Mining • Africa

Ivanhoe Mines

HEADQUARTERS: Vancouver, Canada • FOUNDED: 1892

DESTRUCTION SCORE 87/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Mining sector, Ivanhoe Mines maintains a complex global operation spanning Africa. Recent environmental audits highlight significant ecological challenges resulting from their industrial output and resource extraction methods.

Carbon tracked (CO2) 124 Mt 83 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 104872 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1603 Incidents $837.4M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $821.7M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2023 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Ivanhoe Mines's key industrial waste slurry reservoirs.

2024 Heavy Metal Discharges

Toxic acidic runoff containing high quantities of heavy metals leaked into regional municipal aquifers, exceeding legal bio-safety thresholds.

Live Sensor Logging Watch

ANOMALY Toxic Outflow Incident

Downstream automated sensors detected elevated cadmium and arsenic leaching from Ivanhoe Mines's secondary smelting site in Brazil.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

India environmental board levied a $18.4M USD civil penalty for inadequate tailings pond liners.

2024-03-28

DATA_SYNC Biotoxicity Score Sync

Updated annual soil and water bio-toxicity metrics in our index, adjusting the local risk level upward by 24%.

2024-01-15

PROBE Subsurface Acidification Probe

Scientific taskforce launched an investigation into historical sub-surface leaching into the municipal watershed.

2023-11-20

Executive Directors

Michael Smith

Chief Executive

Michael Johnson

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Ivanhoe Mines Mining Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics