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Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited
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Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited (MICCL) is a 50-50 joint venture company that is
owned by Mining Enterprise No. 1 (ME-1), an agency o the Ministry o Mines o the Union o
Myanmar, and Ivanhoe Myanmar Holdings Limited ( IMHL), which is owned by the Monywa
rust. Te Monywa rust, an independent, third-party trust, acquired interim ownership o
the IMHL interest rom Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. on February 27, 2007. Te Sabetaung-Kyisintaung
(S&K) Mine, located in central Myanmar, is an open-pit, heap-leach copper mine operated by
MICCL. Currently, the mine is operating at a capacity o its initial design capacity 25,000 tonneso copper per year.
MICCL successully continued three international certications in 2007:
the AS/NZS 4801 Certicate relating to Occupational Health & Saety Management;
the ISO 9001 Certicate relating to Quality Management; and
the IS0 14001 Certicate or Environmental Management.
MICCL also maintained its cathode quality in accordance with LME Grade A specications. MICCL is
striving to maintain a Best Practices international perormance standard throughout its operations,
while achieving continual improvements in quality, environment, health and saety standards.
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ContentsForeword 4
OurPolicies 6
Certicates 7
OverviewofOperations 8
About MICCL
Location
Ownership
Mining History o Monywa Area
Ore Reserves
Mining Operation
Plant Operation Overview
Crushing, Stacking and Heap LeachingSolvent Extraction and Electrowinning
Production argets
Safety,OccupationalHealth& 18EnvironmentalManagementintheS&KProject
Safety,Health&CommunitySupportInitiatives 20
Saety Perormance
Health Perormance
Environment 29
Environment Management Systems
ComplianceIncidents
Issues & Actions
Water
Land
Air
Waste
Energy & Emissions
Dangerous Goods
Community
Objectives and argets 2007Management Plan or Improvement
o Saety Perormance 2008
CompetencyTraining 46
echinal/rades raining
Saety and Environmental raining
NewProjects 53
Introduction
New Diesel Fuel FarmAgitation Leaching Plant Modication
Fines Screening Plant Extension
Residue reatment Plant
VericationStatements 55Glossary 56
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Foreword
Chairmans Message
Year 2007 demonstrated as a record year in terms o mines production a total tonnage,
ore plus waste, o about 23.4 million tonnes. Tis reects the eciency/productivity o the
new mining equipment operated by well-trained operators under good supervision. I would
like to congratulate the mining team together with the management or this achievement.
Record waste extraction (16.3 million tonnes) should not have gone unnoticed. Te
S&K pits have been waste bound or last 3-4 years due to the insucient mining equipment.
For the rst time in its operational lie span that pits have been running well without this
waste bound issue.
Under this workload, achieving 5 million man-hours Lost ime Injury ree was an
honorable record in Saety which was the outcome o the dedication o workorce and the
commitment o management to maintain good saety perormance in all work areas.
Successully maintained ISO 14001 certication was also attributable to the teams
concerted eort and again a relect o dedication towards environmental protection
commitments.
Despite high copper price and increased mine production, cathode production was much
reduced due to lower ore grades as the pits get deeper and to some operational downtime
mainly caused by reagent shortage. Tis reects the need o a robust supply/ purchase
activities that would ensure timely arrival o consumables, sucient quantity o stocks.
Forthcoming year, 2008 is to be viewed as a much more stable year in terms o supplies,
copper sales, and the production. With MICCLs traditional high team-spirit supported by
Management Boards guidance, I trust the targets could be achieved.
U Hla Tein
Chairman
Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited
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General Manager
s MessageDuring 2007, MICCL demonstrated as world class mining operation. MICCLs commitment to
the stake holders continued with much activity in the Saety, Health and Environment area. Tese
activities have been worked closely with our auditors Societe General de Surveillance (SGS).
MICCL voluntarily suspended ISO 14001 in May 2007 to gain more time to develop an
eective plan to take corrective action regarding some issues raised in the November 2006 SGS
audit.
Te Management plan or the Immediate Action Plan and Long erm Action Plan were
developed in June 2007 by MICCL sta based on their past experience. Te suspended MICCL
ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System Certicate was reinstated by the SGSAccreditation Body on 11th December 2007 ater taking all the remedial actions listed in the
action plans and upon verication o all clauses o the ISO 14001:2004 standard identied
during the SGS audit process in November 2007.
Consideration or the environment is an important part o the MICCL culture; a ew project
works or the repairing o storm water ponds, constructing wet land-3 and tidying the Pad-2 lay
down yard were initiated during this year.
Te Saety practitioner attention in giving inductions to the workorce has maintained a high
standard o vigilance in the working area. Te workorces attention to saety practices is reected
by a measurable improvement in the working area o the production and project works.
MICCL has retained the much prized certication guidelines o AS/NZS 4801, ISO 9001
and ISO 14001 or some years now and these standards should be maintained and improved
upon or supporting o MICCLs uture development.
Cathode copper production o 17777 tonnes in this year ell below the design capacity o
25000 tonnes due to the delayed delivery o the reagents and spare parts o the heavy mining
and process equipment. During this year MICCL has seen many challenges particularly with the
ongoing procurement and supply crisis.
Trough out 2007 MICCL enjoyed the support o our Joint Venture partners and stake
holders. With their continued and wholehearted support MICCL should be able to reposition
itsel to once again achieve the design cathode copper production rate. MICCLs objective is toproduce cathode copper or export to the world with a sae workplace or our employees and a
minimum impact on our surrounding environment.
My thanks to all MICCL sta and employees or their diligence and loyal support during
the year.
Glenn Eric FordActing General Manager
Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited
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Our Policies
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Certifcates
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Overview oOperation
Te Sabetaung - Kyisintaung (S&K) Mine is located in Monywa District, Sagaing
Division. Te mine is on the west bank o Chindwin River and on the east bank
is Monywa, the capital o Sagaing Division. Chindwin is the biggest tributary o
Ayeyarwaddy (Irrawaddy) river, the longest navigable one in Myanmar owing rom
north to south.
S& K mine site is one o the best mines in Myanmar in terms o its close proximity
to the Monywa Urban area where more than 500,000 peoples live. Monywa is only
120 km by road rom Mandalay, the second Capital o Myanmar. An area which has a
lot o ancient pagodas and monasteries, Monywa has a long history.
Te Mine site is just 40 minutes drive away rom Monywa by an all weather road
across the Chindwin bridge. It is located in the semi-arid area with about 700mm
annual rainl all, where shrubs and Palm trees are common. Te landscape around is
more or less rolling with small hills.
About MICCL
Location
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Myanmar
China
Laos
Thailand
India
Bangla
desh
Mandalay
Yangon
Chiang Mai
Bangkok
Monywa
Andaman
Sea
Bay of
Bengal
OwnershipMyanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited
(MICCL) is a 50-50 joint venture company that
is owned by Mining Enterprise No. 1 (ME-1), an
agency o the Ministry o Mines o the Union
o Myanmar, and Ivanhoe Myanmar Holdings
Limited ( IMHL), which is owned by the Monywa
rust. he Monywa rust, an independent,
third-party trust, acquired interim ownership o
the IMHL interest rom Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. on
February 27, 2007.
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Mining History o Monywa Area1930s British administration conducted regional geological studies.1950s Burma (Myanmar) Geological Department surveyed the area with Yugoslav counterparts.1972 Te Japanese Government gave technical and nancial assistance or more denitive drilling.1978 An agreement was signed between ME-1 and the Bor Copper Institute o Yugoslavia to develop
the S&K deposits.1984 An 8,000-tonne-per-day (tpd) copper mill operation was started.1994 ME-1 and IMHL signed a easibility agreement to develop the copper deposits in the S&K area and
nearby Letpadaung.
1995 A 1 tpd Pilot Plant was built to conrm the process suitability and also to train Myanmar technicians.1996 A two-year study culminated with positive outcomes.Based on extensive drilling (905 drill holes with a total length o 118,538 metres), a leaching test andPilot Plant operations, MICCL was ormed as a joint-venture between ME-1 and IMHL.
1997 A 25,000-tonne-per-year SX-EW plant was constructed.1997 Ater an extensive drilling programme at Letpadaung, a easibility study to develop this project was
completed and submitted.1998 Cathode copper production began.2002 Expansion o the project to 28,000 tpy o cathode copper production began.2003 Te project was expanded to 31,000 tpy.2004 Te project was urther expanded to 39,000 tpy.2005 A High-Grade Ore Agitated Leach Plant was commissioned or 13 t/h ore capacity.2006 High-Grade Ore Agitated Leached Plant was modied to improve leaching and to stabilize the operation.
New policy dened clearly the limit o high-grade ore deposit to optimize leaching. GRD Minproc study to
combine the Sabetaung pit and Sabetaung South pit.2007 New Diesel Fuel Farm was constructed to increase storage capacity.
Fine Screening Plant extension was made to increase throughput.Residue reatment Plant was constructed to recover more copper rom residue.
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Ore ReservesPit re-optimization on the Sabetaung and Sabetaung South deposits was completed in 2006 with
consultants rom GRD Minproc, Australia.
Mineral resources and reserves at the S&K Mine as are shown below:
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Mineral ResourcesDecember 31, 2007(3)
Deposit Measured Indicated Inerred otal
onnes Grade(1) onnes Grade(1) onnes Grade(1) onnes Grade(1)
(millions) (%)Cu (millions) (%)Cu (millions) (%)Cu (millions) (%)Cu
Sabetaung 25.689 0.31 41.101 0.21 3.526 0.26 70.316 0.25
Kyisintaung - - 317.4 0.3 47 0.22 364.4 0.29
Letpadaung 577 0.44 492 0.36 409 0.31 1478.00 0.38
Ore ReservesDecember 31, 2007(3)
(1) Cut-o grades or Sabetaung is 0.08% Cu.
Deposit Proven Probable otal
onnes Grade(1) onnes Grade(1) onnes Grade(1)
(millions) (%)Cu (millions) (%)Cu (millions) (%)Cu
Sabetaung 25.698 0.31 41.101 0.21 66.79 0.249
(1) Cut-o grades are 0.08% or Sabetaung, 0.15% or Kyisintaung and 0.10% or Letpadaung.
(2) onnage decimal places not shown.(3) Sabetaung mineral resources are as at 31 December 2007, based on optimization July 2006 and
Model November 2005.
(4) Kyisintaung mineral resources are as at July 2006, Model September 2000.
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Mining Operationhe S&K Mine consist o three copper
ore bodies: Sabetaung, Sabetaung South and
Kyisintaung. An additional potential large-scale
copper ore body, Letpadaung deposit, is located
nearby.
At present, the Sabetaung and SabetaungSouth pits are being mined, with approvals being
sought or the development o the Kyisintaung and
the Letpadaung deposits. Current strategic planning
provides or an open pit to be excavated into each
o these deposits. During the 2007 calendar year,
8,470,352 tonnes o ore at 0.32% copper and
14,918,633 tonnes o waste were mined rom the
two Sabetaung pits, a total o approximately 23.39
million tonnes and an increase on the previous year
Te MICCL present mining eet consists o the
ollowing equipment:
3 Wheel Loaders Caterpillar 992G
4 Wheel Loaders Caterpillar 992C
4 Excavators Daewoo 500LCV
2 Excavators Caterpillar 345B
1 Excavator Caterpillar 320B
8 Dump rucks Caterpillar 773B
15 Dump rucks Caterpillar 777D
1 Drill Rig amrock D55SP
1 Grader Caterpillar 16H
2 Graders Caterpillar 16G
3 rack Dozers Caterpillar D9R2 rack Dozers Caterpillar D7R
1 Wheel Dozer Caterpillar 824C
2 Water rucks Caterpillar 773B
o 9.90 million tonnes. Tis increase was achieved
rom the additional pieces o equipment brought
in November 2006.
Te majority o the Caterpillar equipment is
relatively old, having been transerred rom ME-
1 to MICCL in 1997 and reurbished over time.Tree (3) new Caterpillar 992G Wheel Loaders,
nine (9) new Caterpillar 777D Dump rucks, two
new Caterpillar D9R rack Dozers and one new
Caterpillar 16H Grader were commissioned in
2006.
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Plant Operation OverviewAter mining and crushing, the processing o the ore to produce saleable copper involves three stages:
Heap leaching to dissolve the valuable copper rom the chalcocite ore.
Solvent extraction to puriy and concentrate the copper solution generated by leaching.
Electrowinning to plate the copper as high-grade cathodes.
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Te processing o the mined ore to produce
saleable copper relies on three stages:
Heap leaching to dissolve the valuable copperrom the chalcocite ore.
Solvent extraction to puriy and concentrate the
copper solution generated by leaching.
Electrowinning to plate the copper as high-grade
cathodes.
Normally, the ore rom the mine pits is
crushed in a two-stage crushing circuit that
reduces the maximum rock size rom a diameter
o approximately one metre down to an average
o 30 millimetres. Te crushed and sized ore isagglomerated with a diluted sulphuric acid solution
in a steel drum and transported along a series o
belt conveyors to properly-prepared leach cells.
Problems have been experienced with the
high proportion o clays in some o the S&K ores.
Tese materials make the ore heaps impermeable
and reduce leach recovery. Tereore, the crushing
circuit has been modiied by adding a Fines
Screening Plant (FSP).
At the primary crusher, mined ore is crushed
to a maximum passing size o 230 millimetres.
Te crushed product passes through the primary
screens, with oversized (+40mm) material crushed
by the secondary cone crushers. Undersized
material (-40mm) rom the primary screen isurther washed and screened in a newly constructed
Fines Screening Plant to remove the majority o the
less-than-63-micron material that also contains
most o the clays present. Tis material is stored in
a specially prepared ailing Fines Storage Facility,
available or treatment in uture. Some coppers are
recovered in pipe reaction during transportation to
tailing dams, and recovery is about 50% o copper
content rom nes product.
All o the de-slimed products greaterthan 63 microns in size are combined with
discharge materials rom secondary crushers,
and are conveyed to an agglomerating drum.
Te agglomerates produced consist o the larger
particles o ore coated with the ner particles
by the tumbling action o the material within
the drum. he agglomerated ore passes via a
conveying system to a radial stacker that allows
the ore to be placed onto a heap to an even height
at 3 metres. In March 2007, agglomeration was
by-passed because the inlet chute was requentlyblocking and causing down time again and again.
Tere are no changes in recovery with or without
agglomerator operation o stacked cells.
Crushing, Stacking and Heap Leaching
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Each heap or cell is approximately 700
metres long and 80 metres wide, containing some
300,000 tonnes o agglomerates that appear as a
homogeneous, semi-porous structure amenable
to leaching. Te crushed, washed and stacked ore
comprises blending o 60% o the least competent
material and 40% o good competent ore available
rom the mine at the time.
Due to the limited throughput o the
crushing section, run-o-mine ore is also directly
placed onto the leach cells by truck-dumping
(ROM Ore Dumping). ROM ore dumping involves
building a ramp onto a cell to a our-meter height
and then tipping ore directly over the ace to the
oor below. Te ROM ore received rom the mine
contains both ne and coarse ractions.
Te height o the heap is strictly controlledto our meters with a tolerance o 0.3 metre, using
bulldozers. Te ROM-dumped ore in the body
o the heap is careully selected to be the most
competent available material rom the mine pits.
Te heap surace is ripped to one metre depth
beore installation o irrigation pipes.
Ore character is pre-determined rom drilled
chip samples in a metallurgical laboratory. Quality
control personnel are assigned to supervise the
process o selecting whether ore is sent to thecrusher or to ROM dumping cells, according to
the ores competency level.
A continuous cell-expansion program has
been implemented to provide the large areas
required to store the inventory o ore necessary
to maintain the higher-than-design production
levels. At present there are three leach pads with
37 cells at the optimal our- metre height.
Te stacked ore is irrigated using either anetwork o pipes and low-pressure sprinklers,
called wobblers, or by drip irrigators. A diluted
sulphuric acid solution containing high levels o
dissolved iron is used to extract the copper rom
the ore. Te acidic solution is ormed naturally
rom the heaps by the accelerated weathering o
the rocks, which contain pyrite, an iron sulphide
mineral. Naturally occurring bacteria catalyze this
reaction and, consequently, the process is termed
bio-heap leaching.
Te base o each heap is lined rstly with a
300-mm-thick clay layer and then a plastic liner
that in turn is covered by another clay liner to
prevent copper solution loss and to protect the
acidic solution rom seeping into the ground
water system. Each heap is constructed on a slight
slope, so that the solution containing the dissolved
copper percolates down through the heaps to
the liner and then ows downhill into a series
o collection channels that drain into a system
o plastic-lined ponds. Te solutions containingthe highest copper grade are directed into the
pregnant leach solution, or PLS, pond. While some
o the less concentrated solution is pumped back
rom intermediate solution pond, or ILS, onto the
heaps to extract more copper, the PLS solution is
pumped to the solvent-extraction plant.
his solution not only contains copper,
but also impurities such as iron that have to be
removed beore the inal electrowinning step.
