copper, nickel, niobium, and phosphates; and precious metals and minerals – in which they are a global leader in both platinum and diamonds.

Anglo American plc operates in the mining industry. The company’s portfolio of mining assets includes precious, base, and bulk commodities. Business The company’s mining businesses are Platinum, Diamonds, Base Metals, Iron Ore (Ferrous Metals), and Coal. It has operations in approximately 45 countries. Platinum The company mines, processes and refines platinum group metals (platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and osmium).

All of Anglo Platinum’s operations are located in South Africa. Anglo Platinum wholly owns five mining operations, a tailings re-treatment facility, three smelters, a base metals refinery, and a precious metals refinery, all in the Limpopo and North West provinces of South Africa. Each of its mines operates its own concentrator facilities, smelting and refining the output at Rustenburg Platinum Mines’ metallurgical facilities.

The company’s 100% owned mining operations comprise Rustenburg Platinum Mines’ Rustenburg, Amandelbult, Mogalakwena, and Twickenham sections as well as Lebowa Platinum Mines, 51% of which is held for sale. Rustenburg Platinum Mines’ Union Section is 85% held, with black economic empowerment (BEE) partner, the Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela traditional community, holding the remainder.

Anglo Platinum also has a 50:50 joint venture with a BEE consortium, led by African Rainbow Minerals, over the Modikwa platinum mine, a joint venture with Royal Bafokeng Resources, a BEE partner, over the combined Bafokeng-Rasimone platinum mine and Styldrift properties and a joint venture with Xstrata over the Mototolo mine. In addition, Anglo Platinum has joint ventures with Aquarius Platinum covering the shallow reserves of the Kroondal and Marikana mines and portions of the reserves at Anglo Platinum’s Rustenburg Section.