The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) announced today that The Chemours Company’s (Chemours) transloading facilities in Hermosillo and San Luis Potosi, Mexico have been recertified in compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code (Cyanide Code).
Chemours’ Hermosillo and San Luis Potosi transloading facilities initially were certified in compliance with the Cyanide Code in August 2010 and September 2010 respectively, and were recertified in February 2014. As required under the Cyanide Code, these facilities were again audited against ICMI’s Verification Protocol within three-years of their previous certifications by an independent professional third-party auditor. ICMI has received and accepted the auditor’s Detailed Audit Findings Reports which found that the Hermosillo and San Luis Potosi facilities had maintained full compliance with the Cyanide Code’s Principles and Production Practices throughout the previous three years. The Summary Audit Reports and Auditor Credentials Forms are available on Chemours’ Signatory Companies Page on the Cyanide Code web site: http://cyanidecode.org/signatory-company/ei-duPont-de-nemours. The operations must be re-audited every three years to evaluate continuing compliance with the Cyanide Code.
The Cyanide Code is a voluntary industry program for companies involved in the production of gold using cyanide and companies producing and transporting this cyanide. It was developed under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme by a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee. The Cyanide Code is intended to complement an operation’s existing obligation to comply with the applicable laws and regulations of the political jurisdictions in which the operation is located.
ICMI has been established to administer the Cyanide Code, promote its adoption, evaluate its implementation, and manage the certification process. A detailed list of the operations covered by signatory companies’ applications, along with the full text of the Cyanide Code and its implementing and administrative documents, are available at www.cyanidecode.org.
Date:
Monday, September 11, 2017