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Kamativi’s lithium operation to be audited

12 December 2025By

Kamativi Lithium Mining Operation to be independently audited against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining

Kamativi Mining Co, owned by Yahua Group, has signed agreements with IRMA and IRMA-approved audit firm Resilience Environmental Assurance (REA) to independently assess its Kamativi lithium mining operation against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining. The Kamativi mine is located in the Hwange District of Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland North Province.

The assessment includes a desk review (stage 1) followed by an on-site audit (stage 2) Stage 2 includes confidential interviews with local communities and workers without mine management present. After the on-site audit REA will draft an audit report which IRMA and Kamativi will then review, after which the company may choose to release the report or take up to twelve months to implement corrective actions first. When complete, IRMA will publish the final audit report in which REA assigns an overall IRMA Achievement Level, and explains how and why they scored Kamativi 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 Kamativi independent 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, workers and 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, REA, to share comments or to ask to be interviewed as part of the audit process. The audit firm can be reached via:

Email: stakeholderInput@resilience-assurance.com

Web form

or

REA QR code for webform

WhatsApp: +27 73 112 5526

or

REA QR code for WhatsApp

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

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ERM CVS Akan Melakukan Penilaian Lapangan IRMA di Tambang Sorowako, PT Vale Indonesia Tbk

5 November 2025By

Dari auditor independen yang disetujui oleh IRMA, ERM CVS. Baca pengumuman ini dalam bahasa Inggris.

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ERM CVS Meminta Masukan dari Masyarakat Setempat dan Pemangku Kepentingan Lainnya untuk melengkapi proses penilaian audit IRMA

5 November 2025, ERM Certification and Verification Services (ERM CVS) mengumumkan bahwa pada 1–5 Desember 2025, tim auditor independen akan mengunjungi operasi pertambangan PT Vale Indonesia di Sorowako, Sulawesi Selatan, untuk melaksanakan tahapan penilaian lapangan sebagai bagian dari proses peninjauan atas standar Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA). Audit independen ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi kinerja operasi tambang berdasarkan Standar IRMA untuk Pertambangan yang Bertanggung Jawab. ERM CVS merupakan lembaga audit independen pihak ketiga yang telah disetujui oleh IRMA untuk melakukan audit berdasarkan standar tersebut.

Selama kunjungan lapangan, tim auditor ERM CVS akan meninjau area operasi tambang dan fasilitas terkait, serta mengumpulkan masukan dari para pemangku kepentingan lokal — termasuk anggota masyarakat, pekerja tambang, pejabat pemerintah, dan pihak lain yang secara langsung maupun tidak langsung terdampak oleh kegiatan pertambangan.

Setelah audit selesai, hasil penilaian akan disajikan dalam laporan publik yang akan diterbitkan secara lokal dan di situs resmi IRMA (Inggris). Laporan ini akan menjelaskan penilaian PT Vale Sorowako terhadap lebih dari 400 persyaratan dalam Standar IRMA, beserta alasan penentuan setiap skor yang diberikan. Audit ini juga akan menentukan tingkat capaian keseluruhan: IRMA Transparency, IRMA 50, IRMA 75, atau IRMA 100 (Inggris).

Hasil audit ini akan membantu PT Vale Indonesia dalam meningkatkan praktik pertambangan yang bertanggung jawab. Bagi pemangku kepentingan — terutama masyarakat sekitar dan pekerja — laporan ini menjadi sarana untuk berdialog secara setara dengan perusahaan terkait hal-hal yang paling penting bagi mereka.

1 – 5 Desember 2025

ERM CVS mengundang seluruh pemangku kepentingan untuk berpartisipasi dengan memberikan masukan atau mengikuti wawancara bersama auditor. Masukan Anda akan membantu menilai dampak sosial, lingkungan, dan ekonomi dari kegiatan operasional PT Vale Sorowako serta mengukur sejauh mana praktiknya sejalan dengan prinsip pertambangan yang bertanggung jawab.

Wawancara dapat dilakukan dalam Bahasa Indonesia atau Bahasa Inggris. Permintaan wawancara yang diterima sebelum 21 November 2025 dapat dijadwalkan secara luring (tatap muka) atau daring (online). Permintaan setelah 21 November akan disesuaikan dengan ketersediaan waktu. Masukan tertulis dapat dikirimkan hingga 5 Desember 2025 untuk dimasukkan dalam hasil audit.

Gunakan informasi kontak di bawah ini untuk meminta wawancara atau mengirimkan komentar.
Situs

Surel: post@ermcvs.com

Kode QR untuk mengakses formulir online:

ERM CVS contact QR code
Seluruh masukan dan wawancara bersifat rahasia. Wawancara dilakukan tanpa kehadiran perwakilan perusahaan, dan ERM CVS tidak akan membagikan identitas atau komentar tertulis para pemangku kepentingan kepada PT Vale Indonesia maupun IRMA. Hanya gambaran umum dari masukan yang akan dirangkum dalam laporan akhir audit.

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ERM CVS to Conduct On-site IRMA Assessment of PT Vale Indonesia Tbk’s Sorowako Mine

5 November 2025By

From IRMA approved independent auditor ERM CVS. View/download the announcement in Bahasa Indonesia.

ERM CVS Seeks Input from Local Community and Other Stakeholders

5 November 2025, ERM Certification and Verification Services (ERM CVS) announces that from 1-5 December 2025, an independent audit team will visit PT Vale Indonesia’s Sorowako mining operations in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, to conduct the on-site phase of its Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) assessment. This independent audit evaluates the operation’s performance against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining. ERM CVS is an independent, third-party audit firm approved by IRMA to perform assessments against its standard.

