Anglo American: A Bright Future
All images: Anglo American. BY AMY BLOM AUSTRALIA’S coal industry has faced difficult times in recent years, but as coal prices stabilise, companies such as Anglo American are beginning to thrive. Less than three years ago Anglo American looked set to exit the Australian coal industry, but now its coal operations are stronger than ever, with its Moranbah mine in QLD posting record production. Anglo American metallurgical coal business chief executive Tyler Mitchelson said the company was pleased with the performance of its metallurgical coal business as the company continued to find opportunities to improve productivity. “Moranbah North five years ago was producing about 5 million tonnes (mt) of run-of-mine coal per year, and with the same equipment and mine it…