November 2024

Case Study of Ivanhoe Mines Use of Local Procurement and of the Mining LPRM

This case study showcases the Ivanhoe Mines Platreef Project in South Africa and its pioneering use of the Mining Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism (LPRM) as well as its wider leadership on local procurement best practices. As the first mining company to adopt the LPRM in 2019, Ivanhoe has developed a detailed system to track procurement spending across seven geographic supplier categories. This approach has strengthened their local procurement efforts, steadily shifting spending closer to the project site. The study also highlights Ivanhoe’s commitment to supplier development with a focus on true "Transformation." Their commitment to fostering inclusive economic growth and empowering local suppliers demonstrates the potential for mining companies to support true economic development through supporting suppliers in host countries and communities.

February 2024

Diagnóstico del acceso a información de adquisiciones del sector minero en el sur del Perú

This study aims to identify the current state of information exchange and transparency within the mining sector procurement in Peru, using as a sample the mining companies that are partners to the Andean Mining Cluster (SAMMI) in the southern part of the country. This study uses publicly available information using the Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism (LPRM) as a baseline for information classification and analysis, and includes in-depth interviews to relevant stakeholders of the Peruvian mining ecosystem. The study issues recommendations for the local and national governments, mining companies and suppliers and trade organizations on how to improve information sharing practices to enhance local procurement in the zone and generate synergies among mining companies, communities and the mining ecosystem in the region.

October 2022

Local Mining Supply Chain Preparedness for the Green Transition

This brief explores the implications of the green transition for the procurement of goods and services by the mining sector, particularly for suppliers in host countries. A just transition must consider supply chain actors to ensure that opportunities resulting from increased mining activity are leveraged, suppliers displaced by reduced mining activity are supported, and expectations on suppliers from efforts to reduce upstream scope 3 emissions are addressed.

September 2022

Local Procurement by the Canadian Mining Industry: The State of Information Sharing

This study was funded by Natural Resources Canada and was carried out by MSV to examine the publicly available information on local procurement practices and supplier due diligence efforts by Canada’s forty largest mining companies. Key focus areas were the categorization of suppliers and procurement spending, efforts to procure locally, means of engaging with local suppliers, and ease of access to procurement information. The study also allowed for engagement with companies to provide support to improve transparency on these topics, and for companies to benchmark reporting against industry peers. To facilitate this, the reporting by a sample of eight companies was compared to the disclosures outlined in the Mining Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism (LPRM). Best practices are showcased throughout to highlight where leadership is being demonstrated, and to provide models for companies where there are opportunities to increase information sharing.

August 2021

Supplier Development Programs in the Extractive Sector in Africa: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and critical success factors

This study, commissioned by the Africa Natural Resources Centre (ANRC) of the African Development Bank, had Mining Shared Value’s Jeff Geipel as lead author. It examines supplier development programmes (SDPs) for both the mining and oil and gas sectors, including those led by extractive industry companies, government, and NGOs supported by official development assistance (ODA). The main conclusion of the study is that SDPs need to be created with an all-of-system approach, utilising the skills, experience and resources of all the actors that influence whether local procurement will take place. It also concludes that there is lack of coordination among bilateral and multilateral donors for SDPs, who often fund such initiatives without understanding what programming is already in place.

July 2021

Overview of Local Content in the Mining Sector in Southern Africa

This brief was commissioned by the South African Resource Watch (SARW) to gain insight into experiences with local content regulation at the international level. It analyses the legal framework and public policies related to local content in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This analysis gives insight into how local content regulation influences government and the extractive industries in the SADC region to generate economic and infrastructure linkages along the value chain of their operations.

August 2020

Local Procurement Regulations for Extractive Industries in the SADC Region

This brief was commissioned by The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and seeks to explore the proliferation of regulations requiring companies to procure goods and services locally in the mining and petroleum sectors in Africa. In order to inform policymakers and other stakeholders, this policy insight gives an overview of the different types of legislation and regulations in place across SADC. Finding information about existing regulations can be remarkably difficult, and this paper provides a useful reference as many countries in the regions move to implement new regulatory approaches for local procurement.

