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  Contributing to Apurimac’s economic growth

  High in the Andes mountain range, the Apurimac region is home to a number of well-known tourist attractions, including  traditional celebrations held annually in Abancay, Andahuaylas, Aymaraes, Antabamba, Cotabambas, Chincheros and Grau townships. Today, Apurimac is not only known for its tourist attractions. As the...

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  3,000 years of cultural heritage and Lao history

  People have been mining for thousands of years. Nowhere is this more evident than at our Sepon copper mine in Lao PDR. Remarkable archaeological discoveries are being made at the Sepon mine in Vilabouly district. One of the most outstanding recent finds included items used...

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  Building together: inauguration of a new school in Denis village, DRC

  In mid-2016 MMG Kinsevere employees helped celebrate the inauguration of a new school in Denis village, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Working with three communities close to the Kinsevere mine, we produced more than 35,000 bricks to build the school. The community's contribution and participation in...

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  Who let the crocs out?

  In 2013 the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) estimated there were less than 250 Siamese crocodiles in the wild in Lao PDR, due to over-hunting and habitat loss. Thanks to support from MMG LXML Sepon, the future of the critically-endangered Siamese crocodile is looking much brighter....

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  Taking safety home

  In mid-2016 MMG LXML Sepon mine in Lao PDR held its first ever Family Day for employees, contractors, families and local Vilabouly communities. The two-day event was designed to strengthen engagement with local community members and embed safety as a value beyond the mining environment....

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  Inaugural potato trade with Payanca community

  One of the ways that mining companies can contribute to communities is by knowledge-sharing to support economic and social development. This can take many forms. At the Las Bambas copper mine in the Peruvian Andes, the communities around the mine site were traditionally subsistence farmers....

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  At 80-plus years, Rosebery mine is one of Australia’s longest running mine sites

  In February 2016, one of Tasmania’s largest mines, MMG Rosebery, achieved a rare milestone in the Australian mining industry – ‘clocking in’ 80 years of continuous operations. While mining of the Rosebery deposit commenced soon after its discovery in 1893, operations were periodically disrupted due...

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  Nueva Fuerabamba and community resettlement

  Resettlement of an existing community to make way for a new mining project can impact the livelihoods and sense of social connection for community residents. MMG only seeks to resettle people and displace existing economic activity when no other option exists. In planning resettlement activities...

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