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30 July 2026
London, UK – ICMM today released a report that benchmarks the 2025 safety performance of its 26 member companies[1], which represent approximately one third of the global mining and metals industry.
ICMM members are constantly looking for ways to make their operations safer and to eliminate fatalities towards a goal of zero harm. To support this, ICMM compiles, analyses and publishes the safety data provided annually by company members. The report analyses fatalities from ICMM company members based on the cause (or ‘hazard’) and provides safety performance metrics by country and company. The full report is available here. An insights report which presents key insights based on the 2025 report is also available here.
Tragically, 39 people from ICMM company members lost their lives at work in 2025. This compares to 43 fatalities recorded in 2024 and 35 in 2023. Of the 39 fatalities, 13 were caused by two catastrophic events which involved fall of ground and an inrush/outburst event.
Fall of ground and mobile equipment were the most frequent recorded hazards in 2025 with 10 fatalities attributed to each. Member operations in South America and Africa had the highest number of fatalities with 11 fatalities recorded in each region. 14 of the 26 ICMM members reported zero fatalities.
Our members reported 6,183 total recordable injuries (TRIs) in 2025; this is the lowest number recorded since ICMM began collecting member safety performance data in 2008.
Safety is not negotiable. Behind every workplace fatality is a colleague, friend, parent, partner or child whose life was cut tragically short. While fatalities fell slightly this year, the broader trend since 2021 remains deeply concerning. Until every worker returns home safely, we must remain relentless in our efforts to eliminate fatalities across our industry.
“The re-emergence of catastrophic incidents is a stark reminder that critical controls are still failing too often. Addressing this starts with culture. We must strengthen safety cultures and ensure critical controls are consistently identified, implemented and verified. That is why we encourage the entire mining and metals industry to share lessons openly and regularly, maintain a commitment to safety at the highest levels of leadership, and use ICMM’s publicly available resources to help prevent future tragedies.
ICMM began collating and publishing data on members’ safety performance in 2012 with the intention of driving transparency, learning and continual improvement across the industry. This data is compiled using ICMM’s Guidance on Health and Safety Performance Indicators (2021).
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Notes
1. The data of two new ICMM members, Maaden and Hindustan Zinc, is included in this report.
Notes to Editor
- African Rainbow Minerals recorded three fatalities in 2024 rather than the two originally reported, bring the number of total fatalities in 2024 to 43 instead of 42. One fatality remained under investigation and had not yet been confirmed by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources at the time of submission. Regulatory confirmation was received in July 2025.
- Hydro has reclassified a contractor fatality reported at Alunorte in Brazil in 2023 as not work-related, following medical and regulatory findings that the fatality resulted from natural causes. Therefore, fatalities for 2023 are 35, from the previous 36 disclosed.
- Guidance on Health and Safety Performance Indicators can be found here.
- ICMM’s updated Critical Control Management Good Practice Guide can be found here.
- Tools for Psychological Health and Safety can be found here.
- All previous safety performance reports can be found here.
About ICMM
ICMM stands for mining with principles. We bring together a third of the global mining and metals industry, along with key partners to drive leadership, action and innovation for sustainable development, ultimately delivering a positive contribution to society. Through collaboration, ICMM member companies set the standard for responsibly produced minerals and metals in a safe, just and sustainable world.
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