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IGO IMPACTS IN THE WIDER CONTEXT
IGO has total or part ownership of three operating mines, all of which are
located in Western Australia. While IGO’s socio-economic contribution and
environmental impacts are not trivial, it is noteworthy that Western Australia
has approximately 1,055 mining operating sites (open pit, underground
mines and quarries) and 169 mineral processing plants (
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 is material both in a state and a national
context.
GRI CONTENT INDEX
To aid the cross-reference of IGO’s material issues as identified in this report to
the Global Reporting Initiative reporting guidelines, the reader is referred to the
following table.