Purchasers Renewables promising for miners, but edge may go to most... 1 May 2019By IRMA The rise of renewable energy to meet global climate goals could be…
Wind_Turbines (Credit: Pacific Standard)Blog 50 NGO’s sign open letter recognizing responsible sourcing through IRMA 30 Apr 2019By IRMA 50 NGOs including Greenpeace, Earthworks, Global Witness and others signed an open…
Greater uptake of electric cars will translate into more mining of metals such as cobalt and lithium - ShutterstockNGOs Electric cars can boost responsible mining 17 Apr 2019By IRMA New research commissioned by EarthWorks and done by the Institute for Sustainable…
Africa IRMA participates in Liberia workshop on responsible mineral supply chains 28 Mar 2019By IRMA In February 2019, IRMA's Director of Standards and Assurance participated in a…
Contents from the Mount Polley tailings-dam collapse are pictured going down the Hazeltine Creek into Quesnel Lake near the town of Likely on Aug. 5, 2014.North America B.C. needs to act quickly to prevent future mine-tailings disasters 14 Mar 2019By IRMA Loretta Williams, chairwoman of First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining and Calvin Sandborn,…
Mina de Pau Branco, em Minas Gerais, da Vallourec Mineração. Photo Credit: Exame.South America There is no shortage of technology to avoid such tragedies... 18 Feb 2019By IRMA IRMA Steering Committee member Payal Sampat of Earthworks talks with the Brazilian…
South America Catastrophic spill from mining dam threatens thousands of lives 28 Jan 2019By IRMA "Vale's Brumadinho mining waste dam failure is all the more tragic because…
Purchasers Tiffany brand launches new diamond sourcing initiative 21 Jan 2019By IRMA Tiffany & Co, an IRMA founding member, to share diamond provenance with…
Blog WWF Calls on Corporates to Implement Credible Mining Certification 18 Dec 2018By IRMA WWF Germany recently published a report, Boom in Raw Materials: Between Profits…
Mine Measure self-assessment tool released 20 Sep 2018By IRMA Mine sites can use the self-assessment tool to prepare for independent auditing…