Solution management to and rom heap cells isstrictly controlled on a daily basis.
Te copper grade o some reaches between
5% and 10%, higher than the normal grade o
about 0.4%, and such ores are treated separately
in one-metre-high heap cells or in the agitation
leaching plant. Te ore is crushed to -12mm in two-
stage crushing, ground to -150 micron metre and
then leached in tanks with ranate solution. Te
leached slurry is sent to the residue pond. Te clear
solution, which is the pregnant leach solution, isrecovered rom the pond. Tat rich solution is
sent back to the PLS pond. Te remaining residue,
containing relatively high-grade copper (about 3%
to 4%) is stored in the plastic lined residue pond or
re-treatment. Agitation leaching plant is modied
its ow sheet to add a scrubber unit parallel to the
Primary Crusher especially or the raining season,
to avoid the wet ore coming into the crusher and
increase through put in the agitation circuit rom
13tph to 35tph. It would be on line in the wet
season this year.
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Solvent extraction involves the selective
extraction o the valuable copper rom the PLS
into an immiscible organic phase, consisting o
a complex organic extractant dissolved in high-
ash-point kerosene. Ater separating the aqueous
and organic phases using gravity, the valuable
copper then is stripped rom the loaded organic
phase using a highly acidic electrolyte, called spent
electrolyte, returned rom the electrowinning
tank-houses to produce an enriched electrolyte,
known as the strong electrolyte. Te low-copper
aqueous solution rom the extraction stage
(ranate), which becomes higher in acid content,
is returned to the leach cells to recover more
copper, while the strong electrolyte is sent to the
tankhouses or electrowinning.
Te key to the solvent-extraction process
is the acidity o the aqueous phase. At low-acid
concentrations, copper is extracted into the
organic phase, but this reaction reverses at
elevated acid concentrations. Te extraction and
stripping stages o the solvent-extraction process
take place in mixer-settlers. Tese consist o a
series o tanks in which the immiscible organic
and aqueous phases are intimately mixed together,
allowing the extraction (or stripping) reactions
to occur prior to owing into a large settling tank
where the two immiscible phases separate again,
Solvent Extraction and Electrowinning
with the lighter organic phase rising on top o
the heavier aqueous phase. At the exit o the
settling tank, the two phases are separated using
an arrangement o collection weirs.
Following expansion steps completed in
October 2004 that added a urther 86 electrowinning
cells, there now are two electrowinning tank-
houses at MICCL operating on our electrical
circuits. Tere are 104 electrowinning cells in the
original tank-house (ank-House-A), with each
cell containing 46 inert, lead-alloy anodes and 45
stainless steel cathodes. Te expanded tank house
(ank-House-B) has a total o 122 cells, where each
cell contains 15 inert, lead-alloy anodes and 14
stainless steel cathodes. Te rich copper solution
(electrolyte) is distributed between these cells.
A direct electrical current is passed between the
anodes and cathodes and metallic copper is plated
rom the electrolyte onto the cathode surace.
Approximately 2,200 kWh o power is required
to electrowin one tonne o cathode copper.
he cathodes are stripped every seven
days, each producing two sheets o high-purity
copper weighing approximately 50 kg. Te sheets
are washed, sampled, weighed and bundled or
shipment. Sampling is being carried out on an
80-tonne-lot basis and the analysis is done at an
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Te S&K Project was originally designed with a
production capacity o 25,000 tonnes yearly, which
has been achieved since year one. Te project has
been expanded stage by stage and the plant has
now a production capacity o 39,000 tonnes peryear. However, only ank-House-A was in operation
in 2006 due to low heap leach production, which
stemmed rom low Mine ore production.
ProductionPerormance
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Cathode Copper Production 1999 to 2007
Monthly Cathode Copper Production or 2007
oshore laboratory. MICCL produces copper that
complies with the London Metals Exchange Grade
A rating, and is more than 99.99% pure.
he heap-leach/SX-EW process is an
environmentally riendly way to economically
produce high-grade copper rom low-grade ore
deposits.
MICCLs Sabetaung and Kyisintaung project
is a zero-discharge operation, and all solution
ows are re-circulated to ensure that no efuent is
discharged rom the mine to outside lease area.
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Saety, Occupational Health &
Environmental Managementin the S&K Project
MICCLs Integrated Management Systems policy provides the oundation or
sustained, high quality, Saety, Occupational Health & Environmental perormance.
Standard operating procedures and Departmental instructions provide sae work
systems and both internal and external audits provide assurance and eedback orimprovement plans.
MICCLs approach to management o Saety, Occupational Health & the
Environment (SHE) management relies on:
Line management ownership and responsibility or SHE perormance.
Clearly documented SHE objectives and targets or line management and
employees through management programs.
Te provision o training to help supervisors and employees identiy hazards,
potential injuries and to encourage personal action to minimize risks.
Going orward, MICCLs SHE strategy will continue to insist that supervisors beuncompromising in their demands or adherence to SHE standard procedures; that,
through job-saety analysis and task observation, attention be directed to the potential
or incidents to cause serious harm or loss; and that training, involving competency
assessment and cross-learning throughout the organization, be actively promoted.
MICCLs commitment to saety, occupational health, the environment and product
stewardship is unwavering. MICCL manages all its activities with concern or people,
communities and the environment and conducts its business or the benet o society
without compromising the quality o lie or uture generations. Tis is MICCLs commitment
to ensuring a long-term, sustainable business that is socially and environmentally
responsible and provides a good return on investment to the shareholders.
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Saety PerormanceMICCL is committed to protecting its
employees rom injuries and occupational
illnesses.
On April 22, 2003, MICCL introduced an
Occupational Health & Saety Management
System (OHSMS) based on the AS/NZS 4801:2001
standard. he implementation o eective
occupational health and saety (OHS) managementactions can assist in meeting legal requirements
and can lead to sustained improvement in OHS
perormance.
Personnel are the organizations greatest
assets and occupational health and saety risks
associated with MICCLs activities need to be
reduced and eectively managed. MICCL believes
that all injuries and occupational illnesses are
preventable and places heavy emphasis onhazard identication, risk assessment and hazard
control. Procedures or Hazard Identiication
and Risk Assessment (HIRA) were developed
and implemented based on AS- 4360 standard.
Risks are evaluated and registered within each
department and also or the entire operation.
Identied risks have been controlled through a
preerred order o control methods (commonly
reerred to as a hierarchy). Saety objectives and
targets have been established, based on the risk
ranking, and detailed management programs or
achieving those objectives and targets also havebeen developed.
Job Saety Analysis (JSA) is the primary risk
assessment and management technique used or
all operational activities. ask-list development,
job- saety analysis and ri sk assessment are
perormed in a team-based environment.
Te Departmental Management Plan (DMP)
or each department was reviewed and revised tocomply with the latest development within the
department.
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Personnel shall be competent to perorm
tasks that may impact occupational health and
saety in the workplace. MICCL has established
education, training and awareness schemes to
ensure that all personnel have the necessary
capabilities and skills to perorm their tasks
saely.
Health and saety competency assessments,
including identication o hazards, risk assessments,
and the elements o operational control and
emergency response, were conducted with each
employee to ensure that health and saety risks are
controlled to prevent harm rom occurring.
One Lost ime Injury (LI) occurred and at
the end o the year the Lost ime Injury FrequencyRate (LIFR) improved by 7%, decreasing rom0.28
per million hours worked in December 2006 to
0.26 by December 2007, lower than the companys
target o 1.0. A total o 32 workingman-days were
lost due to the single LI accident. Tere was no
compensated injury in 2007.
Although the organization as a whole did
not have a perect saety perormance record,
some departments achieved over 3,400 LI reedays with over 3.5 million hours worked. Saety
awareness needs to be maintained by conducting
regular workplace inspections, close supervision
and saety talks in departmental meetings and tool
box meetings.
A total o 161 incidents occurred during
2007, with ve ranking high risk, 62 o moderate
risk and 94 low risk. Tere were 147 incidents
reported during 2006.
Te 5 high-risk incidents were as ollows:
rack Dozer (DZ-04) ell down to the let side
on 16th January.
Light vehicle (LV-35) drove across behind
the Dump ruck (D-09) which waited to be
reversed on 4th February.
Fire out break beside Mine own to Main Head
Oce (MHO) road in expatriate camp area on
13th February.
Lightning strike to phone switch board on
13th June.
