Industry Agenda Responsible Mineral Development Initiative Implementation Manual

The RMDI Implementation Manual outlines a four-step process—enabling the process, designing and implementing a survey, conducting roundtable workshops, and disseminating results—to foster dialogue between governments, industry, and civil society. The initiative integrates the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across eight dimensions of mineral development, including fiscal, environmental, and governance factors. The manual provides practical guidance on stakeholder engagement, survey administration via Kobo Toolbox, and the creation of action plans, supported by case examples from Mongolia, Mozambique, and Peru.

• The RMDI is specifically designed for emerging economies where institutional capacity needs further development to maximize the value derived from mining, particularly in regions where mining has a significant economic impact.
• The initiative identifies six core building blocks essential for achieving responsible mineral development: progressive capacity-building and knowledge-sharing, shared understanding of costs and benefits, collaborative stakeholder engagement, thorough compliance monitoring, early dispute management, and transparent processes.
• The RMDI survey has been updated to integrate the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), creating a synergistic relationship that helps educate stakeholders and align resource sector activities with global development targets.
• The RMDI framework analyzes value generation across eight distinct dimensions: Fiscal, Employment & Skills, Environment & Biodiversity, Social and Cultural, Supply Industry, Downstream Industry, Infrastructure, and Governance.
• Implementation of the RMDI follows a structured four-step process: 1) Enabling the Process (securing government commitment and MOUs), 2) Designing and Implementing the Survey, 3) Planning and Conducting the Roundtable Workshop, and 4) Dissemination of Results and Feedback.
• The survey component utilizes the Kobo Toolbox, an open-source service designed for collecting social and environmental data in remote areas, allowing for both online and offline data collection on Android devices.
• In Mongolia, the RMDI process identified the need to strengthen regulatory frameworks to attract foreign investment and the necessity of completing railway systems, such as the southern railway and Gobi railroad, to connect coal mines to China.
• In Mozambique, the RMDI highlighted that the extractive industry's competitiveness is hindered by a lack of rail and power infrastructure, as well as social tensions that threaten national stability.
• In Peru, findings indicated that the industry's global competitiveness is threatened by rising capital and operational costs, which are exacerbated by inhibitive licensing processes and social conflicts that cause project delays.

APA

World Economic Forum (2017). Industry Agenda Responsible Mineral Development Initiative Implementation Manual. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_RMDI_Implementation_Manual_2017.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. Industry Agenda Responsible Mineral Development Initiative Implementation Manual. 2017. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_RMDI_Implementation_Manual_2017.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2017industry, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{Industry Agenda Responsible Mineral Development Initiative Implementation Manual}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2017}, month = mar, url = {http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_RMDI_Implementation_Manual_2017.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }