Cleveland-Cliffs’ Tilden Mine Certified Compliant to ISO 14001
09/17/2008 - Cleveland-Cliffs’ Tilden Mine is certified compliant to the ISO 14001 standard for Environmental Management Systems.
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc—soon to be known as Cliffs Natural Resources—announced that its Tilden Mine near Ishpeming, Mich., has been certified compliant to the ISO 14001 standard for Environmental Management Systems.
Tilden was awarded the certification following third-party review of its operations, personnel and programs. The operation’s active management involvement in environmental matters, integration of prevention of pollution into business planning, and commitment to continual improvement earned a recommendation for certification and zero non-conformances.
“Environmental stewardship is a Cliffs core value, and achieving the ISO 14001 certification exemplifies our commitment to conduct business with state-of-the-art environmental practices,” said Dana W. Byrne, Cleveland-Cliffs’ Vice President—Public and Environmental Affairs.
As part of the certification process, Tilden will maintain documented procedures and conduct ongoing training for its employees and contractors.
“The framework that ISO 14001 certification provides will help protect and enhance the company’s assets, which is timely,” added Byrne, “considering our recently announced $500-million investment to increase production at the Tilden and Empire Mines.”
The Tilden Mine is the second of Cliffs’ operations to achieve ISO 14001 certification, as its Northshore mining and power generation operations, located in Silver Bay and Babbitt, Minn., achieved certification in 2004. The company expects that all of its domestic operations will achieve ISO 14001 certification in the near future.
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc is an international mining company, the largest producer of iron ore pellets in North America and a major supplier of metallurgical coal to the global steelmaking industry. The company operates six iron ore mines in Michigan, Minnesota and Eastern Canada, and three coking coal mines in West Virginia and Alabama. Cleveland-Cliffs also owns 85% of Portman Limited, a large iron-ore mining company in Australia, serving the Asian iron ore markets with direct-shipping fines and lump ore. In addition, the company has a 30% interest in the Amapá Project, a Brazilian iron ore project, and a 45% economic interest in the Sonoma Project, an Australian coking and thermal coal project.