(14) Nos. o High ension (H) concrete power
poles ell down by hitting o Dump ruck (D-
11) when reversed on 10th October.
A Moderate-Risk incident prevented the LI
rate being reduced to zero.
An employee rom Mining departmentdislocated and ractured let shoulder joint when
she tripped on a branch and struck against the side
o a vehicle in ront o oce on 7th September.
Most o the incidents involved equipment
damage with 105 incidents reported. A total o 26
personal injuries with 1 LI, 21 MI and 4 FAI, also
were reported - less than the 27 injuries recorded
in 2006. Most accidents were due to negligence or
ailure to ollow MICCL saety rules.
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Reviews o the incidents produced the
ollowing conclusions:
Equipment Failure incidents were the most
common in 2007, causing equipment damage.
Medical treatment injuries were caused by
ailure to ollow established procedures strictly
and lack o saety awareness and ailure to
properly use personal protective equipment
(PPE).
First-aid injuries were caused by not astening
the guard properly, stepping onto High Density
Poly Ethylene (HDPE) pipe, bending hinge
plate incorrectly and cleaning sticky ore with
awkward position.
Based on the above points, the ollowing
actions were recommended to reduce incidents
in general:
Enorce and record ool Box Meetings eectively
within the organization.
ighten up saety rules, especially use o
proper personal protective equipment(PPE),
appropriate to the tasks perormed(ool
Box Meetings, routine site inspections and
recording).
Organize worksite supervisors to explain the
hazards o the tasks to the employees, especially
temporary employees (Weekly Saety Meetings
and ool Box Meetings).
Enorce reporting o all kinds o incidents and
investigate thoroughly; take corrective actions
to prevent recurrence (Departmental Action
Register).
Contractors and temporary employees
make up a large portion o MICCLs workorce,
especially in project activities. We recognize thatthe temporary operators and workers may be
more at risk o injuring themselves where they
are unamiliar with MICCLs operations, and
are undertaking non-routine tasks. hereore,
much o our eorts in the next 12 months will
be devoted to the establishment o sae work
practices, ocusing on contractors and temporary
employees.
A standard procedure was developed orincident reporting and investigation. All incidents
were reported and investigated with the aim o
preventing recurrence within the organization.
Incidents also were classied and analyzed or
common trends.
Classifed by Injury/Damage Year 2007
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Work Place Injuries and Illness(01-01-07) to (31-12-07)
Cathode Copper Production & Lost Time Injury
Items 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
First Aid Injuries 12 19 15 17 36 37 30 26 25
Lost ime Injuries 1 4 2 6 6 7 2 1 1
otal Injuries 13 23 17 23 42 44 32 27 26
Near Miss 31 69 66 57 38 57 56 30 30
Equipment Damage 80 84 75 125 121 127 96 90 105
otal Accidents / Incidents 124 176 158 205 201 228 184 147 161
LIFR 0.75 1.83 0.63 1.63 1.69 2.00 0.63 0.28 0.26
Cathode Production 26737 26413 25864 27541 27870 31756 34479 19554 17,777
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Y.I.C Medical Services has been providing
medical services to MICCL and ME (1) at the S &
K Project since July, 1999. Health care coverage
includes MICCL sta and amily members bothat site and in Yangon, ME 1 sta and amily
members, students and teachers o Mine own
High School, police and army personnel guarding
the Mine.
MICCL ClinicMICCL Clinic is mainly responsible or
work-site accidents and medical evacuations and
available 24 hours a day, equipped with lie-saving
acilities and an ambulance. Te clinic also treatsMICCL expatriate sta.
MICCL clinic also organizes and takes part
in the ollowing tasks:
1. Vaccinations o workers as required.2. Regular hygiene check o the MICCL camp
kitchen to ensure the quality o the catering
service.
3. Pre-employment medical check o all new
recruits.
4. Annual medical check o all the sta o
MICCL.
5. Bi-annual medical check o all workers who are
exposed to acid mist in the electro-winning
section o the plant.6. Annual irst-aid training to some sta o
MICCL by Red Cross Society instructors.
7. Emergency response exercises.
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MICCL Mine Town HospitalTe Mine own Hospital takes a major role
in health care o the workers o the S&K project
and their amilies. It is well equipped with a
laboratory, an operating theatre, a dental clinic,
an x-ray machine and a dental x-ray, an ultrasound
machine and modern autoclave sterilizer.
Te hospital building has been upgraded
with renovation o oor and new painting. And
the recording system o the patients treatment
has been also computerized so that paper-works
are reduced to barely minimum.
Te hospital is responsible or:
a. reating patients as in-patients and out-
patients, operations both minor and major,immunizations and medical checks or the
public.
b. Community health services which covers
1. School Health activities.
2. Regular care o pregnant mothers.
3. Care o under-one-year child including
vaccinations.
4. Prevention and control o hepatitis B
5. Prevention and control o blindness due to
vitamin A deciency.
6. Periodic control and health education to the
community regarding Dengue Haemorrhagic
ever.
Te overall outlook o the hospital has been
improved by tree planting and landscaping o the
hospital grounds. Te appearance o the hospital is
now very dierent rom that o nine years ago.
Medical Services in Yangonhe Y.I.C. Medical Services in Yangon
provides ree medical health care including
ree pre-employment medical examinations,
medical checks, ree medical consultations and
medicines, ree laboratory investigations (but
not specialist consultations and hospital care)
to all Board Directors and their amilies, IMHL
oce sta and their amilies, and mine-site sta
in Yangon on ocial visits. Te total number o
people supported in this way is approximately 150
persons.
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Philanthropic Program, Ivanhoe Mines(Community health care support or residents within a fve-mile radius o the S&K Copper Project)
Care, Education &Clean Water
Te principal mission o the Ivanhoe Mines
Philanthropic Program is to upgrade community
health and living standards or amilies within a
ve-mile radius o the S&K Copper Mine.
Since its inception in 2002, the program
has provided ree medical treatment and earlyhospital care to pregnant women and children
under ve years. It also provides health education
and other orms o direct assistance, including
helping people to build ly-proo latrines and
secure supplies o sae drinking water.
Te program was developed and implemented
by IMHL Management, MICCL Management and
YIC sta o Mine own hospital. A decision was
made in 2006 to expand the very successul
program. Eective January 2007 the Ivanhoe
Philanthropic Program will begin providing
Extended Health Care services, including
emergency medical treatment, to all people living
within the service area.
Services to 25,000 People
Te service area covers 26 villages and the
Mine own community. Tere are 4,418 houses
or a total population o approximately 25,000
including 2600 people under the age o ve (10.5%
o total population). Te actual numbers uctuate
slightly due to MICCLs occasional and variable
requirements or casual workers who sometimes
relocate rom neighboring villages.
Mine Town & Employees Population
Sr. No. Departments Population
1 MICCL Employee-Permanent 571
2 MICCL Employee-Seconded 192
Sub-otal 763
3 ME-1 Employee 37
4 Mine own Community 2,140
OAL 2,940
Year Out-Patient reated In-Patient reated
1999 8712 353
2000 13592 351
2001 18005 459
2002 25023 571
2003 30417 470
2004 33611 494
2005 38579 519
2006 36548 456
2007 32492 500
Hospital Statistics
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Yearly Philanthropic Hospital Activities
Year
In-patient Out-patient
Maternity Maternity
Surgical
Operation
LiveBirth
StillBirth
Abortion
Other
Total
Under5
GrandTotal
Other
AN-1stvisit
AN-FU
Under5
GrandTotal
Major
Minor
Total
Total
Health acilitiesIn the program area, there is one rural
health center, ve rural sub-health centers under
the Government Health Department and the
MICCL Mine own Hospital.
StafngCoordination and irst contact o the
Philanthropic Program with the community is
provided by one senior sta person, one midwie
and one driver. MICCL Mine own Hospital sta
oer 24 hour medical services to reerred patients
or in-patient and out-patient care.
EducationTere are two State High Schools, our StateMiddle Schools, 16 State Primary Schools, with a total
o approximately 6,000 school children enrolled.
Transport andCommunication
Although ve villages are located close to
the highway that runs rom Nyaungbingyi to
Yinmarbin, access to most o the villages covered
by the health care program is by unpaved tracks.
oday, all villages are accessible year-round
with our-wheel-drive vehicles. Te government
constructed bridge at the Yama Stream is used
to access the six vil lages located on the western
bank o the stream. Mine own has the only
telephone system in the area. o help acilitate
service deliver y, one Jeep vehicle and two bicycles
were provided to the sta o the Philanthropic
Program.
