Turning pit into pasture:
Anglo Coals' New Vaal colliery biodiversity park is an ongoing
rehabilitation programme that will continue long after the mine has
stopped.
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We believe in conducting business now with an eye to the needs of the future. That means minimising any negative impacts of our operations on the environment and working with local communities to ensure that they benefit from our activities.
Water sampling at Callide Mine, Australia
Water
Water is essential to life. It’s also vital to Anglo American’s operations, which take place in some of the world’s driest places, including Chile’s Atacama desert, the south-west coast of Africa and central Australia. So how do we reconcile our needs with the wider imperatives of our neighbours and the environment in general?
Endangered bontebok antelope at Vergelegen estate
Biodiversity
Anglo American owns or has rights to more than 2.5 million hectares of land on six continents. With those rights come responsibilities. This is particularly the case in South Africa and Brazil - nations rich in biodiversity.
Methane capture at Moranbah North mine, Australia
Energy and climate change
Everybody's talking about climate change - the dominant global issue of the twenty-first century. While recognising our role as a major producer of coal, we're also working to meet the operational, environmental and social challenges of doing business in a carbon-constrained future.
Waste rock crushed for road re-surfacing at Landau colliery
Waste management
Our mining operations inevitably generate mineral waste, such as rock and tailings, and non-mineral waste such as general and industrial waste. Considerably less non-mineral waste is produced on our operations now than before. That's because Anglo American is increasingly recycling non-mineral waste wherever possible, either for our own use or by transforming it into commercial commodities.
