REG - Anglo American PLC - De Beers rough diamond sales cycle 3, 2019

Anglo AmericanAnnouncement

09/04/2019 07:05

RNS Number : 5025V
Anglo American PLC
09 April 2019
 





 


 




09 April 2019




Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers' third sales cycle of 2019




 



Anglo American plc announces the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auction Sales) for De Beers' third sales cycle of 2019, amounting to $575 million.
 
Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers Group, said: "As we move into the second quarter of the year, we saw a continuation of stable demand for our rough diamonds during the third cycle of 2019."
 






Cycle 3 2019(1)
(provisional)


Cycle 2 2019(2)
(actual)


Cycle 3 2018
 (actual)




Sales value(3)


$575m


$496m


$524m



 
(1)     Cycle 3 2019 provisional sales value represents sales as at 8 April 2019.
(2)     Cycle 2 2019 actual sales value is restated following the earlier publication of a provisional figure for the second sales cycle of 2019.
(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
james.wyatt-tilby@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759
 
Marcelo Esquivel
marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891
 
South Africa
Pranill Ramchander
pranill.ramchander@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592
 
Ann Farndell
ann.farndell@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2786


 


UK
Paul Galloway
paul.galloway@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8718
 
Robert Greenberg
robert.greenberg@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2124
 
Emma Waterworth
emma.waterworth@angloamerican.com  
Tel: +44 20 7968 8574




 


 


 




 


 


 



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 mining operations and undeveloped resources provides the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner, more electrified world and that meet the fast growing consumer-driven demands of the world's developed and maturing economies. With our people at the heart of our business, we use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine, process, move and market our products to our customers around the world - safely, responsibly and sustainably.
 
As a responsible miner - of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, iron ore, coal and nickel - we are the custodians of what are precious natural resources. We work together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate, and for society as a whole. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people's lives.
www.angloamerican.com
 
     

 
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