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Area: 5888268 km2
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Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Total Organizations: 15
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Priority Countries: United States of America
Profile Completion: 78%

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The process or business of working mines in search of coal and other materials. 

Organizations in Mineral extraction


Member of UK-based Anglo American plc mining group. The company develops copper mining projects in Peru. Learn More

To bring people and resources together to build a better world. Learn More

Barloworld is a distributor of leading global brands with head offices in Johannesburg (South Africa) and Maidenhead (United Kingdom), providing integrated rental, fleet management, product support, and logistics solutions. Barloworld is committed to conducting its operations in an environmentally responsible … Learn More

CONSOL Energy is a publicly owned Canonsburg-based producer and is an exporter of high-BTU bituminous thermal coal. CONSOL Energy recognizes the inherent value of water resources and continues to focus on the responsible use and protection of this valuable natural … Learn More

A truck-and-shovel mining operation dedicated to extract copper, Zinc, Moly and Silver minerals and produce concentrates through a flotation concentration circuit. The mine site is located at 4300 masl with Ancash Region, Peru. Its concentrates are transported by 304Km pipeline … Learn More

De Beers, established in 1888, is the world's leading diamond company with unrivalled expertise in the exploration, mining and marketing of diamonds. Learn More

Eldorado Gold is a Canadian mid-tier gold and base metals producer with 25 years of experience building and operating mines in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Learn More

Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, Gold Fields Limited is one of the world’s largest gold mining firms. Learn More

Hindustan Zinc is India’s largest and world’s second largest zinc-lead miner. Hindustan Zinc’s operations comprise five lead-zinc mines, one rock phosphate mine, four hydrometallurgical zinc smelters, two lead smelters, one pyro metallurgical lead-zinc smelter as well as sulphuric acid and … Learn More

Vision to be the world’s largest and most admired Zinc-Lead &amp; Silver Company Mission Enhance stakeholder value through exploration, innovation, operational excellence, safety and sustainability. Be a globally lowest cost producer Maintain market leadership and customer delight Learn More

INERCO Consultoría Colombia es una empresa independiente con amplia experiencia en consultoría, asesoría y acompañamiento en gestión ambiental, social y arqueología, seguridad y salud en el trabajo, sostenibilidad ambiental, sistemas de Información Geográfica y pasivos en suelos y aguas subterráneas Learn More

Marcobre S.A.C es una empresa peruana titular del proyecto minero Mina Justa ubicado en la localidad de Marcona, provincia de Nazca en la región Ica. La empresa cuenta con el respaldo de BRECA Grupo Empresarial, el cual adquirió a través … Learn More

Northam is an independent, fully empowered, mid-tier, integrated PGM producer with two primary operating assets, the Zondereinde and Booysendal mines in the South African Bushveld Complex. Learn More

Tata Steel is an Indian multinational steel-making company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and a subsidiary of the Tata Group Learn More

El Pachón is a bi-national mining project located 3,600 metres above sea level in Argentina’s San Juan Province, five kilometres from the Chilean border. El Pachón is property of Xstrata Copper (www.xstratacopper.com), the world ́s fourth largest producer of copper … Learn More

Projects in Mineral extraction


By engaging with public policy makers and water suppliers in this region, we avoid any potential issues with water supply or obtaining permits to discharge. Additionally our Baltimore Terminal has implemented a program to reuse facility water, thereby reducing water … Learn More

At Kışladağ we use a site water balance model to increase the recycling and reuse of contact water, minimize groundwater consumption, and reduce risks attributable to overflow and supply constraints. The model helps us monitor our water reserves, adjust our … Learn More

Each of our operations in the Halkidiki region work to maintain strong relationships with local communities. The company also invests in water-related infrastructure and manages a comprehensive water balance model.Project ResultsWater balance model Learn More

Our sites continue to regularly engage with community members on our water use, treatment and impacts in order to strengthen our links with the local community. We have strong relationships with regulators and engage with public policy makers to ensure … Learn More

The responses for managing water risks include risk assessments; Environmental Management Systems; the use of predictive water balances; rainwater harvesting; storm water management and water re-use, recycling and conservation initiatives. During 2018 Gold Fields intends to set targets in line … Learn More

Long Term Bulk Water strategy - We assessed our long term water operating plan against the available water supplies and developed a Bulk Water Strategy to develop new water sources and augment current water supplies with post-consumer treated wastewater. In … Learn More

Long Term Bulk Water strategy - We assessed our long term water operating plan against the available water supplies and developed a Bulk Water Strategy to develop new water sources and augment current water supplies with post-consumer treated wastewater. The … Learn More

As a result, we signed an off-take agreement with the Rustenburg Water Services Trust to use 15 Ml/d of treated sewerage effluent from its sewage treatment plant at a cost of R2.1million per month. This amount will increase to 25 … Learn More

We aim to be a 'Responsible Water Steward' to maximise the long-term value of water while seeking to achieve no long-term net harm to the environment or communities where we operate. We treat all stakeholders respectfully, fully observe human rights … Learn More

This project demonstrated innovative design in treating acidic drainage to reclaim disturbed lands. When water quality in the pit lake threatened to degrade beyond regulatory compliance levels in 2004, BHP undertook an innovative in-lake water management system, called the Middle … Learn More

