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Europe

Our head office has been in London since 1999 when Luxembourg-headquartered Minorco merged with Anglo American Corporation of South Africa to form Anglo American plc. Our primary listing is on the London Stock Exchange. Our non-managed subsidiary De Beers also has a corporate office in London along with the various companies involved in the purchasing, selling and marketing of rough diamonds, including The Diamond Trading Company.

Africa

Although we have had a global presence for many years, the majority of our operations are in southern Africa. Our roots are in South Africa where the company was first formed in 1917. Our secondary listing is on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Our thermal coal, iron ore and platinum businesses have operations in South Africa. We have a corporate office in Johannesburg. We also have projects or operations in Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

Visit our South Africa website

Asia (including Australia)

We have a significant presence in Australia through our metallurgical coal business, which is Australia’s fourth biggest producer of coal and second largest exporter of metallurgical coal. We also have manganese operations in Australia through our subsidiary Samancor Manganese, which is the world’s largest producer of seaborne manganese ore. We have a corporate office in Beijing and India, and these offices support business development opportunities in the region.

Visit our Australia website
Visit our China website

South America

Our involvement in South America began in the 1970s and now we have operations in Chile, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, as well as two major copper projects under consideration in Peru. Our copper operations in Chile and our ferronickel and iron ore operations in Brazil are supported by corporate offices in Santiago, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. In Colombia we have a 33% share of the world's largest open pit coal mining operation, Cerrejón.

Visit our Chile website
Visit our Brazil website

North America

In Alaska we have a 50% interest in the Pebble Partnership, a significant copper project. Our non-managed associate De Beers has a significant presence in Canada with its first operations, Snap Lake and Victor, outside Africa, now in operation in the country. It also has a corporate and marketing office in Toronto. Our Scaw Metals and coal interests in Canada have been identified for divestment.

Visit De Beers Group website
Visit The Pebble Partnership website

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