Performance
- Sustainable development
- Aluminium
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- Diamonds & Minerals
- Energy
- Iron Ore
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- Technology & Innovation
- Financial review
- 2010 financial performance comparison
- 2009 financial performance comparison
- Exclusions from underlying earnings
- Net earnings and underlying earnings
- Group financial results by product group
- Cash flow
- Statement of financial position
- Financial risk management
- Capital management and dividends
- Liquidity and capital resources
- Treasury management
and financial
instruments - Foreign exchange
- Interest rates
- Commodity prices
- Credit risks
- Disposals and acquisitions
- Critical accounting policies and estimates
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- Five year review
- Acquisitions and divestments
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- Technology & Innovation
A strategic commitment driving competitive advantage
Technology & Innovation (T&I) consists of a central team of technology professionals and a number of technology centres that develop leading practice and promote improvements in mining, processing, asset management, strategic production planning, energy use, and project development, execution and evaluation. Emphasis is given to shared and visible measures of operational effectiveness, the improvement of analytical tools and development of staff capabilities.
Most work is focused on improving current technologies and operations. In addition, the Innovation Centre focuses on technology step changes that will confer competitive advantage in development of orebodies likely to be available to the Group in the future. The Energy & Climate Strategy Centre focuses on improving the Group’s use of energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and understanding the effects of climate change on the Group’s operations and prospects.
The total number of employees in T&I increased from 267 at 31 December 2009 to 538 at 31 December 2010 primarily due to an increase of demand for the design and build of major projects on behalf of the Group business units.
