Our strategy

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At Anglo American we're re-imagining mining to improve people's lives.

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Our metals are the essential ingredients in smartphones, electric cars, wind turbines; and our diamonds fulfil your dreams.

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Sustainability

We have developed a Sustainable Mining Plan that will foster innovation and deliver step change results across the entire mining value chain.

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Sustainable Mining Plan

We have developed a Sustainable Mining Plan that will foster innovation and deliver step change results across the entire mining value chain.

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Smart innovation in technology, digitisation & sustainability working hand in hand to connect metals & minerals to all of us who need and value them.

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Origins

We have developed a Sustainable Mining Plan that will foster innovation and deliver step change results across the entire mining value chain.

A leading global mining company

Our strategy is to develop and actively manage a portfolio of high quality resource assets, which we operate safely, efficiently and competitively – to reliably serve our customers, deliver sustainably attractive shareholder returns and create wider stakeholder value.

We do this by focusing on three strategic priorities, which you can learn more about below.

Operational excellence

Our first and most important priority is achieving operational excellence – and that starts with safety, always.

We have world-class assets but we need to improve their competitiveness through efficiency and a more disciplined and commercial approach to costs.

Above all, we must deliver on our mine plans, that’s the foundation for everything else we want to do.

Delivering to our plans is central to sustaining trust, whether of investors, customers or many other stakeholders, helping us secure investment and retain our licence to operate.

Portfolio simplification

Our second priority is to simplify our portfolio.

In terms of overall quality and by working to simplify it to optimise value and to ensure every asset has a clear role to play in support of Anglo American’s significant ambitions.

Growth delivery

Together, these two actions will help us achieve our third priority - growth.

We have a number of well-sequenced value-adding growth options within Anglo American, in the right products and to serve the major demand trends.

And we have a clear pathway and investment plan to bring them to fruition at the right time.

However, it is only by delivering operational excellence and our improved portfolio that we will gain the financial capability and “licence to grow” from our investors to realise our considerable ambitions. We simply cannot compromise our financial security or shareholder returns for growth investment.

Our three strategic priorities are underpinned by our strategic enablers which focus on the following themes:

High performance culture
Reputation
Differentiated sustainability and technical competencies
Customer solutions.

A platform for sustained success

We are transforming Anglo American into a resilient organisation.

One that thrives through the cycle and delivers consistently for all our stakeholders, and of course for our employees as we seek to retain and attract the best talent to support our ambitions.

A company that seizes the tremendous growth opportunities we have, and others that we may pursue - and that meets market demand for our future-enabling products while living up to the expectations of our breadth of stakeholders.

Anglo American is a company that is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

Our values

Our strategy provides the roadmap for our business, and our values guide our behaviours while on the journey. These six values form the blueprint for our way of working:

Safety

We give our all to eliminating injuries because we value life and are unconditional about safety, health and well-being at work and at home.

Care and respect

We believe in humanity and therefore show care and respect for all people and will not turn a blind eye to what is wrong.

Integrity

We always act honestly, fairly, ethically and transparently.

Accountability

We own our decisions, actions and performance, and are empowered to make choices and learn from our experiences.

Collaboration

We collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders towards a common purpose and to achieve exceptional outcomes.

Innovation

We challenge assumptions, seek other perspectives and pursue innovative opportunities to transform our business.

Our Code of Conduct

Our Code of Conduct is a single point of reference for everyone associated with the Anglo American Group – as well as the departure point for a fuller understanding of our ethical policies and procedures.

It sets out ‘how’ we behave to reinforce our values, and ‘what’ we do to help protect Anglo American’s name, and to make a positive difference.

*The Code of Conduct identifies the standards of conduct that Anglo American expects of its directors, employees, contractors, consultants, suppliers, agents and other business partners in order to promote behaviour consistent with our core values. The existence of the Code of Conduct in itself should not be taken as providing any representation or any other assurance that Anglo American complies with any standard or policy specified, although the Code of Conduct is intended to help support compliance. The Code of Conduct does not create any benefit or rights in favour of, and is not enforceable by, any third party.