Stronger disclosure of data on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues is evident where mining companies are subject, or have signed up, to external requirements and reporting frameworks.
How have mining companies responded to the challenges of making the traditionally male-dominated industry safer and more suitable for women workers? The gender-related results of the Responsible Mining Index (RMI) 2018 show how large-scale mining companies are performing on these issues.
The devastating failure of the tailings dam at Vale’s Córrego do Feijão mine site in Brazil brings into shocking focus a major risk of mining that remains inadequately addressed by many mining companies.
