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Sishen Mine. Credit: Anglo AmericanSishen Mine. Credit: Anglo AmericanAudits

Sishen, Kolomela Begin IRMA Surveillance Audits

9 July 2025By

ERM CVS to Conduct “Check-In” Assessments to Verify Performance, Progress Identified in Initial Audit

Yesterday IRMA-approved independent audit firm ERM CVS started IRMA surveillance audit of the Sishen and Kolomela iron ore operations in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. These mines are owned and operated by Kumba Iron Ore, a company of which Anglo American is a primary shareholder.

Sishen and Kolomela both achieved IRMA 75 upon release of their full audit reports in April 2024.

Within the IRMA independent assessment cycle, an IRMA surveillance audit is the midpoint between the initial full audit and the full re-assessment audit. It verifies that the previously awarded IRMA Achievement level is still warranted. It is an abbreviated verification that the operation’s systems and controls are still in place and are functioning effectively, that no major changes have occurred that negatively affect the operation’s performance, and that the operation is progressing on its corrective action plan.

As with a full audit, a surveillance audit consists of a desk audit and an onsite audit, and includes confidential interviews with workers and engagement with community stakeholders. As with a full audit, the onsite component will be announced at least 30 days prior.

Following the completion of the surveillance audits, reports will be published on Sishen’s audit page and Kolomela’s audit page.

Stakeholder Engagement in the Surveillance Audit

Interested stakeholders and members of the public can sign up to receive updates about the surveillance assessments. The Mines Under Assessment page of IRMA’s website will also provide up-to-date information on all assessments.

Members of the community, public officials, representatives of the workforce, or other organizations are invited to submit comments regarding how the operation is managing their impacts to the environment including air, water, waste, greenhouse gases, and ecosystems; how the mine supports their workforce; and how the mine interacts with the surrounding community, and how it impacts the community, positively or negatively.

Interested parties may contact ERM CVS to share comments or to ask to be interviewed as part of the audit process. The audit firm can be reached via:

On the web:

erm.com/ermcvs/services/sector-specific-certification-schemes/irma-stakeholder-feedback-form/

Email: post@ermcvs.com

QR code to access online form:

ERM CVS IRMA feedback form english QR code

More Information

ERM CVS is an independent IRMA-approved and trained audit firm. For more about ERM CVS visit ermcvs.com.

IRMA’s mission is to protect the environment and people directly affected by mining. For more about IRMA including the assessment process, the IRMA Standard, and to see audit reports of other mines visit responsiblemining.net

For more information about the IRMA audit cycle, please visit the Independent Assessment Timeline page. If you have concerns or complaints about the IRMA mine site assessment process or the IRMA Standard visit the IRMA Feedback and Complaints page.

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Follow Up Audit at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Rustenburg this August

4 July 2025By

From IRMA approved independent auditor ERM CVS:

ERM CVS to Conduct a Follow Up IRMA Assessment of Sibanye-Stillwater Rustenburg Operations

ERM CVS Seeks Input from Local Community and Other Stakeholders

Today, 4 July 2025, ERM CVS announces that on 4-8 August 2025, auditors will visit the Sibanye-Stillwater Rustenburg operations, located in the Rustenburg local municipality, South Africa. This is an extension of the independent, third-party audit initiated in November 2024 against the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) standard.

During this August 2025 audit extension, ERM CVS will be collecting feedback from local stakeholders – anyone directly or indirectly affected by the mine — including community members, mine workers, and government officials. Feedback can be provided on all of Sibanye-Stillwater Rustenburg operations, including the Kroondal operations, which will be a special focus. The ERM CVS team will also inspect the operation and its associated facilities.

When the audit is finished, an IRMA assessment results in a public audit report released locally and on the internet. This report will describe how ERM CVS scored Sibanye-Stillwater Rustenburg Operations against each of the 400+ requirements of the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining, and why ERM CVS gave Sibanye-Stillwater Rustenburg Operations that score. The report will also assign an overall achievement level: IRMA Transparency, IRMA 50, IRMA 75, or IRMA 100.

