At Las Bambas, we're committed to improving the well-being of our host communities by collectively promoting and performing different activities.
We are aware that local water sources are intended for different uses (environmental, economic and social). Therefore, we manage water rights permits respecting the communities' right to benefit from them, and we try to mitigate any possible impact.
With the objective of using water resources efficiently, our water management practices and standards are aligned with the environmental guidelines of our headquarters and the ICMM. Contact water reutilization, fresh water conservation and sediment control have become strategic and responsible practices for our management of water impacts.
Water Source | 2021 | 2022 |
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Borefields | 2.653 | 1.729 |
Entrained in ore and tailings consolidation | 2.608 | 1.759 |
Precipitation and runoff | 15.301 | 13.717 |
Rivers and creeks | 7.896 | 7.270 |
total | 28.458 | 24.475 |
Since June 2020, we initiated the fourth EIS amendment preparation process in compliance with the industry regulations in force.
In December 2020, we submitted to the National Service of Environmental Certification for Sustainable Investments (SENACE) a COVID-19-adjusted proposal regarding our citizen participation mechanisms.
Mechanisms of the "EIS amendment pre-development process" with an intercultural approach:
One of the law-required main stages of this process is citizen participation.
During this stage, information about the third EIS amendment (new components) is provided to the communities through the following mechanisms:
The active participation of host communities is critical to improve monitoring processes. Conducting environmental monitoring is thus an opportunity to build better trust with the communities as processes become more transparent. Therefore, Las Bambas created Permanent Information Offices (PIO) for the communities to openly make inquiries and/or complaints of any kind, including environmental issues.
By implementing these safe spaces, Las Bambas seeks to reinforce the relationship with community leaders, make its environmental management more transparent, and increase host communities’ involvement in activities such as monitoring processes, clean-up campaigns, guided tours, among others.
In 2022, Las Bambas contracted an external company to provide environmental training to the host communities. There were 27 training workshops overall: 9 were conducted in January, and 18, in September. These workshops had the participation of 322 community members of 14 different communities: 57% were women (183) and 43% were men (139). After COVID-19 restrictions, reception to face-to-face training on water use, solid waste management and air quality increased significantly.