July 2020

The State of Measurement & Reporting for Local Procurement in Mining in Africa

This brief was commissioned by The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) to review the increasing local content regulations on mining in Africa that encourage or require local procurement of goods and services. Examines current information sharing on local procurement from mining companies and gives examples of how governments and companies are beginning to be more sophisticated in their collection and reporting of data.

Comparing Mine Site Procurement Spending to Payments to Government: A Case Study Using Data Created by Canada’s Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act

This brief was written as part of efforts by member organizations of Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Canada to utilize data created by the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA) in their respective work to improve natural resource governance. Mining Shared Value was part of this campaign to push for legislation. Mining Shared Value is grateful for the feedback provided by the Director of PWYP Canada, Emily Nickerson, in writing this brief. For more information on PWYP Canada, visit: www.pwyp.ca

July 2017

Mining Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism (LPRM)

The Mining Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism (LRPM) is a set of disclosures that seeks to standardize how the global mining industry and host countries measure and talk about local procurement. In most cases procurement of goods and services is the single largest in-country payment type by a mine site, and yet to date there has been no commonly accepted way of reporting on the issue. Commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through GIZ and created by the Mining Shared Value initiative of Engineers Without Borders Canada, the LPRM helps mine sites report on local procurement by:

• Improving internal management in mining companies to create more benefits for host countries and to strengthen their social license to operate.

• Empowering suppliers, host governments, and other stakeholders with practical information that helps them to collaborate with mine sites.

• Increasing transparency in the procurement process to deter problematic practices such as corruption.

May 2017

Local Procurement and Public Reporting Trends Across the Global Mining Industry

Ahead of the June 2017 launch of the Mining Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism (LPRM) in partnership with GIZ, this report analyses recent reporting in the corporate responsibility reports of the largest 40 global and Canadian mining companies. It shows an increase in the level of attention being given to local procurement as an issue in responsible mining, and showcases model reporting from companies including BHP, Newmont, Barrick, IAMGOLD, Cameco and Pan American Silver.

February 2017

The Relationship Between Local Procurement Strategies of Mining Companies and Their Regulatory Environments

To support Sub-Saharan African governments and their stakeholders in their efforts to increase supply chain linkages to hosted mining activity, this research focuses on the relationship between local procurement regulations and mining company practices in the South African and Namibian mining sectors. This research examines the extent to which comprehensive local procurement regulatory frameworks are effective in making mining companies purchase more locally.

November 2016

Partnerships in Procurement: Understanding Aboriginal Business Engagement in the Canadian Mining Industry

This report examines the current and best practices in Aboriginal supplier inclusion across Canada's mining industry. From a national study, which included field visits and interviews with over eighty key informants across industry, private Aboriginal business, and Aboriginal Economic Development Corporations, the findings in this report offer strategies to improve Aboriginal business engagement here and abroad, as well as recommendations on where to start first. 

October 2016

Mining a Mirage? Reassessing the Shared-Value Paradigm in Light of the Technological Advances in the Mining Sector

This study led by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) examines what impacts mining industry automation may have on local procurement and the creation of shared value more generally. The study shows the need for host country governments and mining companies to work together to reduce and mitigate potential adverse effects of automation, in particular reduced local procurement and linked employment.

May 2015

Local Procurement and Public Reporting Trends Across the Global Mining Industry: An Analysis of Company Reporting, 2012-2013 - Canadian Mining Supplementary Edition

Following the analysis of the world's 40 largest mining companies in the original March 2015 report, this Supplementary Edition adds an examination of the largest 50 Canadian mining companies public reporting on local procurement in their 2012 and 2013 corporate responsibility or annual reports.

March 2015

Local Procurement and Public Reporting Trends Across the Global Mining Industry: An Analysis of Company Reporting, 2012-2013

This report examines the global mining industry’s prioritization of local procurement by measuring the degree to which the largest 40 mining companies publicly report on local procurement in their 2012 and 2013 corporate responsibility or annual reports.

January 2015

Local Procurement Case Study of Kumtor Gold Company, Kyrgyzstan

This case study analyzes the local procurement policies and procedures of Kumtor Gold Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Centerra Gold.

February 2014

Local Procurement by the Canadian Mining Sector: A Study of Public Reporting Trends

This report measures the extent to which local procurement features in the 2011 and 2012 corporate responsibility reports of the top 50 Canadian mining companies.