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Total footprint
19 operations (21 per cent) occupy 79 per cent of our footprint.
The mines with the largest footprint are Weipa’s bauxite
mine and Kennecott Utah Copper’s Bingham Canyon copper mine. Together
they occupy 25 per cent of our footprint.
Land currently being used for mining
activities
607 square kilometres of land is currently being used for mine pits, waste
rock dumps and tailings dams. This land will be rehabilitated to an agreed
land use prior to closure.
Infrastructure
407 square kilometres of land is currently occupied by permanent facilities
associated with our activities. These include smelters, ports and rail
networks and salt production ponds. These facilities will remain for the
life of the operations. At closure they may be removed or used for alternative
purposes.
The three salt operations occupy 58 per cent of the land
used for infrastructure.
Geographic location
89 per cent of our footprint is in Australia and North America, where
67 per cent of our operations by number, and some 85 per cent of our operaring
assests by value, are located.
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