Central Asia Metals plc (CAM) said it had made further progress with its environmental and social responsibilities, notably the leakage from its Sasa tailing storage facility at Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia. The company has focused on remediation work, cementing relationships with communities and is on course to producing its second sustainability report. CAM […]
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Horizonte pledges sustainability report as ES policy
Horizonte Resources plc continued with its environment and social (ES) responsibilities during 2020 at its 100% owned Araguaia ferronickel and Vermelho nickel-cobalt projects in Brazil. ENVIRONMENT In its financial report for 2020, Horizonte noted it published its first standalone sustainability report for activities during the financial year 2019. The 44-page report covers transparency and accountability; […]
Cornish Lithium appoints advisory environmental consultant
Cornish Lithium Ltd has appointed Kathy Hicks as advisory environmental consultant. Ms Hicks is a mining geologist and chartered environmentalist with 17 years’ experience in the global hard rock mining industry and UK ground engineering sector. She has advised on environmentally-responsible practices and regulatory compliance for all stages of a project’s lifecycle. Ms Hicks is […]
Cornish Lithium appoints Kate Harcourt as ESG officer
Cornish Lithium Ltd has appointed Kate Harcourt as environment, social and governance (ESG) officer. Ms Harcourt has 30 years’ experience as a sustainability professional, predominantly within the mining industry. She has worked for a number of junior mining companies from the advanced exploration stage to construction and operation, focusing on ESIA*, permitting and environmental management […]
Condor Gold extends ESG programmes at La India
Condor Gold plc today announced it had increased its environmental and social engagement programmes at its La India project in Nicaragua. The miner’s Environmental and Social Management System includes environment, community, health and safety and human resources. ENVIRONMENT In its 2020 financial report, Condor said that the main local main local focus was the drinking […]
North Sea operators cut flaring by 22% in one year
Flaring in the North Sea fell by 22% – approximately equivalent to the gas demand of 200,000 UK homes – in 2020 compared with the previous year, said the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). Production facilities cut the overall volume to 33 billion cubic feet (bcf) which is the lowest level of flaring on the […]