• The Standard for Responsible Mining v.1.0 (English – EN)
• The Standard for Responsible Mining v.1.0 (Spanish – ES)
• The Standard for Responsible Mining v.1.0 (Chinese – ZH)
• Guidance Document for the Standard for Responsible Mining
• Critical Requirements from the IRMA Standard

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Principle 1: Business Integrity

• Chapter 1.1—Legal Compliance
• Chapter 1.2—Community and Stakeholder Engagement
• Chapter 1.3—Human Rights Due Diligence
• Chapter 1.4— Complaints and Grievance Mechanism and Access to Remedy
• Chapter 1.5—Revenue and Payments Transparency

Principle 2: Planning and Managing for Positive Legacies

• Chapter 2.1—Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and Management
• Chapter 2.2—Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)
• Chapter 2.3—Obtaining Community Support and Delivering Benefits
• Chapter 2.4—Resettlement
• Chapter 2.5—Emergency Preparedness and Response
• Chapter 2.6—Planning and Financing Reclamation and Closure

Principle 3: Social Responsibility

• Chapter 3.1—Fair Labor and Terms of Work
• Chapter 3.2—Occupational Health and Safety
• Chapter 3.3—Community Health and Safety
• Chapter 3.4—Mining and Conflict-Affected or High-Risk Areas
• Chapter 3.5—Security Arrangements
• Chapter 3.6—Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
• Chapter 3.7—Cultural Heritage

Principle 4: Environmental Responsibility

• Chapter 4.1—Waste and Materials Management
• Chapter 4.2—Water Management
• Chapter 4.3—Air Quality
• Chapter 4.4—Noise and Vibration
• Chapter 4.5—Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Chapter 4.6—Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Protected Areas
• Chapter 4.7—Cyanide
• Chapter 4.8—Mercury Management

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• Glossary
• Water Quality Tables
• Air Quality Table
• Mercury Emissions Table

• Draft Standard for Responsible Mining, version 1.0 (2014)
• Comments and Responses to Stakeholder Feedback on Draft v.1.0
• Draft Standard for Responsible Mining, version 2.0 (2016)
• Comments and Responses to Stakeholder Feedback on Draft v.2.0

• 2015 Stillwater Mine Field Test
• 2016 Unki Mine Field Test Report

Download IRMA Principles of Engagement

IRMA’s first 60-day comment period on its draft Standard for Responsible Mineral Processing closed on 16 August 2021. IRMA is in the process of considering comments received to-date, and will be piloting the draft Mineral Processing Standard in the next few months before revising the document and circulating a second draft for public comment.

Feedback on the first draft is still welcome, and can be sent to:  comments@responsiblemining.net

–> Download the draft Standard as a pdf document (English, Spanish)

–> Download the draft Standard as a Word document (English, Spanish)

 

 

IRMA’s draft Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard is still available for download.

–> Download the draft CoC Standard

IRMA is in the process of considering comments received to-date, and will be piloting the draft CoC Standard in the next few months before revising the document and circulating a second draft for public comment.

Feedback on the first draft can still be sent to: comments@responsiblemining.net

Job Opportunity

We are looking for someone with expertise on chain of custody standards and assurance to oversee the chain of custody pilot project and feed results into an updated draft CoC Standard. Download the Terms of Reference.  The deadline for applications has been extended to 1 October 2021.

 

• IRMA Bylaws – v.1.0
• Certification Body Requirements – v.1.0
• Communications and Claims Policy – v.1.1 
• IRMA Interim Policy on Auditing During Exceptional Circumstances (COVID-19)
• IRMA Issues Resolution Procedure
• IRMA Stakeholder Complaints Form
• IRMA Standards Development Procedure
• IRMA Standard Setting Public System Report
• IRMA Three Year Budget 2019-2021

• Scope and Boundaries of Future IRMA M&E System

• Read about self-assessment on our website
• Mine Measure Instruction Manual (English)
• Mine Measure Instruction Manual (French)
• Mine Measure Instruction Manual (Portuguese)
• Mine Measure Instruction Manual (Spanish)
• Visit the Mine Measure self-assessment and audit preparation website

• Assessment Manual for Mines
• Mine Site Assessment Application Form
• Certification Fee Policy
• View mines in the IRMA system
• IRMA Public Webinar for Mining Companies (July 27, 2020)
• IRMA is working with SCS Global Services and ERM Certification and Verification Services (ERM-CVS) as its first audit program partners.  Both SCS and ERM-CVS have experience auditing social, environmental and technical issues at industrial-scale mines. Interested mines should contact our approved Certification Bodies directly to request a bid, or find out more about their services:
  

  ERM-CVS: Michelle Smith Michelle.Smith@ermcvs.com

  SCS Global Service:   Susan Courter scourter@scsglobalservices.com

 

• IRMA leaders react to Brazil mine tailings failure (30 January 2019)
• First Mine Audited Against World’s Most Rigorous Mining Standard (21 October 2020) – English and Spanish
• IRMA and ARM agreement to promote collaborative approaches between large-scale mining and ASM (10 November 2020)

Introduction to the IRMA draft Standard for Responsible Mineral Processing (29 June 2021)

IRMA – Due Diligence Beyond Geographic Criteria – Presentation for OECD’s 14th Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains (26 April 2021)

IRMA Public Webinar: Climate Change and the Push for More Mining (25 September 2020)

IRMA Public Webinar:  IRMA’s Value for Mining Companies (27 July 2020)

IRMA Public Webinar:  IRMA’s Value for Purchasers and Investors (18 June 2020)

IRMA Public Webinar:  Responsible Mining in the Time of COVID-19 (20 May 2020)

IRMA Public Webinar:  What is IRMA and how can you use it? (19 May 2020)

IRMA Public Webinar (July 2019)

IRMA Self-Assessment Webinar (October 2018)