Resources

Learn how ICMM is promoting leading environmental and social practices to encourage better industry performance.

Achieving No Net Loss or Net Gain of Biodiversity: Good Practice Guide

This good practice guide provides a practical framework for companies to assess, mitigate, and transparently report progress towards achieving no net loss or net gain of biodiversity.

Guidance & toolkits

Integrated Mine Closure: Good Practice Guide

Promotes a disciplined approach to integrated closure planning that increases the uniformity of good practice across the sector.

Guidance & toolkits

Tool for Acid Rock Drainage and Metal Leaching Prevention and Management

Helping mining companies prevent and manage water pollution caused by acid rock drainage (ARD) and metal leaching (ML), aiming to safeguard water quality, reduce long-term remediation costs, and support more sustainable mining practices.

Guidance & toolkits

Five Ways ICMM Members are Embracing Circularity

Discover more about ICMM members are embracing circularity throughout their operations.

Case Studies

Tools for Circularity

ICMM members are continuing to improve circularity at both their mine sites and across their value chains, to enhance their contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Guidance & toolkits

Seven ways ICMM members are exploring innovative technologies to reduce mine tailings

Tailings production is inherent to minerals and metals processing, and will remain so for a foreseeable time. While there's a significant need to reduce tailings this can represent an opportunity, as these examples demonstrate.

Comment & analysis Case Studies

Five ways ICMM members approach integrated mine closure

102 Things to Do with a Hole in the Ground - 5 ways ICMM members approach integrated mine closure 

Case Studies

Water Stewardship Maturity Framework

This Framework is a practical tool designed to enhance stewardship of shared water resources in ways that are socially equitable, environmentally sustainable and economically beneficial.

Guidance & toolkits

World Water Day 2023: Seven ways ICMM members are taking action on sustainable water management

On World Water Day, Closure and Water Manager Emma Gagen writes about the role of mining and metals in managing the world’s water sustainably.

Comment & analysis Case Studies

Understanding the impacts of climate change on the water cycle in the Itacaiúnas River Basin

Researchers at Vale Institute of Technology have studied the Itacaiúnas River Basin to understand its water resources and how deforestation and climate change might impact the water cycle.

Case Studies

Six ways ICMM members are pioneering environmental good practice

As we journey through the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, World Environment Day is an important reminder of how critical healthy ecosystems are for nature to thrive.

Comment & analysis Case Studies

Mining with principles by restoring degraded areas of the Carajás National Forest in Brazil

ICMM member Vale is restoring degraded areas of the Carajás National Forest and its surrounding areas to re-establish connections between fragments and protect endangered species.

Case Studies

Water Reporting: Good Practice Guide

Supports the sector in compiling simple and relevant information on water to provide a solid foundation for consistent water reporting.

Guidance & toolkits

Innovative restoration techniques to address impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems

ICMM member Orano has been responsible for remediation at all French former uranium mining operations, including restoring vegetation and areas rich biodiversity.

Case Studies

Progressive closure to achieve sustainable post mining land use

Best practice example of successful progressive closure to achieve sustainable post mining land use at Glencore's Rolleston Mine.

Case Studies

Promoting economic development through sustainable stewardship

As a major water user, the mining industry has an important role to play. We’re highlighting just a few of the many projects undertaken by ICMM members around the world.

Case Studies

Protecting local environments

As a major water user, the mining industry has an important role to play. We’re highlighting just a few of the many projects undertaken by ICMM members around the world.

Case Studies

Growing access to sanitation and hygiene in mining communities

As a major water user, the mining industry has an important role to play. We’re highlighting just a few of the many projects undertaken by ICMM members around the world.

Case Studies

Constant innovation fuels solutions to water challenges

As a major water user, the mining industry has an important role to play. We’re highlighting just a few of the many projects undertaken by ICMM members around the world.

Case Studies

Improving access to clean drinking water

As a major water user, the mining industry has an important role to play. We’re highlighting just a few of the many projects undertaken by ICMM members around the world.

Case Studies