While Lex correctly notes the myriad complexities of BHP’s potential acquisition of Anglo American, another important issue to ensure in acquisitions like these is that we always protect, promote and integrate the local mining communities which may be affected by many operational mines in naturally remote and rural areas (“The ‘build or buy’ copper maths that could guide BHP’s bid for Anglo”, Lex, April 30).
It is vital for us as an industry that we demonstrate how, at its acme, mining can be a watchword for sustainability and that it can even be, whisper it softly, a force for good.
Ingrid Putkonen
Founder, Metals for Humanity
Vancouver, BC, Canada
