Mining • North America

Hudbay Minerals

HEADQUARTERS: Mexico Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1845

DESTRUCTION SCORE 89/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Mining sector, Hudbay Minerals maintains a complex global operation spanning North America. Recent environmental audits highlight significant ecological challenges resulting from their industrial output and resource extraction methods.

Carbon tracked (CO2) 120 Mt 75 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 84131 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 716 Incidents $3507.4M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $366.7M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2023 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Hudbay Minerals's key industrial waste slurry reservoirs.

2024 Heavy Metal Discharges

Toxic acidic runoff containing high quantities of heavy metals leaked into regional municipal aquifers, exceeding legal bio-safety thresholds.

Live Sensor Logging Watch

ANOMALY Toxic Outflow Incident

Downstream automated sensors detected elevated cadmium and arsenic leaching from Hudbay Minerals's secondary smelting site in Saudi Arabia.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

China environmental board levied a $15.4M USD civil penalty for inadequate tailings pond liners.

2024-03-28

DATA_SYNC Biotoxicity Score Sync

Updated annual soil and water bio-toxicity metrics in our index, adjusting the local risk level upward by 6%.

2024-01-15

PROBE Subsurface Acidification Probe

Scientific taskforce launched an investigation into historical sub-surface leaching into the municipal watershed.

2023-11-20

Executive Directors

Mary Garcia

Chief Executive

Mary Garcia

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Hudbay Minerals Mining Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics