Mining

A mining truck and an excavator work together in an open-pit mine, extracting valuable resources. The excavator is loading rocks and earth into the truck, aiding in the mining of aluminium. The background shows layered soil and rock formations under a clear, blue sky, with dust and debris scattered around.

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The aluminium industry’s objective is a sustainable bauxite mining industry with acceptably low social and environmental impacts during operation and post-closure. Sustainable bauxite mining is not a single “one-size fits all” prescriptive process but one that involves managing risks with best available technologies appropriate to the circumstances of the specific mine.

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IAI-Biodiversity
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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 ...

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2022
IAI-Bauxite Residue
IAI-Bauxite Reuse
IAI-Mining

As part of the aluminium industry’s waste-not-want-not approach to circularity – the IAI has produced two waste perception factsheets on bauxite residue and spent pot lining. The Bauxite Residue Factsheet is laid out in a simple and clear format to help inform the intended audiences on the importance and availability ...

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2022
IAI-Bauxite Residue
IAI-Bauxite Reuse
IAI-Biodiversity
IAI-EnvironmentalHealth
IAI-Mining

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 ...

Published in

2022
An intricate, spherical metal sculpture composed of intersecting aluminium rods, creating a geometric lattice structure.

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