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Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... manifested themselves again this week with independent MP Tony Windsor calling for AU$400m from the government's proposed Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) to go to funding environmental assessments of the impact of coal seam gas mining. Windsor has ...

Copper producer joins International Council on Mining and Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainable development performance in the mining and metals industries. The ICMM's other members include: African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, AREVA, Barrick, BHP Billiton, Freeport-MCMoRan Copper and Gold, Goldcorp, Gold Fields ...

Miners, stakeholders agree to actions in Upper Hunter Valley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... assessments, long term health impacts to local employment and skills training. Earlier this year, the New South Wales Minerals Council (NSWMC) commissioned a stakeholder survey to start a dialogue on the impacts of coal mining. The survey showed stakeholders ...

Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainable development performance in the mining and metals industries. Members include BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Newmont and Minerals and Metals Group. See Also: Transparency improving around miners' ESG reporting

Sustainability a key theme for investor awareness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... vulnerable to changes in environmental considerations, such as global withdrawal from using coal. "Australia has a tonne of minerals and resources, and that sector for the economy has been booming," Hodgson said. "If demand from emerging economies declines ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... regional mining associations and global commodity associations. Members include BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, and Australia-based Minerals and Metals Group (MMG), which is owned by Hong-Kong based Minmetals Resources Limited (MMR). Its policy is to improve ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... risks such as human capital management, according to an analyst at Macquarie Bank. Analyst Aimee Kaye singled out OZ Minerals for a "comprehensive and high quality sustainability report" and GPT Group for "clear enunciation of corporate ESG strategy" ...

OECD guidelines to promote more responsible business conduct

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... from countries signing on to the guidelines have also agreed to a recommendation designed to combat the illicit trade in minerals that finance armed conflict. The recommendation clarifies how companies can identify and better manage risks throughout ...

NSW coal miners engage in landmark stakeholder survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... stakeholder survey to start a dialogue on the impacts of coal mining. The survey, commissioned by the New South Wales Minerals Council (NSWMC) shows stakeholders are broadly concerned with public health, environment and economic issues and want more ...

ANZ reviewing "sensitive sector" policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... customer engagement in socially and environmentally sensitive sectors including water, forestry, energy and mining and minerals. The review of the four sensitive sector policies "... will include stakeholder consultation and take place throughout 2011," ...