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Re-imagining mining to 
improve people’s lives
Mining for a safer, smarter, more 
sustainable future.
We are combining integrity, creativity 
and smart innovation to unlock enduring 
value for our shareholders, for our people, 
local communities, our customers, and the 
world at large – to better connect precious 
resources in the ground to all of us who 
need and value them. 
Using more precise technologies, less 
energy and less water, we aim to reduce 
our physical footprint for every tonne of 
metal or mineral that we produce.
Together with our business partners and 
diverse stakeholders, we aim to help build 
brighter and healthier futures around our 
operations in host communities and 
ultimately for billions of people around 
the world who depend on our products 
every day. 
Our products are essential ingredients in so 
much of modern life – from smartphones, 
electric vehicles and household appliances 
to solar panels, wind turbines, data centres 
and the systems that power artificial 
intelligence (AI). They build our homes, 
offices, railways and airports and will help 
feed a healthier and growing global 
population. Simply put, our products move 
the world towards a more sustainable future 
– these are future-enabling products.
◊Alternative Performance Measures
Words with this symbol ◊ are defined in the Alternative Performance Measures section of the Integrated Annual Report on pages 334–339
Cover image
Water and diesel truck operator Bridget Seikotagelo 
standing in front of a truck at our Sishen iron ore mine in 
South Africa.
Revenue
Underlying EBITDA◊
Operating profit/(loss)
$27.3 bn
$8.5 bn
$(0.2) bn
Underlying earnings per share◊
Profit/(loss) attributable to equity shareholders
Net debt◊
$1.60
$(3.1) bn
$10.6 bn
Total dividends per share
Attributable free cash flow◊
Group attributable ROCE◊
$0.64
$0.5 bn
12%
Number of fatalities
Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR)
Level 4-5 environmental incidents
3
1.57
0
$27.3 bn
$30.7 bn
2024
2023
$8.5 bn
$10.0 bn
2024
2023
$(0.2) bn
$3.9 bn
2024
2023
$1.60
$2.42
2024
2023
$(3.1) bn
$0.3 bn
2024
2023
$10.6 bn
$10.6 bn
2024
2023
$0.64
$0.96
2024
2023
$0.5 bn
$(1.4) bn
2024
2023
12%
16%
2024
2023
3
3
2024
2023
1.57
1.78
2024
2023
0
0
2024
2023

Contents
Strategic Report 
02 
Our business at a glance
04 
Chair’s statement
06 
Chief executive’s statement 
08 
Our business model
09 
Our value chain
10 
Our strategy
11 
Our approach to sustainability 
and innovation
12 
Creating value for our stakeholders
14 
How we make decisions
16 
Understanding our stakeholders
20 
Our material matters
24 
Reflecting stakeholder views 
in our Board decision making
26 
Operational excellence
36 
Portfolio simplification
50 
Growth
58 
Strategic enablers
92 
Capital allocation
95 
Managing risk effectively
104 Key performance indicators
108 Group financial review
112 Copper
118 Iron Ore
123 Platinum Group Metals (PGMs)
128 De Beers
133 Steelmaking Coal
137 Nickel
140 Manganese
142 Crop Nutrients
145 Corporate and other
146 Non-financial and sustainability 
information disclosures and footnotes
148 Disclosures related to the 
recommendations of the TCFD
154 Streamlined energy and carbon 
reporting
Governance
156 Chair’s introduction
158 Directors
162 Executive Leadership Team
164 Board governance framework
167 Board operations
168 Board activity
171 Board effectiveness in 2024
173 Board visit in 2024
175 Stakeholder engagement
178 Sustainability Committee report
180 Nomination Committee report
182 Audit Committee report
192 Directors’ remuneration report
193 Remuneration Committee 
chair’s introduction
196 At a glance
199 Directors’ remuneration policy
204 Annual report on directors’ 
remuneration
224 Statement of directors’ responsibilities
Financial statements and other 
financial information
226 Independent auditors’ report
234 Primary statements
238 Notes to the financial statements
320 Financial statements of the 
Parent Company
323 Summary by operation
325 Key financial data
326 Exchange rates and commodity prices
Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources
328 Estimated Ore Reserves
330 Estimated Mineral Resources
Other information
332 Glossary of terms
334 Alternative performance measures
340 Production statistics
343 Quarterly production statistics
344 Non-financial data
346 Directors’ report
350 Shareholder information
351 Other Anglo American publications 
and legal disclaimers
The Strategic Report forms part of the Anglo American plc 
Integrated Annual Report for the year ended 
31 December 2024 and should be read in conjunction 
with the Governance section and Financial Statements 
of the Integrated Annual Report.
Basis of reporting
The Anglo American plc Integrated Annual Report for 
the year ended 31 December 2024 is produced in 
compliance with UK regulations. Additionally, we have 
compiled this report using the Guiding Principles and 
Content Elements set out in the International Integrated 
Reporting Council’s  Framework.
Integrated Reporting aims to demonstrate how 
companies create value sustainably over time, 
for a range of stakeholders – consistent with 
Anglo American’s Purpose, business approach 
and strategy. This report, therefore, includes 
a comprehensive overview of our material matters, 
in the eyes of our stakeholders, and the impact 
these matters have on the value we create.
Measuring performance
Throughout the Strategic Report we use a range of 
financial and non-financial measures to assess our 
performance. A number of the financial measures are 
not defined under IFRS so they are termed ‘Alternative 
Performance Measures’ (APMs). We have defined 
and explained the purpose of each of these measures 
on pages 334– 339, where we provide more detail, 
including reconciliations to the closest equivalent 
measure under IFRS. These APMs should be considered 
in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or as superior 
to, measures of financial performance, financial 
position or cash flows reported in accordance 
with IFRS. 
Units
‘Tonnes’ are metric tonnes, ‘Mt’ denotes million tonnes, 
‘kt’ denotes thousand tonnes, ‘Mct’ denotes million carats 
and ‘koz’ denotes thousand ounces; ‘$’ and ‘dollars’ 
denote US dollars, and ‘cents’ denotes US cents.
Forward-looking statements, third-party information and 
Group terminology
This document includes references to the 
Anglo American Group, forward-looking statements 
and third-party information. For information regarding 
the Anglo American Group, forward-looking statements 
and such third-party information, please refer to the IBC 
of this document.
Non-financial and sustainability information disclosures
Non-financial and sustainability information in this report 
includes subsidiaries and joint operations over which the 
Anglo American Group has management or acts as 
operator. It does not include independently managed 
operations, such as Collahuasi and Samancor, nor does 
it include De Beers' non-managed joint operations in 
Namibia and Botswana, unless specifically stipulated.
We continue to evolve our non-financial disclosures 
in line with emerging recommendations and principles, 
ensuring we continue to comply with the reporting 
requirements contained in sections 414CA and 414CB 
of the Companies Act; the Financial Stability Board's Task 
Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD); 
and the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting 
(SECR) rules. The tables on pages 148–153  and 154 
are intended to guide stakeholders to where the relevant 
non-financial and sustainability information is included 
within our Strategic Report and other externally available 
Anglo American plc publications. 
Our reporting suite
You can find this report and others, including the 
Sustainability Report, our Tax and Economic Contribution 
Report, and the Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources 
Report, on our corporate website.
▶For more information, visit:
angloamerican.com/investors/annual-reporting
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Our business 
at a glance
02
Anglo American plc 
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North America
1,000 employees(1)
$62 m wages and benefits paid(2)
$32 m taxes and royalties(3)
$132 m local procurement spend(4)
Chile
4,100 employees(1)
$437 m wages and benefits paid(2)
$570 m taxes and royalties(3)
$2,787 m local procurement spend(4)
Europe
2,900 employees(1)
$527 m wages and benefits paid(2)
$446 m taxes and royalties(3)
$998 m local procurement spend(4)
Australia/Asia
3,100 employees(1)
$652 m wages and benefits paid(2)
$820 m taxes and royalties(3)
$1,560 m local procurement spend(4)
Brazil
4,200 employees(1)
$195 m wages and benefits paid(2)
$342 m taxes and royalties(3)
$1,302 m local procurement spend(4)
South Africa
31,500 employees(1)
$1,560 m wages and benefits paid(2)
$891 m taxes and royalties(3)
$3,707 m local procurement spend(4)
Other Africa
7,000 employees(1)
$399 m wages and benefits paid(2)
$396 m taxes and royalties(3)
$570 m local procurement spend(4)
Peru
1,200 employees(1)
$156 m wages and benefits paid(2)
$389 m taxes and royalties(3)
$1,041 m local procurement spend(4)
Product groups/corporate*
n Copper
n Iron Ore
¡ Platinum Group Metals
¡ De Beers
¡ Steelmaking Coal
¡ Nickel
n Manganese
n Crop Nutrients
n Marketing hub
Ø Early-stage project
¡
Denotes business to be divested or demerged 
in line with our portfolio simplification
* Number within dot denotes number of operations 
shown by product.
See page 147 for footnotes
London
Shanghai
Singapore
  Canada
  Peru
  Chile
Brazil   
Zimbabwe 
South Africa
 
Australia 
  Namibia
  Botswana
 
United
Kingdom
Finland 
Anglo American is a leading global mining company with a portfolio of 
world-class mining and processing operations and outstanding mineral 
endowments, offering significant value-accretive growth optionality, 
with around 55,000 employees working for us around the world. 
Ø

Copper
Iron Ore
PGMs
De Beers
$3,805 million
Underlying EBITDA◊
$2,655 million
Underlying EBITDA◊
$1,106 million
Underlying EBITDA◊
$(25) million
Underlying EBITDA◊
45%
Group underlying EBITDA(5)◊
31%
Group underlying EBITDA(5)◊
13%
Group underlying EBITDA(5)◊
0%
Group underlying EBITDA(5)◊
773 kt 
Production: Copper
35.7 Mt
Production: Iron ore – Kumba
3,553 koz
Production: PGMs 
24.7 Mct
Production (100% basis)(6)
25.0 Mt 
Production: Iron ore – Minas-Rio
Steelmaking Coal
Nickel
Manganese (Samancor)
Crop Nutrients
$924 million
Underlying EBITDA◊
$92 million
Underlying EBITDA◊
$116 million
Underlying EBITDA◊
$(34) million
Underlying EBITDA◊
Woodsmith is a greenfield 
project
Corporate and other
$(179) million
Underlying EBITDA◊
11%
Group underlying EBITDA◊
1%
Group underlying EBITDA◊
1%
Group underlying EBITDA◊
14.5 Mt
Production: Steelmaking coal
39.4 kt
Production: Nickel
2.3 Mt
Production: Manganese ore
Our business
We provide many of the essential 
metals and minerals that are 
fundamental to the transition to a 
low-carbon economy, as well as 
meeting the growing demands for 
improved living standards across 
the world’s developed and maturing 
economies, and feeding a growing 
global population. We endeavour 
to do so in a way that not only 
generates sustainable returns for 
our shareholders over the long term, 
but that also strives to make a real 
and lasting positive contribution to 
society as a whole.
 
