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Nyrstar is a global multi-metals business with market leading positions in zinc and lead, and growing positions in other base and precious metals. Nyrstar has mining and smelting operations located in North America, Australia and Europe and employs over 4,000 people. This includes two mines located in Canada: Langlois in Quebec and Myra Falls in British Columbia. Nyrstar’s operating business became majority owned by Trafigura in August 2019.
At Nyrstar, sustainability is viewed as a key driver of business success, and the company is committed to working with its stakeholders to achieve continual improvement in safety, health, environment and community (SHEC) performance. Nyrstar’s Group SHEC Management Framework sets the direction for all SHEC activities and establishes a common approach to the management of SHEC risks at Nyrstar’s sites. The Framework is aligned with ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001, and most of Nyrstar’s sites are certified to these standards. The TSM performance protocols help Nyrstar’s Canadian sites address key safety, health and environmental risks and processes responding to the TSM requirements are integrated into the sites’ SHEC management systems.
The Langlois mine is located in northwest Quebec near the town of Lebel-Sur-Quévillon. Following a period of care and maintenance, the mine resumed commercial production in 2012 and has been reporting TSM results publicly since 2015.
Nyrstar Myra Falls is an underground base metal mine located on Vancouver Island, 90 kilometres southwest of Campbell River, British Columbia. The mine’s location inside Strathcona Provincial Park on Vancouver Island presents unique challenges that heighten the importance of robust environmental and community management programs. The Myra Falls operation has been on care and maintenance since 2015 but is set to restart operations in 2019. As TSM applies to operating facilities, public reporting of TSM performance will resume once the mine recommences commercial activities.
For more information, please visit: www.nyrstar.com.
*Langois’ total GHG emissions are under 25 kt CO2 and therefore are not required to report performance for Indicators 1 and 3 of the Energy Use and GHG Emissions Management Protocol.
Facility | Crisis management and communications preparedness | Review | Training |
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Langois Mine | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
Nyrstar – Corporate | ✔ | ✕ | ✕ |
Community of Interest (COI) identification | Effective COI engagement and dialogue | COI response mechanism | Reporting | |
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Langois Mine |
AAA
AA
A
B
C
Commitments and accountability | Planning and implementation | Training, behaviour and culture | Monitoring and reporting | Performance | |
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Langois Mine |
AAA
AA
A
B
C
Tailings management policy and commitment | Tailings management system | Assigned accountability and responsibility | Annual tailings management review | Operation, maintenance and surveillance (OMS) manual | |
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Langois Mine |
AAA
AA
A
B
C
Commitment, accountability and communications | Conservation planning and implementation | Reporting | |
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Langois Mine |
AAA
AA
A
B
C
Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions management | Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions reporting systems | Energy and greenhouse gas emissions performance targets | |
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Langois Mine |
AAA
AA
A
B
C
Facility | Total Direct Emissions (Tonnes CO2e) | Total Indirect Emissions (Tonnes CO2e) | Total Emissions | Total Energy Use (GJ) |
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Langois Mine | 7102.992 | 123.652 | 7226.644 | 330487.14 |
Nyrstar | 2017 | TSM Letter of Assurance
TSM Results 2017 (Externally Verified)
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