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Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers’ fifth sales cycle of 2021
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
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JSE Share Code: AGL
NSX Share Code: ANM
News Release
23 June 2021
Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers’ fifth sales cycle of 2021
Anglo American plc announces the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and
Auctions) for De Beers’ fifth sales cycle of 2021, amounting to $470 million.
Cycle 5 2021(1) Cycle 4 2021(2) Cycle 4/5 2020
(provisional) (actual) (actual)
Sales value(3) $470m $385m $56m
(1) Cycle 5 2021 provisional sales value represents sales as at 22 June 2021
(2) Cycle 4 2021 actual sales value represents sales between the dates of 3 May and 18 May.
(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.
Owing to the restrictions on the movement of people and products in various jurisdictions around
the globe, De Beers Group has continued to implement a more flexible approach to rough
diamond sales during the fifth sales cycle of 2021, with the Sight event extended beyond its
normal week-long duration. As a result, the provisional rough diamond sales figure quoted for
Cycle 5 represents the expected sales value for the period 7 June to 22 June and remains subject
to adjustment based on final completed sales.
Bruce Cleaver, CEO, De Beers Group, said: “With demand for diamond jewellery in the key
consumer markets of the US and China continuing to be positive, and midstream capacity in India
returning, we have seen strong demand for rough diamonds during the fifth sales cycle. Overall
sentiment is increasingly optimistic as we move towards the second half of the year and, while
risks as a result of the global pandemic persist, we have been encouraged by the condition of
the market.”
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 Emma Waterworth
marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com emma.waterworth@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8574
Katie Ryall Michelle Jarman
katie.ryall@angloamerican.com michelle.jarman@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8935 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 1494
South Africa
Nevashnee Naicker
nevashnee.naicker@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)71 164 5719
Sibusiso Tshabalala
sibusiso.tshabalala@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2175
Nomonde Ndwalaza
Nomonde.ndwalaza@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0) 11 638 0228
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
operations, development projects and undeveloped resources, provides many of the metals and
minerals that enable a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing
consumer-driven demands of developed and maturing economies. With our people at the heart
of our business, we use innovative practices and the latest technologies to mine, process, move
and market our products to our customers – and to discover new resources – safely and
sustainably.
As a responsible producer of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, the
steelmaking ingredients of iron ore and metallurgical coal, and nickel – with crop nutrients in
development and thermal coal operations planned for divestment – we are committed to being
carbon neutral across our operations by 2040. We work together with our business partners and
diverse stakeholders to unlock sustainable value from precious natural resources for the benefit
of the communities and countries in which we operate, for society as a whole, and for our
shareholders. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.
www.angloamerican.com
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Date: 23-06-2021 08:00:00
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