Anglo American plc 
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Our business at a glance
03
Our overview video gives a complete 
introduction to what we do and our 
ambitions for the future
See https://youtu.be/cYUz_h97X0A 
▶More detailed information and maps 
can be found in the business reviews
See pages 112–145

Re-imagining 
mining to 
improve 
people’s lives
We are delivering accelerated 
portfolio changes to create a world- 
class copper, premium iron ore and 
crop nutrients business – future-
enabling products essential for 
decarbonisation, improving living 
standards and food security.
Through portfolio focus, asset quality and 
outstanding growth options, we are 
positioning Anglo American as a highly 
differentiated investment proposition with 
strong cash generation and the capabilities 
and longstanding relationship networks to 
deliver our full value potential. We continue 
to build on the rapid progress we have made 
this year in our portfolio simplification – 
reshaping Anglo American into a simpler, 
higher margin and more agile business for 
decades to come.
We are in the midst of a 
major transformation of 
Anglo American that the 
Board believes will create 
a far more resilient and 
valuable business.”
Stuart Chambers
Chair
Safety 
Safety is always paramount, and keeping 
our people safe is an unremitting endeavour 
for every one of us at Anglo American. It was 
therefore deeply saddening that three 
people died at our managed operations 
in 2024, following two incidents at our 
Amandelbult PGMs operation in South 
Africa, in June and October.
We are wholly committed to stopping our 
people from getting hurt at work and we 
believe it is possible to put an end to such 
incidents. We put great focus on Visible Felt 
Leadership (VFL), connecting operational 
leaders in the field to work directly with 
teams to ensure that a task or activity is 
performed safely. This is complemented 
by the continued implementation of our 
Contractor Performance Management 
framework, ensuring that every person 
working for our company is valued equally 
and that our contractors are fully integrated 
into our systems and processes, with the 
work they undertake well planned, aligned 
with our Operating Model, and rigorously risk 
assessed and resourced with the right skills.
Delivering our strategy
We are in the midst of a major 
transformation of Anglo American that the 
Board believes will create a far more resilient 
and valuable business that is set up to fulfil 
its full value and growth potential. The 
delivery of the portfolio simplification is well 
in train. In November, we agreed the sale of 
the bulk of our steelmaking coal business 
to Peabody Energy, subject to relevant 
approvals, which, together with the sale of 
our interest in Jellinbah to Zashvin, will 
generate up to $4.8 billion in cash. The 
sale of the nickel business was agreed 
in February 2025 for up to $500 million in 
cash and the demerger of Anglo American 
Platinum is expected in June 2025. 
We anticipate that the separation of 
De Beers will then follow, ensuring 
we recognise the value of its leadership 
position and iconic brand as trading 
conditions improve.
Value-accretive growth
Anglo American’s simplified portfolio offers 
significant value-accretive growth options 
across each of copper, premium iron ore 
and crop nutrients, positioning the company 
to deliver into structurally attractive 
demand trends. 
Our outstanding copper endowment 
through our interests in three world-class 
copper assets – Quellaveco, Los Bronces 
and Collahuasi – is set for multiple decades 
of competitive production and growth. 
We have well-sequenced brownfield and 
greenfield prospects for a pathway to more 
than one million tonnes of annual copper 
production, which includes our greenfield 
Sakatti project in Finland.
In our premium iron ore business, 
both Minas-Rio and Kumba contribute 
significantly to cash flow and offer 
value-enhancing opportunities. UHDMS 
technology is being deployed at Kumba 
to deliver a step change in the proportion 
of premium quality product, while the 
combination of Minas-Rio and Serpentina 
provides a high-value option to double 
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Minas-Rio’s production, with meaningful 
operational and logistics synergies.
And in crop nutrients, we have the project 
at Woodsmith to bring online the world’s 
largest-known deposit of polyhalite – a 
highly attractive fertiliser that is well 
positioned to play a meaningful role in the 
transition to more sustainable, lower-carbon 
food production.
We expect to be in a position to unlock 
these and other growth opportunities by 
leveraging our proven delivery capabilities, 
our global relationship networks and our 
longstanding reputation as a responsible 
mining company, in the jurisdictions where 
Anglo American’s experience and track 
record are most valuable and most valued.
Operating and financial performance
In a year characterised by still volatile 
markets and slow economic recovery in 
China, and with a weakening iron ore price 
and cyclically low PGMs and diamond 
prices, Anglo American delivered a much 
more stable operating performance. 
Combined with the strategic progress 
we are making with the portfolio and 
significant cost savings already delivered, 
Anglo American delivered a far stronger 
return for shareholders, with a Total 
Shareholder Return (TSR) for the year of 
24%, compared with the FTSE 100 Index 
of 10% and a negative 12% TSR for the 
FTSE 350 Mining Index.
Group underlying EBITDA decreased by 
15% to $8.5 billion (2023: $10.0 billion), 
reflecting lower prices across most products, 
albeit at a healthy 30% EBITDA margin as a 
result of the focus on cost discipline and 
operational excellence. Prevailing conditions 
in the diamond markets led the Group to 
review its carrying value of De Beers, 
contributing to total net impairments for the 
year of $3.8 billion and a resulting loss 
attributable to shareholders of $3.1 billion.
In line with our payout-based dividend 
policy, the Board has recommended a final 
dividend of $0.22 per share, equal to 40% of 
underlying earnings, bringing total dividends 
for the year to $0.64 per share or $0.8 billion.
Governance
The Board gave serious consideration 
in 2024 to the unsolicited and highly 
conditional combination proposals 
from BHP, reviewing them in detail and 
unanimously rejecting each in turn. At 
the same time, the Board supported the 
management team’s accelerated value 
delivery plans as being in the best interests 
of Anglo American’s shareholders. 
The Board is in close touch with the 
implementation of these plans and is 
pleased with the good progress to date.
Over several years now, our Board has 
gained plenty of additional perspectives 
from its engagement with the company’s 
employees, providing a healthy sense-check 
across a number of areas. Leading this 
initiative is the Global Workforce Advisory 
Panel, which includes 12 colleagues drawn 
from across the Group, chaired by non-
executive director Marcelo Bastos. In 2024, 
the panel met on three occasions, one of 
which was in person in South Africa. 
Our Board
In December, we announced the 
appointment of Anne Wade as a non-
executive director and as a member of the 
Board’s Audit and Sustainability committees, 
with effect from 1 January 2025. Anne brings 
a wealth of buy-side insights from her career 
as a global asset manager, with a particular 
focus on infrastructure and raw materials, 
as well as extensive experience as a 
non-executive director across a number 
of relevant industries. 
I am always keen that our non-executive 
directors experience our operations at first 
hand and have the opportunity to engage 
face to face with employees. So, it was 
pleasing that our Board was able to interact 
directly with a wide range of employees, 
both at our country office and at site, during 
the Board’s visit to Brazil in September.
Outlook
The global macro-economic landscape 
continued to present challenges in 2024, 
though somewhat soothed as fears of 
global recession gradually receded – in 
large part due to more robust growth in the 
US. As we enter 2025, political factors will 
likely play a pivotal role in driving economic 
outcomes. On the proviso that the ongoing 
global conflicts begin to de-escalate, 
near-term growth will likely depend on the 
nature and scale of emerging international 
trade restrictions, Chinese economic 
stimulus measures, and Europe’s ability 
to reinvigorate its industrial sectors. Many 
regions continue to face higher than 
targeted inflation and interest rates, while 
elevated and increasing government debt 
levels suggest limited scope for direct fiscal 
stimulus, and instead we will likely see more 
creative and diverging policy approaches 
to supporting growth. 
Looking through these challenging macro 
factors, Anglo American continues to 
prioritise growth and growing markets where 
our mineral endowments and capabilities 
best match the major trends that shape 
supply and demand for our products. As we 
progress with our portfolio simplification 
to focus on the responsible production of 
copper, premium iron ore and crop nutrients, 
our future-enabling products are well 
positioned to feed into three major global 
trends of decarbonisation, improving living 
standards and food security. 
Thanks
I would like to express my thanks to all our 
employees, the senior leadership team 
and the Board for their resilience and 
commitment this year, and also to our 
shareholders and stakeholders for their 
continued support. 
Our Strategic Report
Our 2024 Strategic Report, from pages 
2–154, was reviewed and approved 
by the Board on 19 February 2025.
Stuart Chambers
Chair
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Chair’s statement
05

