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The "International Cyanide Management Code"
for the manufacture, transport, and use of cyanide in the
production of gold "Code" was developed by a multi-stakeholder
Steering Committee under the guidance of the United Nations
Environmental Program (UNEP) and the International Council
on Metals and the Environment (ICME).
The Code is an industry voluntary program for gold mining
companies. It focuses exclusively on the safe management of
cyanide and cyanidation mill tailings and leach solutions.
Companies that adopt the code must have their mining operations
that use cyanide to recover gold audited by an independent
third party to determine the status of Code implementation.
Those operations that meet the Code requirements can be certified.
A unique trademark symbol can then be utilized by the certified
operation. Audit reports are made public to inform stakeholders
of the status of cyanide management practices at the certified
operation.
The objective of the Code is to improve the management of
cyanide used in gold mining and assist in the protection of
human health and the reduction of environmental impacts.
The specific means of implementing the Code
described in this guidance document are not mandatory in order
for an operation to become certified as Code compliant. An
operation can achieve certification if it is able to demonstrate
that its methods achieve the performance goal as stated in
the Standard of Practice.
The implementation guidance can be a useful
tool for all stakeholders in that it describes an acceptable
method that achieves the performance goals set by the Standards
of Practice.
To download the documents, please click on the
link below:
 The
International Cyanide Management Code 
(296 KB)
Implementation
Guidance
(110K)
References
document
(85K)
Sampling
& Analytical Methods document
(44K)
More documents will be posted as they become
available.
Send any comments to: minerals.forum@unep.fr
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