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Our stories
Our case studies and stories further demonstrate and bring to life our performance.
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2023
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Values relaunch to build an inspiring and inclusive culture
In March 2023, AngloGold Ashanti introduced its core values to all employees in global town hall sessions led by the CEO and supported by ExCo.
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Zero Harm Awards champion safety innovation as part of company culture
The AngloGold Ashanti’s Safety Discipline Zero Harm Awards recognises proactive and innovative measures taken to eliminate and/or control safety hazards in support of the Company’s vision to have workplaces free from occupational injuries and illness.
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Rethinking tailings deposition at Cuiabá Mine
Tailings deposition at Cuiabá Mine has undergone a major transformation over the years, as the facility has adapted to changing operational needs and changes in Brazilian legislation following the catastrophic failures at Samarco in 2015 and Brumadinho in 2019.
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Powering Sustainability: Tropicana's journey with hybrid renewable energy
AngloGold Ashanti commissioned an Independent Power Provider to construct and operate a 62 MW hybrid wind and solar facility, 330 km east-northeast of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.
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Empowering SMEs for sustainable growth in Obuasi
In a collaborative effort to bolster local economic growth, empowerment, and the promotion of sustainable business development, AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Mine in Ghana partnered with Absa Bank Ghana Limited, the terms of which were detailed in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
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Working together guided by our Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Strategy
In 2023, we achieved a significant milestone in our commitment to fostering an even more inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace.
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Mindful momentum: elevating employee wellbeing
AngloGold Ashanti has brought mental health into the centre of its health policies and initiatives. We understand that an individual’s mental health is the bedrock of their overall health and wellbeing.
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Exploring a Collaborative Security Model at Geita Gold Mine
The International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA) is a multi-stakeholder initiative formed in 2013 to ensure that providers of private security services respect human rights and humanitarian law.
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2022
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AngloGold Ashanti Brazil’s TSF Emergency Preparation Plan provides blueprint for Group roll-out
AngloGold Ashanti Brazil is working to fulfil its commitment to implement the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management within three years.
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AngloGold Ashanti’s zero tolerance approach to sexual harassment
AngloGold Ashanti is committed to creating a working environment where our people feel supported and well equipped, mentally and physically, so that they can bring their best and most authentic self to work.
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Empowering indigenous businesses in Australia
AngloGold Ashanti Australia has contributed to Aboriginal empowerment in the Australian resources sector by partnering with Carey Mining.
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Refreshing AngloGold Ashanti’s Major Hazard Management Process
AngloGold Ashanti’s Major Hazard Control Standards form a critical part of the AngloGold Ashanti Safety Framework and support our risk management process.
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Environmental Education Centre raises awareness and reinforces ESG agenda
Our Environmental Education Centre in Nova Lima, Brazil, was established in 2000 to increase awareness of socio-environmental matters and reinforce our commitment to sustainable development.
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Obuasi mine launches ten-year socio-economic development plan
Obuasi mine launched a ten-year socio-economic development plan (SEDP) which encapsulates a clear strategy to ensure Obuasi and its host communities reap sustained benefits.
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Revitalising our values, refreshing our culture
In 2022, we began a process to revisit and re-launch our core values, as part of the culture transformation journey that started in 2021.
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2021
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Iduapriem improves safety through fatigue management
Iduapriem has introduced a successful fatigue management system to limit the health and safety risks related to fatigue. Called Smart, the system has shown an 18% increase in alertness levels among employees over a 12-month period. This improvement was seen at all hours of the day, with the most significant increase evident during the night shift.
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Transformation fund supports businesses in Colombia
At AngloGold Ashanti’s Quebradona project in Colombia, Comfenalco Antioquia and the Pro Jericó Foundation came together at the end of 2020 to offer soft loans to entrepreneurs and small business owners. The project is called the Productive Transformation Fund and is designed to support the launch and growth of small businesses.
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Geita builds essential high schools in Tanzania
In the second half of 2021, Bugando and Kamena Secondary Schools, the first government high schools in Tanzania’s Geita District, admitted their first cohort of form five students for the 2021/2022 academic year.