Sr. No Name o disease 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Remarks
1 Inuenza 137 368 645 999 1399 1452 2481 2094 2339
2 Conjuntivitis 61 56 55 152 520 173 224 277 116
3 Hypertension 80 78 38 107 167 181 146 101 65
4 Dysentery 81 70 54 92 140 182 178 218 54
5 Dog bite 25 24 25 59 50 36 27 21 36
6 Malaria 26 15 18 41 34 18 24 35 21 Imported
7 Viral Hepatitis 9 7 10 25 22 4 18 18 4
8 uberculosis 4 6 6 14 24 13 21 10 1
9 Snake bite 11 6 6 12 9 11 9 7 15
10 Diarrhea 93 75 59 43 7 1 0 0 21
MINE TOWN HOSPITAL STATISTICSTen Top Leading Yearly Special Surveillance Diseases ( 1999 to 2007 )
2002 59 6 16 22 103 109 212 197 480 23 700 818 1518 40 56 96
2003 98 4 25 23 150 52 202 330 797 137 1264 1972 3236 61 90 151
2004 121 3 15 31 170 74 244 366 939 205 1510 2382 3892 83 117 200
2005 117 2 22 33 174 87 261 351 960 168 1479 2439 3918 84 175 259
2006 120 4 23 38 185 57 242 384 1352 245 1981 1754 3735 82 127 209
2007 120 4 23 38 185 57 242 384 1352 245 1981 1754 3735 82 127 209
otal 515 19 101 147 782 379 1161 1628 4528 778 6934 9365 16299 350 565 915
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diseases and in the upgrading o the communitys
standard o living. Assessments o drinking water
resources in the area are conducted and the supply
o sae drinking water is improved as necessary.
Supporting HealthierCommunities
Te Philanthropic Programs health-care
activities are very productive and beneicial.
Te health-care program is helping children and
adults in communities around the mine to live
in healthier and higher-quality environments
through measures that include the constructionand use o saer, y-proo latrines, increased
provision and use o sae drinking water, early
reerrals and hospital care.
Extended Health CareService
Starting rom 1st January 2007, according
to the decision made by IMHL and Philanthropic
Program, Ivanhoe Mines we have extended the
Health Care Services given to the ve-mile-radius
area.
Previously health care was given to only
those under 5-year children and pregnant women
but starting rom the 1st.January 2007 we have
included Emergency medical treatment to all the
people living in this area. Emergency Medical
treatment means all the persons living in this
area regardless o age and sex can come to the
hospital 24 hours a day with diseases such as
acute attack o Bronchial Asthma, heart diseases,
acute abdominal pain, accidents, snake bites and
dog bites etc....
We have also increased the Medical sta
to cope with 24 hours Extended Emergency care.
Previously rom two public health nurses and a
driver to now one doctor one public health nurse,
one hospital nurse, and two hospital nurse aids
and one driver.
Te public health nurse and driver with a our
wheel drive jeep still travel to the nearby vil lages
to give health education and environmental
sanitation.
Service ActivitiesIn addition to the monthly group health
seminars held at the Mine own State High
School, the health care sta members travel
to villages and hold health education talks at
the local schools and villages elders houses.
Tey work with government health personnel
during clinic days, during the Universal Child
Immunization Days, during the Sub-National
Immunization Days or Polio Eradication., during
the Filarial Program Days and during the Sub-
National Immunization Days or eradication
o Measles. In the villages, sta visits every
pregnant woman and each sick child under the
age o ve, giving them individual health care
and health education. hey visit schools and
houses to inspect sanitation and personal hygiene
practices. oilets and supplies o dr inking water
also are inspected.
As part o the nutrition promotion program,
sta have been monitoring the weight o children
under the age o three in three villages each
month since 2003.
Sta members also work with the Basic
Health Workers and hold joint group-health
education talks.
Sae drinking waterTe use o sae drinking water is vital in
the prevention and control o communicable
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Environment
Environmental Management Systemhe Environmental Management System
(EMS) employed by the S&K Project records and
monitors compliance with stated environmentalpolicies and objectives. Tis compliance has been
demonstrated through MICCLs Societe Generale de
Surveillances (SGS) re-certication to ISO 14001.
he current EMS requires MICCL to establish
environmental plans and to continuously monitor
the environmental impact o the operations.
Four main environmental issues have
been identifed at the S&K project:
1. Acid Rock Drainage (possibly released rommine-pit walls and waste dumps).
2. Dangerous goods (hydrocarbon products,
sulphuric acid and process reagents waste).
3. Land disturbance (land disturbed by extensive
operations).
4. Non-process waste (including rubbish, paper
and plastics, rubber and batteries).
An Environment Management Program has
been developed to control the environmentalissues identied above. Te program is being
actively monitored or potential environmental
impacts.
Results are reviewed or any trends, ndings
are reported and corrective measures are
implemented, i required. Detailed Environmental Control Procedures
have been developed and implemented.
An Environmental Emergency Response
Plan has been established and practiced and
basic training is given to employees o all
departments.
A preliminary Environmental Impact
Assessment is conducted or new MICCL
projects.
A technology transer program has beendeveloped and environmental awareness
training is on going on the site.
All employees are trained to respond quickly
and eectively to environmental impacts and
prompt action to all environmental incidents
will continue throughout the lie o the
operation.
All environmental documents are o high
quality. Records are well stored, maintained
and are easily accessible. Documents arereviewed and updated to ensure continuous
improvement.
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o achieve its status as a world-class mine, the
S&K Project has monitored the eectiveness
o its Environmental Management System byhaving its perormance audited regularly. he
SGS audit team conducted an audit o the MICCL
operation in June 2007. On 4th June 2007 MICCL
voluntarily requested to suspend the ISO 14001
Environmental Management System certicate.
Tis was in response to identiying changes in
monitored levels rom water sampling through
the data collection process carried out at the
minesite and the wish to ensure that an adequate
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Compliance
Minor Non-Conormance or Year 2007Audit Issue
Te inormation relating to danger points asidentied on Work Permits are not completedas required and not all precautions are beingnoted apart rom PPE.
It was ound that Competency Assessments werenot being completed or all sta as required.
It was ound that the methodology o rankingrisks (eg. Risk assessment at task level) did not
always match that identied in the DMP, norwere the Risk Action Plans being developed inaccordance to the risk ranking given.
It was ound that SP02 Hazard Identiication,Risk Assessment and Control procedure did notadequately identiy when a Risk Action Plan is tobe raised and still reers to Hazard Action Plans.Tere is also no mention o conducting the Risk
Assessment by ask Level as part o this process.
Te system has been unable to provide adequateevidence that the saety & environmentalmeetings are being conducted weekly as required.
Also it cannot show that all available personnelare attending these.
Action Plan
Danger points identied on Work Permit will bereviewed to get complete requirements and allprecautions also will be noted on Work PermitForm.
All sta will be conducted with CompetencyAssessments within time rame stated in DMP.
he methodology o ranking risks will bereviewed and revised to match as identied in
the DMP, and Action Plans also will be developedin accordance to the risk ranking.
SP-02 has to be reviewed to identiy the adequateHazard Identiication, Risk Assessment &Control Procedure and to revise the conductingbetween Risk Action Plan and Risk Assessmentby ask Level.
raining has to be developed to conduct theweekly meeting regularly to make sure allavailable personnel are attending these meetingand to record the meeting minutes correctlyto provide adequate evidence o conductingsaety & environmental meeting. Complianceschedules must be conducted to match withmeeting records.
management plan could be developed and
implemented to address this issue eectively.
Te management plan developed consisted o both
short and long term corrective and preventive
actions. o assist in this process MICCL sought
external expertise, specically in hydrogeology.
Extensive work was carried out in relation tomapping the hydrology o the site, examination
o existing boreholes and the monitoring regime,
and soil sampling. From these studies, remedial
action was taken during the next six months to
address the identied issues.
In November 2007 an external audit was conducted
by SGS to determine the eectiveness o these
actions. he ISO 14001: 2004 Environmental
Management System Certicate was reinstated
by the SGS Accreditation Body on 11th December2007. In between the SGS audits, trained MICCL
personnel were responsible or completing internal
audits on a quarterly basis. Four minor non-
conormances and ( 44 ) observations rom the
June 2007, SGS surveillance audit were reviewed
and corrected or the November surveillance
audit. One minor non-conormance and ( 71)
observations raised in the November 2007 SGS
surveillance audit have been corrected.
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Environmental Incidents 2007
Date Incident Actions
22-1-07
22-2-07
24-3-07
4-4-07
14-4-07
12-5-07
1-6-07
22-6-07
24-6-07
25-6-07
28-6-07
Shoulder joint o 450mm discharge pipe rom Fine
Screening Plant was loosen out and spillage spread on
the road.
