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In a difficult pricing environment , the business is constantly looking to innovate in order to make mining safer and more efficient , and to extract its metal reserves in a sustainable way that creates value .

• To support performance improvements and to encourage more sustainable mining methods , Anglo American developed a new approach to innovation , FutureSmart™ . FutureSmart™ will accelerate the company ’ s ability to use innovation and technology to address its critical challenges and find safer , more efficient , environmentally friendly and sustainable ways to unlock mineral value , and has already encouraged idea sharing in water conservation .

• The Los Bronces copper mine in Chile employed an innovative approach to production challenges in 2015 after it found itself constrained by water supply limitations . The team upgraded a water transportation system , which transports water via a 56-kilometre pipeline from the Las Tórtolas tailings dam to Los Bronces , using a special water-recycling system . Los Bronces is currently recycling more than 78 % of the water that it uses .

28 September 2016