Sibanye-Stillwater can use this information about the environmental and social impacts of the Rustenburg operations, inclusive of Kroondal, to improve its practices. Other stakeholders, particularly affected communities, may use this audit report to engage with Sibanye-Stillwater and others on a more equal footing to improve the operation in the ways that matter most to them.

4 – 8 August 2025

Your comments will help ERM CVS assess the impact of Sibanye-Stillwater Rustenburg Operations, inclusive of Kroondal, on local communities and measure its performance against best mining practices. ERM CVS invites you to sign-up for an interview with auditors during the onsite audit, and/or submit written comments to the auditors about Sibanye-Stillwater Rustenburg operations using the contact details below.

You must contact us before 28 July 2025 to be interviewed. Written comments submitted before 15 August 2025 will be incorporated into the results of this audit.
On the web:

erm.com/ermcvs/services/sector-specific-certification-schemes/irma-stakeholder-feedback-form/

Email: post@ermcvs.com 

Telephone: +27 10 596 3740

QR code to access online form:

ERM CVS IRMA feedback form english QR code
Interviews with members of the community occur without mine personnel present. Interviews with non-management workers occur without management present and can be scheduled to occur offsite on request. ERM CVS protects the identity of individual commenters although the general nature of comments will be summarized in the report.

ERM CVS is an independent IRMA-approved and trained audit firm. For more about ERM CVS visit ermcvs.com.

IRMA’s mission is to protect the environment and people directly affected by mining. For more about IRMA including the assessment process, the IRMA Standard, and to see audit reports of other mines visit responsiblemining.net

To learn more about the Rustenburg audit and sign up for updates, visit the audit page: https://responsiblemining.net/rustenburg

For more information about the IRMA audit cycle, please visit the Independent Assessment Timeline page.

If you have concerns or complaints about the IRMA mine site assessment process or the IRMA Standard visit the IRMA Feedback and Complaints page.

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Gemfields commits Montepuez Ruby Mining to IRMA audit

10 June 2025By

The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) is pleased to announce that Gemfields has committed Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM) to third-party independent assessment against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining. Majority owned and operated by Gemfields, MRM is located in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. It is the first gem mine to publicly commit to an IRMA independent audit.

KPMG PRI, an IRMA-approved independent audit firm, will be carrying out the assessment, which includes a desk review (stage 1) followed by an onsite audit (stage 2). After the KPMG PRI draft audit report is reviewed by IRMA and Gemfields, the company may release the report or can take up to twelve months to implement corrective actions and be re-assessed. When the assessment is complete, IRMA publishes a final report in which the audit firm assigns an overall IRMA Achievement Level, and explains how and why they scored the operation against each of the 400+ requirements of the IRMA Standard.

Stakeholder Engagement in the Assessment

Interested stakeholders and members of the public can sign up to receive updates about the MRM assessment (e.g., the timing of the stage 2 onsite visit, link to public summary of audit results). The Mines Under Assessment page of IRMA’s website will also provide up-to-date information on all assessments.

Members of the community, public officials, representatives of the workforce, or other organizations are invited to submit comments regarding how the mine site is managing their impacts to the environment including air, water, waste, greenhouse gases, and ecosystems; how the mine supports their workforce; and how the mine interacts with the surrounding community, and how it impacts the community, positively or negatively.

Interested parties may contact the independent audit firm, KPMG PRI, to share comments or to ask to be interviewed as part of the audit process. The audit firm can be reached by email at:

KPMG Performance Registrar Inc.
Kim Swanzey kswanzey@kpmg.ca

Please share this announcement, and feel free to contact KPMG PRI directly to provide names and contact information for other Gemfields stakeholders who may be interested in knowing about and participating in the mine site assessment process.

