Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers’ second sales cycle of 2020
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
4 March 2020
Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers’ second sales cycle of 2020
Anglo American plc announces the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and
Auctions) for De Beers’ second sales cycle of 2020, amounting to $355 million.
Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers Group, said: “Following an improvement in demand for rough
diamonds during the first sales cycle of 2020, we recognised the impact of COVID-19 Coronavirus on
customers focused on supplying the Chinese market and put in place additional targeted flexibility to
enable customers to defer allocations of the relevant rough diamonds.”
Cycle 2 2020(1) Cycle 1 2020(2) Cycle 2 2019 (actual)
(provisional) (actual)
Sales value(3) $355 $551 $496
(1) Cycle 2 2020 provisional sales value represents sales as at 03 March 2020.
(2) Cycle 1 2020 actual sales value is restated following the earlier publication of a provisional figure
for the first sales cycle of 2020.
(3) Sales values are quoted on a consolidated accounting basis. 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
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8718
Marcelo Esquivel Robert Greenberg
marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com robert.greenberg@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2124
Katie Ryall Emma Waterworth
katie.ryall@angloamerican.com emma.waterworth@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7988 8935 Tel: +44 20 7968 8574
South Africa
Pranill Ramchander
pranill.ramchander@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592
Sibusiso Tshabalala
Sibusiso.Tshabalala@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0) 11 638 2175
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 mining operations and
undeveloped resources provides the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner, greener, more
sustainable world and that meet the fast 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 – safely, responsibly and sustainably.
As a responsible miner – of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, iron ore, coal
and nickel – we are the custodians of what are precious natural resources. We work together with our
business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources
represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate, and for society as
a whole. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.
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)
Date: 04-03-2020 09:00:00
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