MICA Knowledge Base

Mine closure process (overview of different phases and actions) Material and Substance Flow Analysis (M/SFA) Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)

LCA, LCI, LCIA, LCC: What’s the Difference? Social Licence to Operate and Corporate Social Responsibility Compensation concept Environmental Impact Assessment EIA 3D modelling Feasibility Study

Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014

Ecoinvent (environmental data) European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) GEMAS Geochemical mapping of agricultural and grazing land soil European Commission - European Union (EU) Water framework directive - integrated river basin management for Europe Mineral Products Association (MPA) - Sustainable communities Mineral Products Association (MPA) - Natural Resources The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) European Commission - The Habitats directive Mining in the EU, Regulation and the way forward Official Journal of the European Union - EU directive on Environmental assessments EO miners Official Journal of the European Union - EU emissions trading directive Rio Tinto Limited - Our commitment Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) standard for responsible mining IRMA-STD-001 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - NIOSH Mining G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (Reporting Principles and Standard Disclosures) [2015] Analysis of existing Environmental Impact Assessment methodologies for use in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Air Pollution in Europe 1997 European Union mine waste directive European Environment Agency - Land use CREEA - Compiling and Refining Environmental and Economic Accounts Knowledge Impact Strategies (Kimpact) - Report on Corporate Social Responsibility in Resource Mining Lundin Mining Corporation Environmental Impact of the use of Natural Resources and Products European Commission - Natura 2000 A Research Agenda for Improving National Footprint Accounts Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Environmental indicators: Typology and overview G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (Implementation Manual) [2015] Ecological Footprint Explorer Impacts of European Union (EU) carbon emission trade directive on energy-intensive industries — Indicative micro-economic analyses Cobalt Development Institute (CDI) Policy Review on Decoupling: Development of indicators to assess decoupling of economic development and environmental pressure in the EU-25 and AC-3 countries Carbon Footprint of Nations: A Global, Trade-Linked Analysis Materials critical to the energy industry (An introduction) Decoupling, natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth Central Statistical Office of Poland The polluter-pays principle and environmental liability EIONET - European Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production: Material Flows, Concepts and Methodology System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)

European Soil Data Centre, Soil contamination Raw Materials Information System, Water

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Direct subconcepts

Ecosystems, biodiversity Air and water pollution Soil contamination Human health Occupational health

Life Cycle Assessment of Metals: A Scientific Synthesis (Nuss & Eckelman, 2014)

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92 /43 /EEC of 21 May 1992 Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 Occupational safety and health A Community approach on the prevention of natural and man-made disasters (2009/2151(INI)) DIRECTIVE 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009

What shall be done for preparing and submitting an EIA study for the development of mineral resources? What are the environmental impacts of using a specific resource/ raw material in general? What are possible substitutes for material x in product y and how will this influence the environmental impacts of the product?

Designation areas and prospecting and mining Environmental impacts linked to the use of raw materials