Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers’ sixth sales cycle of 2018
Anglo American plc (the “Company”)
Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AN
Registered number: 3564138 (incorporated in England and Wales)
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300S9XF92D1X8ME43
ISIN: GBOOB1XZS820
JSE Share Code: AGL
NSX Share Code: ANM
31 July 2018
NEWS RELEASE
Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers’ sixth sales cycle of 2018
Anglo American plc announces the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder
Sales and Auction Sales) for De Beers’ sixth sales cycle of 2018, amounting to $530
million.
Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers Group, said: “In the sixth sales cycle of the year,
demand for De Beers rough diamonds was in line with expectations during the
seasonally quieter summer period for the industry’s midstream sector.”
Cycle 6 2018(1) Cycle 5 2018(2) Cycle 6 2017
(provisional) (actual) (actual)
Sales value(3) $530m $581m $576m
(1) Cycle 6 2018 provisional sales value represents sales as at 30 July 2018.
(2) Cycle 5 2018 actual sales value is restated following the earlier publication of
a provisional figure for the fifth sales cycle of 2018.
(3) Sales values are quoted on a consolidated accounting basis and are before
capitalisation of pre-commercial production revenues at Gahcho Kué. Auction
Sales included in a given cycle are the sum of all sales between the end of the
preceding cycle and the end of the noted cycle.
For further information, please contact:
Media Investors
UK UK
James Wyatt-Tilby Paul Galloway
james.wyatt-tilby@angloamerican.com paul.galloway@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8718
Marcelo Esquivel Robert Greenberg
marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com robert.greenberg@angloamerican.co
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891 m
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2124
South Africa
Pranill Ramchander Sheena Jethwa
pranill.ramchander@angloamerican.co sheena.jethwa@angloamerican.com
m Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8680
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592
Ann Farndell
ann.farndell@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2786
Notes to editors:
Anglo American is a global diversified mining business and our products are the
essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class
competitive mining operations and undeveloped resources provides the metals and
minerals to meet the growing consumer-driven demands of the world’s developed and
maturing economies. With our people at the heart of our business, we use innovative
practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine, process,
move and market our products to our customers around the world.
As a responsible miner – of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other
precious metals, iron ore, coal and nickel – we are the custodians of what are precious
natural resources. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock
the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the
communities and countries in which we operate and for society at large. Anglo
American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.
www.angloamerican.com
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The Company has a primary listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange
and secondary listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Botswana Stock
Exchange, the Namibia Stock Exchange and the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
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