Delivering 
exceptional 
value through 
portfolio focus 
and growth
Our future-enabling products of 
copper, premium iron ore and crop 
nutrients each offer significant value-
accretive growth optionality from our 
outstanding mineral endowments.
Safety – our number one value 
We are unconditional about safety and 
strive continuously to create a workplace 
where everyone returns home safely. Safety 
is our number one value and first priority, 
and we continue to make progress towards 
our goal of zero harm, recording our lowest 
ever injury rate in 2024. However, I am 
deeply sorry to report that three colleagues 
died in the year, following two accidents 
underground at our PGMs business in 
South Africa. We extend our heartfelt 
condolences to their families, friends and 
colleagues. In addition to investigating 
each of these tragic incidents, we are 
committed to sharing the learnings across 
the industry to help prevent any repeats. 
We are also continuing to implement our 
targeted safety strategy, investing in 
systems and technology, standards, and 
training our people, with a particular focus 
on Visible Felt Leadership (VFL) to ensure all 
leaders, at all levels in the organisation, are 
spending sufficient time in the field having 
quality interactions with our workforce.
A highly attractive and differentiated 
value proposition
In 2024 we set out an acceleration of our 
strategy, to focus on the three businesses 
where we believe we have distinct strategic 
advantage through a combination of our 
operational expertise; our outstanding 
mineral endowments and the very 
significant growth optionality they offer; and 
our technical and sustainability capabilities 
to operate and deliver that growth 
responsibly – and in a way that delivers 
enduring value for our shareholders.
Through our world-class positions in copper, 
premium iron ore and crop nutrients, we will 
offer entirely future-enabling products that 
play into the compelling dynamics created 
by the structural trends of decarbonising the 
global economy, improving living standards, 
and food security. We are moving at pace to 
set up Anglo American as a highly attractive 
and differentiated investment proposition 
for the long term, offering strong cash 
generation to support sustainable 
shareholder returns and the capabilities 
and longstanding relationship networks 
to deliver our full value and growth potential.
We are moving at pace to set 
up Anglo American as a highly 
attractive and differentiated 
investment proposition.”
Duncan Wanblad
Chief Executive
Maximising value across Anglo American
The shape of Anglo American has evolved 
many times over its long history and we 
are currently implementing another such 
transformation to unlock the inherent value 
in our portfolio. While our current portfolio 
configuration has constrained value 
transparency as the capital markets have 
themselves evolved, we are ensuring that 
each of our businesses is set up for success, 
whether as part of Anglo American, 
as independent businesses, or within 
a different portfolio.
We are transforming our organisation as 
well as our portfolio, structurally resetting 
our cost base. We are ahead of schedule 
having reduced costs by $1.3 billion on a run 
rate basis in 2024, with a further $0.5 billion 
of run rate cost savings expected by the end 
of 2025. Anglo American will be increasingly 
well positioned as a much higher-margin 
and far more cash-generative business in 
a more volatile macro environment that 
demands greater resilience and agility.
We have made rapid progress with our 
portfolio simplification. In November, we 
announced an agreement with Peabody 
Energy to sell our steelmaking coal business 
in Australia which, together with the sale of 
our interest in Jellinbah to Zashvin, we 
expect to generate up to $4.8 billion in 
aggregate gross cash proceeds. In February 
2025 we agreed the sale of our nickel 
business in Brazil to MMG for a cash 
consideration of up to $500 million. Our 
demerger of Anglo American Platinum is well 
on track and expected in June 2025. 
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The separation of De Beers will follow, with 
decisive action taken to strengthen cash 
flow in the near term and position De Beers 
for long-term success and value realisation.
Operational stability and cost discipline 
driving far stronger cash generation 
For 2024 as a whole, we have achieved far 
greater stability across our operations as a 
result of our focus on our biggest margin 
lever: operational excellence. 
All our businesses delivered within their 
production guidance for the year. In 
particular, we saw strong operational 
delivery aligned to robust mine plans in our 
copper and premium iron ore businesses, 
with Minas-Rio achieving its best ever 12-
month operational performance with a 
record 25 million tonnes of iron ore 
produced in 2024.
Group underlying EBITDA decreased by 
15% to $8.5 billion (2023: $10.0 billion), 
reflecting a 10% lower basket price for our 
products and unit costs held flat – a strong 
cost performance. Our focus on working 
capital and cost efficiency translated into 
stronger cash generation and a stable 
EBITDA margin of 30% (2023: 31%) despite 
an 11 % reduction in revenue. Our copper 
and iron ore businesses were again the 
standout EBITDA margin performers at 
50% and 40% respectively. 
Far stronger cash conversion allowed us to 
keep net debt flat at $10.6 billion, equal to 
1.3x underlying EBITDA, with the cash 
proceeds from our divestments expected to 
continue flowing through during this year. 
Reflecting prevailing market conditions, we 
have reduced our carrying value of De Beers 
by $2.9 billion (before tax). Recognising total 
net impairments of $3.8 billion, we report a 
loss attributable to equity shareholders of 
$3.1 billion.
Our $0.8 billion total dividend for the year 
of $0.64 per share is in line with our 40% 
payout policy.
Technical and sustainability 
competencies; key to accessing 
and unlocking growth
How metals and minerals are produced is 
ever more important to all stakeholders, 
from local communities to our customers 
and the ultimate consumer – and rightly so. 
Sustainability, innovation and operating 
responsibly are embedded into our strategy: 
from day-to-day operational decisions to 
portfolio choices. We believe this approach 
is a prerequisite for sustainable value 
creation in the mining industry and it is 
integral to our DNA as a company. 
Our FutureSmart Mining™ approach 
integrates innovation in both sustainability 
and technology to deliver improved 
business and ESG outcomes, putting us in 
a strong position to deliver the numerous 
growth opportunities in each of our three 
businesses: copper, premium iron ore and 
crop nutrients, as well as other growth 
opportunities that we aim to secure over time. 
Having established Quellaveco as our first 
generation of FutureSmart mine, we are now 
taking those learnings to Woodsmith in the UK 
and then Sakatti in Finland – truly modern 
mines with minimal surface footprint to 
responsibly produce the critical minerals that 
the world requires.
While many of the world’s undeveloped 
resource opportunities are stalled due to 
environmental and social concerns, it is the 
way in which we deliver on our sustainability 
commitments that sets us apart. With each 
undeveloped resource having its own 
physical characteristics and social context, 
we have shown what can be achieved when 
genuine dialogue, collaboration and trust 
are combined with the required technical 
and sustainability competencies built up 
over time to deliver profitable outcomes and 
sustainable value. 
Fostering a purpose-led and high-
performance culture
People are the very heart of our business 
and are always front of mind in terms of their 
safety, health and the working environment 
that we provide for them to fulfil their 
potential. We have a holistic approach to 
fostering a culture that is guided by our 
Purpose in which our employees feel safe, 
both physically and psychologically, 
valued for who they are and the work they 
do, and empowered and accountable to 
grow business value for the long term. 
Anglo American was once again recognised 
in 2024 in the Inclusive Top 50 UK 
Employers for the sixth year in a row and we 
were also awarded the Inclusive Culture 
Initiative Award for our domestic violence 
policy and awareness campaign. We know 
that the support we offer to survivors of 
domestic violence who work for us can 
save lives and help people escape from 
dangerous situations. I was therefore 
extremely encouraged to see our sector-
leading policy and approach being 
recognised in this way and we hope it will 
embolden more businesses to do the same.
Outlook
I am very pleased with the pace at which we 
are delivering what we set out in early 2024 
– achieving far greater operational stability 
in 2024, making great strides in simplifying 
our portfolio, and setting up Anglo American 
as a compelling platform to deliver long-
term value-accretive growth. 
I believe there is just a very small handful 
of companies that have the track record, 
capabilities and trusted reputation to bring 
to market the incremental metals and 
minerals that society will need – and to do so 
responsibly. The partnerships we create and 
the contributions we make as part of the fabric 
of host countries over many decades together 
form the backbone of the trust that is so vital to 
one’s licence to operate in our industry. 
I thank the Board for its unwavering support 
and all our workforce for everything we have 
achieved together over the past year.
Duncan Wanblad
Chief Executive
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We provide many of the precious metals and minerals 
our modern society needs for improving living 
standards and food security in a cleaner, greener and 
decarbonising world. We combine integrity, creativity, 
and smart innovation, with the utmost consideration 
for our people, their families, local communities, our 
customers and the world at large – to better connect 
precious resources to all of us who need and value them. 
How we measure the value we create
Our inputs
Our value chain
Outputs
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Our business
model
Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources
Our high-quality, long-life mineral assets provide a 
range of organic options for long-term value delivery.
Other natural resources
We aim to effectively manage the water and energy 
requirements of our mining and processing activities.
Know-how
We use our industry-leading technical, sustainability 
and market knowledge to realise optimal value from 
our assets.
Plant and equipment
We form strong relationships with suppliers, many of 
whom are located in the countries where we operate, 
to deliver tailored equipment and operating solutions.
Financial
A strong focus on productivity, cost discipline and 
working capital management helps deliver sustainable 
positive cash flows, with balanced capital allocation 
to optimise returns.
Anglo American draws upon a number of key inputs that, 
through targeted allocation, development, extraction and 
marketing, create sustainable value for our shareholders and 
our diverse range of stakeholders. 
End of life 
plan
We invest in those parts of 
the value chain that 
provide us with the best 
return on our investment, 
holding ourselves to high 
standards through our 
holistic and integrated 
approach to sustainable 
business practices.
Plan and 
build
Move and 
market
Mine
Process
Discover
Attributable free cash flow
$0.5 bn
CO2 equivalent emissions 
(Scope 1 and 2)
11.6 Mt
Group attributable ROCE
12%
Mined product shipped by 
our fleet
>75 Mt
Production in 2024
– Copper: 773 kt
– Iron ore: 60.8 Mt
– Platinum: 1,846 koz refined 
– Diamonds: 24.7 Mct
– Steelmaking coal: 14.5 Mt 
– Nickel (from Nickel and 
PGMs): 65.2 kt
– Manganese ore: 2.3 Mt
– Palladium: 1,249 koz 
refined 
– Rhodium: 248 koz refined
Governance
Our governance controls ensure we respond effectively 
to those matters that have the potential to cause financial, 
operational or reputational harm, while acting ethically and 
with integrity.
▶For more information See pages 155–191
Materiality and risk
Identifying and understanding our material matters and risks 
is critical in the development and delivery of our strategy.
▶For more information See pages 20–23
Stakeholder engagement
Open and honest engagement with our stakeholders is critical 
in gaining and maintaining our social and regulatory licences 
to operate. Working within our social performance framework, 
it is our goal to build and sustain constructive relationships with 
host communities and countries that are based on mutual 
respect, transparency and trust.
▶For more information See pages 16–19
Safety 
and health
Financial
Cost
Environment
People
Production
Socio-political
▶For our pillars of value See pages 104–107
▶For more on the value we create for stakeholders See pages 12–13

Our value
chain
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Discover
Our geologists search for and discover new sources of the 
minerals that make our modern lives possible. We benefit from 
developing and using world-class expertise and leading 
technologies, often that we have developed ourselves, to find 
deposits we can develop and mine in a safe and sustainable way.
Plan and build
Before we put a spade in the ground, our geologists and 
engineers work together using virtual mine planning systems to 
design the most effective, cost-efficient and environmentally 
sound construction and operational mine plan.
Mine
In extracting the products that we all need in our daily lives, 
we draw on over 100 years of mining experience. Safety 
comes first: our whole way of working is focused on keeping 
our people safe. We plan for the lifecycle of the mine and 
beyond and use our holistic approach to innovation to 
reduce waste and protect environments.
Process
By processing, converting and refining our raw materials, we 
produce what our customers need and value. Our processing 
technologies also enable us to reduce energy and waste, 
recycle more water, increase efficiency, drive innovation and, 
by adding value to our products, further support economic 
activity in the areas we mine.
End of life plan
We do not only plan for the lifecycle of the mine – we also take 
great care to look beyond and determine the rehabilitation of 
the site and the real benefits that will help sustain local 
communities, long after the site is closed.
Move and market
After processing, we then transport our metals and minerals 
to where they are needed, to our customers. We use the latest 
technologies to co-ordinate and optimise our global shipping 
needs. And we use our scale and detailed knowledge of the 
demand and uses for our products to offer our customers a 
reliable supply, tailored to their requirements and expectations – 
adding value for them every step of the way and, ultimately, for 
billions of consumers who rely on our products every day.
Across every aspect of our value chain, we are thinking 
innovatively about how we work to ensure the safety of 
our people, enhance our sustainability performance,
and deliver industry-leading margins and returns.

