Operating Company
Valterra Platinum
Materials Mined
PlatinumGoldNickelCopperCobalt
Audit Information
Initial Audit: Results
Initial Audit: Details
Assessment scope
The Mogalakwena Complex started operations in 1993 and employs more than 9,500 people as of 2023. Its 6,213 hectares include an open pit, concentrators, crusher, on site power generation, smelter, tailings storage, and waste rock disposal.
Included in the audit scope were mining operations:
- Five open pits (Sandsloot, Zwartfontein, Mogalakwena South, Mogalakwena North and Mogalakwena Central)
- Administration buildings
and processing operations:
- Two concentrators (Mogalakwena North Concentrator, Mogalakwena South Concentrator)
- Two tailings storage facilities (Blinkwater, Vaalkop [Vaalkop #1 and Vaalkop #2]) and associated infrastructure)
- Waste rock dumps
- Maintenance and fueling facilities, including a POCS area (surface mobile equipment and diesel filling station)
- Workshops
- Various waste management areas on site, including general waste landfill, waste salvage yards and waste collection points
The audit firm determined that the following IRMA Standard chapters were not relevant:
- Chapter 2.2—Free, Prior and Informed Consent
- Chapter 4.7—Cyanide Management
- Chapter 4.8—Mercury Management
Audit firm
ERM CVS
To provide input or participate in audits, contact:
ERM Certification and Verification Services Limited
Exchequer Court, 33 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8AA
Amanda Russell, Email: post@ermcvs.com
Audit-related feedback
- To file a complaint about the audit results (e.g., achievement level, scores, content of audit reports) contact ERM-CVS at post@ermcvs.com
- To file a complaint about auditors or Certification Bodies (e.g., performance, competencies, potential conflicts of interest, etc.): file a complaint with IRMA.
Initial Audit: Timeline
| Completion Date | Status | Audit phase |
|---|---|---|
| Self-Assessment | ||
| 2023-10-27 | Third-Party Audit Announced | |
| 2023-09-15 | Third-Party Audit: Stage One (Desk Audit) | |
| 2023-12-05 | Third-Party Audit: Stage Two (On-Site Audit) | |
| 2023-12-12 | Draft Audit Report | |
| 2024-02-29 | Mine Site and IRMA Review Draft Audit Report | |
| 2024-10-31 | Optional Corrective Action Period | |
| 2024-12-18 | Updated Draft Audit Report | |
| 2025-02-11 | Mine Site and IRMA Review Updated Draft Audit Report | |
| 2025-03-13 | Audit Report Released |
Legend:
- Complete
- Started
- Has not started
Complaints
Assessment type:Initial Audit
Complaints regarding this operation:
- IRMA-2024-004 (Submitted 3 Sep 2024)
- IRMA-2024-005 (Submitted 1 Nov 2024)