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Vhutshilo Mushiana is an environmental coordinator at Polokwane Smelter and she has been instrumental in ensuring the smelters relations with its surrounding communities are sound through effective communication and engagement.

MANAGING OUR IMPACT

In the process of mining and beneficiation, land is transformed, ground- and surface water are potentially affected, resources are used, substances are emitted into the air and wastes are generated.

The social and economic dynamics in the areas where operations are located are also affected.

These aspects are managed through our various environmental management programmes and systems.

We affect the environment in a variety of ways; there are potential risks to the environment, and also potential positive and negative environmental impacts. Mining and associated activities, such as smelting and refining, use a mix of renewable and non-renewable resources. The potential risks and impacts in this report are largely confined to actual operations and do not consider the upstream and downstream risks or impacts. To manage and mitigate operational risks and actual impacts, the Group has formal environmental management systems at each operation.