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| AMD |
Acid mine drainage – outflow of acidic water formed by mining activity and the egress of water following contact with certain types of orebodies and host rock |
| BBBEE |
Broad-based black economic empowerment, a socio-economic process aimed at the economic transformation of South Africa by increasing the number of HDSAs (historically disadvantaged South Africans) participating in the economy |
| CDP |
Carbon Disclosure Project – an independent not-for-profit organisation that acts as an intermediary between shareholders and corporations on all climate change-related issues, providing primary climate change data from the world’s largest corporations, to the global marketplace |
| CO2 emissions |
Total CO2 emissions calculated from direct emissions generated from petrol and diesel consumption and indirect emissions generated by electricity consumption and expressed in tonnes |
| Cyanide code |
International cyanide management code for the manufacture, transport and use of cyanide in the production of gold. The aim is to promote responsible management of cyanide used in gold mining, enhance the protection of human health and reduce potential for environmental impacts |
| DMR |
Department of Mineral Resources, South Africa |
| Electricity use |
Energy use calculated from electricity purchased and diesel and petrol consumed during the reporting period |
| Employment equity |
Percentage of black employees (as defined by the DTi Codes) per occupational level |
| EMP |
Environmental management programme |
| EMS |
Environmental management system |
| Energy consumption |
Energy use calculated from electricity purchased and diesel and petrol consumed during the reporting period |
| FIFR |
Fatal injury frequency rate, the number of fatalities per million man hours worked |
| HDSAs |
Historically disadvantaged South Africans – all people and groups who were previously discriminated against on the basis of race, gender and disability as defined by the MPRDA |
| ISO 14001 |
Published in 1996 by the International Organisation for Environmental Standardisation, it specifies actual requirements for an environmental management system (EMS) |
| King III |
King Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa published in 2010 |
| LED spend |
Local economic development project spend |
| LTIFR |
Lost-time injury frequency rate per million hours, refers to work-related injuries which result in the employee being unable to perform his/her normal occupation on the next scheduled work day or shift. |
| Mining Charter |
The broad-based social-economic empowerment charter for the South African mining industry. The goal of the charter is to create an industry that reflects the promise of a non-racial South Africa |
| MHSA |
Mine Health and Safety Act (No 29 of 1996) |
| MMJV |
Morobe Mining Joint Ventures |
| MPRDA |
Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (No 28 of 2002) |
| MQA |
Mining Qualifications Authority, a sector education training authority for the mining and minerals sector whose mission is to facilitate and promote human resources development in the sector |
| NIHL |
Noise-induced hearing loss reported as the number of new cases identified and submitted for compensation during the reporting period |
| PNG |
Papua New Guinea |
| Significant incidents |
Incidents that have a considerable impact outside the company boundaries which may cause irreparable harm or require significant expenditure to remediate |
| SLPs |
Social and labour plans aimed at promoting employment and advancing the social and economic welfare of all South Africans while ensuring economic growth and socio-economic development as stipulated in the MPRDA |
| Water consumption from primary activities |
Total new or make-up water entering the operation and used for the operation’s primary activities which include those activities in which the operation engages to produce their product and includes dust suppression within the operational area. |
