Minerals & Mining

London, United Kingdom - June 8, 2007 - The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) welcomes the G8's call for greater transparency and notes the G8’s recognition of the sector’s potential to contribute to economic growth and poverty alleviation.

The reversal of the burden of proving that the manufacture and use of a material carries minimal risk is placing greater onus on producers and product manufacturers to undertake their own scientific assessments. Nowhere is this trend more evident than in Europe as demonstrat...

February 9, 2007- We are pleased to announce the publication of The De Beers Family of Companies' Report to Stakeholders 2005/6, plus Summary. The report can be found online at www.debeersgroup.com

CAPE TOWN- FEBRUARY 9, 2007 "“ South Africa’s Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) and global mining group De Beers today announced a ground breaking agreement heralding a new era of cooperation, aimed at creating an even more empowered and sustainable diamond mining and ...

NEW YORK-Jan. 22, 2007- The International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) announced today that it will hold its Sixth Annual Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City on the evening of January 23, 2007. This year’s gala is being underwritten by De Beers.

November 30, 2006- The metals industry has today published a declaration on recycling principles aimed at encouraging product policy-makers, designers and manufacturers to adopt life cycle thinking when developing metals recycling policies.

What activities can mining and metals companies undertake to enhance the durability and recyclability of minerals and metals, increase the efficiency of their production and use, and minimize associated risks? These are the issues addressed in a new ICMM publication - 'Maxim...

ICMM has released the latest issue of its newsletter with a health and safety theme. Helping our members improve their safety and health initiatives is a priority for ICMM. To help achieve this we are organizing an international conference focusing on safety and healt...

BHP Billiton today released its 2006 Sustainability Report. This year's Report focuses on the company's key sustainability challenges; issues that have the potential to have a material impact on business success and that are critical to employees, their families, hos...

Today at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, Jonathan Oppenheimer, Director of De Beers, and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete announced a $2 million project to help improve the lives of so-called "informal" diamond miners in Tanzania, who work in streams and river b...