Tailings storage facilities
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Our purpose is to create a better future. We accomplish this through the metals we produce, the way we do business and through our superior performance.
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Our purpose is to create a better future. We accomplish this through the metals we produce, the way we do business and through our superior performance.
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Decarbonisation is an urgent global challenge. There are increasing opportunities to use platinum-catalysed fuel cells to provide zero-emitting, carbon-free energy, in electricity and mobile applications.
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Employee accommodation and living conditions remain key strategic issues for improving the wellbeing of our employees and host communities in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Our focus remains on facilitating the creation of sustainable human settlements and access to decent accommodation for employees who are residing in informal structures.
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The increasing evidence globally of physical climate impacts – wildfires, floods, rising temperatures – is driving a greater sense of urgency in building adaptive capacity and resilience to climate.
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This report is intended to provide a holistic picture of our environmental, social and governance impacts on stakeholder value in the short, medium and long term, and to provide feedback on our commitments to ethical leadership, corporate citizenship and integrated strategic thinking. Our ESG report is supplemented by the Approach to sustainability management report and GRI report, the Annual integrated report, and the Tax transparency and economic contribution report.
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Our Group’s tailings management practices are fully aligned with the GISTM. We have implemented a comprehensive, Group-wide tailings management policy and a minimum standard – both consistent with the GISTM – which apply to all existing and future tailings storage facilities. These facilities are technically robust and managed to the highest standards.
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Ongoing alignment of tailings management practices with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) at southern African operations.
Key outcomes in 2025:
Annual independent tailings review board audits of the Group’s tailings
Storage facilities (TSFs) find that they continue to be operated safely and effectively as designed. The TSFs at Impala and Zimplats are now considered to be at the level of tailings management best practice
Tailings re-mining at dormant TSFs at Impala Rustenburg continues to support local employment
GISTM conformance at all managed operations, except Impala Bafokeng and Impala Canada, by August 2025 (initially June 2025).
Status report on our TSFs
Our dams are designed and engineered to an adequate level of reliability and robustness. They are operated and monitored according to standardised procedures, ensuring compliance with all required safety and stability criteria.
| Operation | TSF | Status | Raise type | Deposition type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impala Rustenburg | TD1+TD2 TD3+TD4 |
Remining Active |
– Upstream |
– Spigot day wall |
| Impala Bafokeng | Maseve BRPM BRPM extension |
Active Active Active |
Upstream Upstream Upstream |
Cycloning Spigot Spigot |
| Marula | TD1 TD2 |
Dormant Active |
Upstream Upstream |
– Spigot day wall |
| Zimplats | SMC SMC extension Ngezi |
Active Active Active |
Upstream Upstream Upstream |
Spigot day wall Spigot day wall Spigot day wall |
| Canada | ETMF (East Tailings Management Facility) | Active | Downstream (prior to 2021, rockfill) Upstream (after 2021, rockfill) | Spigot |
| STMF (South Tailings Management Facility) | Active | Downstream (Rockfill prior to 2020), Upstream (Rockfill after 2020) | Spigot | |
| WTMF (West Tailings Management Facility) | Dormant | Downstream (Rockfill) | – |
Non-mineral waste
Initiatives to divert our waste from landfill are a focus area, and several recycling and re- use projects have become self-sustaining, providing employment for communities.
Wherever feasible, we aim to realise this goal through self-sustaining circular economy initiatives that reduce environmental impact and create employment opportunities within our host communities. Implats has set an interim target to divert 80% of waste from landfill by 2030. In 2025, we diverted 74% of general and hazardous waste (2024: 75%) away from landfill against a target of 73%.