Sealing pipe o Booster pump was loosed out at Pad 1 cell
12 and solution spread out the outside bund areas.
Te solution pooled between the road and Cell 22 bund,
which can occur the potential soil contamination to
outside area.
Fresh ore about 1,500 tonnes was stockpiled outside
area without bund near pilot plant heap cell and soilcontamination can be occurred there.
Te 200mm pipeline irrigating to High Grade Cell 2 was
burst out rom the pipeline crack.
Due to heavy rain, ILS pond level was coming up and ooded,
and the result caused PLS pond bund broken o.
Te solution in Silt rap pond located near Road 2 was
noticed contaminated.
Due to heavy rain, containment solution rom High Grade
Cell 1 caused outpouring onto the access road beside ne
tailing storage acility Dam-1.
450mm delivery pipe o Cyclone over ow pump was
caused crack-damage about 3 t near the Fine Plant
pond.
During operation 450mm cyclone overow pipeline
was broken out at butt-welded joint near the Fine Plant
pond.
While ele-handler (H-83) machine was parking at
Cathode Copper storage yard, transmission oil leaked to
the ground and spread out on the ground surace.
Contained the solution and cleaned up spillage on
the road o Dam 4 area. Constructed the windrow
along the pipeline or the prevention o spillagespreading.
Immediately stopped the pump and closed the
delivery pipeline valve and cleaned out the con-
taminated solution and neutralized with soda ash.
Te solution was contained with clay soil not to
spread urther down. Te contaminated soil was
cleaned up and sent back to Pad 2 Cell 22.
Tese ore were reclaimed by excavator and ed
back them onto the heap cells.
he contaminated soil was cleaned up and
neutralized with soda ash.
PLS broken bund was blocked with sand bags and
solution was pumped out to storm water pond.
All the contaminated solution was contained in
the sump. Contaminated solution was pumped
out to Storm water pond.
Cleaned out the contaminated soil and neutralized
with soda ash. Ten covered up with red earth.
Contained the solution by making bund using
950F loader. Removed out the contaminated
solution.
Immediately stopped the operation and contained
the solution with bund by 950F loader. Cleaned up
the soil by 950F loader. Covered up with red soil.
All the leaked transmission oil was contained
in the sand bulk. Te oily wetted sand and red
earth were dug out and disposed o them at
bioremediation pad. HDPE tray with sawdust /
sand was placed under the machine.
Environmental-incident reporting is required
to identiy areas or improvement and to track
progress on the treatment o an area ollowing an
incident. Tree moderate-risk incidents and 24
low-risk incidents occurred during 2007, most o
which were spillages or leakages. Te majority o theincidents were the result either o ailure in pipeline
joints or leakage rom pipe lines. All incidents were
reported and have been corrected.
Tree moderate-risk environmental incidents
were contaminated solution leaked rom shoulder
joint o Fines Screening Plant discharge pipe in
January, PLS pond bund broken due to heavy
rain in May and contaminated solution leaked
rom cyclone overow pipe line due to crack o
the pipe in Fines Screening Plant in June 2007.o improve environmental management and
to reduce environmental incidents, employees
are trained to identiy and report all incidents,
however minor they may be.
Incidents
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Environmental Incidents 2007
Date Incident Actions
13-7-07
17-7-07
23-7-07
24-7-07
11-8-07
13-9-07
22-9-07
6-10-07
16-10-07
18-10-07
24-10-07
27-10-07
19-11-07
22-11-07
4-12-07
8-12-07
While skimming the organic layer in the Ranate & Pre-
settler ponds using air diaphragm pump, the delivery
pipe was loosened out and the solution splashed out to
the ground.
At Pad 2 Cell 18, the Glen sealing o deliver y pump was
leaked and the solution spread out around the pump area
on ground surace.
he rainate solution was leaked rom the lange o
delivery pump at Pad 1 Cell 4.
Out let pipeline o AGL plant discharged to ailing Dam 4
caused a leak under the road culvert near Process oce.
It was occurred a solution leak rom steel welded joint
o 350mm pipeline while pumping the ILS solutionto Fine Plant.
An acid leak was occurred rom 4steel pipe joint while
unloading the acid rom Isotainer.
A HSD oil leak was occurred on the ground near the HSD
storage tank while transerring HSD oil into the uel tank
o ruck.
Te packing seal o Booster pump at Pad 2 Cell 18 was
leaked and the solution spread on ground surace.
HG Plant drainage solution sump was over ooded due
to heavy rain.
Contaminated solution was ound under the access road
at the back o Pad 2 Cell 22A
At Pad 1 Cell 15 & 16, a leak was occurred rom PE delivery
bend pipe o Booster pump. Te leaked solution spread
on ground.
Due to the booster pump ailure at butt-welded joint, thecontaminated solution spilled out on the ground surace
at Pad 1 Cell 13.
Te diluent leaked out rom a pipe joint while pumping
into the circuit.
A solution leak was occurred rom butt-welded joint odelivery pipeline at Pad 1 Cell 13 Booster pump.
Te contaminated solution was leakage rom 110mm
bend butt-welded joint. Te contaminated solution was
spread out to Pad 3 oce toilet area.
Te delivery pipe rom Booster pump at Pad 1 cell 13 was
cut o and the solution owed backward rom heap to
pump area.
Contaminated soil was neutralized with soda
ash and cleaned out. Covered the spilled area
with red soil.
All the leaked solution was contained in the sand
bulk. Contaminated solution was cleaned out and
neutralized with soda ash.
Stopped pump operation and spread with soda
ash on the contaminated area not to impact the
environment.
Te solution was gathered in the silt trap and cleaned
out on the road. Replaced the damaged pipe with
new one and placed it under new road culvert.
Te solution was neutralized with soda ash and
cleaned out Covered the contaminated soil withred soil.
Washed the acid solution and drained out to
storm water pond. Spread soda ash powder on
the spilled area.
HSD spillage was covered with sand and cleaned
up.
Spread soda ash on spillage and cleaned out it.
Repaired the pump packing seal.
Cleaned out the over looded solution at the
junction o Road 2 and Process Oce Road.
Clean out the contaminated soil by 950F loader.Spread soda ash on contaminated ground to be
neutralized. A trench line behind Cell 22 A was
dug and lined with clay soil to collect solution and
to pump back into the operation circuit.
Replaced the PE bend and neutralized the
contaminated soil with soda ash.
Cleaned out the contaminated soil and neutralizedwith soda ash. Covered the contaminated area
with red soil.
Cleaned up the spilled diluent along the concrete
channel. Te contaminated soil was disposed o
at Bio-remediation pad.
Neutralized the leaked solution with soda ash and
repaired the welded joint.
Te contaminated soil was cleaned out and some
solution was neutralized with sod-ash.
Stopped the pump and covered the solutionspreading area with red earth. Removed out them
by 950-loader.
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LandMICCLs leased area totals 2,300 hectares,
and is comprised o vegetated land, hills and
pits let by previous mining activities. Mining
operations and the processing o ore inevitably
change the natural landscape. MICCL has the
responsibility to minimize land disturbance
and to rehabilitate the areas inevitably aected.
A roll ing i ve -y ea r prog ram o prog ress iv e
rehabilitation and revegetation o the mine site
that was initiated in 2001 has made excellent
progress and continues in eect.
Land disturbanceFive major classes o land disturbances, resultingrom previous operations that preceded the
MICCL joint venture and rom mining o
Sabetaung and Sabetaung South Pits, have been
identied at the S&K Project. Tey are:
Old tailings dams
Open pits
Heap-leach areas
Waste-rock dumps Process plants, permanent buildings and access
roads
he eight main areas o land disturbance are
summarized in the table below.
Location Disturbed Area (ha)
Old tailings dams 153
Sabetaung Pit 66
Sabetaung South Pit 20
Waste Rock Dumps 95
Heap Leach Areas 201
Solution drains & ponds 23
Storm-Water Pond 37
Overow Pond 13
otal 610
Permanent buildings, access roads and
parking areas are not included in this table. o
control land disturbance on the S&K Project, a
permit system is used to ensure personnel and
departments understand that the areas to be
disturbed shall have minimal environmental
impacts. Some major projects were initiated in
2007. Te 25 environmental-clearance permits
granted were or works that included construction
o a new steel-ball storage shed at the AL Plant,a new leach pad between mining-goline and the
Pad 3 oce and three new core-shed buildings.
