Ask Glencore Canada

Canada is an important part of our global business. We have around 14,000 employees and contractors working across our industrial assets producing and recycling critical minerals including include copper, nickel, zinc and cobalt; transition-enabling steelmaking coal; a mining research consulting business; and we hold a stake in Viterra, which has agricultural facilities across the country.

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Across our Canadian operations, we’ve adopted SafeWork – our global initiative designed to give everyone in our business the tools and knowledge to perform their tasks safely. Above all, every individual is empowered to stop unsafe work.

We achieved a significant SafeWork milestone on May 13, 2024, when our Fraser Mine, part of Sudbury INO, was awarded the 2023 John T. Ryan National Trophy for Metal Mines for the best safety performance in Canada from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM).

This marks the fifth year in a row that the national award has been in Glencore hands as our Raglan Mine collected the award in 2019 for three years straight sharing it with our now-closed Matagami Mine in 2020. A prestigious award known throughout the Canadian mining industry, the John T. Ryan Safety Award is given to the mine that has the lowest reportable injury frequency for 200,000 hours worked in Canada (commonly referred to within the industry as the Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate or TRIFR).

We invite you to read more about our safety culture on our Safety page.

As an example, our Raglan Mine continues to innovate in renewable energy. To reduce their dependence on fossil fuels and lower their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the team installed their first wind turbine in 2014, followed by a second 2018. Building on the success of this project, Raglan Mine is now studying the possibility of constructing a new wind farm project.

Moreover, our integrated copper business, the Horne Smelter and the Canadian Copper Refinery (CCR), announced it will adopt environmental traceability technology that will potentially enable it to further reduce its greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and improve its recycled material content. The Horne Smelter also received the Environment Distinction Award at the Québec Mining Association's (QMA) 2024 annual convention for its pilot project on the reforestation of a tailings pond using municipal sludge.

Meanwhile, Elk Valley Resources (EVR) has made significant progress implementing the Elk Valley Water Quality Plan, with selenium concentrations stabilized and now reducing downstream of treatment. We invite you to read more about EVR’s commitment to the water quality in the Elk Valley.

Last, as one of the world's largest recyclers of end-of-life electronics and a major recycler of complex secondary copper, nickel, cobalt, gold, silver, platinum and palladium bearing feeds, we contribute to the circular economy, giving a life to these commodities, diverting materials from landfill and helping reduce environmental impacts. We invite you to read more about our Recycling business.

For further examples on how we uphold our environmental commitments, please visit our Environment page.

We are proud to be custodians of a rich mining history we’ve acquired in Canada. Our history in this country is as deep as it is significant and meaningful. We’ve built communities. We’ve supported families. We’ve enabled development.

Various investments in Canada in recent years ranging from Raglan Mine opening a new mine, CEZinc welcoming the first cells for its future electrolysis hall and the development of the Onaping Depth Project at Sudbury INO, are all testament to our long-term commitment to our host communities.

But our contribution to our communities goes beyond investments, paying taxes and providing employment opportunities. We also wish to be an active and valued participant in the Canadian regions and provinces that host our activities.

Our Canadian Policy on Partnerships and Donations looks to support meaningful charitable or industry-specific initiatives in Canada that align with our preferred areas of focus. Two partnerships we are proud to be part of is our ongoing support of the Tour de l'Abitibi and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

To gain a more complete picture of the various ways we support our communities, we invite you to read our Community page.

We support the communities that host our operations, including Indigenous communities. Raglan Mine in Quebec, for instance, gave rise to the Raglan Agreement – one of the first Impact and Benefit Agreements (IBA) ever signed in Canada between a mining company and an Indigenous group. We invite you to learn more about the Raglan Agreement on Raglan Mine’s website.

Our Sudbury INO in Ontario also has partnerships with Indigenous communities nearby its operations, including a Participation Agreement with the Wahnapitae First Nation and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sagamok Anishnawbek, the Métis Nation of Ontario, as well as with Atikameksheng Anishnawbek.

Here are a few stories that have arisen from these partnerships:

• An Investment in Battery Electric Vehicle Technology and Indigenous Students
• Indigenous Partnerships Help Protect Local Turtle Population at Sudbury INO
• The Massey Creek Watershed Biodiversity Enhancement Program

We made C$411 million in total payments to provincial and federal governments in Canada in 2023. We invite you to visit our Transparency page where you can read our position on the tax and royalty payments we make in connection with our activities.