Taking Natural Values into Account - Towards More Responsible Mining
At Sakatti, responsible mining is based on a four-step mitigation hierarchy. In project planning, the primary objective is to avoid environmental impacts by selecting the project implementation option with the least environmental effects. Impacts that cannot be avoided are mitigated through measures such as technical solutions.
If, despite mitigation measures, mining activities still result in environmental impacts, the affected areas will be restored once operations end, with the aim of returning them as close as possible to their natural state. As a last resort, compensatory measures are implemented to enhance biodiversity elsewhere.
Anglo American, the parent company, has adopted a principle of achieving a Net Positive Impact (NPI) on biodiversity across all new projects and operating mines. This means a situation where human activities deliver more benefits to biodiversity than harm. At the Sakatti Project, work is also underway to assess how biodiversity as a whole—covering species, habitats, and genetic diversity—can be improved.
