Purchasers BMW Group joins the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance 10 Jan 2020By IRMA BMW Group has become the first carmaker to join the global effort…
Audits Carrizal Mine Site Assessment Announcement Stage 1 30 Sep 2019By IRMA The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) is pleased to announce the…
Audits Unki Mine Site Assessment Announcement 30 Sep 2019By IRMA The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) is pleased to announce the…
Electric taxi in Shenzhen, China. (Image: Brücke-Osteuropa | Wikimedia Commons.)Mining China, e-silk roads and a plea for change 22 Aug 2019By IRMA The EV revolution is in its infancy, but it is gaining traction,…
NGOs BC Mining Law Reform Issues Recommendations for Legal Reform 7 Aug 2019By IRMA BC Mining Law Reform was created in May 2019 to push for…
Photo credit: Roger LemoyneMining Canadian mining companies will now face human rights charges in... 11 Jun 2019By IRMA "Canada is the undisputed powerhouse of the mining industry, home to 75…
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…
