Safety: Our Most Crucial Investment
Safety is our most crucial investment. It saves more than it costs and is the right thing to do.
How We’re Keeping Hands Safe at Tanjianshan
Ever tried to tie your shoelaces with your thumbs taped to your palms? Or type with two fingers taped together? Give it a go. Newfound appreciation for your digits? Most likely. It’s easy to forget how important hand dexterity is to performing even the smallest daily tasks. But it’s this reminder of how much we …
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 …
Cyanide Certification: How Our Gold Mines Get It Right
At Eldorado we’re very proud of our management practices when it comes to cyanide. Cyanide is very well known to us all. As every murder mystery has taught us, it’s a pretty toxic compound. But in gold mining, cyanide is often essential for separating gold from the surrounding ore. (Sorry, Agatha Christie.) Gold mines use very …
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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
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 …
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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How Does Gold Mining Impact the Environment?
The short answer is it depends on the mine. The long version? An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) spells it out. We Canadians take our environment very seriously. Here in Vancouver, where we are headquartered, we live, work, and play in some of the most beautiful scenery. So protecting our natural world really is a no-brainer. This sentiment …