Established in 2004, the Community of Interest Advisory Panel (COI Panel) is an independent multi-stakeholder group that monitors the Mining Association of Canada’s Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative’s progress and serves as an external source of knowledge and experience. This executive summary provides a brief account of the meeting held between September 30 and October 2, 2014 in Val-d’Or, Québec.
Key Topics
- Understanding the implications and aftermath of the Mount Polley tailings breach
- Managing the balance between water quality and dam stability
- Implications of climate change on tailings
- Importance of crisis management plans and the need for companies to be transparent on these procedures with local communities
- Improving performance in the Tailings Management TSM protocol
- Understanding how companies are managing Aboriginal relations
- Managing the impacts of fly-in / fly-out communities
- Managing the gender balance for mining companies
- Preparing for mine closure (i.e. social closure planning)
- Expanding TSM to global operations
- Understanding TSM and the reporting burden
- Measuring the impact and value of TSM
