Hudbay 2018 Annual and CSR Report Summary

Our People

70%
of full-time employees represented by trade unions

15%
indigenous employment in Manitoba

Nothing is more important than the safety and health of our people.
We foster strong employee relations, offer fair wages and compensation, and provide growth opportunities.
We are working to unleash potential and efficiently grow the business through our OneHudbay initiative.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion makes us stronger and fosters collaboration.

Our PEOPLE

We aim to develop a skilled workforce that reflects the communities in which we live and work, and to provide a safe, healthy and rewarding workplace where people can fulfill their potential.

Hudbay’s Jodi Brasch Competes as Member of World’s First All-Female Mine Rescue Team

When Jodi Brasch joined Hudbay in 2013, she was the Company’s first female underground worker in Snow Lake in more than 40 years. Five years later, Jodi was selected to represent Canada as a member of the first-ever all-female mine rescue team to compete at the International Mine Rescue Competition (IMRC).

The team, called “Diamonds in the Rough”, competed against 24 other teams from 11 countries over five days. Events included a mine rescue simulation, a written exam, first aid and firefighting skills tests and a relay race where competitors had to flip a 265-pound tire and toss a 110-pound sandbag over a 1.5-metre wall. For the mine rescue simulation, which took place underground, the team were the first women to ever go underground in Russia, and they ultimately finished the event among the top five.

Overall, the Diamonds in the Rough team placed 15th, ahead of Canada’s other team at the competition – an all-male team that finished in 18th place – and won the people’s choice award and other commemorations recognizing them as the first all-female team to compete at an international level.

“One of the best parts was that we had several team members from various teams tell us they were going to go home and tell their daughters they can do anything, which is the best compliment ever,” said Kari Lentowicz, the team’s co-founder and coach.

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Connecting Behaviours to Safety

Our Constancia operation in Peru undertook a new initiative during the year to reduce injuries and safety incidents and help create a stronger safety culture. We implemented the Behaviour-Based Safety (BBS) program – a process management tool aimed at actively engaging employees through peer observations and positive feedback to increase safe habits and behaviours in the workplace.

In June, we worked with outside consultants to create a program customized to the environment and the specific needs of our Constancia operation. Workshops were held to design the program, establish the vision and mission of the program, and create a plan for implementation among the mine and plant management teams. The plan included training observers on how to give effective feedback on safety performance.

At the end of 2018, more than 350 individuals in mine operations and the processing plant had received BBS observer training. The number of observations in mine operations grew from 64 in the first month of the program to 401 in December, while in the processing plant the number grew from 28 to 62. Efforts to increase participation and improve the BBS process are planned for 2019.

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Manitoba

Approximately 60% of our total employee population works in our Manitoba Business Unit, primarily at two centres of operation – Flin Flon and Snow Lake. At year-end, Reed and 777 employed 315 people, and Lalor employed 337, down 9% and up 20%, respectively, compared to the previous year. Of the employees who work at Lalor, 232 (69%) live in Snow Lake. 15% of our employees in Manitoba identify as indigenous and 17% are women.

15% of our employees in Manitoba identify as indigenous

17% of our employees in Manitoba are women

Peru

At the end of 2018, the Peru Business Unit had 855 employees, including 165 term employees (defined as those with contracts that end on a specific date). Of our full-time employees, 100% are from Peru, 11% are from the local communities and 10% are women. Around 22% of the term employees are from the local communities of Uchucarco and Chilloroya. During the year, we hired 201 employees from the local communities.

11% of our full-time employees in Peru are from the local communities

10% of our full-time employees in Peru are women

Arizona

At the end of 2018, we had 33 employees in our Arizona Business Unit, representing the core team preparing for operational readiness. Prior to receiving the final permits and approvals to proceed with the development of the Rosemont copper project, our Arizona human resources team focused on employee retention and engagement, and is now focused on hiring for the project’s early works program.

33 employees in Arizona, representing the core team preparing for operational readiness