International Council on Mining and Metals

The International Council on Mining and Metals is the key lobbying organisation for the mining and metals industry, particularly on matters of sustainability and the environment. It is based in London and represents most of the major mining and metals companies and 30 national and regional mining associations and global commodity associations. It's council is made up of CEO's of most of the major mining and metals companies.ICMM website About Us Accessed 14/07/10
==History==
ICMM was formed in 2001 following the perceived threat of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002 to the reputation of the industry. This threat led to the formation of the Global Mining Initiative (GMI) in 1999, and spawned industry-friendly research projects projects such as the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) project, led by Richard Sandbrook at the International Institute for Environment and Development. 
In 2001 the International Council on Metals and the Environment (ICME) broadened its agenda to incorporate sustainability and reputation concerns and became the ICMMICMM website Our History Accessed 14/07/10. 
==Mining and Development==
The ICMM has been instrumental in promoting mining as a means to poverty alleviation and development in the third world. Their projects Partnerships for Development and the Resource Endowment Initiative have been carried out with UNCTAD and the World Bank aiming 'to deepen understanding of ways to enhance mining’s socio-economic contribution' according to their website. ICMM claim this research was taken 'at arm’s length from ICMM, overseen by an independent advisory group, with two consultancy firms (including Oxford Policy Management) undertaking the bulk of the research'ICMM website Our Work, Mining: Partnerships for Development Accessed 14/07/10.
Their research has promoted 'multi-stakeholder partnerships' (usually business, NGOs and government) which are increasingly used in mining developments. Some of the mining projects developed under the World Bank and Department for International Development's infamous multi-stakeholder initiative Business Partners for Development have attracted critique for their exacerbation of poverty and environmental degradation, and their use of NGOs and a development agenda to give unwanted and damaging projects a legitimate faceRichard Whittel, Corporate watch Dodgy development: DfID in India January 28, 2010 Accessed 30/04/10 Das, S. and Padel, F. 2010,'Out of this earth: East India Adivasis and the aluminium cartel' Orient Blackswan .
==Environment==
The ICMM works with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to develop good environmental practice for mining, including 'biodiversity offsets'- conservation in one area to offset depletion in anotherICMM website Our work, Biodoversity good practice and offsets Accessed 14/07/10. The project produced documents that praised the potential of mines to deliver biodiversity protection and enhancement, against much existing evidence that mining is usually deeply damaging to local ecosystems, as well as having global impact through resource manufacture and disposal. A number of IUCN's presidents are from the industrial sector. 2004 IUCN president Mohammed Valli Moosa, a South African politician was also an Eskom director and is now Deputy Chairman of Anglo Platinum, a subsidiary of Anglo AmericanBarry Sergeant. July 8th 2010. Mineweb Anglo American: is the mega-miner running out of ideas? Accessed 21/07/10.
The IUCN-ICMM group consisted of Andrea Athanas (IUCN), Assheton Carter (Conservation International), Richard Cellarius (co-chair, Sierra Club), Peter Coombes (from January 2005, Anglo American), John Gardner (co-chair, Alcoa), Kristal Maze (South African National Biodiversity Institute), Andrew Parsons (ICMM), Robert Prairie (Falconbridge), Michael Rae (then at WWF Australia and now at the Council for Responsible Jewellery Practices), Dave Richards (Rio Tinto) and Phil Tanner (until December 2004, Anglo American).
The ICMM website makes the bold claim:
:Currently, there is a lack of recognition that the major threat to biodiversity depletion in developing countries is poverty, and that economic development stimulated by mining can potentially reduce these pressures and make a positive contributionICMM website Our work, Biodoversity good practice and offsets Accessed 14/07/10.
This sort of comparison puts the environmental damage caused by slash and burn agriculture or wood gathering for fire in the same category as the effects of climate change, water pollution, large scale toxic emissions and effluents caused by the mining and metals manufacture industries. It also fails to recognise that much poverty has been caused or exacerbated by historical and current resource extraction in a number of countries. The website Mines and Communities documents the social and environmental abuses of mining companies such as Rio Tinto, Vedanta and Alcoa who have become infamous for their disregard of environmental and social rights.
