KIO - Kumba Iron Ore Limited - Trading statement for the six months ended 30

KIO - Kumba Iron Ore Limited - Trading statement for the six months ended 30    
June 2011                                                                       
Kumba Iron Ore Limited                                                          
A member of the Anglo American plc group                                        
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 2005/015852/06)                                            
JSE Share code: KIO                                                             
ISIN: ZAE000085346                                                              
("the Company")                                                                 
TRADING STATEMENT FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2011                         
Kumba Iron Ore Limited is currently finalising its results for the six months   
ended 30 June 2011 ("the period"), which will be released on SENS on or about 21
July 2011. Headline earnings and basic earnings for the period are likely to be 
between R8,600 million and R9,200 million, with headline earnings per share     
("HEPS") and earnings per share ("EPS") to be between R26.80 and R28.70.        
Headline earnings and basic earnings reported in respect of the results for the 
six months ended 30 June 2010 ("the comparative period") were R6,492 million and
R6,489 million respectively while HEPS and EPS reported for the comparative     
period were R20.28 and R20.27 respectively.                                     
The increase in earnings is primarily attributable to higher export iron ore    
prices which were partially offset by the strengthening of the average exchange 
rate of the Rand to the US Dollar during the period.                            
The forecast financial information on which this trading statement is based has 
not been reviewed and reported on by the Company`s external auditors.           
Pretoria                                                                        
7 July 2011                                                                     
Sponsor                                                                         
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)                       
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