Glencore’s Kidd Operations in Timmins has received a 2016 Towards Sustainable Mining Excellence Award from Mining Association of Canada.
The company was recognized for “raising the bar for corporate responsibility in the Canadian mining sector” during the annual awards gala for the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) in Vancouver.
In a release, it was noted that the company has donated close to $4 million for community initiatives since 2007.
In anticipation of the mine’s closure in 2022, it has changed its approach to giving to “mitigate impacts of its eventual exit and to ensure that it is contributing to long-term capacity building and sustainability in the community.”
Through a new social investment program, Community Partnerships, the company engages with stakeholders “to design collaborative, multi-partner projects that contribute to the long-term sustainability of the community at large.”
“Kidd Operations has done lots of work to extend the life of mine and we continue to challenge ourselves to go on even further,” said Steve Badenhorst, general manager at Glencore’s Kidd Operations, in a release.
“However, we must also start thinking and planning for ultimate closure and what that will mean for our community. Our Community Partnerships program celebrates our venerable 50-year history of community contributions, but it also looks to the future.”
Other Northern Ontario contributors to mining were also recognized by CIM.
Allan Akerman, of Akerman Consultants in Sudbury, received the McParland Memorial Award.
Damien Duff, of the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation in Sudbury, received the Julian Boldy Geological Society Service Award.
Peter Edmunds, of Atlas Copco in Sudbury, earned a CIM Fellowship.
Oliver Koski, of the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation in Sudbury, received the CIM Community Service Award.
CIM Sudbury received the Mel W. Barley Outstanding Branch Award.
DeBeers Canada’s Victor Mine in the James Bay Lowlands was recognized with the John T. Ryan Safety Trophy, National Select Category.