For more information

  • For information on the IRMA mine site assessment process and timeline.
  • For information about the Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM) audit, visit IRMA’s MRM assessment status page.
  • If you would like more information on how audits of MRM are conducted against the IRMA standard — contact IRMA’s Director of Assurance: Michelle Smith, audits (at) responsiblemining.net
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Gemfields compromete-se com a auditoria IRMA da mineração de rubis

10 June 2025By

A Iniciativa para a Garantia da Mineração Responsável (IRMA) tem o prazer de anunciar que a Gemfields comprometeu-se a submeter a Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM) a uma auditoria independente conduzida por terceiros, em conformidade com o Padrão IRMA para Mineração Responsável. A MRM, maioritariamente detida e operada pela Gemfields, está localizada na província de Cabo Delgado, em Moçambique. Esta é a primeira mina de gemas a comprometer-se publicamente com uma auditoria independente nos moldes da IRMA.

A auditoria será realizada pela KPMG PRI, uma entidade independente aprovada pela IRMA. O processo compreende duas fases: uma revisão documental (fase 1) e uma auditoria presencial no local (fase 2). Após a elaboração do relatório preliminar pela KPMG PRI, este será analisado pela IRMA e pela Gemfields. A empresa poderá optar por divulgar o relatório imediatamente ou utilizar até doze meses para implementar medidas corretivas e ser reavaliada. Uma vez concluída a avaliação, a IRMA publicará um relatório final, no qual será atribuído um nível global de conformidade, detalhando o desempenho da operação relativamente aos mais de 400 critérios exigidos.

Envolvimento das partes interessadas na avaliação

As partes interessadas e os membros do público podem inscrever-se para receber actualizações sobre a avaliação da MRM, incluindo o cronograma da visita ao local (fase 2) e o acesso ao resumo público dos resultados da auditoria. A página “Minas em Auditoria” no sítio web da IRMA também fornecerá informações actualizadas sobre todas as auditorias em curso.

Convidam-se os membros da comunidade, funcionários públicos, representantes da força de trabalho e de outras organizações a apresentar comentários sobre a forma como a mina gere os seus impactos ambientais —incluindo ar, água, resíduos, gases com efeito de estufa e ecossistemas —, bem como sobre o apoio prestado à força de trabalho e a relação com a comunidade local, incluindo os impactos positivos ou negativos daí resultantes.

As partes interessadas podem entrar em contacto com a empresa de auditoria independente, KPMG PRI, para partilhar comentários ou solicitar uma entrevista no âmbito do processo de auditoria. A auditoria independente pode ser contactada por correio eletrónico através do seguinte endereço:

KPMG Performance Registrar Inc.
Kim Swanzey kswanzey@kpmg.ca

Partilhe este anúncio com outras pessoas ou entidades que possam estar interessadas em acompanhar ou participar no processo de avaliação da mina da MRM. Não hesite em contactar a KPMG PRI para fornecer nomes e contactos de outras partes interessadas que possam contribuir para este processo.

Para mais informações

  • Para obter informações gerais sobre o processo de auditoria de minas conduzido pela IRMA, visite o sítio web.
  • IRMA Página de estado da auditoria independente da MRM: responsiblemining.net/mrm.
  • Para informações adicionais sobre como as auditorias da MRM são realizadas em conformidade com a IRMA, entre em contacto com a Directora de Garantia da IRMA: Michelle Smith Correio electrónico: audits (at) responsiblemining.net
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Le groupe minier CMOC entreprend un audit IRMA sur son site de TFM en RDC

5 June 2025By

L’Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA, en français : Initiative pour l’Assurance d’une Activité Minière Responsable) a le plaisir d’annoncer que le complexe minier Tenke Fengurume Mining (TFM) va être évalué de manière indépendante selon le « Standard IRMA pour une exploitation minière responsable », par un cabinet d’audit externe accrédité par IRMA. TFM extrait du cuivre et du cobalt en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC).

ERM CVS, un des cabinets d’audit indépendants agréés par IRMA, réalisera cette évaluation qui comprend d’abord une analyse documentaire (phase 1) puis un audit sur site (phase 2). A l’issue de ce processus, un rapport d’audit initial sera remis par ERM CVS à IRMA et à CMOC. Après analyse de ce rapport, le groupe minier CMOC pourra décider soit de le rendre public immédiatement et de recevoir le niveau de performance correspondant, soit de mettre en œuvre des mesures correctives (dans un délai maximal de douze mois) avant de refaire l’objet d’une nouvelle évaluation suivie de la publication d’un rapport final et de l’attribution du niveau de performance correspondant.

