine Tailings Innovation 19-20 September. This first of its kind conference will convene researchers, industry experts, innovators and start-ups, manufacturers, and government and regulatory officials around a single goal: accelerating the development of solutions to Re-use, Re-duce and Re-imagine mine tailings. With a focus on research that can be rapidly translated to practical applications and technology solutions across any stage of the mining lifecycle, the conference will provide a forum for top global experts to exchange ideas, advance thinking and make progress on significantly reducing tailings that will ultimately benefit people and the planet. Register now for your spot!

ICMM July Newsletter: Hearts, minds (and guts)

Digital conservation technologies and services are helping to drive wildlife conservation. In many ways, #TechForWildlife has made many aspects of wildlife conservation easier, more efficient, and accurate. Discover how mining companies are using environmental DNA (eDNA) to quickly build up a picture of biodiversity in an area, and how they are then using this to understand and conserve nature. https://lnkd.in/e6Y9yQ3e BHP, Anglo American, Vale

Typically, between 30-50% of mine-site emissions come from vehicles. Check out our briefing note which shares insights gained from over 5 years of collaboration between mining and metals companies, vehicle manufacturers and technology suppliers to accelerate the roll out of zero emission haul trucks and equipment on sites: https://lnkd.in/eiczrMVG Boliden, Vale, Anglo American, CharIN e.V., Wood Mackenzie, Komatsu

This past week has seen some important milestones relating to our work on nature.   Over the past year, ICMM has been an official Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) piloting partner for the sector – which included leading the development of TNFD’s Metals and Mining Sector Guidance that launched last Friday during London Climate Week.   We’re ending this week once again on a high note, following two successful sessions hosted at UNEP-WCMC's Nature Action Dialogues, and a very insightful full day Working Group meeting with our group of brilliant and passionate nature practitioners as we collaborate to drive progress on ICMM’s nature commitments.    "ICMM is very important for helping us to understand our relationship with TNFD. You have to start, as it's how you learn – and we have to share." -Leticia Guimarães, Biodiversity / Nature Based Solutions, Vale "TNFD's prioritisation methodology not only helps companies to understand their nature-related risks, it is also a great tool for identifying opportunities for nature positive action." - Emma Marsden, Nature Lead, ICMM "Yes, [the assessment process] can be overwhelming – but it is doable, and now there is a wealth of guidance behind it." - Libby Sandbrook, Director of Business and Nature, Fauna & Flora   "Start, share and get site-specific." - Emily McKenzie, Technical Director, TNFD Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e9Brk6xG