Summary by business operations

Revenue(1) EBITDA(2) Operating
profit/(loss)(3)
Underlying earnings
US$ million 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009
Platinum 6,602 4,535 1,624 677 837 32 425 44
Diamonds 2,644 1,728 666 215 495 64 302 (90)
Copper 4,877 3,967 3,086 2,254 2,817 2,010 1,721 1,201
Anglo American Sur 2,075 1,723 1,263 994 1,125 862 685 444
Anglo American Norte 1,073 833 661 408 624 369 419 197
Collahuasi 1,729 1,411 1,276 952 1,186 880 738 663
Projects and corporate - - (114) (100) (118) (101) (121) (103)
Nickel 426 348 122 28 96 2 75 (13)
Codemin 195 157 83 49 76 41 48 24
Loma de Níquel 231 191 82 11 65 (7) 55 17
Projects and corporate - - (43) (32) (45) (32) (28) (54)
Iron Ore and Manganese 6,612 3,419 3,856 1,593 3,681 1,489 1,423 571
Kumba Iron Ore 5,310 2,816 3,514 1,562 3,396 1,487 1,210 490
Iron Ore Brazil 319 - (73) (135) (97) (141) (77) (119)
Samancor 983 603 415 166 382 143 290 200
Metallurgical Coal 3,377 2,239 1,116 706 783 451 585 322
Australia 3,377 2,239 1,147 729 814 474 616 345
Projects and corporate - - (31) (23) (31) (23) (31) (23)
Thermal Coal 2,866 2,490 872 875 710 721 512 517
South Africa 2,105 1,748 539 550 426 442 314 328
Colombia 761 742 358 352 309 305 223 215
Projects and corporate - - (25) (27) (25) (26) (25) (26)
Other Mining and Industrial 5,520 5,908 912 878 661 506 522 403
Tarmac(4) 2,376 2,870 188 313 48 101 67 81
Skorpion(5) 311 236 154 100 134 43 133 40
Lisheen(5) 265 208 114 74 114 73 99 67
Black Mountain(5) 197 148 73 59 73 59 47 60
Scaw Metals(6) 1,579 1,384 213 172 170 131 119 70
Copebrás 461 320 104 (9) 81 (40) 48 7
Catalão 152 184 71 111 67 106 38 77
Coal Americas 179 165 18 6 (3) (8) 1 (12)
Tongaat Hulett/Hulamin(7) - 393 - 73 - 62 - 31
Projects and corporate - - (23) (21) (23) (21) (30) (18)
Exploration - - (136) (172) (136) (172) (128) (167)
Corporate Activities and Unallocated Costs 5 3 (135) (124) (181) (146) (461) (219)
32,929 24,637 11,983 6,930 9,763 4,957 4,976 2,569

(1) Revenue includes the Group’s attributable share of revenue of joint ventures and associates. Revenue for copper and zinc operations is shown after deduction of treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs).

(2) Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) is operating profit before special items, remeasurements, depreciation and amortisation in subsidiaries and joint ventures and includes attributable share of EBITDA of associates.

(3) Operating profit includes operating profit before special items and remeasurements from subsidiaries and joint ventures and attributable share of operating profit (before interest, tax, non-controlling interests, special items and remeasurements) of associates.

(4) In the year ended 31 December 2010 Tarmac sold its Polish and French and Belgian concrete products businesses and the majority of its European aggregates businesses. See Disposals note 32.

(5) Skorpion, Lisheen and Black Mountain comprise the Group’s portfolio of operating zinc assets. The Group completed the disposal of its interest in the Skorpion mine in December 2010. Lisheen and Black Mountain were classified as held for sale at 31 December 2010. See Disposals note 32 and Disposal groups and non-current assets held for sale note 33.

(6) Scaw Metals includes Moly-Cop and AltaSteel which were disposed of in December 2010. See Disposals note 32.

(7) The Group’s investments in Tongaat Hulett and Hulamin were disposed of in August 2009 and July 2009, respectively.

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