Participation des parties prenantes à l’évaluation

Les parties prenantes intéressées, les ayants-droits, et l’ensemble de la population peuvent s’inscrire pour recevoir des informations cet audit (par exemple, le calendrier de la visite sur site pour la phase 2 de l’audit, le lien vers le rapport d’audit une fois publié). La page « Independently Assessing Mines » du site web d’IRMA fourni également des informations actualisées sur tous les audits.

Les personnes riveraines du site, les membres des communautés locales, villes et villages, les fonctionnaires, les représentants et représentantes du personnel et des sous-traitants, et toutes autres organisations intéressées sont invités à soumettre d’ores et déjà leurs commentaires sur la manière dont le site minier est géré. Tous les sujets peuvent être abordés, que cela concerne les conséquences éventuelles sur l’environnement, en lien notamment avec l’eau, l’air, les déchets, les gaz à effet de serre et les écosystèmes ; la manière dont l’entreprise traite ses travailleurs et travailleuses ; ou les conséquences, positives ou négatives, de l’activité du site sur les communautés environnantes et la manière dont l’entreprise interagit avec elles.

Les personnes et organisations intéressées peuvent contacter le cabinet d’audit indépendant ERM CVS pour faire part de leurs commentaires ou demander à être consultées dans le cadre du processus d’audit. Le cabinet d’audit peut être contacté par e-mail:

Amanda Russell, e-mail :
post@ermcvs.com

Ou à l’adresse suivante :
ERM Certification and Verification Services Limited
Exchequer Court, 33 St Mary Axe, Londres, EC3A 8AA

Merci de partager au maximum cette annonce, et n’hésitez pas à contacter directement ERM CVS pour leur communiquer les noms et coordonnées d’autres parties prenantes qui pourraient être intéressées par cet audit et pour y prendre part.

Pour plus d’informations

  • Pour plus d’informations sur le processus IRMA pour l’évaluation des sites miniers, consultez le site web d’IRMA.
  • Pour plus d’informations sur l’audit du complexe minier Tenke Fengurume Mining (TFM), consultez la page dédiée sur le site d’IRMA.
  • Si vous souhaitez obtenir plus d’informations sur la manière dont l’audit du complexe TFM est mené selon le Standard IRMA, veuillez contacter la Directrice des Audits d’IRMA : Michelle Smith, audits (at) responsiblemining.net
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CMOC commits TFM complex to IRMA audit

5 June 2025By

The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) is pleased to announce that the CMOC Group has committed its Tenke Fengurume Mining (TFM) complex to third-party independent assessment against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining. TFM extracts copper and cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

ERM CVS, an IRMA-approved independent audit firm, will be carrying out the assessment, which includes a desk review (stage 1) followed by an onsite audit (stage 2). After the ERM CVS draft audit report is reviewed by IRMA and CMOC, the company may release the report or has the option to take up to twelve months to implement corrective actions and be re-assessed before a final report is published and a Performance Level assigned.

Stakeholder Engagement in the Assessment

Interested stakeholders and members of the public can sign up to receive updates about the TFM assessment (e.g., the timing of the stage 2 onsite visit, link to public summary of audit results). The Mines Under Assessment page of IRMA’s website will also provide up-to-date information on all assessments.

Members of the community, public officials, representatives of the workforce, or other organizations are invited to submit comments regarding how the mine site is managing their impacts to the environment including air, water, waste, greenhouse gases, and ecosystems; how the mine supports their workforce; and how the mine interacts with the surrounding community, and how it impacts the community, positively or negatively.

Interested parties may contact the independent audit firm, ERM CVS, to share comments or to ask to be interviewed as part of the audit process. The audit firm can be reached by email at:

ERM Certification and Verification Services Limited
Exchequer Court, 33 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8AA
Amanda Russell, Email: post@ermcvs.com

Please share this announcement, and feel free to contact ERM CVS directly to provide names and contact information for other TFM stakeholders who may be interested in knowing about and participating in the mine site assessment process.

