Mining & Metals
“Our IsoMetrix EHS platform is our life and blood. The system is embedded within our production systems, as everything that we do has a safety focus.” ZIMPLATS
Why have many of the world’s best-known mining companies chosen IsoMetrix Aurora as part of their technology portfolio?
The answer lies in our ability to reduce risk and improve efficiencies through a single, integrated risk and control-centric software platform. We empower our customers to manage and monitor their key activities and processes, ensuring they achieve and maintain operational excellence and the industry’s best practice methodologies.
A unique array of integrated risk management solutions
Many of the world’s biggest mining companies have trusted our award-winning software to help them manage their environmental, health, safety, and social risks over hundreds of sites, and amongst thousands of users.
Our unique array of risk management solutions is perfectly suited for heavy industries such as the mining sector, and our software contains many unique properties which have a major impact on our customers’ ability to successfully manage and report on their environment, health, and safety (EHS) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) processes. While the impact of many risks cuts across disciplines such as environmental, social, health, safety or quality, these disciplines are often managed in siloes, making a holistic understanding of risk indicators and their effects difficult.
There is also a tendency within the industry to focus on lagging, rather than leading indicators. We follow an integrated risk approach to ensure the key solutions we implement for our industrial mining and metals customers work together to provide an innovative, best practice framework with real-time visibility and oversight.
“Everything is integrated, so no matter where you are in the IsoMetrix system, everything touches the various parts of the business.”
– Omnia Group
Functionality Access the Mine Lifecycle
Our range of solutions will support you in managing all aspects of governance, risk and compliance across the life of your mine. Our software is fully compliant with various international mining and other safety standards.
Global / International
- International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)
- Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM)
- Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)
- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
- Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
Regional
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
- The SA Mining Charter
- The Mining Association of Canada’s TSM framework protocols
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The Mine Lifecycle
Conducting mining operations can be a sizeable and complex task, consisting of various interrelated phases which make up the lifecycle of a mine. At each of these stages, mining companies can benefit from one or many of our IsoMetrix software solutions.
Feasibility phase
During the feasibility phase, our software will facilitate the following:
- Record details of all environmental impact assessments and baseline surveys
- Manage stakeholder engagements and track resettlement commitments
- Record social baseline surveys, details of interactions with local communities, commitments made, and complaints and grievances lodged
- Manage all permits required to initiate and conduct a mining operation
- Develop an integrated management plan to address all identified issues
- Identify material ESG indicators
Construction phase
During construction, our software will enable you to:
- Identify all safety hazards and ensure that the inherent risks are mitigated
- Capture, track, and report on ESG indicators
- Record and investigate all incidents, injuries, near misses and non-conformances
- Analyze trends so that effective preventive and corrective measures can be put in place
- Assess all environmental aspects and impacts
- Calculate and track greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
- Carry out regular audits and inspections
- Fully manage all aspects of resettlement such as assess compensation, manage grievances, begin work on livelihood restoration, and develop the human resources of the local communities and the workforce
- Access all sections of all laws, by-laws and codes that need to be complied with, allowing you to assess your levels of compliance and rate the effectiveness of your controls
- Capture and analyze environmental monitoring data
- Manage workforce occupational health and hygiene
Operation phase
Once the mine is operational, our software will assist you to:
- Manage all risks and critical controls through audits, inspections, and recurring assessments
- Manage the occupational health and hygiene of your workforce
- Manage ESG indicators, and report against ESG standards
- Manage grievances and any incidents
- Ensure strong implementation of continual improvement measures and achieve compliance with standards such as ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
- Monitor adherence to the commitments made in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Social Impact Assessment (SIA), thereby assuring your mine’s license to operate
- Gauge the levels of compliance with these assessments and plans in real-time, reducing the risk of penalty or closure
- Capture, track, and act on environmental monitoring data such as energy, water biodiversity, air quality, surface area change, noise, and material flows, allowing for better decision-making, improved efficiencies, and cost reductions
- Continue to calculate your GHG emissions and set initiatives to reduce your footprint
- Manage the identification and mitigation of any potential health hazards and implement risk-based medical surveillance protocols
- Manage and monitor tailings operational risks and adherence to the GISTM Conformance Protocols
- Set up alerts and notifications of non-conformances or threshold overruns
Closure phase
During the closure phase, our software can help you to:
- Manage risk and obligations unique to closure, especially safety and security obligations
- Manage rehabilitation against targets agreed with the government and local community
- Manage social responsibility undertakings against targets
- Continue to record and manage any engagements and grievances
- Continue to manage and monitor all environment health and safety risks
- Continue with ESG disclosures
- Continue to calculate and manage GHG emissions and carbon footprint
Monitoring & Rehabilition phase
After closure, our software will enable you to:
- Monitor the effectiveness of rehabilitation measures such as reforesting land or improving water sources, building and funding infrastructure and schools, and creating opportunities for new economic growth
- Track stakeholder engagements and progress against long-term commitments
- Monitor compliance with local and international legislation regarding mine closures
Environmental Health and Safety solutions for the Mining Industry
Powerful Interactive Dashboards
A key component to the success of IsoMetrix’s solution lies in the interactive, highly visual dashboards. The dashboard suite dynamically presents real-time data from across all modules of a solution. Managers can track and view performance, as well as filter data until the desired information is displayed. Dashboards are customizable, and organizations can control what information is shown according to user access permissions.
The Benefits of IsoMetrix Aurora software
- A single, integrated solution
- Effective and efficient web-based modules
- Sophisticated dashboards
- Offline mobile apps and multi-language support
- A culture of responsibility and continual improvement
- Over 25 years of global experience
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A Valued IsoMetrix Mining Client
Century Aluminum specializes in the production of high-purity aluminum and offers a range of products for various industries, such as automotive, aerospace, and packaging. The company prioritizes sustainable practices and is committed to reducing its environmental impact through energy efficiency and emissions reduction.