Our strategy
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We develop and actively manage a portfolio of high-quality mineral 
assets, with a focus on operating safely, efficiently and competitively 
– to reliably serve our customers, deliver sustainably attractive 
shareholder returns and create wider stakeholder value.
Our strategic priorities
We prioritise growth and growing 
markets where our capabilities best 
match the major trends that shape 
supply and demand for our products 
for generations to come. We achieve 
this by focusing on three clear strategic 
priorities of operational excellence, 
portfolio simplification and growth.
Our strategic enablers
Built up over many decades of 
operating businesses and developing 
major projects in developing and 
developed markets, our strategic 
enablers are integral to delivering the 
full potential of Anglo American’s 
portfolio and other growth opportunities 
that we will secure over time.
Anglo American’s Values and behaviours are at the heart of everything we do. Guided by our
Purpose and our Values, we enable high performance and purposeful action. Our Values and the way in 
which we, as individuals, are expected to behave are the foundation of our Code of Conduct.
Customer
solutions
Reputation
Sustainability
and technical
competencies
Culture
▶For more information on our strategic enablers see pages 58–91
▶For more information see pages 26–35
▶For more information see pages 36–49
▶For more information see pages 50–57
Operational
excellence
Portfolio
simplification
Growth
Our Values
Our Purpose

Our approach to 
sustainability and innovation
Anglo American’s longstanding and 
holistic approach to sustainability, 
innovation and operating responsibly 
helps to build trust with our employees 
and stakeholders across society, 
reduce operational risk and deliver 
direct financial value for our business. 
This approach is embedded in our strategy, 
from day-to-day operational decisions to 
portfolio choices, and we believe it is a 
prerequisite for sustainable value creation 
and integral to our DNA as a company. Our 
aim is to reliably and responsibly provide 
metals and minerals that are required to 
decarbonise our planet and that are also the 
building blocks of modern life – from housing 
to food – for ever more people.
Our reputation as a responsible mining 
company supports our ability to access 
future resource development opportunities, 
both from the significant endowments within 
our business and more broadly – critical to 
delivering our growth ambitions – while also 
forming meaningful partnerships to deliver 
sustainability outcomes far beyond our own 
financial investments, for the benefit of 
our stakeholders.
▶For an overview of our strategy and full suite of 
strategic enablers 
See page 10
FutureSmart Mining™ 
Sustainability and innovation go hand 
in hand. By integrating our innovative 
approach to sustainability with our 
technical expertise, our FutureSmart 
Mining™ approach helps us reach our 
sustainability ambitions and deliver the 
significant growth opportunities in our 
portfolio, as well as others that we aim 
to secure over time. 
While many of the world’s 
undeveloped resource opportunities 
are stalled due to environmental and 
social concerns, we continue to work 
on sustainable and innovative ways 
to unlock these opportunities – 
whether through how we engage 
communities using our Social Way 
framework, our innovative approach to 
delivering and measuring net-positive 
impact (NPI) on biodiversity, or our use 
of technologies to reduce water and 
energy intensity – to further enhance 
these outcomes, with a focus on 
driving economic returns for our 
shareholders and to generate positive 
benefits for stakeholders.
▶For an overview of FutureSmart Mining™ 
See page 62
Sustainable Mining Plan
Our Sustainable Mining Plan (SMP) is 
integral to FutureSmart Mining™. Built 
around three Global Sustainability Pillars, 
we are committed to operating 
responsibly with a clear focus on 
sustainability and the goals and 
ambitions we have set ourselves to help 
deliver a healthy environment, thriving 
communities and building trust 
as a corporate leader. We work together 
with our business partners and diverse 
stakeholders to unlock enduring value 
from precious natural resources for 
our shareholders, for the benefit of the 
communities and countries in which we 
operate, and for society as a whole. 
Designed to be a flexible, living plan, we 
continue to evolve our Sustainable Mining 
Plan and optimise the delivery pathways 
as we learn and make progress and as 
technologies develop, while also ensuring 
it stays relevant and suitably stretching, 
in tune with our stakeholders’ and 
employees’ expectations for our business.
We are refreshing the Sustainable 
Mining Plan to reflect Anglo American’s 
future portfolio composition that was 
announced in May 2024. We continue to 
ensure that our sustainability ambitions 
remain relevant and that they deliver 
tangible value for our many stakeholders 
and we will set out an update when we 
have completed the review, likely only 
once the portfolio simplification has made 
further progress during 2025.
▶For more information on our Sustainable Mining Plan
See page 64
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Creating value for 
our stakeholders
Anglo American is re-imagining 
mining to improve people’s lives.
We combine integrity, creativity and smart 
innovation to unlock enduring value for our 
shareholders, our people, local communities, 
our customers and the world at large – to 
better connect precious resources in the 
ground to all of us who need and value them.
For the past 100 years and more, our 
employees have led from the front. Today, 
we are finding new ways to source, mine, 
process, supply, move and market our 
products, aiming to reduce our physical 
footprint for every tonne of metal or mineral 
that we produce. 
We work together with our business 
partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock 
enduring value from precious natural 
resources for our shareholders, for the 
benefit of the communities and countries 
in which we operate, and for society as 
a whole.
Our metals and minerals build our homes, 
offices, railways and airports and will help 
feed a healthier and growing global 
population. Simply put, our products move 
the world towards a more sustainable future 
– these are future-enabling products. 
  
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$0.8 bn(7)
Total returns to shareholders
2.9%*
Dividend yield
Investors
Delivering sustainable financial 
returns
Underpinning our strategy, we have 
a value-focused approach to capital 
allocation, with clear prioritisation: 
sustaining capital to maintain asset 
integrity; payment of base dividends; 
and then the allocation of 
discretionary capital to either growth 
investments, upgrades to our portfolio, 
or additional returns to shareholders.
▶For more information
Visit angloamerican.com/investors
Workforce
People are at the heart of our 
business, and that means our first 
priority is always workforce safety
Our people are critical to all that we 
do. And always front of mind are the 
safety and health of our employees 
and contractors; we train, equip and 
empower our people to work safely 
every day. We believe, too, in the 
value that we can deliver by creating 
an inclusive and diverse working 
environment and culture that 
encourages and supports high 
performance and innovative thinking.
▶For more information
Visit angloamerican.com/employees
$4.2 bn
Total wages and benefits paid(2)
* Calculated using average share 
price of $28.43 for the year ended 
31 December 2024.
Communities
Supporting thriving communities
We are committed to delivering a 
lasting, positive contribution to host 
communities, beyond the life of our 
mines. This starts with understanding 
and responding to their particular 
needs and priorities. We nurture 
relationships with host communities 
through our social performance 
system, the Social Way, and aim to 
drive shared value through our 
Sustainable Mining Plan commitments.
▶For more information
See pages 78–83
$145 m
Total Community Social Investment (CSI)
157,199
Total number of jobs supported off site

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Natural environment
Protecting our natural environment
We apply holistic thinking to address 
the interconnectivity of nature, the 
environment and the ecosystems in 
which we operate as we work towards 
delivering positive biodiversity 
outcomes and addressing global 
challenges such as climate change.
Some of the targets we have set 
include:
– To be carbon neutral across our 
operations (Scope 1 and 2 GHG 
emissions) by 2040
– Net-positive biodiversity outcomes 
across our managed operations
– Reducing absolute fresh water 
withdrawals by 50% in water-scarce 
areas by 2030, relative to the 2015 
baseline.
Suppliers
Responsible sourcing aligned to 
our Purpose
Our approach to responsible sourcing 
defines the minimum sustainability 
requirements and decent work 
principles we expect of our 13,000+ 
suppliers. We contribute to a supply 
chain that supports diversified 
economic growth and sustainable 
livelihoods within mining communities. 
Through purposeful procurement from 
host communities, we have supported 
over 75,000 jobs globally, contributing 
to enhanced prosperity and skills 
transfer in host countries.
▶For more information
See page 85
$12.1 bn
spent with local suppliers in 2024
88%
of total supplier spend of $13.7 bn
Customers
Understanding our customers’ needs 
Across our activities, we harness the 
potential of our portfolio to provide a 
commercial offering that responds to 
customer requirements, supported by 
consistently high-quality service, and 
which reflects society’s increasing 
expectations for responsible production 
and sourcing of raw materials. We 
believe in the value of third-party 
certifications with multi-stakeholder 
governance and, by the end of 2025, all 
of our assets will have undergone 
audits against third-party standards. 
We are also making headway in our 
roadmap to deliver on our ambition to 
achieve carbon neutrality by 2040 for 
our controlled ocean freight, having 
completed delivery of our 10 LNG 
dual-fuelled Ubuntu dry bulk carriers in 
the first quarter of 2024.
▶For more information
Visit angloamerican.com/about-us
Host countries
Playing our role in society
Anglo American contributes to 
economies and society both directly 
and indirectly, through the taxes and 
royalties we pay, the jobs we create, 
the local workforces we upskill, the 
local business opportunities we 
generate, and the education and 
community health initiatives 
we support.
▶For more information
Visit angloamerican.com/about-us
$3.9 bn
Total taxes and royalties borne and 
taxes collected
▶For more information
See our Tax and Economic Contribution 
Report 2024
Stay up to date
For more on our performance in the year, see the video link.
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Capital allocation
Underpinning our strategy, we have a value-focused approach to 
capital allocation, with clear prioritisation: first to sustaining our 
operations and maintaining asset integrity (including Reserve Life); 
secondly to the base dividend to our shareholders, determined on 
a 40% underlying earnings-based payout ratio. 
Board review
– Chief executive and the Executive Leadership Team formulate 
the Group’s long-term strategy. 
– In addition to regular discussion on strategic topics, the Board 
dedicates a full meeting to a discussion of the Group’s strategy, 
addressing critical short, medium and long-term issues.
Strategy
We develop and actively manage a portfolio of high-quality 
mineral assets, which we operate safely, efficiently and 
competitively – to reliably serve our customers, deliver sustainably 
attractive shareholder returns and create wider stakeholder value.
We prioritise growth and growing markets where our capabilities 
best match the major trends that shape supply and demand for 
our products for generations to come. We achieve this by focusing 
on our three clear strategic priorities of operational excellence, 
portfolio simplification and growth.
Insights
Stakeholder engagement 
and topics raised
▶See pages  16–19
In turn, these priorities are supported by a set of strategic enablers: 
customer solutions (our Marketing business), sustainability and 
technical competencies, reputation and culture. 
Built up over many decades of operating businesses and 
developing major projects in developing and developed markets, 
our strategic enablers are integral to delivering the full potential 
of Anglo American’s portfolio and other growth opportunities that 
we will secure over time.
▶For more on our strategy
See page 10
– Board approves critical strategic decisions and endorses the 
Group’s strategy.
– Board reviews progress of delivery of the Group’s strategic 
priorities, as well as periodic business strategic reviews.
▶For more on Board activity during 2024
See pages 168–170
All of our capital allocation decisions consider sustainability 
issues and impacts.
▶For more information on our capital allocation approach
See pages 92–94
Material matters
▶See pages 20–23
Demand growth trends 
▶See pages 39–42
Principal risks
▶See pages 98–103
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How we make 
decisions
In line with best-practice corporate 
reporting, Anglo American’s 
Integrated Annual Report includes 
a comprehensive assessment of 
the principal risks we face, as well 
as those matters that we and our 
stakeholders believe have a 
material bearing on the success of 
the business in the near and long 
term – beginning with safety and 
environmental sustainability.
By engaging with our stakeholders and 
being aware of their perspectives, and 
by understanding the risks we know we 
face, we are better placed to make 
informed decisions that help support the 
delivery of our strategy.

