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Bullion World | Volume 3 | Issue 4 | April 2023

ESG and Health and Safety Themes

Make LBMA’s Assaying & Refining

Conference ‘Crucial’ for Industry

By Shelly Ford, Digital Content Editor and Alchemist Editor, LBMA

Moderator and speakers (left to right): Mr Michael B. Mooiman, Mr Chris Walne, Mr Enrico
Cappellini, Mr Giovani Calabria, Mr Elton Cupido

The LBMA Assaying & Refining agreed that health and safety was its knowledge around dealing with
Conference, held on 13-14 March a particularly poignant choice, as it these ESG-related topics to allow for
2023, centred around the themes of plays such a crucial part of precious the development of complementary
Health and Safety, and Environment, metals production. As Neil Harby behaviours and processes to
Social and Governance (ESG) issues, (Chief Technical Officer, LBMA) continue to drive change.
to shape discussion and knowledge- said: “The crux of this Conference
sharing among some 30 speakers is sharing our thoughts and Discussion during the Conference
and more than 200 attendees. experiences; we are all in the same revealed that while there are
boat, especially when it comes to many small differences between
The presentations covered topics health and safety.” laboratories and refineries in terms
including safety, refining, vaulting of practical applications, the industry
issues, assaying, data/statistics, and How we look after the environment as a whole is moving in the same
sampling/sample preparation. was also a crucial topic. It’s direction – and the right direction –
At the summary session, panellists essential that the industry shares concerning ESG.

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