Glencore in South Africa
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GLENCORE IN SOUTH AFRICA Glencore’s presence in South Africa goes back over 50 years. We began our marketing activities in 1974 and mining in 1988. With a strong foothold in both the Lion Smelter coal and ferroalloy sectors, Glencore is a major con- Helena Mine Thorncliffe Mine tributor to the local and national economy. In the past Boshoek Smelter ten years, we have invested $7.2 billion to acquire and Lydenburg Smelter Char Technologies develop our assets. Izimbiwa Magareng Mine We are one of South Africa’s leading producers of thermal or steam Rustenburg Smelter coal – a type of coal mainly used for power generation. Our four coal Waterval Mine Rhovan operations are located in the Mpumalanga. Our ferroalloys operations Kroondal Mine are located across the mineral-rich northern part of South Africa. We Wonderkop Smelter iMpunzi further produce and market chrome ore, ferrochrome, vanadium, Goedegevonden Tweefontein manganese ore and alloys. Key: 4 12 Ferroalloys operations Coal operations of our mining of our chrome operations are located across the complexes produce mineral-rich Bushveld Complex of the North thermal coal West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces KEY FIGURES 2019 PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR 2019 5m tonnes of chrome ore 19,400 USD 4,4 million Employees and contractors Community Development 1,8m tonnes of ferrochrome USD 5,3 million USD 377 million Local Economic Capital expenditure Development 28m tonnes fo coal USD 2,1 million USD 1,3 billion Corporate Total payments to 20,217 Social Investment government pounds of vanadium pentoxide SUSTAINABILTY Our approach to sustainability is underscored by our commitment to protect the well-being of our people, our host communities and to respect the natural environment - all while sharing lasting benefits with the regions where we operate and society as a whole. We are committed to the development of South Africa and contribute to employment, infrastructure development, training and education, as well as other development initiatives dedicated to the advancement of communities. COMMUNITY 1,793 We strive to build lasting relationships with our host communities Learners (Grade 0-12) enrolled at the newly constructed and have piloted various infrastructure development projects as part state-of-the-art Makause Combined School in Phola that of the South African Government’s Local Economic Development boasts science labs, a gym, e-learning classes and kitchens for Plan, which improve the quality of life. For example, we assist these Consumer Studies. communities with education and skills development trainings, infrastructure, and healthcare and provide procurement opportunities 3500+ where possible. Patients are now able to be treated at the newly built Bethanie Clinic. The clinic has added facilities such as a maternity ward, a dentistry and To build human capital, we facilitate community training through our an emergency response unit, which the previous clinic did not have. Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programme. The training provides mining and non-mining related skills to reduce dependency on the 65,000 extractive industry and increase employability across industries. In the last five years, over 3,380 community members have been trained in litres of borehole and rainwater can now be stored in a water-storage engineering as well as learner and driver. and filtration system on the two newly constructed AstroTurf soccer fields in Rustenburg, providing safe drinking water to the community. 500MB bis 1GB of free WiFi data per person, per day and up to 15GB monthly, connecting communities near our operations in Mpumalanga, the North West and Limpopo. All of the hotspots can accommodate over 250 users at a time. USD 49 million allocated for building the Mining Supplier Park in Steelpoort in order to attract national and international companies to open offices, outlets, workshops and manufacturing plants that stimulate economic activity and employment, transfer skills, and help develop and empower local businesses. ENVIRONMENT day, contributing significantly to the overall water security of the area. Government authorities, as per legislative requirements, are the ones BIODIVERSITY that approve our environmental management plans. Third-party independent environmental specialists conduct audits annually We contribute to biodiversity sustainability by managing rehabilitated to determine the level of assurance and implementation of our land, with measures that include the reintroduction of indigenous environmental management plans. We closely manage and monitor grassland species, the protection of threatened and endangered species air quality, ground and surface water and biodiversity. We report to the near our operations, and the eradication of invader species. We are responsible authorities where required. committedto conserving and rehabilitating wetland areas, thus focusing on the improvement of the current ecological state of wetlands and the WASSERMANAGEMENT preservation of associated biodiversity, both on and off-site. One such Glencore is committed to managing water responsibly with regard off-site example is the Lakenvlei wetland area near Dullstroom, now in to pollution prevention, to the separation of clean and dirty water, its first phase of implementation with groundbreaking work on soft to the reduction of water usage from a resource, and the recycling engineering controls. and treatment of water. These principles include guidelines from the AIR QUALITY Department of Water and Sanitation, which has issued water licenses to We have developed Air Quality Management Plans based on detailed all our operations. specialist studies and risk assessments that detail a mitigation strategy Furthermore, Glencore has its own corporate water management specific to each operation and its pertinent dust sources. guidelines, which ensure: We monitor ambient dust fallout monthly. To ensure that we are able to • The channelling of contaminated water to prevent its entering respond to communities’ dust-related concerns when we receive them, natural watercourses we utilise dust buckets at our operations to obtain information, and supplement these indicators with results provided by weather stations, • Establishing storm water trenches to divert clean rainwater into which are not usually located on-site. These weather stations allow for a natural watercourses sophisticated analysis of wind speed and direction and therefore swift • Water usage tracking, on-site planned infrastructure inspections and adjustments to our operations whenever needed. independent third party monitoring • Change processing for updating the water balance ASSURANCE • Monthly recording and reporting of water quality and quantity. Periodic internal and third party audits are conducted on compliance, with the respective environmental licence and permit conditions that In addition, our Coal division has constructed a plant for the treatment our operations maintain. Assurance assessments are planned and of excess contaminated water for the mines in Ogies near Witbank. The implemented across our operations and throughout the value chain, plant treats approximately 14 Ml per day and supplies potable water to the Phola community through a 16km pipeline that delivers 9 Ml per Further information about our activities can be found at glencore.ch.