15 Oct 2009
Laying the foundations of SIMM
Anglo American’s Technical Division has developed an industry-leading structural inspection and maintenance management programme, SIMM, to ensure employee safety and prevent asset value destruction.
16 Nov 2009
Anglo American supply chain strengthens its links
Anglo American provides progress report on supply chain transformation project at its November Supplier Conference and highlights steps towards becoming the preferred partner of choice.
14 Nov 2009
Anglo gets ahead with SmartCap
Anglo American helps fight fatigue related injuries with innovative brain monitoring technology.
01 Oct 2009
Moranbah North waste gas helps reduce emissions in Australia
During a visit to Australia, chief executive Cynthia Carroll has officially opened a new power station at Moranbah North, which is supplied with waste coal mine gas from Anglo Coal Australia’s nearby mine.
12 Sep 2009
Sishen South project update
The Sishen South project was approved in July 2008. This R8.5 billion investment, R4 billion of which has been committed to date, involves developing a greenfields opencast operation some 80 kilometres south of Sishen Mine. A new-order mining right and the necessary integrated water-use licence were granted in 2008.
10 Sep 2009
Discard coal-fired power project
Anglo Coal South Africa has initiated a study into the construction of a power generation plant that would operate using low-quality discarded coal as fuel.
09 Sept 2009
Innovative Borehole Radar programme
Anglo Platinum is using borehole radar to map geological disruptions to the platinum-bearing Merensky and UG2 reefs in South Africa.
05 Jun 2009
Lisheen harnesses wind power
A wind farm is being established at Anglo American Base Metals’ Lisheen zinc and lead mine in County Tipperary, Ireland, which will benefit the operation, its employees and the community. It will also leave a positive legacy after mine closure.
05 Jun 2009
Forevermark and ethics
De Beers has patented a new technology that allows it to identify its diamonds and reassure customers about the integrity of the product they are buying.
05 Jun 2009
Super-strength road surface saves resources
Tarmac, working in partnership with Westminster Council and Westminster TranServ, has designed binder and surface materials that enable heavily-used roads to last significantly longer than conventional road surface designs, and also reduce the amount of wheel rutting caused by high traffic flow.
31 Jul 2009
Exciting new Chilean copper prospects will boost resources
Anglo American’s two new Chilean prospects will increase our copper resources (excluding reserves) by nearly 50%.