During the on-site visit, ERM CVS auditors will tour the mine and its associated facilities and collect feedback from local stakeholders — including community members, mine workers, government officials, and others directly or indirectly affected by the operation.

Upon completion, the audit will result in a publicly available report, published on the IRMA audit page. The report will outline how PT Vale’s Sorowako operations performed against more than 400 requirements of the IRMA Standard, providing detailed explanations of the scores assigned. The audit will also determine an overall achievement level: IRMA Transparency, IRMA 50, IRMA 75, or IRMA 100.

The audit findings will enable PT Vale Indonesia to enhance its responsible mining practices. For stakeholders —particularly community members and workers — the report provides an opportunity to engage constructively with the company on areas of shared concern and improvement.

1 – 5 December 2025

ERM CVS invites all stakeholders to participate by sharing feedback or requesting an interview with the auditors. Your insights will help assess the social, environmental, and economic impacts of PT Vale’s operations and measure its alignment with responsible mining best practices.

Interviews can be conducted in English or Bahasa Indonesia. Requests submitted by 21 November 2025 can be scheduled in-person or remotely. Requests made after 21 November will be accommodated as time permits. Written comments can be submitted until 5 December 2025 to be included in the audit.
On the web

Email: post@ermcvs.com

QR code to access online form:

ERM CVS contact QR code
Comments and interviews are confidential, and interviews are conducted without mine personnel present. ERM CVS does not share the names of stakeholders or copies of written comments with the mine or IRMA. Only the general nature of comments will be summarized in the final audit report.

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Gerdau commits two operations to IRMA independent assessment

28 June 2023By

The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) is pleased to announce that the Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau has committed to third-party independent assessments of its Várzea do Lopes and Miguel Burnier iron ore mining operations in Minas Gerais against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining. Both mining complexes have been in operation since 2006.

SCS Global Services, an IRMA-approved certification body, will be carrying out the assessment, which includes a desk review (stage 1) followed by an onsite audit (stage 2). After SCS’s draft audit report is reviewed by IRMA and Gerdau, Gerdau may release the report or has the option to take up to twelve months to implement a Corrective Action Plan before the audit firm assigns a Performance Level.

Stakeholder Engagement in the Assessment

Interested stakeholders and members of the public can sign up to receive updates about the Gerdau independent assessments (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.

Mine site stakeholders are invited to submit comments to SCS Global Services regarding the social and environmental performance of the Gerdau operations (in particular, how the performance of the mine sites measuree against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining).

Stakeholders of the Gerdau mines may also contact SCS Global Services if they are interested in being interviewed as part of the assessment process.

Stakeholder comments and expressions of interest in being interviewed as part of the audit process can also be submitted by email or mail to:

SCS Global Services
2000 Powell St. #600 Emeryville, California, USA 94608
feedback@scsglobalservices.com

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

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Albemarle Atacama Audit release webinar

22 June 2023By

On 21 June, the day after the release the audit report of Albemarle’s Planta Salar de Atacama lithium operation, IRMA hosted a webinar to discuss the significance of the report, and the IRMA Standard and process through which the operation was independently assessed. In volunteering its operation for assessment and scoring IRMA 50, Albemarle submitted its practices to unprecedented public transparency, providing information that all stakeholders can use to decide what’s going well, and what may require more attention, at the mine.

The 1 hour webinar, which is about 1/2 presentation and 1/2 Q&A, is available below in English and Español.

English

 

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Albemarle Atacama Audit Report Released

20 June 2023By

Albemarle’s Salar de Atacama became the first lithium mine in the world to complete an independent audit of their performance against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining. The audit can be found on the Salar Plant, Salar de Atacama (Albemarle) mine assessment page, the IRMA press release is in english and español, and you can download an audit packet including the audit itself and supporting materials (español).

IRMA’s Executive Director Aimee Boulanger and Assurance Director Michelle Smith will hold a webinar Q&A about IRMA audits on Wednesday 21 June at 11am Chile time (EDT). The webinar will be simultaneously interpreted in Spanish. Register here.

Albemarle’s Salar de Atacama operation scored at the IRMA 50 performance level (español), meaning the independent audit firm ERM-CVS verified that the mine met all critical requirements of the IRMA Standard, as well as at least 50% of the Standard’s criteria in four areas: social responsibility, environmental responsibility, business integrity and planning for positive legacies.

Salar de Atacama joins 12 other industrial-scale mines worldwide that are undergoing independent audits against the IRMA Standard in 2023. 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.

It’s important to note that IRMA audits do not yield “certification,” nor do they declare at what point a site becomes a “responsible mine.” The IRMA system is built to have more transparent conversation on the impacts, at a table where civil society and labor have voice equal to the private sector, and which seeks to create greater value to reduce harm.

In doing this audit, Albemarle has volunteered to be measured against a standard more rigorous, requiring more public engagement, and more transparent sharing of results than any other global mining standard. It is an act of leadership and commitment to increasing dialogue across diverse stakeholder sectors and with Indigenous rights holders to engage in this process.

It’s important to note that the audit report also provide an honest accounting for IRMA’s own progress as the Standard and its assessment process continue to mature. “If the results don’t fully reflect the experience of communities, Indigenous rights holders or other affected groups, we want to hear from them.” — Aimee Boulanger.

 

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Webinar Q&A

  • Wednesday, 21 Jun, 11am Chile time (EDT)
  • Speakers: IRMA Executive Director Aimee Boulanger, and Assurance Director Michelle Smith
  • Topics include: The IRMA process, how this independent audit occurred, how stakeholders can use this audit report
  • Register here
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