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Managing Sustainability Disclosures in Project Evaluations

Fiona Cessford - June 2022

Publication

Robert G Eccles (Forbes, 2021) asks us to imagine a world in which there were no standards for financial accounting. He compares what happened before the establishment of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1934 as the Wild West! Well, the same can now be said for

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Material ESG Promises Must Feature in Project Evaluation

Jane Joughin - June 2022

Publication - SRK News Article

Miners make many ESG promises to their stakeholders when securing mineral rights and obtaining approvals to proceed with mining.

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Tailings Risks Correlations

Cesar Oboni, Franco Oboni - October 2022

Publication - Article

The text discusses tailings risk correlations, emphasizing the often observed inverse relationship between the probability of a hazardous event (such as a tailings dam failure) and its consequences.

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Dams Failure Modes and Catastrophic Failures

Cesar Oboni, Franco Oboni - September 2020

Publication - Article

This article explores the relationship between failure modes and catastrophic failures.

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Dam Risks Informational Gap

Cesar Oboni, Franco Oboni - September 2020

Publication - Article

Read about how informational gap affects quantitive risk assessment for large infrastructural portfolios.

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SME Bookstore Release: The Tailings Management Handbook: A Life-Cycle Approach

 Event - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

SME just released the Tailings Management Handbook, a comprehensive resource rooted in the principles of ICMM and GISTM guidance, featuring two of SRK's principal engineers as contributing authors.

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Dr. Maritz Rykaart 1969 – 2019

 Press Release

It is with deep regret and profound sadness that we share news of the sudden and untimely passing of our friend and colleague, Dr. Maritz Rykaart, on May 30, 2019.

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Environmental Trends: What the Future Holds in Store

Darryll Kilian - January 2020

Publication - Article

Mining companies in Africa can look forward to an increased focus on issues of social impact in environmental regulations in 2020 – and also more assertive enforcement by regulators and authorities.

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Environmental and Social Matters Have to Spearhead Mine Project Planning in the EU

Jane Joughin - October 2020

Publication - Article

As is the case worldwide, impacts on people and the environment will be viewed through a human rights lens and there will be a strong focus on the mine's supply chain.

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New Standard Strives to Improve Safety and Transparency in Tailings Management

Adriaan Meintjes - November 2020

Publication - Article

The Global Tailings Review (GTR) released the first-ever Global Standard on Tailings Management in August. The standard aims to strengthen current best practices around the management of tailings dams in the mining industry, with the goal of zero harm to people and the environ...

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