Antamina has an emergency response plan that is periodically reviewed. This review incorporates any personnel changes, any new company regulations and policies, and the identification of emergency situations. It also updates response techniques, equipment, materials, organization and responsibilities of the emergency response teams.

A Contingency Plan and Chemical Incident Response Plan have also been developed to transport dangerous substances. These documents have been presented before the competent authorities according to current regulations.

The above-mentioned plan includes training personnel from the company and contractors for an immediate response in the face of any incident that threatens worker safety, the property or the environment. The response and recovery teams are constantly reviewed and improved.

Personnel from the Environmental Department, as part of their professional development, participate in conferences and seminars on environmental technical, legal and normative issues. As part of the “Peruvianization” process, national personnel are being trained to occupy positions that were originally assigned to foreign personnel.

Additionally, under the safety program, all of Antamina’s employees are obligated to take part in an Induction Course (10 hours) and a 16-hour STOP course (Safety in the Work Place for Preventive Observation) carried out by the firm Dupont.

Employees receive ongoing training depending on the department they work in. A significant number of local workers begin as support workers, for example spotters (people who park the heavy equipment). As a result, they spend more hours in training related to safety issues. Moreover, these personnel must participate in 100 hours of basic training during the year (induction, safety, indications etc.) and depending on their tasks, must carry out between 120 and 250 additional hours of operative courses.