Mining companies sifting northern Chile’s Atacama Desert for copper, lithium, and other minerals are increasingly finding water is their most precious resource.
Karen Wood, chair of the board, told McKinsey the covid-19 pandemic has led broader industry to become more focused on the importance of the social element.
IGF says the pandemic will have longer- term consequences on employment in the large-scale mining sector as a result of impacts on local suppliers and community economic activities, mining capex forecasts and current investments.