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
    • Graphic Order of Block Caving
    • Care and Concern for the Environment at the Center of All Projects
    • Mining Approach
    • 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

Environmental Stewardship | Chapter Contents

2007 Highlights:

Arizona Trail Association Copper Butte Project – Developing a 25-mile section of the 800-mile-plus Arizona Trail. RCM hosted an employee work event on January 25 where more than 40 employees and contractors developed one-quarter mile of new trail and did extensive maintenance work on a previously completed segment.

Audubon Arizona, Rio Tinto Partnership Action Fund – Continued efforts to meet grant deliverables to support conservation and bird species protection. This included advancing work on Important Bird Area designations in Arizona.

Boyce Thompson Arboretum – Supported an elementary after-school program that allows Superior schoolchildren to visit the Boyce Thompson Arboretum and get hands-on with the environment.

The Nature Conservancy – Formed a working group to address long-term conservation issues facing the Lower San Pedro River. The group is a collaboration of private business, non-government organizations and government agencies.

View the pdf version here.