About 2.3 hect ares with approximately 2,240
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previously planted trees were aected by new
project activities, mainly or developing the Pad
extension job beside Cell 16, a short-cut access
way to Dam 4 rom Road 1 and Dam 5 extension
job. Areas reed by roads no longer in use are being
rehabilitated.
Impacted-site ManagementIn 2007, nine sites are recorded as disturbed
and as either contaminated, impacted or aected.
Tese locations will be closed as part o the Mine
Closure Plan, which will rehabilitate all MICCL
sites detected to date. Te old otation plant and
limestone waste stockpile are among several sites
used by previous mining operations and listed
as contaminated. MICCL is not responsible or
remediation o pre-existing sites. Sabetaung Pit,
Sabetaung South Pit and the heap-leach pads are
disturbed sites that remain in operation. Seven sites
previously listed as disturbed already have been
closed and rehabilitated. MICCLs environmental
site management program reerences standards
set by the National Environment Protection
Council o Australia.
Rehabilitation and
RevegetationMICCL is responsible or restoring the
natural landscape and or rehabilitating the
area during and ater mining operations.
Minimizat ion o land disturbances and
progressive rehabilitation has been carried out
in the ollowing areas o the mine site:
Land disturbed by previous mining activities.
Decommissioned areas.
ailings-spills reclaimed area rom previous
mining.
Abandoned waste dumps rom previous
mining
Areas where no uture mining activities are
expected.
Te company has developed a rolling ve-
year rehabilitation plan to revegetate areas
disturbed by previous mining activities and areas
where no uture mining activities are expected.
Te ve-year work plan is carried out through
MICCLs annual rehabilitation program. his
ensures that the amount o disturbed area is kept
to a minimum at all times. Te rehabilitation
program has achieved excellent results. A total
o 311 hectares have been rehabilitated since
1999. he goal o the 2007 plan was to plant
35,000 trees in 32 hectares. In act, approximately
36,600 trees were planted and 33.29 hectares were
rehabilitated in 2007. Tis total included 18.30
hectares in rehabilitation blocks at the Core Shed,
near the Camp gate, and the Dam 4 tailing-pond
compound, where 20,130 trees were planted; 9.02
hectares at Waste Dump areas o Laynyin aung
north site, at the side slope o Sabetaung pit 595
level and along the berm o Sabetaung South pit,
with 9,923 trees; and 5.97 hectares at both sides o
the new cargo road, around the sewage pond and at
the compound area o Pump Station 3, with 6,577
trees planted. 8.9 hectares o assorted native
seeds scattered at the various areas disturbed by
MICCL activities. In 2008, the S&K Project plans
to rehabilitate 33.3 hectares o disturbed land by
planting 36,000 native trees o assorted species,
plus an additional 1,000 trees as replacement or
vanished trees rom previous year rehabilitated
area.
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Water
Surace waterTe MICCL S&K Project is located in a dry-
zone area with a high rate o evaporation and
medium levels o rainall. otal rainall or 2007
was 1,032 mm that is higher than the previous
year o 765mm. Drains normally are dry seven
months o the year; they collect and channel run-
o during heavy rainalls. Fresh water or the
minesite operation is supplied rom the Chindwin
River. Tree pumping stations were installed at the
beginning o the project to supply water or the
operation and or domestic use. Te accompanying
graph shows the volumes o water rom Chindwin
River used by MICCL over the last three years.
Te ew surace-water bodies that exist in
the project area are summarized as ollows:
Wetlands = Control resh water runo in the
rainy season and maintains wetland ecosystem.
Ponds = Series o constructed control ponds
to collect contaminated run-o rom active
operating areas. Process solution collection pondsare monitored weekly to prevent contamination
to the surroundings, Chindwin River or the Yama
Stream.
Monthly Local Rainall and EvaporationYear 2004-2006
2006/Power & Water consumption Per Lbs o
Cathode Copper
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Ground WaterA shallow, semi-unconined aquier lies
beneath the mining operations area o the S&K
Project.
Te water level o this aquier varies with
the wet and dry seasons. MICCL has installed 95
boreholes around the S&K Project to monitor thegroundwater quality. Ground water is observed
10 metres below the surace in boreholes. Excess
aquier resh water rom the mine pit is pumped
out into a silt trap pond and then released into the
Yama Stream. Te water quality is monitored on a
regular basis.
Water-quality sampling was completed
every two months to measure the impacts caused
by mining and process activities. Any occurrence
o low pH was checked and corrective action wastaken immediately.
Drainage managementDrains are maintained regularly to avoid
ooding in the mine site and to control overows
rom the storm-water and overlow ponds.
Drains and containment bunds are constructed
according to the development o the operation. An
operational storm water management strategy was
developed or the 2007 rain season and is being
updated or year 2008.
Te ollowing graph shows the monitoring results at sensitive spots.
Yearly Comparison o pH at Vulnerable SpotsStandard Level o pH 6 to 9
Monitoring Site SW 220 (Outlet to Yama Stream)Monitoring Site SW 110 (Upstream o discharge point at Yama)Monitoring Site PDYC (Downstream o discharge point at Yama)Monitoring Site SW 111 (Conuence o Yama Stream and Chindwin River)Monitoring Site SW 101 (Upstream o Yama-Chindwin conuence)Monitoring Site SW 102 (Downstream o Yama-Chindwin conuence)
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AirDust-emission controls
Mining operations generate dust on roadsand in crushing, conveying and stacking areas.
Te spraying o water controls dust rom
mine pit, primary crusher, crushed-ore stockpile
and haul roads.
wenty-seven dust-monitoring stations
are installed in major dust-emitting areas and
recorded levels are reviewed monthly. Grassing
and re-vegetation is employed on exposed soil
around the minesite. Results have been variable
because dust is caused by dierent sources and
dierent locations and results are mostly seasonal.For comparison, results at 27 spots indicate that
dustall tends to lessen in August- September,
coinciding with the start o the rain season.
Te main source o dust is the ore crushing and
conveying system, particularly during the dry
months o December to April. Te heaviest dustall
was recorded in the area nearby the Primary
and Secondary Crushers. Point DM-5 (West o
Secondary Crusher) recorded the highest dustall
during January, February and March. Te dustall
at the remaining spots indicates acceptableamounts in all seasons. Elevated dust all levels
were also apparent in areas adjacent to the access
roads and haul roads in dry season.
On-Site Dust Fall at 27 Locations
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Acid-Mist MonitoringTe processes o Copper heap leaching and
electrowinning emit acid mist into the atmosphere.
Acid-mist emission is monitored monthly around
the heaps and daily in the tankhouses o the SX-
EW plant. Results show that acid-mist levels are
well below the allowable exposure level.
A special six-month study to monitor the
possible eect o tankhouse acid mist in the
surrounding area did not show appreciable/
measurable eects. As part o that study, metal
plates were installed to try and detect corrosion
on a long-term basis.
Measured Acid Levels at Tankhouse A
Worker Exposure Standard or acid mist during 8 hoursperiod - 1mg/m3 (260 ppb)
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Energy & Emissionshe project has organized an energy
committee to control and reduce the use o
hydrocarbon uel and the release o CO2 rom
various operations. MICCL used 282,122 GJ o
electricity in 2007. Site power is provided by the
Kyunchaung gas-turbine generating station, which
also is connected to the national grid. Te majority
o the energy is consumed in the electrowinning
tankhouses or depositing copper on the cathode
plates.
Energy Usage - Steady Consumption
Energy and Emission - Per l b o cathode copper produced
MICCL has increased the number o heap
leach cells and the height o the heaps increase as
new ore is placed on top o leached ore to create
a resh cell. hereore, increasingly additional
power or pumps is required on heap-leaching
operations.
Greenhouse gas emissions rom site
operations were estimated at 120,017.78 tonnes
o CO2 equivalent or 2007.(BA) .
CO2 Emission -A year-by-year comparison
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WasteTree types o waste have been identied as being problematic, and requiring action during and
ater mining operations. Tey are summarized as ollows:
Waste rock = rock without or with only non-commercial copper content(ARD),
produced while mining process-grade ore or leaching.
Residue rom leach heaps = ore depleted o copper ater the leaching process.
Non-Process waste = paper and plastic waste, used tires, batteries, scrap iron and waste
oil.
Mining operations produce considerable
volume o waste or low-grade rock that must be
disposed o outside the operating areas. Waste
rock is classied as potentially acid-orming and
non-acid-orming. Potential acid-orming waste
rock contains oxidized or sulphide minerals that
are capable o producing an acid contaminant
(ARD) when exposed to air and water. his
material has impact on soil i it drains with runo
to the environment and on water i it seeps into
underground water.
