AngloGold Ashanti has a significant global fuel and oil standards programme in place to reduce our environmental footprint.
Our combined assurance review process was rolled out in 2012 to effectively avoid the element of “surprise” in risk management.
At Cerro Vanguardia in Argentina, considerable progress has been made in promoting the preservation of this region’s biodiversity.
The Chamada Publica de Projetos (CPP) initiative seeks to engage communities near our operations in Brazil in making decisions regarding social investment.
AngloGold Ashanti‛s La Colosa project is aimed at supporting the milk-producing livestock sector of Cajamarca.
In Antioquia, Colombia, artisanal mining has existed since the late 1800s and is integral to the local economy and culture.
AngloGold Ashanti is working closely with communities surrounding the La Colosa project to preserve water in the Coello River Basin.
We have found that working with the local communities through the existing community organisations and leaders, is key to our success.
Floods form an important feature of the hydro-cycle of Lake Carey, near AngloGold Ashanti’s Sunrise Dam Gold Mine and in 2011 provided a rare opportunity to study the life cycle of the area’s aquatic biota.
Wood is integral to the lives of the Spinifex people of Tjuntjuntjara, this culminated through an artist-in-residence programme using wood, into a successful exhibition of work.
Thanks to the support of AngloGold Ashanti’s Australasia Region, two Aboriginal students from Coolgardie visited Camp Dudley, USA, as part of a cultural exchange programme.
Employees at Sunrise Dam, Australia have been involved in developing a “kiosk” for easy access to the mine’s SMS for safety in the workplace .
Located 55km south of Laverton, Western Australia, Sunrise Dam Gold Mine has two waste dumps, Cleo and Sunrise, both constructed out of waste rock generated from open pit mining operations.
AngloGold Ashanti Australia has awarded some Au$30m in contracts to Aboriginal groups at the Tropicana mine with custom-designed contracts to entice new, smaller players.
Work by AngloGold Ashanti’s Australasia Region in the Dundas Nature Reserve has led to the discovery of two new myrtle species.
We has long recognised that artisanal and small-scale mining is the lifeblood of many communities, yet the relationship between large-scale mining and ASM practice is not always an easy one.
Africa is recognised as having a booming mining sector, but a critical shortage of mining skills.
The BEI Project is improving the delivery of basic education and the pass rate in our host communities of the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality, Ghana.
The workforce and operating systems are not interchangeable in the South Africa Region where AngloGold Ashanti is managing the global move towards mechanised mining.
AngloGold Ashanti’s integrated water management plans are based on a hierarchy of pollution prevention, reuse and reclamation, and treatment of water.
AngloGold Ashanti’s support programme for medical students has been designed with a multi-pronged approach and, particularly, with our host communities in mind.
In the past 10 years, demand for commodities including gold has surged, leading to a decade-long run in the gold price.
AngloGold Ashanti has implemented energy-efficient projects that have reduced the power consumption of operations in the South Africa Region by a significant 18%.
The AngloGold Ashanti programme that “unfreezes” its staff, only to “refreeze” them three weeks later is showing positive results.
A Human Resource Development project aimed at stimulating youth development and growth in local communities was implemented in several local municipalities during 2012.
Each community development fund provides support for sustainable projects.
An environmental-management plan has been developed for AngloGold Ashanti’s La Colosa Project in order to maintain the eco-systemic services of the reserve.
Mining companies are required, by law, to rehabilitate the areas they mine and Ashanti Goldfields Kilo, with this goal in mind, has put in place a partnership using local expertise.
In 1988, after a child congregant collapsed in her church, Pastor Magdalene Nunens resolved that her calling was to care for those affected by HIV/AIDS.
A poor rainy season in Mali, followed by poor harvests, loss of pasture, crop deficits, and critically low water levels had exacerbated problems of vulnerable households.
In 2003 an independent body that would focus on development of communities surrounding the Sadiola and Yatela operations was created.
To date, the Siguiri and Bouré electrification project has contributed to the development of a large number of small businesses in Siguiri town and the creation of numerous jobs.
Adding value to our mineral product before export from the country of origin is a serious aspect of the business.
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