==Greenwash==
ICMM's website is resplendent with claims of sustainability, accountability and corporate social responsibility. Their website claims:
:Our vision is one of leading companies working together and with others to strengthen the contribution of mining, minerals and metals to sustainable development.ICMM website About Us Accessed 14/07/10
==Members==
===Companies===
*African Rainbow Minerals
*Anglo American
*AngloGold Ashanti
*Barrick
*BHP Billiton
*Freeport-McMoRan Coppper & Gold
*Goldcorp
*Gold Fields
*Minerals and Metals Group
*Lihir Gold
*Lonmin
*Mitsubishi Materials
*Newmont
*JX Nippon Mining & Metals
*Rio Tinto
*Sumitomo Metal Mining
*Teck
*Vale
*XstrataICMM website Members Accessed 14/07/10
===Associations===
Chamber of Mines of South Africa | China International Mining Group | Cobalt Development Institute | Eurometaux | Euromines | Federation of Indian Mineral Industries | International Aluminium Institute | International Copper Association | International Lead Association | International Molybdenum Association | International Wrought Copper Council | International Zinc Association | Japan Mining Industry Association | Minerals Council of Australia | Mining Association of Canada | Mining Industry Associations of Southern Africa | National Mining Association USA | Nickel Institute | Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada | World Coal Institute | World Gold CouncilICMM website Member Associations Accessed 14/07/10
==People==
===Council Officers in feb 2012===
*Marius Kloppers - ICMM Chair. Chief Executive Officer BHP Billiton
*Cynthia Carroll - ICMM Deputy Chair. Chief Executive Officer Anglo American
*Mark Cutifani - ICMM Treasurer. Chief Executive Officer AngloGold Ashanti
===Council Members in feb 2012===
*Patrice Motsepe Executive Chairman of African Rainbow Minerals
*Luc Oursel Chief Executive Officer of AREVA
*Aaron Regent President and Chief Executive Officer of Barrick
*Diego Hernández President and Chief Executive Officer of Codelco
*Richard Adkerson President and Chief Executive Officer Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
*Chuck Jeannes President and Chief Executive Officer Goldcorp
*Nick Holland Chief Executive Officer Gold Fields
*Svein Richard Brandtzæg President and CEO Hydro
*R. Anthony Hodge President ICMM
*Ian Farmer Chief Executive Officer Lonmin
*Mitchell Hooke Chief Executive Officer Minerals Council of Australia
*Hiroshi Yao President Mitsubishi Materials
*Richard O'Brien President and Chief Executive Officer Newmont
*Kevin Bradley President Nickel Institute
*Masanori Okada President and Chief Executive Officer Nippon Mining & Metals
*Andrew Michelmore Chief Executive Officer Minerals and Metals Group
*Tom Albanese Chief Executive Officer Rio Tinto
*Nobumasa Kemori President Sumitomo Metal Mining
*Donald Lindsay President and Chief Executive Officer Teck
*Murilo Ferreira President and Chief Executive Officer Vale
*Mick Davis Chief Executive Officer XstrataICMM website ICMM Council Accessed 21/02/2012
===Council Officers in 2010===
*Richard Adkerson - ICMM Chairman. President and Chief Executive Officer Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
*Marius Kloppers - ICMM Deputy Chairman. Chief Executive Officer BHP Billiton
*Cynthia Carroll - ICMM Treasurer. Chief Executive Officer Anglo AmericanICMM website About Us, ICMM Council Accessed 14/07/10
===Council Members===
*Patrice Motsepe Executive Chairman African Rainbow Minerals
*Mark Cutifani Chief Executive Officer AngloGold Ashanti
*Aaron Regent President and Chief Executive Officer Barrick
*Guy Thiran Secretary General Eurometaux
*Chuck Jeannes President and Chief Executive Officer Goldcorp
*Nick Holland Chief Executive Officer Gold Fields
*R. Anthony Hodge President ICMM
*Graeme Hunt Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Lihir Gold
*Ian Farmer Chief Executive Officer. Lonmin
*Mitchell Hooke Chief Executive Officer Minerals Council of Australia
*Akihiko Ide President. Mitsubishi Materials
*Richard O'Brien President and Chief Executive Officer Newmont
*Masanori Okada President and Chief Executive Officer Nippon Mining & Metals
*Andrew Michelmore Chief Executive Officer Minerals and Metals Group
*Tom Albanese Chief Executive Officer Rio Tinto
*Nobumasa Kemori President Sumitomo Metal Mining
*Donald Lindsay President and Chief Executive Officer Teck
*Roger Agnelli President and Chief Executive Officer Vale
*Mick Davis Chief Executive XstrataICMM website About Us, ICMM Council Accessed 14/07/10 
===Staff===
*Dr. John Atherton
*Christine Copley
*Dr. Benjamin Davies
*Aidan Davy
*Anne-Marie Fleury
*Fernanda Diez
*Gemma Lee
*Andrew Mackenzie
*Kathryn McPhail
*Hanna Hindström
*Dr. R. Anthony Hodge
*Mark Holmes
*Casilda Malagón
*Sara Ovuike
*Ben Peachey
*Sarah Stern
*Claire WhiteICMM website [http://www.icmm.com/about-us/our-people
 About Us, Our People] Accessed 14/07/10
==Resources==
==Notes==
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