Determining what is important
Identifying and evaluating matters that 
are of common material interest to our 
stakeholders and to our business, and 
understanding how they may affect our 
ability to create shareholder value over 
time, are integral to our planning 
processes and help support the delivery 
of Anglo American’s strategy.
Consideration of the wide 
spectrum of stakeholder 
interests is firmly embedded 
into Anglo American’s culture, 
governance structures and 
management systems and 
is guided by our Purpose.”
At the heart of decision making
Consideration of the wide spectrum 
of stakeholder interests is firmly embedded 
into Anglo American’s culture, governance 
structures and management systems and 
is guided by our Purpose. Stakeholder 
concerns and considerations therefore 
feature prominently in the discussions of our 
Board meetings and those of its committees.
The Board, through its role in setting the 
tone from the top, provides leadership 
to the Group and is responsible for 
promoting and safeguarding the long-term 
success of the business, supporting the 
Executive Leadership Team in its formulation 
and implementation of the Group’s strategy.
The duties of directors with regard to 
ensuring there is effective dialogue between 
the Group and its shareholders and 
stakeholders are broadening in scope, while 
society’s expectations of company boards 
also continue to grow. At Anglo American, 
those matters considered by the Board 
and our stakeholders to be of material 
importance, and the views of our 
stakeholders in relation to those matters, 
are integral to the Board’s discussions and 
decision making, including in relation to 
the Group’s strategy and its evolution.
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(Left to right) Governor of Minas Gerais Romeu Zema in conversation with chief executive Duncan Wanblad and 
chair Stuart Chambers, during the Board’s visit to Brazil in September 2024.

Healthy stakeholder relationships help us to better engage about how our 
business decisions, activities and performance are likely to affect or be of 
significant interest to our stakeholders, and provide the opportunity to 
co-create effective and lasting solutions to business and other challenges.
Understanding
our stakeholders
Investors
Our shareholders own the business, and 
their continued support is key to its long-
term sustainability. Regular meetings and 
occasional site visits with the investor and 
financial analyst community inform and help 
to shape our strategy, including our value-
based approach to capital allocation.
Employees
Our people are critical to all that we do and 
are essential to our commercial success. 
We have around 87,000 employees 
and contractors working for us around the 
world. We support labour rights, including 
the right to freedom of association and 
collective bargaining.
Communities
Building mutually respectful relations with 
the communities around our operations is 
essential to gaining and maintaining our 
licence to operate. We strive to deliver 
sustainable economic growth, operate in 
a responsible manner and involve host 
communities in the decisions that affect their 
lives, including beyond the life of our mine. 
Suppliers and contractors
We work with a diverse group of 13,000+ 
suppliers globally to secure the supply of 
specialised equipment and services which 
enable best-in-class operating performance 
and value. Our suppliers are critical partners 
in the delivery of our sustainability 
commitments including responsible 
sourcing, inclusive procurement and value-
chain decarbonisation.
Customers
We work closely with our customers to 
address their raw material needs in a way 
that is appropriately tailored to their 
requirements and expectations. With 
presence across key commercial hubs and 
close market contact, we have the industry 
understanding to provide the solutions 
customers want.
Civil society (NGOs, faith groups 
and academia)
Engagement with civil society brings a 
unique ethical and sustainability lens to our 
business. The cross-sector relationships 
we forge with NGOs and other groups 
enable us to be a more responsible and 
effective business. 
Governments and multilateral institutions
Our global relationship networks at local and 
national levels help us to be more effective in 
understanding areas of mutual interest and 
priority, including in relation to access to 
critical minerals; the evolution of policy, 
regulation and permitting; infrastructure 
financing and debottlenecking, and 
maintaining our licence to operate. 
Industry associations
Our advocacy role on the international stage, 
including our work with industry-related 
organisations ranging from IRMA and the 
TNFD, to the Minerals Councils of South Africa 
and Australia, is helping to make mining safer, 
cleaner, more sustainable and more attuned to 
the modern world’s expectations for the mining 
industry of the future.
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Investors
How we engage
The Group, through its investor relations team, has 
an active engagement programme with its key 
financial and sustainability audiences, including 
institutional shareholders. 
Significant concerns raised by a shareholder are 
communicated to the Board. The Board receives 
regular briefings at each meeting from the group head 
of investor relations. The chair also hosts meetings with 
some of the company’s largest institutional investors 
through the year.
What was important to our stakeholders in the year
– Operational performance (including safety)
– Financial performance, including the delivery of the 
cost-savings targets
– Engagement on M&A activity and providing access 
to management 
– Progress on the portfolio simplification as we 
implement a number of major structural changes 
to unlock the inherent value in the portfolio
– Market outlook for our products
– Progress of growth projects in copper and premium 
iron ore, including an update on the slowdown of the 
Woodsmith project 
– Sustainability, including climate change, water, 
nature and biodiversity, human rights, and safety, 
as well as the possible impact of the portfolio 
simplification on our sustainability strategy and targets.
Employees
How we engage
The Group uses various formats to connect leadership 
with workforce priorities. This may include surveys, 
focus group sessions and through the various working 
groups supported by the people & organisation 
function. In addition, the Group’s Global Workforce 
Advisory Panel meets during the year to discuss a 
range of topics. Feedback from the meetings is shared 
with the Board and the Executive Leadership Team.
Every business has structures and routines in place for 
engagement with representative trade unions, and 
material matters are routinely escalated to appropriate 
leadership committees. In 2024, we had one dialogue 
session and a number of parallel engagements with 
IndustriALL. In South Africa and Australia, our Tripartite 
structures (comprising businesses, recognised trade 
unions, the regulator and industry councils) met to 
continue its focus on topics primarily related to health 
and safety.
 
What was important to our stakeholders 
in the year(8)
– Physical and psychological safety and health
– Job security
– Organisation and workforce restructuring
– The future of work
– Inclusion and diversity
– Performance leadership and reward
– Accelerated delivery of our strategy and portfolio 
simplification.
Communities
How we engage
Guided by our Social Way, we commit to local 
accountability that forms part of our Sustainable Mining 
Plan and sets our standard for how we proactively 
engage with local stakeholders. We aim to always 
engage proactively, meaningfully and respectfully with 
our stakeholders in relation to impacts and risks and to 
maximise socio-economic development opportunities. 
The principles of informed consultation and 
participation are at the heart of our stakeholder 
engagement activities, focusing on an in-depth 
exchange of views and information in an organised 
and iterative process that is tailored to different 
stakeholders, including potentially vulnerable groups. 
The Sustainability Committee receives an annual 
report on social performance and community issues. 
The Board is also updated via presentations from 
business leaders and visits operations, which usually 
include engagement with local community 
representatives.
The Social Way Policy sets out requirements for the 
management of community grievances and incidents 
which could significantly affect local stakeholders. 
All incidents with Level 4–5 social consequences are 
reported to, and discussed by, the Board.
What was important to our stakeholders in the year
– Community health and safety
– Livelihoods and job creation
– Land access, displacement and resettlement
– Socio-economic development initiatives
– Grievances and incidents which could significantly 
affect local stakeholders
– Cultural heritage
– Collaboration in emergency preparedness planning.
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Civil society (NGOs, faith groups 
and academia)
How we engage
The Group’s engagement includes one-on-one 
interactions (including with Executive Leadership 
Team members); various multi-stakeholder initiatives 
and partnerships; addresses at civil society gatherings; 
and open and ongoing dialogue on tax transparency, 
the future of resource taxation and responsible mining 
practices. The Group hosts accountability dialogues 
which bring together a cross-section of stakeholders to 
discuss our performance. Any key concerns or trends 
from these engagements are reported to relevant 
executive and/or Board structures. These trends and 
issues inform our strategies, policies and procedures. 
Anglo American participates in the global Mining 
and Faith Reflections Initiative and the South African 
multi-faith Courageous Conversations initiative, and 
also has longstanding partnerships with NGOs such 
as TechnoServe, Fauna & Flora International, Right 
to Care, HBGI and The Global Fund.
What was important to our stakeholders in the year
– Climate change and just transition
– Respect for human rights
– The future of resource taxation
– Our impact on water and biodiversity
– Avoiding/mitigating environmental harm and the 
right to a healthy environment
– Investing in social and community development
– Industry transparency and reporting initiatives
– Critical raw materials supply chains
– Ethical value chains/product provenance
– Free, prior and informed consent.
Suppliers and contractors
How we engage
The Group engages with suppliers through several 
channels, including: supplier relationship management 
programmes, engagement events; host community 
procurement forums; capability development 
initiatives; various digital platforms; and our 
responsible sourcing programme.
Material matters are reported to the Board through the 
chief executive’s reports. Material supply contracts are 
approved by the Board. Reports to the Board from 
business leaders contain updates on contractor 
management.
What was important to our stakeholders in the year
– How to identify and mitigate the risk of modern 
slavery and labour rights abuses within the supplier 
value chain
– Stimulating local manufacture of mining goods 
and increasing procurement opportunities for host 
community suppliers through our inclusive 
procurement approach
– Providing suppliers with access to information, 
especially as these relate to procurement 
opportunities and performance feedback
– Through our Contractor Performance Management 
programme, protecting the safety, health, well-
being and dignity of all workers employed by 
contracting companies
– Engaging suppliers to accelerate our Sustainable 
Mining Plan goals including our Scope 3 ambitions.
Customers
How we engage
Our Marketing business interacts with customers 
through direct personal engagements and via 
business and industry forums.
The CEO of Marketing provides an annual update to 
the Board on the Group’s marketing strategy and 
activities, including customer engagement. The Board 
also receives a regular update on commodity markets 
from the Marketing team.
What was important to our stakeholders in the year
– Delivery of product on agreed timing and terms
– Decarbonisation roadmap and carbon 
management solutions
– Assurance that products have been responsibly 
mined or sourced
– Collaboration opportunities
– Participation in responsible mining certification 
systems
– Price risk management in an inflationary 
environment
– Continued engagement around key industry shifts.
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Governments and 
multilateral institutions
How we engage
The Group engages proactively with host 
governments at both local and national levels, as well 
as with other governments in countries of strategic 
interest – both directly and through industry bodies, 
and via participation in inter-governmental and 
multilateral processes.
The Board receives regular updates on key 
geopolitical factors relevant to the Group’s operating 
and broader strategic interests, as well as updates 
on government engagements.
What was important to our stakeholders in the year
– Stable, secure supply of responsibly sourced critical 
raw materials for the energy transition in an 
increasingly challenging geopolitical context
– Wider sustainability and development agenda, 
including climate change
– Contribution to national and international 
developmental priorities
– Taxation policy, including national and international 
tax reforms related to digitalisation, globalisation and 
the environment against a backdrop of challenging 
fiscal scenarios for many governments
– Permitting of new technology for transformational 
change
– Compliance with mining licence and related 
requirements.
Industry associations
How we engage
The Group participates in more than 130 industry 
associations worldwide. An audit of our memberships 
is undertaken and published biennially. The Group’s 
participation is directed by our Government and 
International Relations Policy. The chief executive 
reports matters of significance to the Board.
What was important to our stakeholders in the year
– Contributing constructively in business initiatives, 
with the aim of enhancing the collective business 
interest
– Contributing to shared responses to challenges 
faced by governments and societies in host 
jurisdictions and markets
– General knowledge sharing on our approach 
to managing material issues.
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(Left to right) senior independent director Ian Tyler, legal & corporate 
affairs director (and company secretary) Richard Price, Stuart Chambers, 
Duncan Wanblad and finance director John Heasley at our 2024 AGM.