A long-term plan to control ARD was
developed and has since been implemented. Te
potential ARD waste is managed by isolating it
rom other sterile waste rock types, encapsulating
it with oxidized waste rock and then rehabilitating
it with a layer o soil with hal-a-metre thickness
to eliminate ARD generation.
A standard operating procedure or classiying
and handling potential acid waste was developed
and practiced. A total o 6,838,671 tonnes o ARD
waste and 8,079,962 tonnes o leached waste were
produced in 2007.
General Waste Management strategies are as ollows:
Waste ype Category reatment
Waste Rock ARD Waste Isolate and encapsulate
Leached Cap Store or uture use
Anode Sludge Lead sludge ransport to Namtu or
recycling.
Industrial Waste Iron scraps Sell to recyclers
Hazardous Waste Hydrocarbons & Acid Recycle/Reuse
Domestic Waste Paper & Plastics Landll site
Liquid Waste Contaminated water Contained and recycle orEvaporated.
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Hazardous materials
MICCL uses various kinds o products,reagents and explosives in its production
processes.
Some are hazardous substances and control
procedures have been developed and implemented
to minimize the risk o handling such materials.
Te more signicant materials are:
Diesel uel
Petrol
Lubricant Sulphuric acid
Diluent
Solvent Extraction Reagent (Extractant)
Ammonium nitrate (Explosive)
Paints and thinner.
Tese substances may cause injuries or health
problems i their use is not controlled. MICCL has
issued general guidelines or handling and storing
Dangerous Goods. Te guidelines include:
Identiying the correct storage acility and
handling requirements or each product,
normally ollowing the Material Saety DataSheet issued by the respective supplier.
Ensuring containers are sealed prior to
transport, during storage and immediately
ater use.
Where bunds are used to store hazardous/
dangerous goods, the bund must be checked
(or water build-up).
All containers must be clearly labelled.
Drai n valve s or bunds must be kept
closed.
Te ollowing standard operating procedures
and emergency-response procedures have been
updated or handling dangerous goods:
Control the product (isolate the valve).
Contain the product (stop it rom spreading).
Clean up the product (collect and place it in a
container).
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Hydrocarbon and Chemical Usage
Hydrocarbon and Chemical Usage
January to December 2007
Chemical Consumption in Blasting Operation
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Issues & ActionsAcid Rock Drainage (ARD)
Mining operations produces, in addition
to inert waste, potential acid-orming waste
containing oxidized or sulphide minerals that are
capable o producing an acid contaminant (ARD
material) when exposed to air and water.
MICCL is committed to Zero Discharge
Policy and having control over acid rock drainage
(ARD) as per ARD Management Plan. Waste
dumps are designed and constructed lining with
clay and inert material on the sill , bunding with
clay and inert material around the dumps to
prevent rom ground contamination. Potential
seepage water rom the waste dumps will be
collected and contained in interception drainsdug along the toe o the waste dumps and pump
it back to the containment pond.
Clean Aquier water rom Sabetaung Pit
is collected in the North Sump and pumped to
the surace silt trap. Water quality is monitored
beore releasing.
Contaminated water rom the pit is pumped
into the Overow Pond. Runo released rom
the process leach pad areas is contained in the
Storm-Water Pond and the excessive water willbe pumped into the tailings dam. It is recycled as
make-up water or the process in irrigating.
Water-quality managementTe Saety and Environmental Department
(SE) monitors the minesite water quality. Regional
and minesite surace water is monitored monthly.
Ground water is monitored on the mine site and
in the surrounding villages. Results are reported
monthly and corrective action is taken immediately
in those areas that are ound to require attention.
An independent laboratory is employed to analyze
and check the samples annually.
Tailings reclamationEarlier mining activity that preceded the
ormation o MICCL resulted in considerable
spills o tailings over 150 hectares o land easto the present operations area, where artesanal
miners recover residual copper at subsistence
levels. Most o that area is under the control o
the local Myanmar authorities. MICCL assumed
responsibility to clear out the letover tailings
spills in the leased area to achieve its ISO 14001
Certication and honoured its moral obligation
to help clean up part o the area outside the lease,
when permitted to do so. In 2006-2007, part o
the aected area along the Kyaukmyet Road andin some lease areas was cleaned-up and reclaimed
with local contract workers: old tailings were sent
back to the Main ailing Dam.
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Communityhe MICCL community activities in the
year 2007 demonstrated good relationship with
the people who live around the operation area.
MICCL also participated in activities that benet
the region such as maintaining the constructed
road, assisting the repairing North Yama Bridge,
Dam and water supply amenities.
Existing reserving in Phaungga village and
epingan village established by MICCL were
checked and repaired to achieve more strength
and more storage volume o water.
ube wells were installed at Yawthar village,
Ngatesu villages Gondaw village, Dondaw
village and Kangone village. Tose tube wells
were ensured to supply o water through out
the year.
5 Miles Radius Health Care Program continued
to advice or to educate personal hygiene,
sanitation, saety awareness and environmental
protection to the people who stayed in the
villages. Health knowledge o villagers has
improved.
MICCL donated FEC 1000 to MES (Myanmar
Engineering Society) to develop their activity
o sharing the knowledge o the modern
technology to the public.
MICCL contributes to charitable organizations
by donation FEC 400 to Salingyi ownship to
develop traditional cultural perormance artsand to develop sport activities.
MICCL provided FEC 5000 in repairing the
Yama Bridge.
MICCL sponsored entertainment or Tingyan
water estival at mine town to enjoy not only
all o the employees and amilies but also the
people who live around the mine town.
Focusing on the community aairs to achieve
the good relation ship with the community
within the operation area has been continued
because people around mine town are our
important resources.
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In this year 2007, new expansion designations or the Seventh Intake radesrainees are Heavy Equipment Mechanic and Heavy Equipment Welder as well asMining Operator and totally twenty seven trainees or all rades. In the trainingperiod, new recruits do the common trades courses such as English, Basic ComputerKnowledge, Saety and Environment and Electrical Principle Course and ater that theyhave chosen their related subjects. Furthermore, First Aid raining is also included.
Tats a new trade program and it lasts or twenty our months as same asthe normal trades program ( Electrical Fitter Mechanic, Fitter and Machinist, AutoElectrician, Heavy Equipment Fitter and Process Operator trades) running by echnicalraining. All the above programs include On Job raining in their related elds.echnical raining has opened rades raining Classes since 2001 and there are atotal o Seventh Intakes up to now.
Te objective o raining Department is not only to provide the trainees basicknowledge, theories with practical, skills needed to work and but also assist thetechnical skills to existing technicians. raining program and systems are aimed athigh quality world standard level.
echnical raining has nurtured ( 64 ) trainees who are now assigned as qualiedradesmen at Mining and Maintenance Departments. Tey are the rst ve Intakesgraduated rom echnical rainings practice-based training programs. All o themare well accepted as competent persons in their respective elds.
As or the existing employees, English Prociency Courses and Computer Courses areopened or side wide and provided specic training courses mainly in maintenance areasas employee advancement training. A total o nine classes has been opened in 2007.
o keep our current status, World-Class Mining Operation, modern technologiesexpected to improve eciency, reduce cost and save operational time and energy arereally needed. So MICCL is ully committed to provide the comprehensive trainingprogram to assist each employee in maximizing their own potential.
Te rainees o Sixth and Seventh Intakes are continuing on their courses. OneHundred and Eleven rainees are currently participating in the program.
Technical/Trades Training
CompetencyTraining
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Training ProgramsTe training program includes two branches such as rades raining Program to next generation
and Advanced raining Program to Employees.
Trades Training ProgramTis program is proved to be successul since the graduates rom the rst ve batches, the rst one in
November 2003, the second one in December 2004, the third one in December 2005 the ourth one
in December 2006 and the th one in December 2007 are now in their respective worksites taking
charge with ull responsibility.
* Teory* is only or Mechanical Fitter rades and Heavy Equipment Fitter rades. Electrical rades is continuing to onthe job training ( OJ ) during this period.* Teory* is only or Mechanical Fitter; Auto Electrical and Heavy Equipment Fitter rades o Sixth Intake rainees. Electricalrades and Process Operator rades are continuing to on the job training ( OJ ) during this period.* Teory* is only or Mechanical Fitter, Electrical Fitter, Auto Electrical, Heavy Equipment Fitter, Heavy Equipment Mechanic,Heavy Equipment Welder rades o Seventh Intake rainees. Process Operator rades and Mining Operato
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