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Sishen and Kolomela mines achieve IRMA 75 performance on responsible mining standard
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27 March 2024
Sishen and Kolomela mines achieve IRMA 75 performance on responsible mining standard
Anglo American plc notes the announcement by Kumba Iron Ore Limited released today to the
Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The text of the announcement is copied below:
Kumba Iron Ore announces that its Sishen and Kolomela mines in South Africa have been assessed against
the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance's (IRMA) comprehensive mining standard, achieving the
IRMA 75 level of performance. This reflects Anglo American's integrated approach to sustainability and
its commitment to transparency in striving for the highest levels of responsible iron ore production.
Mpumi Zikalala, Chief Executive of Kumba Iron Ore said: "We are proud of our teams' efforts and the
outstanding progress made across both of our operations to promote responsible mining practices. As
part of our commitment to leading in ESG practices, we are dedicated to delivering premium quality iron
ore products that help to reduce carbon emissions in the steel-making process, while helping our
customers meet the growing demand for responsibly sourced materials in an efficient and independently
verified way. Through the IRMA assurance process, we have been able to evaluate our sustainability
performance at Sishen and Kolomela mines, identify areas for improvement and ensure that we strive to
adhere to the highest standards of responsible mining".
Themba Mkhwanazi, Anglo American's Regional Director – Africa and Australia, said: "We are pleased
that Kumba is the first iron ore producer in Africa to complete the IRMA audit, providing stakeholders
with a way of accounting for sustainability practices that is transparent, verifiable, and comparable.
Launched last year, our digital traceability platform Valutrax™ is available to customers purchasing Anglo
American mined products, helping them to trace metals and minerals through a tailored selection of key
provenance and sustainability indicators, including third-party assurance such as IRMA. The IRMA results
demonstrate further progress on our Sustainable Mining Plan commitment of having all our operations
undergo third-party audits against responsible mine certification standards by 2025. IRMA improves our
ability to build an understanding of areas where we can continue to improve our ESG performance.
Aimee Boulanger, Executive Director of IRMA, said "Through detailed IRMA audit reports, mining
companies, communities and companies that purchase mined materials can gain the information they
need to decide what's going well — and what may require more attention — at specific mines. The Sishen
and Kolomela reports demonstrate that these mines can point to transparent, independent evaluations
of their environmental and social performance."
The IRMA scoring system recognises four levels of performance: IRMA Transparency, in which a mine is
third-party-assessed and publicly shares its scores; IRMA 50, 75 or 100, signifying that a mine meets a
core set of critical requirements together with at least 50%, 75% or 100% of the requirements in each of
the four sections of the Standard for Responsible Mining being met respectively.
IRMA's Standard for Responsible Mining has been developed over a decade through a public consultation
process with more than 100 different individuals and organisations, including mining companies,
customers and the ultimate downstream users of mined products, NGOs, labour unions, and
communities and is considered to be one of the most rigorous certification processes.
The link to the assessment of Kumba's mines can be found on IRMA's website at:
https://responsiblemining.net/.
The release of the IRMA reports for Kolomela and Sishen builds on those already completed for other
Anglo American operations, as follows:
Product Site IRMA Achievement Level
Iron Ore Kolomela (South Africa) IRMA75
Minas Rio (Brazil) IRMA75
Sishen (South Africa) IRMA75
Nickel Barro Alto (Brazil) IRMA75
PGMs Amandelbult (South Africa) IRMA50
Mototolo(South Africa) IRMA75
Unki (Zimbabwe) IRMA75
For further information, please contact:
Media Investors
UK UK
James Wyatt-Tilby Paul Galloway
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8718
Marcelo Esquivel Emma Waterworth
marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com emma.waterworth@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7968 8574
Rebecca Meeson–Frizelle Juliet Newth
rebecca.meeson-frizelle@angloamerican.com juliet.newth@angloamerican.com
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7968 1374 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8830
South Africa Michelle Jarman
Nevashnee Naicker michelle.jarman@angloamerican.com
nevashnee.naicker@angloamerican.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 1494
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 3189
Sibusiso Tshabalala
sibusiso.tshabalala@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2175
The Company has a primary listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and secondary
listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Botswana Stock Exchange, the Namibia Stock
Exchange and the SIX Swiss Exchange.
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