The primary means of managing this risk is to reduce our operation’s consumption and reliance on potable water sources. The mine runs a zero-discharge, closed loop water system whereby all water is recycled. Potable water is used for human consumption … Learn More

As Northam’s operations are located in an area where water is considered a scarce resource, Northam recognises that water availability may in future be constrained as a result of increasing industrial and domestic pressure on water supplies. It is critical … Learn More

In 2018, BHP’s US-based Petroleum business committed US$3.4 million over five years through a public-private partnership with the America’s WETLAND Foundation (AWF) and Resource Environmental Solutions (RES). Known as the Terrebonne Biodiversity and Community Resilience Projects, the partnership has restored … Learn More

Gold Fields’ South Deep mine spent a total of US $3.6 million on water management and projects during 2016. Water projects include ARD management. South Deep implements a range of measures to prevent or contain Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) and … Learn More

Gold Fields spent a total of US $16 million on water management and projects (including ARD management) during 2016. In addition, Gold Fields has implemented a number of shared value water projects at Cerro Corona. These involve building and maintaining … Learn More

All of Gold Fields’ operations have tailings management plans in place, including closure and post-closure management plans. In total, Gold Fields’ operations have 27 tailing storage facilities (TSFs) of which 16 are active. All TSFs, as well as associated pipeline … Learn More

Cerro Corona has proactive engagements with community organisations and local governments where it is a large supplier of potable water to the communities. During 2016 Cerro Corona invested over US$3m in developing and upgrading water systems for nearby communities. This … Learn More

"Ashapur, a village located in Sinnar taluka of Maharashtra, had been suffering from acute waterscarcity which severely affected cultivation, and fodder availability for the cattle. HCC, with the helpof Yuva Mitra, an NGO Based in Sinnar, rejuvenated the diversion based … Learn More

Samadhan is the Company�s flagship program for on-farm sustainable livelihood, reaching out to 13,835 farmers through agriculture interventions and 11,507 families through livestock interventions till date. We engage with communities on improving their agriculture yield, reducing their water requirement , … Learn More

Udaipur�s first �Sewage Treatment Plant (STP)� implemented by Hindustan Zinc is an example of Public-Private-Partnership. Hindustan Zinc expects to treat maximum of Udaipur�s domestic sewage and this will help us in reducing our dependencies on fresh water at our Rajpura … Learn More

HZL is committed to stormwater management and efforts are in place to reduce runoff of rainwater and the improvement of water quality. Stormwater collection pond is constructed at all sites to collect rainwater runoff and treated in ETP for reuse. … Learn More

To improve the water table in surrounding villages, in FY 2019, Sindesar Khurd Mines unit initiated a project for deepening a pond of capacity 5.32 Lakh m3 in the vicinity. The approximate project cost for this intervention was ` 3.5 … Learn More

"Project Nandghar provides children with a safe and friendly learning environment with amenities like safe drinking water, uninterrupted supply of solar power, digital learning facilities and more.264 Nandghars were constructed, taking the total count to 314" Learn More

Various projects have been implemented in TSL to mitigate the risk under the umbrella of Zero Effluent Discharge. These projects have already helped us to reduce our fresh water requirement significantly. Other than ZED projects TSL has invested heavily to … Learn More

In order to manage these risks, we have an established system in place for water conservation that includes a business plan for specific water reduction initiatives, and identification and implementation of an action plan followed by periodic monitoring at operational … Learn More

The primary means of managing this risk is to reduce our operation’s consumption and reliance on potable water sources. The mine runs a zero-discharge, closed loop water system whereby all water is recycled. Potable water is used for human consumption … Learn More

Northam’s Corporate Sustainability Investment programme has driven an initiative to monitor the waste facilities, fountains, dams, pans, streams and rivers in the area. In Financial Year 2016, we continued the use of biodegradable tablets, known as ECO tablets, in the … Learn More

BAW has set a group aspirational target of 10% efficiency improvement in water withdrawal (municipal sources) intensity by 2020FYE against a business as usual scenario, off a 2015 baseline year, further supported by BAW's Water Use and Management Policy. BAW … Learn More

Limits on water withdrawals will likely impact BAW's operations to a lesser extent than its customers given its predominant use of water is limited to washing of vehicles, plant and equipment as well as WASH services, and does not form … Learn More

BAW is committed to communicating its actions regarding environmental stewardship with stakeholders through sustainability communication in the media and publications released by the group. BAW engages with world class principals and suppliers that actively manage water use and water-related risks.Project … Learn More

We continued our dialogue with customers and suppliers in the China region to assess water-related risks (both threats and opportunities) in our value chain. We began a program of Water Resource Situational Analyses (WRSA) to inform post-FY2022 operated asset context-based … Learn More

Terrebonne Parish in the US state of Louisiana has historically been prosperous due to its rich environment on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, abundant natural resources and unique Cajun culture. In recent years though, the area has been … Learn More

We partnered with industry and research peers to launch the Groundwater Modelling Decision Support Initiative (GMDSI) in October 2019. The GMDSI is an industry-funded project designed to improve the contribution of groundwater modelling in supporting environmental management and decision-making (see … Learn More

The company has invested a huge amount to augment infrastructure at Steel Works and raw material divisions to reduce its dependency on fresh water. All our raw material divisions consume fresh water mainly for domestic purposes. The requirement of process … Learn More


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