News

ICMM welcomes Boliden as its 28th company member

ICMM welcomes Boliden, the Swedish producer of zinc, copper, nickel and more, as its 28th company member.

News 11-Mar-2021

ICMM announces new Chief Executive Officer

ICMM announces the appointment of Rohitesh Dhawan as new Chief Executive Officer, to succeed Tom Butler, who will step down on 6 April 2021.

News 9-Mar-2021

Second anniversary of the dam collapse at Vale’s Córrego do Feijão mine in Brumadinho

The anniversary of the dam collapse at Vale’s Córrego do Feijão mine is a reminder to the mining and metals industry that there is still more to be done if we are to reach the ambition of zero harm.

News 22-Jan-2021

ICMM publishes Spanish edition of guidance on handling and resolving local-level community concerns and grievances

On Human Rights Day, ICMM is publishing a Spanish language edition of its guidance 'Handling and Resolving Local Level Concerns and Grievances'.

News 10-Dec-2020

ICMM publica la edición en español de la guía para la gestión y resolución de preocupaciones y quejas de las comunidades a nivel local

En el día de los Derechos Humanos, ICMM publica la edición en español de su guía: 'Gestión y resolución de preocupaciones y quejas a nivel local'.

News 10-Dec-2020

ICMM announces equivalency benchmarks with other responsible sourcing standards

ICMM has published a series of equivalency benchmarks that compare the requirements of ICMM’s Mining Principles with with other responsible sourcing standards.

News 8-Dec-2020

ICMM publishes two reports that show the economic contribution of the mining industry in host countries

ICMM publishes two reports that highlight the contribution the mining industry makes to the economic development of host countries.

News 2-Dec-2020

Update on progress of ICMM's initiative to accelerate a new generation of cleaner, safer mining vehicles

The ICSV initiative has made significant progress towards understanding what is needed to transform today's fleet of mining vehicles into tomorrow's new generation of cleaner, safer vehicles.

News 24-Nov-2020

ICMM launches interactive tool to help mining and metals companies achieve sustainable mine closure

ICMM announces the launch of the Closure Maturity Framework - an interactive tool that will help mining and metals companies to establish their journey to achieving sustainable mine closure.

News 19-Nov-2020

ICMM admits the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration as a new member

ICMM announces that the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) has been accepted as a new association member.

News 11-Nov-2020

Building Forward Better - Closer sector collaboration to build a more resilient future

ICMM, Business Fights Poverty and TPI have published a Building Forward Better Framework to industry in building forward to a more resilient future.

News 3-Sept-2020

ICMM appoints Richard Adkerson as new Chair

ICMM has today announced Richard Adkerson, President and CEO of Freeport-McMoRan as its new Chair, effective immediately.

News 28-Aug-2020

New Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management aims to improve the safety of tailings facilities in the mining industry

The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management establishes the first global standard on tailings management.

News 5-Aug-2020

Register for the launch of the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management

We are pleased to announce that the launch of the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management will take place at 1pm BST / 9am BRT via a 90 minute virtual event.

News 23-Jul-2020

Update: Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management

The 'Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management' has been endorsed by the co-conveners of the Global Tailings Review and will be launched when accompanying reports and translations are finalised.

News 25-Jun-2020

ICMM publishes 2019 mining occupational safety data

Monitoring and reporting on occupational health and safety indictors is an important aspect of driving performance improvement.

News 11-Jun-2020

Briefing: Mining with principles to address a health and social crisis

Demonstrating how the mining and metals industry is supporting communities, nations and supply chains to persevere in these extraordinary times.

News 5-Jun-2020

COVID-19 Update

Supporting members as they respond to COVID-19 by working to improve the flow of information and best practice.

News 25-Mar-2020

ICMM welcomes new company member Sibanye-Stillwater, and CME and the CMIC as association members

ICMM announces Sibanye-Stillwater has been accepted as a company member, and CME and CMIC as association members.

News 27-Feb-2020

ICMM enhances membership requirements including site-level validation and disclosure of its Mining Principles

ICMM's Mining Principles seek to maximise benefits to host communities, while minimising negative impacts to society.

News 13-Feb-2020