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Biodiversity encompasses the variety and variability of life on Earth. It embraces all living organisms and their genetic diversity, a vast array of ecosystems and habitats.
Restoring pre-mining biodiversity requires areas to be protected from erosion and for the original topsoil to be managed to retain its value as a seed source and growing medium.
This report explores the aluminium industry’s current and potential contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an urgent call to action and global partnership that addresses a range of long-term interlinked societal, environmental and economic issues – from poverty to economic growth to ...
This Guidance explores and explains the sustainable management of bauxite residue. Bauxite residue – also known as ‘red mud’ – is produced when extracting alumina from bauxite during the Bayer Process. Approximately 1.2 tonnes of residue is generated per tonne of alumina produced. To manage this residue sustainably, the industry ...
These Guidelines build on the 2018 First Edition and set out good practices for sustainable bauxite mining operations. The aluminium industry’s objective is a long-term, sustainable bauxite mining industry with acceptably low social and environmental impacts during operation and post-closure. Sustainable bauxite mining is not a “one-size fits all” prescriptive ...
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