Employees at Tumela, one of our platinum mines, discussing mine planning
Our strategy is to become the leading global mining company by investing capital in the commodities that deliver long-term returns and offer the most attractive risk-return profiles to shareholders. We have developed a portfolio of world-class, low-cost, long-life operating assets and growth projects which focus on these structurally attractive commodities.
To help realise our ambition, we aspire to become the country’s mining investment, partner and employer of choice.
Investment of choice
Everything that we hope to achieve for our stakeholders, particularly government, communities and employees, must be built on a platform of superior financial performance. To achieve this, we are:
- Uplifting the performance of our long-life asset base through cost and productivity improvements
- Integrating a stronger performance culture and streamlining our management model
- Prioritising capital expenditure towards those businesses and development projects that are expected to perform most strongly in the near term
Partner of choice
We have a long history of successful collaboration with our stakeholders, including government, communities and non-governmental organisations. Building partnerships with all levels of government is critical to earning and retaining our licence to operate. We also need to earn the support of our host communities who rightly expect to share in the benefits of mining. We aim to work with them to deliver sustainable benefits. These include:
- Ground-breaking work to fight HIV/AIDS
- Offering pre-employment training to local people to enable them to acquire the skills needed to work at our operations
- Working with communities to improve their access to health services and education
- Promoting sustainable enterprise development
Employer of choice
Our human resources strategy is aligned with our ambition to become the employer of choice. This begins with a guarantee to provide a safe and supportive working environment for all.
- Opportunity: We offer a range of career paths for technical and professional people. With our global footprint, Anglo American can offer an exciting employment proposition.
- Development: We aim to attract the best people in the industry and facilitate professional and personal development for all employees.
- Talent and diversity: We are focused on developing talent and attracting a workforce that reflects South Africa’s unique and diverse cultures. Women are actively encouraged to join the organisation.