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New culture journey designed to build business sustainability
In 2021, AngloGold Ashanti conducted a Group-wide culture assessment survey as part of its efforts to reshape company culture and align its values across leadership and employees. Respect for the Group’s people – and their diversity, talents and aspirations – fundamentally informed this assessment, as it will the execution of the assessment’s results.
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Australia understands how healthy minds lead to healthy mines
As part of its well-being strategy, AngloGold Ashanti Australia partnered with Strong Minds Strong Mines (SMSM) to provide a range of well-being initiatives for all Australia region employees in 2021.
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Serra Grande achieves full conversion to filtered tailings
In September 2021, AngloGold Ashanti’s Serra Grande mine became the first mine in Brazil to implement a 100% filtered tailings disposal system. This means that, at the end of ore processing, all the tailings generated go through a drying process after which it is placed in filtered tailings stacks. Wet tailings are no longer sent to the tailings storage facilities.
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Anglogold Ashanti Ghana promotes health in the community
In 2021, AngloGold Ashanti held a health outreach day in the Binsere community near its Obuasi mine. The outreach day was a collaboration between AngloGold Ashanti, the AngloGold Ashanti Health Foundation and the Obuasi Municipal District and the Obuasi East District Health Directorates.
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2020
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The Market Garden Project in Siguiri empowers local women
In 2013, Siguiri mine conducted a socio-economic baseline study on Block 1 of its concession. Findings revealed that the host communities have large tracts of wetland conducive for agriculture. However, these agricultural lands were used only in a marginal way by a tiny proportion of the population due to the high prevalence of artisanal mining.
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Aqua culture project in Iduapriem to boost local fish farming industry
At AngloGold Ashanti, it is our aim to contribute to resilient, self-sustaining communities. One of the ways in which we do so at our Iduapriem mine is by developing the local fish farming industry as an alternative and sustainable source of livelihood for communities.
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Siguiri cashew project: creating sustainable livelihoods
After extensive consultation with the community of Siguiri to address high levels of unemployment and looking at what was available as a source of income for the community, a decision was made to construct a semi-mechanised cashew processing plant.
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Successful trial farm at Old Tailings Storage Facility at Iduapriem
The development and execution of a closure plan is intrinsic in the planning and during the operation of any AngloGold Ashanti project. Planning for closure is part of a wider development plan and until approval has been given by the relevant authorities, progress on any new operation cannot begin.
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First AngloGold Ashanti global women’s forum conference
We are working to build a company where all our employees feel comfortable and valued. One of the initiatives to foster this has been the formation of the AngloGold Ashanti Global Women’s Forum.
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In-situ water remediation at Geita
AngloGold Ashanti is rolling out a novel in situ water remediation project at its Geita mine in Tanzania, working with a local Tanzanian/German joint venture partner that will use a process where naturally occurring bacteria directly remediates sulphate in groundwater.
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Adapting security systems to respond to COVID‑19
Security systems across all our operations have been revamped during the COVID-19 pandemic with security taking on the additional role of protecting people from illness.
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Strong Minds, Strong Mines
AngloGold Ashanti Australia rolled out the award-winning Strong Minds, Strong Mines (SMSM) programme across its sites in the second half of 2020 as part of its new Wellbeing@AGAA Strategy.
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COVID-19 education campaign
Throughout 2020, AngloGold Ashanti rolled out COVID-19 awareness campaigns across its operations. In partnership with a communications agency, we developed a collection of social-media friendly material in an easily accessible format that was distributed at our operations and in communities and schools.
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Our enduring legacy in South Africa
In October 2020, our South African operations transitioned to a new future with Harmony Gold. Founded in 1998, with roots reaching back to the development of South Africa’s goldfields, AngloGold Ashanti’s operations have contributed significantly to South Africa’s socio-economic development and its people over the past two decades.
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Autonomous drill improves safety at Tropicana
In 2020, AngloGold Ashanti rolled out a $6 million autonomous drill fleet at Tropicana mine. It’s an industry first for hard rock mining and is making working practices safer and increasing operating efficiencies.
