Chemours: Leading Sustainable Mining and Wildlife Conservation
Earlier this year, Chemours published its annual Sustainability Report, titled "Partnering for Progress." This report highlights how Chemours collaborates to create innovative, responsible, and sustainable products, share its successes, and drive business value. One notable example is Chemours' efforts to protect local wildlife and habitats, particularly in their mining operations.
Chemours stands out as the sole U.S. producer of titanium and zirconium minerals and is one of only two domestic producers of rare earth minerals. These minerals, essential for national security and economic prosperity, are listed as critical by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Chemours' production and sales of domestic monazite contribute to the U.S. rare earth mineral processing sector.
In the Titanium Technologies segment, Chemours conducts mineral sands mining and separation in Florida and Georgia, supplying TiO2 mineral feedstock and recovering other valuable minerals. The company is dedicated to restoring mined sites to conditions similar to their original state. Through ongoing reclamation efforts, they promptly re-establish soils and plant vegetation post-extraction, facilitating the quick return of native wildlife.
Despite limited opportunities to directly protect wildlife habitats on leased land, Chemours supports organizations such as Satilla Riverkeeper, St. Marys Riverkeeper, and the Okefenokee Swamp Park in their conservation efforts. They design mine plans to avoid sensitive areas, including wetlands and uplands that house gopher tortoise and indigo snake populations. Partnering with external organizations, Chemours provides long-term conservation solutions, successfully translocating over 400 gopher tortoises and relocating 181 hatchlings from collected eggs to Wildlife Management Areas over nine years in Georgia.
In 2023, Chemours broadened its wildlife protection research by collaborating with academic institutions to study the impacts of mining and reclamation on bird communities and rare plants and to assess soil development and plant re-establishment in wetlands created on mined lands.
Chemours stands out as the sole U.S. producer of titanium and zirconium minerals and is one of only two domestic producers of rare earth minerals. These minerals, essential for national security and economic prosperity, are listed as critical by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Chemours' production and sales of domestic monazite contribute to the U.S. rare earth mineral processing sector.
In the Titanium Technologies segment, Chemours conducts mineral sands mining and separation in Florida and Georgia, supplying TiO2 mineral feedstock and recovering other valuable minerals. The company is dedicated to restoring mined sites to conditions similar to their original state. Through ongoing reclamation efforts, they promptly re-establish soils and plant vegetation post-extraction, facilitating the quick return of native wildlife.
Despite limited opportunities to directly protect wildlife habitats on leased land, Chemours supports organizations such as Satilla Riverkeeper, St. Marys Riverkeeper, and the Okefenokee Swamp Park in their conservation efforts. They design mine plans to avoid sensitive areas, including wetlands and uplands that house gopher tortoise and indigo snake populations. Partnering with external organizations, Chemours provides long-term conservation solutions, successfully translocating over 400 gopher tortoises and relocating 181 hatchlings from collected eggs to Wildlife Management Areas over nine years in Georgia.
In 2023, Chemours broadened its wildlife protection research by collaborating with academic institutions to study the impacts of mining and reclamation on bird communities and rare plants and to assess soil development and plant re-establishment in wetlands created on mined lands.
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