Identifying and evaluating matters 
that are of common material interest 
to our stakeholders and to our 
business, and understanding how they 
may affect our ability to create value 
over time, are integral to our planning 
processes and help support the 
delivery of Anglo American’s strategy.
We identify our material matters through an 
externally facilitated materiality assessment, 
which we expect to carry out every two to 
three years.
In 2023, we conducted a robust, 
stakeholder-driven double materiality 
assessment that sought to capture the key 
material issues that impact society and the 
environment (external) and impact 
Anglo American (internal).
This materiality assessment incorporated 
externally facilitated in-depth interviews with 
a range of internal and external 
stakeholders, supplemented by an internal 
survey sent to managers across the Group, 
and extensive desktop research. A third-
party-led validation workshop then took 
place where subject-matter experts were 
asked to validate the matters identified as 
most impactful on both Anglo American and 
wider society. The final materiality matrix 
was then approved by the Group‘s 
leadership and the Board.
To supplement the prior year’s double 
materiality assessment, in 2024 we 
undertook extensive desktop research, 
including: review of the Group Risk Register; 
global media coverage and analyst reports 
on Anglo American and the mining sector; 
and analysis of Board and executive 
discussions. The outcome of this research 
confirmed that the material matters 
identified in 2023 were still relevant and, as 
such, we have not adjusted the materiality 
matrix published in 2023 and on page 21 
of this report.
To better demonstrate and communicate 
how our material matters link to our 
Sustainable Mining Plan, we have mapped 
each material matter to the Sustainable 
Mining Plan’s relevant Critical Foundations 
and Global Sustainability Pillars. 
Healthy stakeholder 
relationships help us to 
better communicate how 
our business decisions, 
activities and performance 
are likely to affect or be of 
significant interest to our 
stakeholders.”
Understanding our stakeholders
Healthy stakeholder relationships help us to 
better communicate how our business 
decisions, activities and performance are 
likely to affect or be of significant interest 
to our stakeholders, and provide the 
opportunity to co-create effective and 
lasting solutions to business and other 
challenges.
Anglo American’s stakeholders include host 
communities, governments, our workforce, 
customers, business partners, multinational 
organisations, industry peers, broader civil 
society, trade unions, trade associations and 
suppliers, in addition to our shareholders 
who own the business. In some instances, 
we work with representatives from multi-
stakeholder initiatives to provide a more 
collaborative and holistic view on the issues 
facing our industry.
Beyond the materiality process, we 
continually engage with our stakeholders at 
global, national and local levels to develop 
long-term mutually beneficial relationships 
that support responses to society’s most 
pressing challenges.
▶For more information on how we engage with our 
stakeholders
See pages 16–19
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Determining what 
is important

Material matters in 2024
The matters identified through our 
materiality process are naturally numerous 
and wide-ranging and can cover a number 
of topics and issues. Some also intersect 
with specific principal risks facing the Group, 
as identified in the Group Risk Register. 
Principal risks are those risks, or combination 
of risks, that would threaten the business 
model, future performance, solvency 
or liquidity of Anglo American and are shown 
with the following symbol (‡). 
▶For more information on our principal risks
See pages 98–103
The material matters shown in the matrix are 
those that relate to sustainability outcomes, 
including across the three pillars of 
environmental, social and governance 
(ESG). We are aware that there are 
numerous macro-economic and operational 
factors that can also impact both our 
stakeholders and Anglo American; these are 
discussed fully in the following pages of the 
Strategic Report:
▶Looking at the demand growth trends 
See pages 39–42
▶Group financial review 
See pages 108–111
▶Business performance reviews 
See pages 112–145
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To better demonstrate and communicate 
how our material matters link to our 
Sustainable Mining Plan, we have mapped 
each material matter to the plan’s relevant 
Critical Foundations and Global 
Sustainability Pillars.*
Critical Foundations
SMP elements
Material matters
Read more
Zero mindset
Safety, health and well-being of the workforce‡
Page 31
Leadership
and culture
Business ethics, governance and transparency
Page 90
Attraction, retention and engagement of workforce
Page 88
Bribery and corruption‡
Page 90
Cybersecurity and data privacy‡
Page 38**
Training and upskilling opportunities
Page 89
Inclusion 
and diversity
Diversity, equity and inclusion
Page 89
Human rights
Human and labour rights
Page 84
Governance
and policies
Group standards and processes***
Page 57**
Compliance with legal requirements***
Page 55**
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The material matters and sustainability-linked targets articulated in this report reflect the current articulation of the Group’s Sustainable Mining 
Plan and its stretch targets, which can be found on page 64 of this report.
**
Page reference(s) relates to the Sustainability Report 2024. For more information, see our Sustainability Report 2024 
www.angloamerican.com/sustainability-report-2024
*** While Group standards and processes and compliance with legal requirements were not identified in our materiality analysis, they form part of 
the Critical Foundations of our Sustainable Mining Plan. We, therefore, include an overview of these topics in our Sustainability Report 2024.

Global Sustainability Pillars
SMP elements
Material matters
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Climate resilience and adaptation‡
Page 65
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and renewable energy‡
Page 71
Healthy
Environment
Biodiversity and land management
Page 75
Water use, quality and availability‡
Page 77
Mineral residue management‡
Page 78
Resource re-use/recycling
Page 90**
Community and indigenous rights
Page 109**
Community consultation and engagement‡
Page 78
Thriving
Communities
Economic development of communities
Page 80
Community health and education development
Page 82
Responsible mine closure and regeneration
Page 112**
Proactive policy advocacy approach
Page 117**
Responsible product offering
Page 60
Trusted
Corporate
Leader
Responsible supply chain
Page 85
Economic impact on producer countries
Page 83
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Anglo American has long understood 
the role of its business in society. 
This is encapsulated in our Purpose 
as: re-imagining mining to improve 
people’s lives.
Guided by our clear Purpose, we reliably 
and responsibly provide many of the 
metals and minerals our modern society 
needs for improving living standards and 
food security in a cleaner, greener and 
decarbonising world. 
We combine integrity, creativity and smart 
innovation, with the utmost consideration for 
our people, their families, local communities, 
our customers and the world at large – to 
better connect precious resources to all of 
us who need and value them.
Together with our business partners and 
diverse stakeholders, we aim to help build 
brighter and healthier futures around our 
operations, in host communities and 
ultimately for billions of people around 
the world who depend on our products 
every day.
Understanding our employees 
People are the very heart of our business 
and critical to everything we do. We 
create safe, inclusive and diverse working 
environments, both physically and 
psychologically, where our employees feel 
valued for who they are and the work they 
do, and empowered and accountable to 
grow business value for the long term. We 
are acutely aware that to get the best from 
our people we need to understand their 
viewpoints and address any concerns they 
may raise about working for us. 
We consider workforce engagement 
to be a priority for every leader at 
Anglo American and we ensure there are 
regular opportunities made available to 
all employees to identify areas where, for 
example, we need to do more to ensure that 
colleagues feel cared for and respected. 
Our Global Workforce Advisory Panel aims 
to give employees more of a voice in the 
boardroom so their views can be better 
understood and considered when decisions 
are being made about the future of the 
business. In 2024, the panel met three times 
– with one of the meetings taking place in 
person in South Africa – and the panel chair, 
non-executive director, Marcelo Bastos, 
shared the key messages from those 
meetings with the Board and the Executive 
Leadership Team. The Board also engages 
directly with employees during director site 
visits. The culture and Governance sections 
of this report provide more detail on these 
engagements and explain the resultant 
outcomes.
▶For more information on our 
Global Workforce Advisory Panel
See page 88
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Safety; Care and Respect; Integrity; 
Accountability; Collaboration; and 
Innovation shape our culture and guide 
our behaviour, and are fundamental to 
creating enduring benefit for all our 
employees, shareholders and 
stakeholders in a way that demonstrably 
improves people’s lives.

