Cultivating responsible mining in Canada and abroad
The Mining Association of Canada’s ‘Towards Sustainable Mining’ standard, which requires members to annually assess their performance in several key areas, has now been adopted in four different countries – most recently the Philippines. Heidi Vella finds out how the initiative is helping raise standards at mines both in Canada and abroad.
A Canadian Era for Mining in the Philippines
The Philippines, a global mining hot spot marred by many disasters from toxic leaks to mudslides, will adopt Canada’s mining sustainability standards to improve engagement with civil society and enhance transparency and accountability.
Submission on the Impact Assessment Act (Bill-69) to ENVI
MAC submission on the Impact Assessment Act (Bill-69) to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.
Description of Phase-in of Updates to the Tailings Management Component of TSM
The documents that comprise the tailings management component of TSM were updated in two stages: 2017 Tailings Management Protocol revised Third edition of the Tailings Guide Table of Conformance introduced, replacing the 2011 Guide to Audit and Assessment of Tailings Facility Management 2019 Tailings Management Protocol revised Version 3.1 of the Tailings Guide Second edition […]
COI Panel Meeting Report: March 2018
Meeting of the Community of Interest Advisory Panel Summary Report, March 6-7, 2018, Toronto, ON
Spain adopts Canada’s Towards Sustainable Mining initiative
CONFEDEM becomes the fifth national mining association outside of Canada to adopt TSM The national mining association of Spain, CONFEDEM, has announced that it will adopt the Towards Sustainable Mining® (TSM®) initiative, a mining sustainability standard developed by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC). Through this partnership, CONFEDEM will integrate TSM with its Gestión Minero […]
COI Panel Statement (2018)
The Community of Interest Advisory Panel (COI Panel) was established in 2004, and has played a key role in the design, and subsequent implementation and evolution of the TSM initiative. The Panel is composed of individuals who are nominated based on the community of interest they represent, including the mining industry. The communities represented on […]
Message from the Chair of the TSM Governance Team and MAC’s President and CEO
This report includes the 2017 TSM performance results for 67 mining facilities belonging to 23 of our member companies. This year, 24 mining facilities had their results externally verified as part of TSM’s three-year external verification cycle. Six facilities reported TSM performance for the first time and are included in aggregate graphs for each of […]
TSM Progress Report 2018
Measuring our members’ latest TSM performance.
The Philippines adopts Canada’s Towards Sustainable Mining® initiative
The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) today announced that it will adopt the Towards Sustainable Mining® (TSM) initiative, a mining sustainability standard developed by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC). This is the first time that TSM has been adopted by a mining association in Southeast Asia. COMP is the fourth national mining […]