A No-nonsense Approach to Health and Safety
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Eldorado Gold
Safe Mines Begin at the Ground Level
At Eldorado, the health and safety of our employees is built into every part of our operations. For us, worker safety isn’t just a key target, it’s one of our guiding principles. As a result, in 2015 we achieved a 30% decrease in our accident rate across our global operations. In China alone, Eldorado’s three
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4 Fast Facts About Eldorado Gold
We take sustainability, health and safety, and hiring locally to heart at Eldorado. Here are a few quick facts to show you how we strive to excel in each of these categories: Find out more about our environmental initiatives in our sustainability report
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Keeping Our Air and Water Clean at Our Mine Sites
Breathe in. Breathe out. Take a sip of water. Feels good, right? It should: clean air and water are our most basic human needs. Gülden Yüksel, Environmental Manager at our Kisladag gold mine in Turkey, is always thinking about clean air and water. On site, that means managing the mine’s dust levels and treatment of
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Environmental Monitoring In Action
Last week we talked about the importance of environmental monitoring practices at our mines. This week we’d like to show you! Here are a few snapshots of our environmental teams in action at sites in China (Jinfeng) and Turkey (Efemçukuru and Kişladağ). Wherever we operate, environmental monitoring helps us make better decisions that make sense
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Environmental Monitoring: Looking out for Our Natural World
Every day, we carry out some form of environmental monitoring at our operations. “Whether it’s testing air, water, soil or noise, our monitoring efforts help us to understand, manage and protect our natural environment,” says Dale Churcher, our VP Engineering. “Monitoring is our eyes and ears.” The data we collect allows us to build a
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What Everyone Should Know About Eldorado’s Sustainability Practices
Eldorado works hard to create a company that makes our employees and local communities proud. This means safe and environmentally-friendly operations, reasonable pay for work done, and making a positive impact on the lives of people we touch. To oversee this effort, Eldorado’s Board of Directors includes a Sustainability Committee, chaired by Geoffrey Handley. We caught up
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Close to Home: Why ‘Being Local’ is Key to Our Success
Ask our people to describe Eldorado and you’ll probably hear that we are a large company that feels like a small company. While we employ more than 7,200 people worldwide, we are very decentralized and our in-country teams have a lot of ownership over day-to-day decisions. They are also primarily from the local regions (99%
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Mining the Mind of Paul Wright, CEO
Speaking with our CEO, Paul Wright, can be a little bit intimidating. He’s a straight talker – he’ll often answer questions starting with “to be blunt”. But when we caught up with him a few days ago, he spoke openly about his background and what mining means to him. Paul knows what it’s like to
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Who is Eldorado Gold? 5 Milestones
Confucius said, “Study the past if you would define the future.” At Eldorado, we believe our 20-year track record of operating safely and with care for our people, local communities and the environment is what allows us to continue to operate each and every day. In this post, we highlight some of the key milestones
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