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29/08/22

Public policy suggestions for the mineral sector were gathered in a 188-page publication, released this Monday (August 29) by the Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM). From this set of proposals (read below), IBRAM invites candidates to look at the mining industry as an instrument to attract billionaire investments in the long term; business movement in various production chains in industry, wholesale, retail, services and agribusiness; of socioeconomic and environmental development of territories; and supplying minerals that are crucial to global agendas related to technological innovation, climate change and the decarbonization of the economy.

According to Raul Jungmann, CEO of IBRAM, “we are going to present these proposals to all candidates for the Presidency of the Republic and for the governments of states where mining is relevant to the economy. We want to make the mining industry, once again, available to the country to attract more investments, generate business and foreign exchange and integrate socioeconomic and environmental development policies in the long term”, says the director.

Due to this influence of mining in various fields of the economy and national development, Jungmann says that the political agenda of the sector “is a commitment of this industry with life, with communities, with the country and with the future of humanity. We have an obligation as a sustainable and responsible sector. We cannot compromise our future and that of our descendants. There is nothing less ethical than creating a world worse than the one we received. The commitments we are disclosing are part of the permanent agenda and care of the mineral sector”, he said.

Raul Jungmann, CEO of IBRAM – Credit: disclosure

In this sense, Jungmann recalled that the mining industry is at the forefront of an audacious and complex project to transform its production processes, based on the ESG Agenda of Mineração do Brasil. It is a set of commitments, goals, actions in twelve areas related to the mining activity, such as operational and occupational safety; mitigation of environmental impacts; water and energy use; relationships with communities; innovation; inclusion and diversity. On the next 9/5, IBRAM will present the latest advances in this Agenda, launched in October 2021.

“This ESG Agenda means the mineral sector’s commitment to good governance practices, transparency, rules, accountability and several other aspects. It is also a commitment to the environmental issue. We are going to have indicators, so that we can reduce the consumption of water, energy, to be able to work more with recyclable materials, to act in favor of the decarbonization of the mining activity. We even made a commitment to the Ministry of the Environment to act to produce less carbon in mineral production,” said Jungmann.