Anglo American’s copper operations in Chile awarded the Copper Mark

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Anglo American’s copper operations in Chile have been awarded the Copper Mark in recognition of responsible copper production practices.

According to the company’s official announcement, the Los Bronces and El Soldado mining operations and the Chagres smelter were assessed against 32 different criteria, including environmental risk management, energy consumption, waste and tailings management, mine closure and reclamation, occupational health and safety, to name a few.

The assessment process began in late 2021.

Initiated by the International Copper Association (ICA), the Copper Mark aims to ensure responsible production practices.

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It now operates as an independent body and it intends to promote openness in copper supply chains, providing customers with confidence that their copper was sustainably produced and allowing them to trace a copper product throughout its life cycle.

“Consumers around the world are understandably expecting the products they buy to be made from metals and minerals that are responsibly sourced, meeting the highest ethical and sustainability standards. As an established sustainability leader, Anglo American’s alignment with the Copper Mark framework is part of our Sustainable Mining Plan commitment to assure all our operations against a recognised responsible mining standard by 2025,” said Peter Whitcutt, CEO of Anglo American’s Marketing business.

“The Copper Mark assurance process has provided us with a valuable opportunity to measure our performance at our operations in Chile against international best practice on a wide range of environmental and societal factors. We are immensely proud of the work our team has been doing across the board to ensure we meet our stakeholders’ expectations of Anglo American as a responsible mining company,” said Aaron Puna, CEO of Anglo American in Chile.

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