For more information

  • For information on the IRMA mine site assessment process and timeline.
  • For information about the Tenke Fengurume Mining (TFM) audit, visit IRMA’s TFM assessment status page.
  • If you would like more information on how the audit of the TFM complex is conducted against the IRMA standard — contact IRMA’s Director of Assurance: Michelle Smith, audits (at) responsiblemining.net.
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Indaba 2025: Advancing Stakeholder Engagement and Remedy

21 March 2025By

On February 6th of 2025, IRMA had the privilege of hosting an interactive workshop on “Advancing Stakeholder Engagement and Remedy in the Mining Sector” as a side session of Investing in African Mining Indaba and Alternative Mining Indaba. The workshop reunited stakeholders in mining and responsible sourcing, as well as representatives of NGOs, workers, and local communities for an engaging discussion on the future of responsible mining.

The keynote

Estelle Levin at IRMA's Mining Indaba eventThe workshop was opened with a keynote by Estelle Levin-Nally, a human rights expert and Founder of Levin Sources, who shared her experience with remedy and its significance. She highlighted that remediation is one of the three core pillars of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and as these principles are increasingly being incorporated into national and international law, companies must demonstrate compliance, not only to meet legal requirements but also to align with business partner expectations.

She emphasized that unremediated past harms can leave individuals aggrieved, which undermines trust, discourages participation in company or regulatory initiatives, increases the likelihood of resistance and conflict, and hinders cooperative efforts that could maximize positive impacts for both business and society. Therefore, remedy serves as a pathway to healing for victims and their families, as the consequences of unremediated harms often persist across generations.

Estelle also shared insights into the challenges of implementing effective remedy in the mining sector. These include weak rule of law in many jurisdictions, which limits access to justice; autocratic regimes, which can lead to deregulation; the exclusion of remedy as a sixth step in due diligence under the OECD Minerals Guidance; and the complexity of different remedy pathways, which can create confusion for rightsholders regarding their entitlements and the mechanisms available to them. She concluded by stressing that business partners and civil society can do more to support affected rightsholders in understanding and accessing remedy when harms occur. While companies must be prepared for remediation, they should always prioritize prevention.

The workshop

Cecilia Mattea, IRMA’s Europe Regional Lead, continued the discussion by introducing the draft IRMA Remedy Framework and its purpose to respond to communities and workers who have been harmed by mineral exploration, development, and processing. Because the absence of remediation often leads to conflict and mistrust, the remedy framework could provide meaningful solutions for past and ongoing harms and a pathway for mining companies to regain trust. 

She also outlined and explained IRMA’s accountability mechanisms that support remediation efforts, including IRMA-Standard requirements for operational-level grievance mechanism; IRMA Membership Principles and Policy of Association and its policy of disassociation; the IRMA Feedback and Complaints Mechanism; and, finally, the IRMA Remedy Framework, which is currently under development.

Participants were then invited to reflect on and engage with key questions regarding the Remedy Framework. For example:

  • What should the IRMA Remedy Framework include? What would you like to see?
  • How far past should remediation go? How to ensure that communities are aware of their rights, and whose role is that?
  • Should the IRMA remedy framework be limited to assessed sites? 

Cecilia shared some of the suggestions IRMA received from previous engagements with stakeholders, NGOs, and remediation experts. These recommendations include ensuring that the framework is inclusive in its design, reflects the complexities on the ground, aligns with regulatory requirements such as the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, and does not impose an additional burden on Indigenous Peoples but rather complements existing tools.

As participants engaged in the discussion, interesting points were raised regarding how governments can engage in this process and how to ensure it doesn’t restrict access to remedy through the judicial system but rather establishes a positive link to it; which other institutions could play a role in the remediation process; how traditional leaderships structures could contribute to the process; and whether it would be better for IRMA to support access to remedy rather than create a new framework.

At the end of the session, Johannes Danz, sustainability expert at Mercedes Benz, shared the business perspective on supporting the project and standards, highlighting their benefits in fostering interaction across the supply chain, resolving conflicts, building trust, strengthening relationships, and improving access to remedy.

