LONDON, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Anglo American will launch its Sustainable Development Report 2012, "Creating Value with the Future in Mind", at today's annual general meeting in London. The report details Anglo American's sustainable development performance for 2012, highlighting how long-term thinking helps to generate wealth, mitigate environmental harm, combat poverty and promote development in the communities [...]
LONDON, February 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --In a video interview on video.merchantcantos.com Cynthia Carroll, the outgoing Anglo American CEO, explained the mining group's $1.5b loss for 2012.Ms. Carroll blamed $4.6b of impairments and a poor macroeconomic performance for pushing Anglo American so far into the red but insisted an underlying profit of $6.8b demonstrated a good operational performance."On a more positive [...]
VANCOUVER, Dec. 14, 2012 /CNW/ - Anglo American today welcomed the British Columbian Government's decision to approve an Environmental Assessment Certificate for the Roman project, an open cut expansion of the Trend mine near Tumbler Ridge in north-east British Columbia.Roman has the potential to produce up to four million tonnes of metallurgical coal per year and employ up to 450 people over its estimated 16 year mine [...]
LONDON, October 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Mining boss Cynthia Carroll has announced that she is to step down as Chief Executive but remain in the role until a successor is found."I will be here until it a successor is identified and a smooth transition takes place," she said in a video interview.The hunt for Ms Carroll's successor is already underway. Anglo American Chairman Sir John Parker said: "The most important thing [...]
LONDON, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Anglo American has increased its dividend by 14% despite global economic volatility almost halving earnings in the first half.In a video interview, Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll said: "Our financial performance, it was heavily impacted by lower prices."The mining boss went on to explain how, at an operating level, the company had performed strongly, and she was pleased with the [...]
LONDON, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Anglo American has been presented with the International Association for Impact Assessment's (IAIA) 2012 Corporate Initiative Award, at the annual IAIA conference in Porto, Portugal. The inaugural award recognises Anglo American's Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox (SEAT), for its contribution to responsible practice in community engagement and development.Stephen Lintner, IAIA [...]
LONDON, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Anglo American has been presented with the International Association for Impact Assessment's (IAIA) 2012 Corporate Initiative Award, at the annual IAIA conference in Porto, Portugal. The inaugural award recognises Anglo American's Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox (SEAT), for its contribution to responsible practice in community engagement and development.Stephen Lintner, IAIA [...]
Anglo American is the first company to commit to the United Nations Women/United Nations Global Compact Women's Empowerment Principles at the UK launch, and has strengthened its resolve to increase gender diversity across its international operations and in its host communities.
Launched in the UK market yesterday evening, by the United Nations National Committee (UK), the
Anglo American launched its Sustainable Development Report 2011, 'What it takes; partnership and innovation', at today's annual general meeting in London. The report focuses on Anglo American's sustainable development performance for the period 1 January to 31 December 2011, and provides an update of Anglo American's long-standing sustainable development initiatives, showing how
Business in the Community (BITC) has awarded Anglo American a platinum ranking in the 2012 Corporate Responsibility Index (CRI) - the UK's leading voluntary benchmark of corporate responsibility. Anglo American is among 30 leading UK companies, and the only mining group, to secure platinum status, which recognises companies for embedding corporate responsibility across their
In an online video interview with MerchantCantos, Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll conceded that high commodity prices helped boost profits but insisted that the mining giant's focussed operations played their part.
Interviewed on the group's full-year 2011 results she said: 'No matter where we are in the cycle and where the prices are, we are delivering value on a
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, February 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
In the keynote address at Indaba, the world's leading global mining conference, Godfrey Gomwe, Executive Director, Anglo American South Africa, addressed the audience about Corporate Citizenship for a New World. Mr Gomwe's speech is as below:
When we met 12 months ago at last year's Mining Indaba, none of us could have predicted just how eventful 2011 would