Anglo American PLC Disclosure re.Tailings Storage Facilities (4512B)
June 07 2019 - 3:00AM
UK Regulatory
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Anglo American PLC
07 June 2019
7 June 2019
Anglo American details tailings storage facilities
Anglo American plc ("Anglo American") has today published on its
website the details of its 91 managed tailings storage facilities
(TSFs) and an additional 62 TSFs at non-managed joint venture
operations in which it has an interest, as requested by the Church
of England Pensions Board and the Swedish Council on Ethics for the
AP Funds, representing 96 institutional investors.
Mark Cutifani, Chief Executive of Anglo American, said: "We have
confidence in the integrity of Anglo American's managed TSFs which
are subject to the highest global safety and stewardship standards,
using appropriate advanced technologies such as satellite
monitoring, fibre optics and micro-seismic sensors. As an industry,
we have a clear ethical and moral imperative to do everything
possible to ensure that tailings storage facilities are managed to
the highest standards of safety as we work together, as an
industry, to build greater levels of trust with all our
stakeholders.
"Looking to the future, we are working on a number of
technologies that we expect to significantly reduce the volume of
waste material we produce through our activities, and our ability
to remove water from that material and store it in drier form -
improving its stability and further reducing associated risks. A
number of these technologies also offer major energy and fresh
water usage reductions for every ounce or tonne of metal or mineral
we produce."
Anglo American completely revised and updated its technical
standard for TSF safety management in early 2014. The standard is
updated as appropriate and goes beyond regulatory and other
industry requirements in all host jurisdictions. This mandatory
global standard mitigates the long-recognised principal risk that
TSFs pose, sets minimum requirements for design criteria,
monitoring, inspection and surveillance, and was peer-reviewed by
international specialists.
Anglo American has also received assurances from the operators
of non-managed joint ventures in which Anglo American has an
interest relating to the safety of TSFs at those operations.
Of the 91 TSFs managed by Anglo American, 40 are in active use,
33 are inactive or in care and maintenance, and 18 are closed or
rehabilitated. In terms of the method of tailings storage, 39 use
wet deposition while 52 use either dry-stacked or in-pit
deposition.
In addition to the requested defined information, Anglo American
has also published its full Group Technical Standard in respect of
Mineral Residue Facilities and Water Management Structures,
available at www.angloamerican.com/tsf.
For further information, please contact:
Media Investors
UK UK
James Wyatt-Tilby Paul Galloway
james.wyatt-tilby@angloamerican.com paul.galloway@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8718
Robert Greenberg
Marcelo Esquivel robert.greenberg@angloamerican.com
marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2124
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891
South Africa Emma Waterworth
Pranill Ramchander emma.waterworth@angloamerican.com
pranill.ramchander@angloamerican.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8574
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592
Sibusiso Tshabalala
sibusiso.tshabalala@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2175
Notes to editors:
Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our
products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of
modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive mining
operations and undeveloped resources provides the metals and
minerals that enable a cleaner, more electrified world and that
meet the fast growing consumer-driven demands of the world's
developed and maturing economies. With our people at the heart of
our business, we use innovative practices and the latest
technologies to discover new resources and mine, process, move and
market our products to our customers around the world - safely,
responsibly and sustainably.
As a responsible miner - of diamonds (through De Beers), copper,
platinum group metals, iron ore, coal and nickel - we are the
custodians of what are precious natural resources. We work together
with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock the
sustainable value that those resources represent for our
shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate,
and for society as a whole. Anglo American is re-imagining mining
to improve people's lives.
www.angloamerican.com
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