The workshop provided an invaluable learning experience across sectors through dialogue and engagement, fostering a deeper understanding of the role of the IRMA Remedy Framework and stakeholders’ expectations.

IRMA thanks all the participants for their contributions in the workshop.

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Anglo American’s Mogalakwena PGM mine completes IRMA audit

13 March 2025By

South African complex achieves IRMA 50 when audited against the world’s only equally governed mining standard

13 March 2025 – Today the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) released the audits of Anglo American’s Mogalakwena PGM complex against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining. Independent audit firm ERM-CVS assessed Mogalakwena at IRMA 50 when measuring its performance against the Standard’s best practice social and environmental criteria.

IRMA 50 means that ERM-CVS verified that the operations at least substantially met all 40 critical requirements of the IRMA Standard, as well as at least 50% of the Standard’s criteria in each of the four principle areas: social responsibility, environmental responsibility, business integrity and planning for positive legacies. The full audit reports are available on the Mogalakwena audit page on the IRMA website.

The information stakeholders need to decide what’s going well — and what may require more attention.

“This report demonstrates that mines can point to transparent, independent evaluations of their environmental and social performance,” said Aimee Boulanger, Executive Director of IRMA. “Through detailed IRMA audit reports, mining companies, communities and companies that purchase mined materials can gain the information they need, to decide what’s going well — and what may require more attention — at specific mines.”

As the IRMA Standard is recognized and adopted around the globe, these audits are steps in a deepening dialogue between mining companies and those affected by their operations. Because the process is still evolving, the results should be reviewed and interpreted accordingly.

“An increasing number of community members and workers are engaging in IRMA audits, and they’re using the audit reports to communicate directly with the mining company about their priorities for improvement,” Ms. Boulanger said. “If readers find results inconsistent with their experience, we encourage them to share their perspectives with IRMA and the company so that we can improve the audit review process and support continuing improvement at the site—as community members and NGOs have already done in this case.”

“We are always looking to improve not only mining practices, but also IRMA’s system. IRMA’s improvements, and being transparent about how we need to improve, is built into our system and a measure of its success,” said Ms. Boulanger.

Craig Miller, CEO of Anglo American Platinum said, “This milestone at Mogalakwena is significant in our overall adoption of IRMA. It enables us to promote transparency and best practice in sustainability, while adding value to our global customers by helping them meet the increasing expectations for responsibly mined materials in an efficient and credible way.  With IRMA 50, we have accomplished our sustainable mining plan target of having all our mining operations assured against a recognised responsible mining standard by 2025.”

Including Mogalakwena, 23 industrial-scale mines worldwide are within the IRMA independent assessment system. After an initial self-assessment, a participating mine engages a third-party audit firm — trained and approved by IRMA — to conduct a detailed independent evaluation, including on-site visits to the mine and nearby communities. Following the release of the initial audit, a shorter surveillance audit checks on the mine’s performance. Three years after the initial audit, the operation is fully audited again. (Note: The first mines audited in the IRMA system have had extensions to this timeline due to Covid delays and launch-phase learning; updated full reviews will be required to maintain or increase achievement scores.)

The independent IRMA system is the only global mining standard that provides equal power to the public sector (communities and Indigenous rights holders, mine workers, and environmental and human rights advocates) alongside the private sector (mining companies, mined materials purchasers and investors).

For More Information:

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IRMA at Indaba: Mining Sustainability Standards interview

7 February 2025By

From the Mining Indaba website:

In this compelling interview for Mining Indaba TV, J.J. Messner de Latour, Sector Lead for Downstream Purchasers at the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA), delves into the challenges and opportunities of implementing rigorous mining standards in the African mining industry.

J.J. discusses ways to overcome obstacles, improve transparency and accountability, and align with global best practices to ensure sustainable development. He also addresses the complexity of multiple mining standards and explores whether a unified industry standard is the solution. For junior miners, J.J. shares valuable advice on adopting best practices from the outset of their projects. Finally, he offers his perspective on what future-proofing African mining means today.

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IRMA at Mining Indaba 2025

7 January 2025By

This is where you will find IRMA at Indaba 2025:

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