INDEPENDENCE GROUP NL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017

IGO IMPACTS IN THE WIDER CONTEXT The IGO portfolio includes four operating mines, all 100% owned, except for Tropicana (30%), within Western Australia. Within a state context IGO’s socio-economic contribution and environmental impacts are not insignificant, however it is noteworthy that at the end of FY16 Western Australia had 111 principal mining projects in operation, with hundreds of smaller quarries and mines. These principal projects produced more than 99% of the mining industry’s total sales volume (refer to www.dmp. wa.gov.au ). Western Australia is one of the most productive and diversified mineral regions in the world with more than 50 minerals being produced in commercial quantities. Consequently, the socio-economic contribution and environmental impacts of the industry as a whole are material both in a state and a national context. IGO SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017— 89