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June 31, 2003 -- At its 37th Board of Directors Meeting held recently in San Francisco, the World Coal Institute appointed Roger Wicks to succeed Dave Murray as Chairman of the Institute.
A Director of the World Coal Institute since 2001, Wicks is Executive Vice President: Global Strategy, Marketing and Sustainable Development at Anglo Coal, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Anglo American plc and has worked in the coal industry for 20 years.
He is a member of the Anglo Coal Executive Committee, an alternate director of the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited, Chairman of Anglo Coal Marketing Limited in London, a director of companies associated with Anglo Coal's interests in the UK, Australia and Colombia, a director of the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, Chairman of the Transvaal Coal Owners Association (TCOA) and, until recently, served on the Board of Eyesizwe Coal, a major black economic empowerment initiative in South Africa.
Anglo Coal produces some 85 million tons per year and is one of the world's largest private sector coal producers and exporters, with mining operations in South Africa, Colombia, Venezuela and Australia. Fully committed to the principles of sustainable development, Anglo Coal has been an active participant in the Institute since it joined, helping to shape the WCI's work in this area.
On his new appointment Wicks commented: "Recent work of the Institute, culminating in contributions to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, has focused on positioning coal as an key contributor in the mix of fuels required to securely meet the world's growing energy needs. Important work is also being done to promote and extend the use of advanced technologies to reduce the environmental impact associated with the use of coal. My role will be to take this programme forward. The coal industry generates significant social and economic benefits, has generated and will continue to generate further environmental performance improvements. It is essential that the vital role played by the coal industry in both the developed and developing world, is properly acknowledged by policy makers, users and producers of coal and the general public."
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