Section 172 statement 
Section 172 of the UK Companies Act 
requires directors of all UK companies to 
act in the way they would consider, in 
good faith, would be most likely to 
promote the success of a company for the 
benefit of its shareholders. It also requires 
directors, in making decisions, to have 
regard to a non-exhaustive list of factors, 
including the interests of employees and 
how the actions and behaviours of a 
company affect a broad range of 
stakeholders such as suppliers, 
customers, communities and the 
environment, as well as the company’s 
reputation. Details of how the 
Anglo American plc Board of directors 
has fulfilled its legal duties can be found 
throughout this report and the following 
sections make up the Company’s 
Section 172 statement for the year ended 
31 December 2024.
The Board gave serious consideration to 
the unsolicited and highly conditional 
combination proposals from BHP, 
reviewing them in detail and unanimously 
rejecting each in turn. At the same time, 
the Board supported the management 
team’s accelerated value delivery plans 
and is actively engaged with the 
progress of these plans in accordance 
with its broader strategic oversight of the 
Group as it undergoes a period of 
transformational change to create a more 
resilient and valuable business that is set 
up to fulfil its full value and growth 
potential. This includes the likely 
consequences of any decisions we make 
which are aligned to the portfolio changes; 
the need to foster the relationships we 
have with all our stakeholders and deliver 
on our commitments; the interests of our 
employees; the impact our operations have 
on the environment and local communities; 
and the need to maintain high standards of 
business conduct. The full Board received 
briefings in 2024 on the duties and 
obligations of directors and key regulatory 
issues they need to consider in the exercise 
of their powers.
The Board understands that our wide range 
of stakeholders (identified on pages 16-19) is 
integral to the sustainability of our business, 
underpinning our social licence to operate. 
In addition, the Board is conscious that 
expectations around our performance and 
contribution to society – from local to global – 
are both diverse and continuously evolving.
By listening to, understanding and 
engaging with our stakeholders, the Board 
endeavours to live up to their expectations, 
by staying true to our Purpose, acting in 
accordance with our Values, and supporting 
management in the delivery of our strategy. 
Stakeholder considerations are integral to 
the discussions at Board meetings and the 
decisions we make take into account any 
potential impacts on them and the natural 
environment, particularly as the company 
undergoes this current period of 
transformational change. 
Like any business, we are aware that some 
of the decisions we make may have an 
adverse impact on certain stakeholders.
The Board holds management to account 
for the delivery of our Sustainable Mining 
Plan – this is a flexible, living plan and is 
currently being updated to reflect 
Anglo American's future portfolio 
composition that was announced in May 
2024. The Board, through its Sustainability 
Committee and through dedicated strategic 
briefings, has received regular updates on 
progress against the delivery of our 
sustainability commitments throughout 2024 
and is fully engaged in the development of 
the updated plan – which we aim to set out 
in more detail likely only once the portfolio 
simplification has made further progress 
during 2025. We continue to ensure that our 
sustainability ambitions remain relevant and 
that they continue to deliver tangible value 
for our many stakeholders and positively 
transform how they experience our business.
The Board and its committees take a 
broad range of factors and stakeholder 
considerations into account when making 
decisions in the year. Decisions are made 
within the context of the long-term factors 
that may impact the Group and are based 
on our material matters (identified on page 
21) and the major demand growth trends 
(see pages 39-42).
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Details of how the Board and its 
directors have fulfilled these duties 
can be found throughout the 
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the following sections have been 
incorporated by reference into this 
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necessary, the Anglo American 
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16
Understanding our stakeholders
20
Our material matters
39
Demand growth trends
168
Activity of the Board and our 
committees in 2024
175
Board stakeholder engagement

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Our first and most important priority is achieving operational 
excellence – and that always starts with our number one 
value: safety.
We have world-class assets and we continue to improve 
their performance and competitive positions through 
operational efficiency and cost discipline.
Our focus is on delivering our mine plans safely and reliably – 
that is the foundation for everything else we do. The detailed 
mine planning is driven by our people on the ground, who in 
turn are empowered to deliver and maximise long-term 
value from our portfolio.
Safe, stable and responsible operations are central to 
maintaining trust, whether of investors, customers or many 
other stakeholders, helping us retain our licence to operate 
and secure new investment and growth opportunities.
We are also deploying appropriate new technologies 
to improve safety, productivity, energy and water 
intensity, further enhancing our operational and 
sustainability performance.
In this section
29 Our Operating Model
31 Occupational safety
33 Occupational health
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Preparation, 
innovation and 
collaboration 
underpin safety 
response at 
Grosvenor
As a cornerstone of operational excellence, safety 
comes first in everything we do. We train, equip 
and empower our people to work safely, because 
nothing is more important than everyone returning 
home safely at the end of their working day. 
Advances in technology, changes in operational practice, 
and a far more intense focus on keeping people out of 
harm’s way have made mining a much safer industry, but 
there are moments when these safety measures are put to 
the test.
When a localised ignition event occurred underground at 
our Grosvenor steelmaking coal mine in Queensland, 
Australia, in June 2024, experience and collaboration, 
together with industry-leading real-time monitoring and 
effective critical controls, ensured a swift and safe response.
The leadership shown by all those underground at the time, 
in particular deputies, under managers and mines rescue 
teams, to co-ordinate a safe and efficient withdrawal from 
the underground environment was exceptional. About an 
hour from the event, all personnel were safe and accounted 
for on the surface.
In parallel with the mine evacuation and withdrawal, the 
Incident Management Team was formed and engaged 
industry experts to assist. The process that followed 
enabled the team to safely contain the mine and swiftly 
move to damage assessment and option evaluation.
An effective emergency response involves the 
local community 
As news of the incident spread, colleagues and industry 
peers were quick to provide messages of support. This 
incredible show of solidarity played a significant role in 
ensuring the quickest and safest possible resolution for 
our Grosvenor team. Working closely with employees, 
regulators, unions and communities, we were able to 
conduct initial damage assessment work within several 
weeks of the event.
Commenting on the collaboration with industry and 
the local community, Dan van der Westhuizen, CEO of 
Anglo American in Australia, said: “Our safe response to the 
incident at Grosvenor showcases the strong relationships 
and mutual trust with key stakeholders established across 
our steelmaking coal business.
“These relationships helped us swiftly transition from 
emergency response to securing permanent jobs for people 
and then to asset recovery. Without the collaboration of 
industry and community, our prompt response to the 
Grosvenor incident and job preservation would not have 
been possible.”
Our ongoing commitment to the Moranbah area 
The well-being of our people and the local community was 
our guiding principle throughout our response. While we 
were sealing off the mine, we were providing full-pay 
security for our Grosvenor workforce and offering 
redeployment to permanent employees, a complex task 
made possible only with the support of industry and unions.
By leveraging well-established communication channels, 
we facilitated real-time information sharing and supported 
quick decision making through CEO updates, town halls and 
daily posts on social media, ensuring our stakeholders 
remained informed and engaged.
Independent real-time environmental and air-quality 
monitoring helped us assess and prevent potential impacts 
on our workers responding to the incident, and on wider 
public health. This included measuring particulate matter in 
the area and 24/7 real-time air-quality data collection at five 
locations in the Moranbah township.
Our swift and effective response not only demonstrated 
the strength of our safety protocols but also underscored 
the invaluable support from our community and industry 
partners. We remain committed to fostering strong 
relationships that enhance our operational resilience.
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Graduate automation engineer Isabella Taylor is part of the team in 
the control room, where industry-leading real-time monitoring and 
effective critical controls help to ensure a swift and safe response to 
any safety incident.

Operational excellence is our primary 
source of competitive advantage, 
enabling us to operate high-quality 
and long-life assets more effectively 
(productivity) and efficiently (cost) 
than other comparable assets. 
To maximise long-term value from our 
portfolio of world-class assets, we leverage 
our approach to operational excellence 
in several ways. Through detailed planning, 
we define the most cost-effective way to 
operate our business and deliver on our 
budgets. It is a fully integrated planning 
process, connecting our strategy with the 
respective asset and business plans. We 
have increased our focus on corrective 
maintenance planning which resulted in 
a 25 percentage points increase in the 
proportion of corrective maintenance, which 
was planned two or more weeks in advance 
in 2024 when compared to the second half 
of 2023. Not only does this make for a much 
safer workplace, it also improves operational 
stability at our assets and provides greater 
confidence in our ability to deliver against 
our budgets.
Secondly, we are driving disciplined 
execution of our plans to ensure that we 
deliver the right work, at the right time in the 
right way – with safety and cost-efficiency 
paramount. We have seen significant results 
from our push to increase the time that 
leaders spend in the field during the course 
of 2024. This is imperative to strengthening 
leadership accountability and encouraging 
quality interactions – ultimately contributing 
to a much greater adherence to our 
operational standards, and a more engaged 
and productive workforce. In turn, this has 
supported safer operations and disciplined 
execution against our plans, which resulted 
in an 88% reduction in production losses due 
to equipment breakdowns within key assets 
in our copper and premium iron ore 
businesses in the second half of 2024, 
compared to the same period in 2023.
We are also focused on continuously 
improving towards benchmark performance 
and productivity. One of our key benchmarks 
is centred on overall equipment effectiveness 
(OEE) of our truck fleet, where we saw a 4 
percentage points improvement across key 
assets in our copper and premium iron ore 
businesses in 2024 compared to 2023, as we 
focus on disseminating best practices and 
nurturing our continuous improvement culture 
– including people capabilities, communities 
of practice, leadership behaviours and 
management routines, amongst other 
focus areas.
We depend on not only having the data but, 
just as importantly, the ability to analyse it 
quickly and effectively in order to leverage 
these insights to disseminate best practices 
and drive consistent process improvement 
work across our assets. Our use of 
advanced AI predictive maintenance tools 
has yielded significant results in our efforts to 
ensure consistent process improvement 
work through best-in-class methods and 
tools, and we remain focused on identifying 
the most value-accretive opportunities for 
each site. For example, we have leveraged 
predictive maintenance technology to 
monitor over 1,200 critical assets across our 
sites, enabling earlier warning of equipment 
deterioration, making planned interventions 
possible and also saving 609 hours of 
downtime across our sites as at year-end 
31 December 2024. 
We also continue to invest in a range of 
productivity and mining-specific tools 
designed to advance the automation of our 
operations and support our three key focus 
areas within operational excellence. This 
includes the use of Gen AI to surface 
embedded knowledge from our control 
systems, and various AI/ML models 
deployed toward optimising individual 
components through to optimisation at the 
system level. We also look to optimise across 
entire value chains using Digital Operational 
Planning, a fully digitised cloud-based tool 
set, to support planning at our mine sites. 
Two new teams within our information 
management (IM) function were established 
in 2024 to help us navigate these disciplines:
Machine robotics and AI – focused 
on harnessing robotics (e.g. drones, 
quadrupeds, etc.), machine learning and 
generative AI to deliver value and further 
enable safe and stable production at 
our operations. 
Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence – 
focused on AI governance, AI risk 
management and learning programmes 
to ensure our use of AI is responsible and 
value-accretive. 
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Anglo American’s Operating Model is our foundation for achieving operational 
excellence – providing our teams with a structured, standard approach for how 
we set targets, plan, execute and improve our work. 

