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/ 28 January 2010
Anglo American’s South African coal unit expects domestic demand to drive future expansion, especially in the underexploited Waterberg area.
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/ 1 December 2009
Godfrey Gomwe has been appointed executive director of Anglo American South Africa, the company said on Tuesday.
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/ 22 October 2009
A number of changes will be made across Anglo American’s businesses to create a more streamlined management structure, it said on Thursday.
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/ 15 October 2009
Mining company Xstrata said on Thursday that it won’t make an offer for rival Anglo American, backing out of a merger proposal.
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/ 29 September 2009
KPMG, a leading accountancy firm, has suggested that enterprise development be ditched
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema on Saturday called for the government to institute a 50% ownership scheme in South African mines.
Lynley Donnelly asks if Xstrata’s links with Glencore could harm its hopes of a merger with Anglo American.
Anglo American on Thursday said it had sold its 49,5% stake in sugar producer Tongaat Hulett for R523-million to unnamed investors.
Xstrata posted a 77% drop in adjusted earnings per share on Tuesday and repeated its arguments for a ”merger of equals” with rival Anglo American.
Mining giant Anglo American reported plummeting profits as it released its results for the first half of the year on Friday.
Solidarity said on Wednesday that Anglo American plans to shed further jobs and accused the company of adopting a short-term survival strategy.
The incoming chairperson of mining group Anglo American, John Parker, believes a ”merger of equals” proposal from Xstrata is distracting management.
Mining group Xstrata remains committed to a nil-premium merger with Anglo American, the company said on Sunday.
Anglo American has appointed Sir John Parker as chairperson to bolster the mining company’s defences against an takeover bid from rival Xstrata.
Anglo American, which has rebuffed a merger approach from rival Xstrata, has appointed veteran industrialist John Parker as chairperson.
South Africa has put together a list of proposed black candidates for a new chairperson of Anglo American, including Cyril Ramaphosa.
The government seems set to oppose a possible merger between mining giants Anglo American and Xstrata, it emerged on Tuesday.
Anglo American rejected rival mining group Xstrata’s ”merger of equals” proposal on Monday, knocking a no-premium marriage.
Xstrata wants talks with Anglo American about a proposed merger of equals worth about -billion, seeking increased scale and cost synergies.
Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, has taken proactive steps to help it over the current global economic conditions.
Once Clem Sunter ran Anglo American and popularised scenario planning. Today he talks about how to make the future brighter.
The godfather of gold, AngloAmerican plc, is officially done with the yellow stuff.
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/ 9 February 2009
Anglo American’s SA units turned to black companies for 37% of goods and services procured in 2008 as part of a drive to meet affirmative action.
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/ 17 December 2008
Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining groups, will ”try to minimise the impact of job cuts”, it said on Wednesday.
The political rupture in South Africa is being presented in the outside world as the personal tragedy and humiliation of one man, Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 10 September 2008
Anglo American and Eskom have signed an agreement aimed at guaranteeing SA’s power supply, they said in a statement on Wednesday.
Mining and natural resource group Anglo American was mining at risk because of an insecure power supply, the group said on Tuesday.
The shipping industry has the mettle to withstand the recession, writes Lynley Donnelly.
Miner Anglo American posted a 14% rise in first-half underlying profit on Thursday on higher output and prices, and forecast a strong second half.
Government has slammed Anglo American for failing to put black South Africans in top-tier management positions.
Global mining giant Anglo American said on Wednesday it was "reviewing all options" surrounding a major project to produce platinum in Zimbabwe.