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UNION EUROPÉENNE DES PRODUCTEURS DE GRANULATS<br />
EUROPÄISCHER GESTEINSVERBAND<br />
EUROPEAN AGGREGATES ASSOCIATION<br />
TAIEX Workshop – INFRA 25708<br />
<strong>European</strong> <strong>M<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>Industry</strong> <strong>Experience</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Management:<br />
<strong>Experience</strong> of an Aggregeates Association<br />
Dirk F<strong>in</strong>cke<br />
Public Affairs Manager<br />
Ljubljana<br />
11 December 2007<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
UEPG Members<br />
• Created <strong>in</strong> 1987<br />
• General Secretariat <strong>in</strong> Brussels<br />
• 22 National Associations<br />
• 28,000 sites <strong>in</strong> Europe<br />
• 13,500 companies<br />
• 3 billion tonnes of<br />
aggregates p.a.<br />
• 360,000 employees<br />
(<strong>in</strong>cl. sub-contractors)<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
The EU <strong>in</strong>itiative on SDIs<br />
• Launched <strong>in</strong> 2000 follow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Communication<br />
“Promot<strong>in</strong>g Susta<strong>in</strong>able Development <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> EU Non-<br />
Energy Extractive <strong>Industry</strong>”<br />
•2 nd Report with data from<br />
2001-2003 published <strong>in</strong> 2006<br />
• 3rd Report will <strong>in</strong>clude data<br />
from 2004-2005<br />
• Voluntary <strong>in</strong>itiative<br />
• 13 <strong>in</strong>dicators to be answered by<br />
<strong>in</strong>dividual companies<br />
• Member States do not take part<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
Why Susta<strong>in</strong>able Development <strong>Data</strong><br />
• To measure <strong>the</strong> progress of our <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />
• To raise awareness of susta<strong>in</strong>able development<br />
•Toidentifyareaswhereweneedimprovement<br />
• To improve communication with stakeholders<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
SD data for 2004-2005 – Indicators<br />
Company level<br />
• Employment<br />
• Exploration costs<br />
• R&D Investment<br />
• Transport constra<strong>in</strong>ts<br />
• Health & Safety of employees<br />
• Communication to <strong>the</strong> community<br />
• Development of skills<br />
• Energy efficiency<br />
• Water demand<br />
• Land demand<br />
• Land management<br />
• Use of dangerous substances<br />
• Environmental <strong>in</strong>cidents<br />
Member State level<br />
• Susta<strong>in</strong>able access to resources<br />
• Land granted for m<strong>in</strong>erals<br />
extraction<br />
• Material demand<br />
• Contribution to GDP<br />
• Trade balance<br />
• Sensitivity<br />
• External co-operation <strong>in</strong><br />
susta<strong>in</strong>able develoment of <strong>the</strong><br />
non-energy extractive <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
SD questionnaire for 2004-2005 data<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
SD data for 2004-2005 – response<br />
Austria<br />
Belgium<br />
Croatia<br />
Czech Republic<br />
Denmark<br />
F<strong>in</strong>land<br />
France<br />
Germany<br />
Greece<br />
Italy<br />
Ireland<br />
Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands<br />
Norway<br />
Poland<br />
Portugal<br />
Romania<br />
Slovak Republic<br />
Spa<strong>in</strong><br />
Sweden<br />
Switzerland<br />
Turkey<br />
United K<strong>in</strong>gdom<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
SD data for 2004-2005 – response<br />
Companies which provided data for <strong>the</strong> survey<br />
represent approx. 30 % of <strong>the</strong> total production.<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
Significance of data – Communication<br />
to <strong>the</strong> community<br />
Total number of events arranged for neighbour<strong>in</strong>g communities, amounted to<br />
• 4,442 <strong>in</strong> 2003<br />
• 6,072 <strong>in</strong> 2004<br />
• 5,552 <strong>in</strong> 2005<br />
The absolute figures seem mean<strong>in</strong>gless unless l<strong>in</strong>ked to <strong>the</strong> number of sites.<br />
Proposal<br />
Present <strong>the</strong> data as a ratio (e.g. 5 events per site on average <strong>in</strong> 2005)<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
Significance of data –<br />
Dangerous substances<br />
The <strong>in</strong>dicator on dangerous substances was not considered relevant as no<br />
dangerous substances are used <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> production of aggregates.<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
Significance of data - Transport<br />
The average transport distance from <strong>the</strong> po<strong>in</strong>t of extraction to <strong>the</strong> po<strong>in</strong>t<br />
of sale was<br />
• 24 km on roads,<br />
• 156 km by rail, and<br />
• 156 km by water.<br />
Challenge: Information about onward transport to <strong>the</strong> customer is not<br />
readily available to <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
Significance of data –<br />
Environmental <strong>in</strong>cidents<br />
No degree of “gravity” of <strong>the</strong> environmental <strong>in</strong>cident, which could<br />
<strong>the</strong>oretically range from a tail<strong>in</strong>g dams collapse to a small leakage.<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
SD data – Challenges<br />
• Fluctuation of data as some companies did not participate<br />
anymore while o<strong>the</strong>rs jo<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>the</strong> exercise<br />
• The area of land rehabilitated <strong>in</strong> a particular year, and <strong>the</strong><br />
rate of open<strong>in</strong>g up of new land for aggregate extraction<br />
can vary considerably<br />
• In Germany more than 50% of all aggregate companies<br />
are mico companies (less than 10 employees)<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
SD data – Challenges<br />
•Not all questions<br />
could be answered<br />
• Some data is considered to be confidential, e.g.<br />
turnover, R&D <strong>in</strong>vestment and exploration costs<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
How to improve <strong>the</strong> report<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Shall we estimate<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
Next steps<br />
• Recommended frequency: every 2 or 3 year<br />
• EU Member States should be encouraged to provide data<br />
as well<br />
• F<strong>in</strong>d new sources<br />
and compare data<br />
•Dissem<strong>in</strong>ate best<br />
practices at<br />
<strong>European</strong> level<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
Thank you<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals <strong>Data</strong> Managment <strong>Experience</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Aggregates Association (UEPG)<br />
Ljubljana, 11 December 2007
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