The threat of ongoing water scarcity represents a significant opportunity to the mining and metals sector, as companies seek solutions to improve water security and sanitation, a new report from the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, reveals. The report ‘Shared Water, Shared Responsibility, Shared Approach: Water in the Mining Sector’, found that mining companies were increasingly thinking more collaboratively about shared water use.
