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Anglo American donates $1 million to flood recovery efforts

14 March, 2022

Anglo American has donated $1 million to assist with the flood recovery efforts occurring across Queensland and New South Wales, including $500,000 to the Queensland State Emergency Service (SES), and $500,000 to the Australian Red Cross for their Queensland and New South Wales Flood Appeal.

CEO of Anglo American’s business in Australia, Tyler Mitchelson, said the $500,000 donation to the Queensland SES would meet SES needs for first aid kits and defibrillators for their vehicles across Queensland, as well as other operational equipment to assist with flood response and resilience.

“The devastation caused by recent rain and flooding events in Queensland and New South Wales has impacted the lives and livelihoods of our colleagues, their families and communities, and as a major Queensland employer, it’s important to us to support these critical flood recovery efforts.

“We want to recognise and support the SES with their incredible on-the-ground efforts to help Queenslanders.

“We are also providing direct assistance to our affected colleagues, including through paid leave and emergency funds up to $5,000 for emergency accommodation and other items,” he said.

The Queensland Fire and Emergency Service Assistant Commissioner for SES, Andrew Short AFSM, expressed appreciation for the generous donation from Anglo American.

"As we've seen over the past few weeks, SES volunteers have been instrumental in assisting affected Queenslanders through an incredibly difficult period because of extensive flooding. This donation will go a long way in providing more support to our dedicated volunteers and the wonderful service they provide Queensland communities, he said."

The donation builds upon the $300,000 provided by Anglo American to the Rural Fire Brigades Association of Queensland in 2020 to fund the purchase of 40 mop-up units used by volunteer firefighters in rural brigades across Queensland.

Anglo American is a leading global mining company, with significant investments within Australia and particularly in Queensland. The company operates five metallurgical coal mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, along with additional projects, joint venture interests, and copper exploration projects in Central West Queensland and the South West of Western Australia.

 

Lisa Clifford
Tel: +61 (0) 419 864 466
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Anthony Donaghy
Tel: +61 (0) 412 450 360
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About Anglo American

Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive operations, development projects and undeveloped resources, provides many of the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing consumer-driven demands of developed and maturing economies. With our people at the heart of our business, we use innovative practices and the latest technologies to mine, process, move and market our products to our customers – and to discover new resources – safely and sustainably.

As a responsible producer of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, the steelmaking ingredients of iron ore and metallurgical coal, and nickel – with crop nutrients in development and thermal coal operations planned for divestment – we are committed to being carbon neutral across our operations by 2040. We work together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock sustainable value from precious natural resources for the benefit of the communities and countries in which we operate, for society as a whole, and for our shareholders. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

www.angloamerican.com.au