A full launch is planned for next year and the four organisations are not establishing any new standards. Participation in the pilot is voluntary and is open to any site involved in the extraction, processing, treatment, mixing, recycling, handling, or otherwise manipulating of products containing molybdenum, nickel, or zinc mined ore, metals, chemicals, alloys or other materials, according to The Copper Mark.
The copper industry created Copper Mark in March 2020, which is a voluntary assurance framework to promote responsible and sustainable production practices including environment management, social issues, labour practices and governance.
The total number of participating sites stood at 42 at the end of August, according to Copper Mark. Of those, 30 sites in Europe, South and North America, Australia, Korea and Japan have been audited and awarded the Copper Mark, representing roughly 20% of global mined copper…
