Pilot screening of the environmental hazard potentials of mine sites

OekoRess III - UBA Texte 146/2022

Authors: Aissa Rechlin, Christopher Demel, Claudia Kämper, Regine Vogt, Andreas Auberger, Peter Dolega, Günter Dehoust

100 large mining sites for copper, iron ore and bauxite worldwide were examined for their environmental hazard potentials. An assessment method developed in the preceding projects OekoRess I and II was applied. The 100 environmental hazard profiles are presented in the form of an interactive map. The report describes the research process, summarises and discusses the research results, draws conclusions and makes recommendations for the application of the method and the utilisation of the results. For example, companies can use it to assess (potential) adverse environmental impacts in their supply chains as part of conducting their environmental due diligence.