Sustainable Focus and Growth Outlook
Technology & innovation will transform the physical
footprint of mining
$0.2-0.5bn pa technology capex to more precisely target metal & mineral with less water, waste & energy
Initiative
Application
Bulk ore sorting
Copper, PGMs
& Nickel
Coarse particle
recovery (CPR)
Copper, PGMs
& Iron Ore
Hydraulic dry stack Copper, PGMs
nuGen™ Zero
Emissions Haulage
Solution (ZEHS)
Portfolio-wide
Impact
Deliver improved feed grade to plants
through early rejection of waste, resulting
in energy, water and cost savings
Innovative flotation process allows
material to be ground to a larger particle
size, rejecting coarse gangue and
allowing water to release from coarser ore
particles, improving energy efficiencies
and water savings
Engineering of geotechnically stable
tailings facilities that dry out in weeks,
facilitating up to 85% water recovery
Developing the world's largest hydrogen
powered mining truck and providing
critical supporting infrastructure such as
refuelling, recharging, and facilitation of
hydrogen production to decarbonise high
power transport, using renewable energy
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Progress
Mogalakwena North Concentrator (PGMs) (~70% of complex feed) and Los
Bronces (Copper) Confluencia Plant (~65% of complex feed) units operational
with workplans under way to support business as usual
Barro Alto (Nickel) in-pit unit upgrade commenced in H2 2022 for improved
future sorting performance, and additional in-pit unit under technical evaluation
Planning for trials at Kolomela (Iron Ore) under way
Demonstration plant construction and commissioning completed in 2021 at El
Soldado (Copper), and successfully handed over to operations
Constructing full scale system at Mogalakwena North Concentrator (PGMS) -
start-up anticipated during Dec 2022
CPR approved at Quellaveco (Copper) to treat flotation tails, improving
recoveries by ~3% over the LOM. Commissioning expected in late 2023
Feasibility work continues at Los Bronces (Copper) & Minas-Rio (Iron Ore).
Options being investigated at Collahuasi (Copper)
El Soldado (Copper) demonstration unit commissioned. The trial is still on-going,
with encouraging results, expected to continue to Q4 2023
Assessing application to tailings expansion at Mogalakwena (PGMs) with
benefits from water quality and quantity improvements. Brownfield trial starting
in Q1 2023, after learnings from El Soldado trial
ZEHS hydrogen-powered mine haul truck at Mogalakwena (PGMs) is continuing
operational testing - it has accessed the deepest parts of the mine and been
loaded by both the electric rope shovel and hydraulic excavators, hauling 300t
loads of ore and waste materials
Binding agreement signed to combine First Mode and Anglo American's
nuGen™ ZEHS to accelerate the transition of mining and other heavy industries
towards zero emissions. The transaction is expected to close in January 2023
Supporting decarbonisation of global fleet of ~400 ultra-class mine haul trucks
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