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Anglo American welcome seven cyber security apprentices

04 August, 2022

Seven budding Cyber Security Apprentices have been welcomed to Anglo American’s Woodsmith Project this week.

Seven budding Cyber Security Apprentices have been welcomed to Anglo American’s Woodsmith Project this week.

The apprenticeship programme forms part of the company’s wider commitment to help launch a Cyber Security Cluster in North Yorkshire in conjunction with Scarborough Borough Council and a host of other organisations, including GCHQ.

Working from Anglo American’s base in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, the seven successful candidates will be tutored by a highly skilled team in using the latest cyber security tools and techniques to protect the highly sophisticated digital systems that run cutting edge mining operations around the world.

The apprentices range from 17 to 20-years-old, with the majority living in the local area. They will all be mentored by experienced cyber professionals from across Anglo American’s global team.

Apprenticeship Delivery Specialist, Emily Fraser, said: “We’re pleased to be welcoming our seven new Cyber Security Apprentices to the programme. This is a fantastic, unique opportunity for them. They’re all keen to learn and develop and we’re excited to get started and see where they can all go during their time with Anglo American.

“Our decision to locate the cyber security apprenticeship programme in North Yorkshire also further demonstrates our continued commitment to the region.”

Olivia Procter, 18, from Scarborough, said: “I’m excited to get started on the programme. The tutors and mentors have been great so far and I’m looking forward to learning as much as possible from them over the next two years and hopefully beyond that.”

“It’s great to be starting on this exciting apprenticeship with a company like Anglo American. Opportunities like this don’t come around very often so I’m proud to be one of the seven chosen to join the programme,” added another of the seven apprentices, Paul Vitty, 17, from Scarborough.

The apprentices will be joined by another cohort of seven budding cyber specialists next September, with the application process for these roles going live on October 14th.

For further information on how to apply, visit https://uk.angloamerican.com/careers/cybersecurityapprenticeships

For further information, please contact:

Daniel Gregory, Communications Manager
[email protected] / Tel: +44 (0) 7890 049400

Notes to editors:

Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive operations, with a broad range of future development options, provides many of the future-enabling metals and minerals for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing every day demands of billions of consumers.

With our people at the heart of our business, we use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and to mine, process, move and market our products to our customers – safely and sustainably.

As a responsible producer of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, premium quality iron ore and metallurgical coal for steelmaking, and nickel – with crop nutrients in development – we are committed to being carbon neutral across our operations by 2040.

More broadly, our Sustainable Mining Plan commits us to a series of stretching goals to ensure we work towards a healthy environment, creating thriving communities and building trust as a corporate leader. We work together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock enduring value from precious natural resources for the benefit of the communities and countries in which we operate, for society as a whole, and for our shareholders. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

The Woodsmith Project involves digging two 1 mile deep mine shafts at Woodsmith Mine near the village of Sneaton near Whitby, and a 23 mile transportation tunnel to a processing facility and port on Teesside. In a world first, most of the surface infrastructure at Woodsmith Mine is being built underground and the site landscaped to minimise the visual impact on the surrounding countryside. It will mine a giant deposit of the mineral polyhalite, which will be sold as a natural, low carbon environmentally friendly fertiliser.

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