Measures to deal with the economic crisis

Measures taken by Anglo American worldwide to deal with economic crisis

A revision of the investments in 2009 ensured capital investments were geared to businesses with best short-term performance, yet without significantly impacting the projects in an advanced development stage. Thus worldwide investments scheduled by the Group for 2009 were reduced by approximately 50% to a total of US$ 4.5 billion, slightly less that what was forecast for 2008.