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Anglo American PLC — Earnings Release 2017
Feb 28, 2017
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RNS Number : 9847X
Anglo American PLC
28 February 2017
| 28 February 2017 | |
| Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers' second sales cycle of 2017 | |
Anglo American plc announces the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auction Sales) for De Beers' second sales cycle of 2017, amounting to $545 million.
Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers, said: "We continued to see good demand across our product range in the second sales cycle, which was in line with expectations at this time of year. Sentiment remains positive heading into the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show this week - an important barometer of trade confidence."
| Cycle 2 2017(1) (provisional) |
Cycle 1 2017(2) (actual) |
Cycle 2 2016 (actual) | |
| Sales value(3) | $545m | $729m | $617m |
(1) Cycle 2 2017 provisional sales value represents sales as at 27 February 2017.
(2) Cycle 1 2017 actual sales value is restated following the earlier publication of a provisional figure for the first sales cycle of 2017.
(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 James Wyatt-Tilby [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759 Marcelo Esquivel [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891 South Africa Pranill Ramchander [email protected] Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592 Ann Farndell [email protected] Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2786 |
UK Paul Galloway [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8718 Trevor Dyer [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8992 Sheena Jethwa [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8680 |
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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 to our customers around the world.
As a responsible miner - of diamonds (through De Beers), platinum and other precious metals, copper, nickel, iron ore and coal - we are the custodians of what are precious natural resources. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the long-term value that those resources represent for our shareholders and for the communities and countries in which we operate - creating sustainable value and making a real difference.
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