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SUSTAINABILITY: ICMM offers “Good Practice” newsletter
The International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM) of London, UK, is circulating the latest issue of it b…
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Anglo replaces schools lost in Chilean earthquake
CHILE – About 4,500 Chilean schoolchildren are back in class in the areas most affected by the Feb. 27, 2010, …
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CSR AWARD: First Majestic wins second Mexican honour
MEXICO – First Majestic Silver of Vancouver has again been awarded the “Socially Responsible Business Distinct…
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CORPORATE GIVING: Kinross aids victims of Chilean earthquake
TORONTO – Kinross has (may we say it?) a heart of gold. In the two weeks since Chile was rattled by a magnitud…
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PUBLICATION: Dealing with artisanal and small-scale mining
LONDON, UK – The International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM) has published a new document, called “Wor…
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Centre of Excellence in CSR launched
OTTAWA — The Centre for Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was officially launched at a…
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CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: When development cannot be sustained
The mining industry evolves continuously and nowhere more so than in the areas of safety, environmental protec…
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HOT TOPIC: Corporate CSR strategy
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is as much a part of building a new mine in developing nations as is rou…
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CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: What I learned about human rights
Earlier this week I went to a corporate social responsibility (CSR) seminar to sharpen my appreciation of the …
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HOT TOPIC: Using replacement workers in Sudbury
On Oct. 20, the Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled that Vale Inco has the right to ask its non-striking offi…
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READER COMMENT: Bridging the mining/human rights gap
“I really feel like the gap between human rights workers and people who work in the mining industry really nee…
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HOT TOPIC: Human rights protection
I doubt that any company that explores or mines in developing countries would deliberately try to quash the hu…