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Anglo American PLC — Earnings Release 2016
Aug 2, 2016
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RNS Number : 9067F
Anglo American PLC
02 August 2016
| 2 August 2016 | |
| Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers' sixth sales cycle of 2016 | |
Anglo American plc announces the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auction Sales) for De Beers' sixth sales cycle of 2016, amounting to $520 million, compared with the $564 million value of the fifth sales cycle of 2016.
Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers, said: "This is an encouraging sales performance for this point in the year, supported by positive sentiment from our customers. We maintain a cautious outlook for the remainder of 2016."
| Cycle 6 2016(1) (provisional) |
Cycle 5 2016(2) (actual) |
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| Sales value(3) | $520m | $564m |
(1) Cycle 6 2016 provisional sales value represents sales as at 1 August 2016.
(2) Cycle 5 2016 actual sales value is restated following the earlier publication of a provisional figure for the fifth sales cycle of 2016.
(3) Sales value is quoted in terms of sales by De Beers Global Sightholder Sales and De Beers Auction Sales, and reported 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 James Wyatt-Tilby [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759 Marcelo Esquivel [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891 |
UK Paul Galloway [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8718 Ed Kite [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2178 |
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| South Africa Pranill Ramchander [email protected] Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592 Ann Farndell [email protected] Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2786 |
Sheena Jethwa [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8680 |
Notes to editors:
Anglo American is a globally diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class competitive mining operations and undeveloped resources provides the raw materials to meet the growing consumer-driven demands of the world's developed and maturing economies. Our people are at the heart of our business. It is our people who use the latest technologies to find new resources, plan and build our mines and who mine, process and move and market our products - from diamonds (through De Beers) to platinum and other precious metals and copper - to our customers around the world.
As a responsible miner, we are the custodians of those precious resources. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the long-term value that those resources represent for our shareholders, but also for the communities and countries in which we operate - creating sustainable value and making a real difference.
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