Mining • Asia

Zijin Mining

HEADQUARTERS: Mexico Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1990

DESTRUCTION SCORE 97/100

Corporative Audit Overview

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

Carbon tracked (CO2) 152 Mt 105 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 84393 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 2401 Incidents $1785.5M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $167.9M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2023 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Zijin Mining'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 Zijin Mining's secondary smelting site in Germany.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

United Kingdom environmental board levied a $10.7M 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 12%.

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

Elizabeth Johnson

Chief Executive

Elizabeth Martinez

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Zijin Mining Mining Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics