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25 April 2023

Empowering Indigenous Communities in Bauxite Mining Impacted Areas

ASI and the Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum are leading a series of capacity-building workshops on mining throughout bauxite exploration and mining regions in Australia and Guinea.

12 April 2023

Bauxite Residue Management – Risks, Opportunities and ASI’s role

ASI’s Performance Standard includes criteria for the management of bauxite residue risks. With around 25% of global alumina production from Entities with ASI Performance Standard certification, ASI seeks to ensure that companies are using good practice technologies in their operations.

23 February 2023

Research reveals ‘clean energy’ minerals overlap with Indigenous lands

A study from The University of Queensland identified 5,097 mining projects involving about 30 minerals needed in the energy transition, and found some 54% are located on or near Indigenous peoples’ lands. 

11 January 2023

ASI and IPAF workshop and meetings in India

ASI and IPAF (Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum) held a workshop and meetings in India between 12-19 September 2022.

29 November 2022

IPAF Bauxite Exploration & Mining Workshops – Cape York Peninsula & Elcho Island, October & November 2022

The ASI Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum (IPAF) held Bauxite Exploration and Mining Workshops in Australia on the Cape York Peninsula (Queensland) and on Elcho Island (Northern Territory) during October and November 2022.

26 October 2022

Valuing natural capital: Understanding ecosystem services and Indigenous wellbeing

ASI engaged the University of the Sunshine Coast in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy to undertake a study with Indigenous people to better understand ecosystem services (ES).

22 June 2022

Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum (IPAF) – Bauxite Exploration and Mining Workshop Cairns Australia, June 2022

This ASI workshop, part of a broader capacity building project, was attended by over 40 Indigenous community representatives from across Western and Northern Cape York Peninsula.

26 October 2021

Indigenous engagement pilot workshop held in Arnhem Land, Northern Australia: brief report

Bauxite mining increasingly on Indigenous peoples’ traditional lands Globally, bauxite mining operations are increasingly sited on the traditional lands of Indigenous peoples, including Australia. For many Indigenous peoples, mining of their traditional land creates much concern about biocultural, community health and livelihood impacts from the loss of access to traditional lands and resources, and the […]

22 July 2021

The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) program and action on human rights

For ASI, human rights due diligence in global supply chains is one of our four sustainability priority issues.

26 June 2019

Meeting report published: 2019 Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum in India

This year the IPAF meeting was held in Ranchi, in the state of Jharkhand, India between 25 February – 6 March. More than 30 participants from India, Australia, Canada, Ghana, Guinea, India, the Netherlands, Suriname, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States attended the IPAF meeting to share experiences and increase awareness of ASI’s work in the […]

22 January 2018

Report on 2017 Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum annual meeting published

The event permitted rich discussions with the Gumatj people, contributed to the IPAF members understanding of bauxite mining and generated essential inputs to the ASI Performance Standard.

9 July 2017

2017 Consultation on Standards and documentation ends. What’s next?