Lecture 12

Mining & Sustainable Development 

Today's objectives -

• To learn why mining companies are concerned about sustainability.
• To learn about the financial benefits of sustainability.
• To learn how sustainability is being implemented.

Vocabulary -

Antiglobalization -
Environmental incidents -
Access for exploration -
Mine project life cycle -
"Toward Sustainable Mining" -
Drivers of sustainability -
Market forces -
Benefits of sustainability to company profitability -

Lecture Outline -

Antiglobalization and the image of the mining industry
Industry initiatives in sustainability
      "Toward Sustainable Mining"
      Treatment of local communities
The business case for sustainability
      Regulation & PR, drivers toward sustainable development
      Financing and sustainability
      Worker satisfaction and productivity