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Thank you for informing us that we are to be included in the 2016 Dirty Profits report. Please find enclosed  Anglo American’s response to its inclusion.  The report contains considerable inaccuracies about Anglo American’s performance and activities...Anglo American hopes that the information below will serve as a factual correction to some of the inaccurate allegations outlined in the 2016 Dirty Profits report (pages 12-13). Anglo American invests a lot of time, effort and funds into adhering to the highest international environmental and social management standards. The picture outlined in this report is not a fair reflection of the reality on the ground...