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Health work goes beyond the mine fence
We know that health risk is broader than the workplace and a significant proportion of determinants of health lie beyond the mine fence. Vice President: Group Health, Dr Bafedile Chauke-Moagi outlines AngloGold Ashanti’s responsibility to protecting public health.
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Covid-19 response: Supporting employees and communities in Brazil
Making sure work environments were safe for employees in the face of COVID-19, was just one aspect of AngloGold Ashanti’s response to the pandemic. This video outlines the humanitarian support provided to hospitals and social partners in an effort to fight COVID-19.
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2019
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CuiabÁ Safe Production Programme
Ensuring the safety and health of our employees is AngloGold Ashanti’s first value. In order to achieve this, we have a series of frameworks and guidelines that our employees adhere to every day.
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Silicosis and TB class action settlement
In 2019, AngloGold Ashanti was part of a historic settlement. This settlement not only brought to a close a silicosis class suit by a number of attorneys acting on behalf of former mineworkers, it also sought to address certain shortcomings in the state-run compensation system.
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Integrated malaria control programme
AGA-Mal sprays over a million structures annually, protecting approximately a million people from malaria, and creates ±1,300 local temporary jobs annually
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Tropicana implements programme to address sleep disorders
AngloGold Ashanti’s Tropicana gold mine in Australia rolled out a programme based on improving health, safety and productivity outcomes by identifying and supporting people with sleep disorders.
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Brazil’s sustainable partnership programme
AngloGold Ashanti has a number of partnerships in place that help us to live up to our commitment to make the communities in which we operate better off because of our presence.
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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology opens an Obuasi campus
AngloGold Ashanti has helped to facilitate the development of a satellite Obuasi campus for Ghana’s renowned Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), which is headquartered in the city of Kumasi.
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Quebradona Biodiversity Initiative
A ground-breaking plan to create and integrate a park and biodiversity centre into its Quebradona copper-gold project, in Colombia’s Antioquia province.
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Obuasi Mine’s Closure Consultative Committee
The key purpose of the Closure Consultative Committee (CCC) is to track the implementation of the mine’s reclamation plan, ensuring that the completion criteria contained in RSA are met.
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Tailings storage facility management in Brazil
We have engaged with concerned communities to demonstrate the effectiveness of our TSF management systems. In 2019, more the 850 people from our nearby communities participated in visits to TSFs.
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Taking action on climate change
A new climate change strategy is crucial to ensure that we insulate our operations and host communities against physical climate risks.
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Geita mine builds a community policing team
The establishment of the community policing team at our Geita gold mine in Tanzania fulfils a number or our sustainability objectives.
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Responsible sourcing programme
An interview with Lindi Maqubela, VP: Group Compliance
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Gramalote partners with ASM
The Gramalote project in Colombia, now an equal joint venture between AngloGold Ashanti and B2Gold, is supporting a number of ASM formalisation projects. As in many areas in which AngloGold Ashanti operates, ASM has a long tradition in the area surrounding the proposed mine.
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Helping to improve diversity and inclusion across the company
In 2019, the Global Diversity and Inclusion Framework was drafted and implemented to guide managers to achieve a truly diverse workforce.
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Diversity and inclusion at Quebradona
An interview with Carolina Sánchez, geological engineer on the role of women in mining.
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2018
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Partnerships for mutual value
Forming partnerships is essential to address the complex sustainable development challenges we face. Through partnerships we can make a greater contribution toward achieving the world we all aspire to live in. This case study explains the partnership between AngloGold Ashanti and the University of Cape Town.
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Strengthening local procurement
We collaborate closely with our supply chain department to strengthen local mining value chains. This collaboration has given rise to a company policy on local procurement, to endeavour to procure all goods and services locally. This case study examines the policy and provides examples of progress made at two of our operations.
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Talent management: fast-tracking career progression of young talent
AngloGold Ashanti places people first. Our board, executive management, and senior leadership know that the successful execution of our business strategy depends on a positive, motivated and engaged workforce. This case study details two programmes in place to develop our future leaders.
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