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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Implats has the advantage of geographical diversification and exploits platiniferous horizons within the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe and the palladium-dominant orebody located in the Lac des Iles Intrusive Complex in Canada. The Bushveld Complex and Great Dyke layered intrusions are unique in terms of size and geological continuity.
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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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The purpose of this report is to provide all our stakeholders with a transparent account of how we interfaced with society and the environment, and contributed to economic activities during the financial year, as we delivered on our purpose: to create a better future.
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Our Group tailings management practices are aligned with the GISTM. A Group tailings management policy is in place, as is a Group-wide minimum standard aligned to the GISTM, which applies to all existing and future tailings facilities.
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At Impala Rustenburg, tailings re-mining at the dormant TSF continues to ensure host community employment.
Key outcomes in 2024:
Alignment of tailings management practices at Impala Bafokeng with Group standards based on the GISTM underway
55 permanent jobs created through the re-mining the dormant TSF at Impala Rustenburg
About 10 000 tonnes are re-mined daily and the facility uses a closed circuit water system, using only reclaimed water
Annual independent tailings review board audits of the Group’s tailings storage facilities TSF continue to show no significant areas of concern
Status report on our TSFs
Implats has 13 TSFs at Group-managed operations, of which 10 are active. Our three inactive TSFs are at Impala Rustenburg, Impala Canada and Marula.| Operation | TSF | Status | Raise type | Deposition type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impala Rustenburg | TD1+TD2 | Remining | – | – |
| TD3+TD4 | Active | Upstream | Spigot day wall | |
| Impala Bafokeng | Maseve | Active | Upstream | Cycloning |
| BRPM | Active | Upstream | Spigot | |
| BRPM extension | Active | Upstream | Spigot | |
| Marula | TD1 | Dormant | Upstream | – |
| TD2 | Active | Upstream | Spigot day wall | |
| Zimplats | SMC | Active | Upstream | Spigot day wall |
| SMC extension | Active | Upstream | Spigot day wall | |
| Ngezi | Active | Upstream | Spigot day wall | |
| Canada | ETMF (East Tailings Management Facility) | Active | Downstream (Rockfill prior to 2021), Upstream (Rockfill after 2021) | 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) | – |
Full GISTM conformance
We remain resolute in our goal to achieve full conformance to the GISTM for Impala Rustenburg, Marula and Zimplats and by June 2025.
| GISTM topics where operation has achieved full conformance (%) |
GISTM topics where operation has achieved partial conformance (%) |
GISTM topics where operation is non-conformant (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Impala Rustenburg | 85 | 15 | — |
| Marula | 87 | 13 | — |
| Zimplats | 99 | 1 | — |
| Impala Canada | 58 | 25 | 17* |
* Some requirements are non-applicable to Impala Canada and have been categorised as non-conformant.