2007 Sustainable Development Report

• TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • About Resolution Copper
  • Sustainable Development: An Explanation
  • Stakeholder Assurance Review
  • Message from the President | The Land Exchange
  • 2007 Achievements and Challenges
    • Achievements
    • Challenges
  • Resolution Project Profile
    • The Resolution Project
    • Project Status
    • How We Operate
    • Resolution Project Development Steps | Pre-feasibility Study Update
  • Business Profile
    • Sustainable Business Development
    • Project Planning
    • Employee Training
    • Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Systems
    • Support of SD Policies and Regulatory Compliance
    • Government Affairs
  • Sustainable Development Performance/Targets
    • 2007 Sustainable Development Scorecard
    • Resolution Copper: 2008 Sustainable Development Targets
  • Social Well-Being
    • Safety First
    • Saftey Programs
    • Workforce Profile
    • 2007 Workforce Demographics
    • Employee Survey
    • Community Data
    • Social Well-Being
    • Consulting with Stakeholders
    • Attitudes Toward the Mine: 2007 Copper Triangle Stakeholders Survey/Result Highlights
    • Environment Is Top Concern of Those Surveyed
    • Other Concerns and Complaints
    • Philanthropy and Community Investment
    • Community Engagement
    • Engaging with RCM Stakeholders - 2007
  • Economic Development
    • 2007 Highlights
    • Hiring Locally
    • Corporate Philanthropy
  • Environmental Stewardship
    • Care and Concern
    • Mining Approach
    • Graphic Overview of Block Caving
    • ISO 14001:2004 Certification Achieved
    • Rehabilitation Process
    • 2007 Environmental Incidents
    • Tailings Management
    • Water Management
    • MARRCO Railroad Endures
    • Environmental Impact Study
    • Environmental Partnerships/Environmental Highlights
    • Land Exchange of Critical Importance
  • Reader's Survey

2007 Achievements and Challenges | Chapter Contents

Achievements

Environmental management:
Received ISO 14001:2004 certification of our Environmental Management System (EMS). The company’s EMS includes the plans, policies and procedures we use to manage and continually improve our approach to the environment.

Local hire:
Hired 87.5 percent, or seven out of eight, Level 1 contractors locally through Superior-based Copper Triangle Mining.

Communities:
To encourage easy community access to RCM information and staff, opened a Mine Information office in downtown Superior and initiated a Resolution Project Information hotline.

Employee benefits:
Introduced an experience-based vacation calculation policy. For example, if an employee with one year of tenure at Resolution Copper Mining arrived at the company with seven years of related experience, the vacation allowance is calculated on a total of eight years. Also provided new 401(k) employee investment options.

Training:
All employees and those contractors involved in mine site-related work completed training on Rio Tinto and RCM working standards, including sustainable development principles.

Rehabilitation efforts:
Rehabilitation of the West Plant area north of Superior, the site of mining activity from 1910 to 1996, continued. 2007 progress goals achieved.

Water management:
Signed an agreement with the New Magma Irrigation and Drainage District to accept extracted, treated water from the RCM water treatment facility, then to use it for irrigation. Continued to purchase excess Central Arizona Project (CAP) water and bank it for future use.

Corporate headquarters:
Using local contractors, completed sustainable rehabilitation of a historic building in Superior, which now serves as Resolution Copper’s corporate headquarters. The “Verde Building” was honored with the 2007 Award of Merit for Historic Preservation of Buildings and Structures by Valley Forward’s Environmental Excellence Awards (EEA) program.

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