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Best Practice Principles 
drive major efficiency gains 
at Los Bronces 
At Los Bronces, one of the world’s largest 
copper mines, implementing our Best 
Practice Principles (BPPs) has been 
transformative in cutting downtime, 
A truck in the maintenance bay at our Los Bronces operation in Chile, featuring mechanical maintainer 
Mario Jara (left) and electrical maintainer Igor Cruz.
boosting productivity and significantly 
enhancing overall operational efficiency.
This targeted approach has helped to 
address the mine’s unique challenges, 
including extreme weather conditions and 
the complex logistics related to operating 
in the high Andes of central Chile, to deliver 
the reliable performance that is essential 
for meeting production targets.
Delivering operational efficiency 
with BPPs 
Our BPP programme provides a structured 
system designed to embed consistent, 
high-performance practices across our 
operations. This approach delivers far-
reaching operational efficiencies, such 
as optimised equipment use, reduced 
maintenance frequency and streamlined 
workflows, directly impacting our bottom 
line. By applying BPPs consistently, our 
teams can anticipate and mitigate 
potential issues before they escalate, 
helping us reliably achieve safety 
standards, as well as production targets.
Aligned with our Operating Model, BPPs 
support operational excellence as one of 
our three strategic priorities and are a key 
component of Anglo American’s strategy. 
Operational excellence is anchored in 
safety, adherence to production schedules 
and enhancing competitiveness from mine 
to market. The BPP programme supports 
this by providing structured training, 
continuous coaching and practical tools 
for teams to maintain and refine these 
practices across our operations. 
BPPs in action at Los Bronces 
At Los Bronces, the structured BPP 
approach has had a clear impact. We 
have achieved reduced downtime and 
increased productivity through practical 
actions and continuous support, 
encouraging a collaborative culture that 
prioritises excellence.
For example, by adopting short-interval 
control BPPs, Los Bronces has significantly 
boosted its operational agility, leading to a 
c.40% reduction in the autonomous truck 
object detection resolution time.
Describing the approach and its successful 
implementation, Marcelo Bustos, general 
manager at Los Bronces, said: "We all train 
together on how to implement BPPs, using 
both online training and in-person sessions, 
and closely monitor our performance. 
Creating a community where everyone 
can share, learn and help each other is 
necessary for long-term success. The BPP 
programme is not only improving our 
operations but also encouraging a more 
collaborative environment.
“By formalising the steps of BPP 
implementation and focusing on key 
constraints, we have seen tangible 
improvements. Our teams are now more 
aligned, and the structured schedules 
have significantly improved 
our operations.” 
Looking ahead 
Los Bronces is concentrating on driving 
additional efficiencies through further 
implementation of BPPs. The focus 
includes extending short-interval control 
to the concentrator, enhancing bucket 
payload optimisation, refining mine activity 
design, and advancing blast master 
techniques, all focused on improving 
efficiency at our operations. 

Occupational safety
We are dedicated to safeguarding our 
people from harm. In 2024, we continued to 
strengthen our three key safety levers: to 
support operational leaders to spend more 
time in the field; deliver planned work 
aligned with our Operating Model and risk 
management strategy; and continue 
implementation of our Contractor 
Performance Management framework 
across the business.
Safety comes foremost in everything we do; 
we train, equip and empower our people to 
work safely, because we believe that 
everybody, everywhere, must return home 
safe at the end of their working day.
Governance
Site general managers are accountable for 
the delivery of safe and responsible 
production, and ensuring that minimum 
occupational safety expectations, as laid out 
in our policies and procedures, are met.
Business safety data is reviewed by the 
Executive Leadership Team on a monthly 
basis, and is then reviewed and discussed 
by the Board and its Sustainability 
Committee at each meeting.
Safety performance continues to be 
embedded in our executive remuneration 
arrangements, with the short-term 
incentives of the executive directors and 
managers impacted by safety performance 
across the Group, as outlined in our 
Remuneration Report and determined by 
our Remuneration Committee. Executive 
director bonus payouts reflect performance 
for Group total recordable injury frequency 
rate (TRIFR) and Operational Excellence in 
Safety metrics – comprising Visible Felt 
Leadership (VFL) time in field and scheduled 
maintenance activities.
Safety data (fatal injuries and TRIFR) is 
subject to external assurance as part of the 
year-end reporting process.
Our approach and policies
Our overarching approach to safety is 
incorporated in our Safety, Health and 
Environmental management framework, 
covered in our SHE Policy and SHE Way. 
▶For more information on the SHE Policy, see
www.angloamerican.com/policies-and-data
Contractor performance management
To deliver safe, responsible production, we 
know that we need to be better at how we 
work with our contractors and how we 
support their safety on our sites, ensuring 
they feel valued and respected as a critical 
contributor to everyone’s safety.
Launched in 2023, our Contractor 
Performance Management (CPM) 
framework supports the implementation of 
an industry best-practice approach to 
working with our contractors and third-party 
companies executing physical work at our 
sites. 
The CPM framework incorporates people, 
processes and systems, and provides the 
foundation for safe and stable production by 
helping to create a psychologically and 
physically safe, healthy and productive work 
environment for everyone who works for us.
Group safety performance
It is with deep sadness that we report the 
loss of life of three colleagues – an 
employee and two contractors – in work-
related incidents at our managed 
operations in 2024. These losses leave a 
lasting impact on many lives and serve as a 
constant reminder to be unconditional about 
safety, every day. 
Tshepiso Terrence Mokale and Euzmen 
Ndlebe were both fatally injured in June, 
while preparing an ore pass in development 
at Dishaba mine, part of our Platinum Group 
Metals (PGMs) business in South Africa. In 
October, Basanda Glen Langeni died 
following a scraper winch incident 
underground at Dishaba. Both incidents 
were investigated by independent experts 
and actions were agreed to mitigate the 
risks identified and to prevent these types 
of tragic incidents from re-occurring. 
We also lost colleagues at some of our 
independently managed joint ventures. In 
June, a contractor* working at Jwaneng 
mine in Botswana, was fatally injured in an 
incident involving a mobile crane and 
production drilling rig. In November, Tshepo 
Tebele, a night shift winch operator 
at Modikwa, lost his life in an incident 
involving a scraper winch. In a separate 
incident in November, a contractor* working 
at Collahuasi in Chile, tragically lost his life 
in an incident involving the replacement of a 
section of a pipeline.
* In respect of cultural norms and/or privacy 
considerations, the deceased’s name has not 
been published. 
In 2024, we continued to demonstrate 
progress in our safety journey, recording our 
lowest TRIFR of 1.57 in 2024 (2023: 1.78). 
We also reported a 14% improvement in the 
2024 lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) 
to 1.06 (2023: 1.23). This improvement in 
our lagging metrics reflects the operational 
rigour and progressive maturity of our 
operational safety processes. 
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One of our haul trucks in action at our Sishen iron ore mine in South Africa.
Continually optimising 
the use of our trucks
We continuously aim to improve the 
competitiveness of our assets through 
driving collaborative operational 
efficiencies and a disciplined and 
commercial approach to costs. One way 
in which we are doing this is through an 
ongoing effort to optimise the use of our 
trucks across our mine sites.
With a fleet of approximately 460 large 
haul trucks, which make up a significant 
proportion of our mining costs, the 
continuous optimisation of our truck 
usage is essential to unlocking substantial 
savings and further increasing our 
margins and, therefore, competitiveness. 
In addition to financial savings, reduced 
diesel usage helps deliver our GHG 
emission reduction targets.
Success at Sishen
One part of the business that has 
benefitted from a strong focus on how we 
use our trucks more efficiently is our Sishen 
iron ore mine in South Africa. 
To further improve the efficiency and 
effectiveness of the end-to-end process, 
a joint heavy mobile equipment (HME) 
programme was set up, enabling our 
maintenance team to precisely execute 
the right work at the right time as efficiently 
as possible. This involved applying a waste 
elimination methodology to the haul truck 
preventative maintenance process, 
improving defect identification and 
leadership oversight to improve overall 
equipment condition, and improving 
work management practices, including 
demand planning to on-time and in-full 
delivery of spares.
As a result, the mine was able to reduce 
the number of trucks in use, lowering 
operating costs significantly and reducing 
GHG emissions from diesel use. The 
management team decided to initially 
park-up 20 haul trucks to ensure the 
remaining fleet is fully utilised and allow 
engineering personnel to focus their efforts 
on the smaller fleet in operation. At the 
peak of the process, Sishen had 37 trucks 
parked-up. The integrated mine planning 
schedule balanced the volume 
requirements to the rail performance to 
ensure the mine was avoiding excessive 
product stockpiles, while ensuring the next 
business planning cycle was set up for 
delivery of the business plan commitments.
Our head of engineering and maintenance 
for Kumba Iron Ore, Carl Stensby, said: 
“Over the past two years, significant effort 
has been dedicated to improving the 
reliability of Sishen mine’s truck fleet. This 
began with identifying root causes of low 
availability and refining maintenance 
strategies, systems, routines, component 
life and spares readiness. The 
maintenance team underwent a ‘Lean 
Transformation’ focused on leadership, 
streamlined routines, optimised workshops 
and a ‘Formula 1’ approach to execution. 
A robust component repair, quality and 
warranty process was also introduced, 
adding significant value. While continuous 
improvement remains the focus, I am 
proud of the team’s achievements and 
grateful for the support from our mining, 
supply chain, and Group engineering and 
maintenance functions.” 
Our head of supply chain for Kumba, Iqbal 
Rasool, said: “While we continue to work on 
the remaining systematic improvements to 
the programme, I am proud of the HME 
project team’s achievements. Through 
authentic collaboration with various 
teams, we gained a comprehensive 
understanding of the value chain across 
supply chain and maintenance. As a result, 
we are focusing on the right work to de-
bottleneck our processes, which enables 
our assets to perform at their full potential.” 

Occupational health
Our concern for the health of our 
workforce, throughout and beyond the 
workplace, is now reflected in our updated 
Total Health Standard and refreshed 
Health and Well-being strategy. We have 
captured the lessons of our pandemic 
experience to prepare for any current 
or future health threat.
We have collaborated closely with our 
colleagues to ensure an integrated 
approach to health programming that 
protects, promotes and creates value for 
everyone who works in our organisation, 
as well as continuing to improve the 
quality of life for the communities around 
our operations. 
Total number of fatal injuries and fatal injury 
frequency rate (FIFR) 2020–2024
Fatal injuries 
FIFR
Lost-time injuries, medical treatment cases and 
TRIFR 2020–2024
Injuries 
TRIFR
Governance
Operational general managers are 
accountable for implementation of their 
health programmes, supported by 
operational occupational health managers 
and hygienists who act as health activity 
champions. This clear accountability and 
responsibility help to deliver minimum health 
requirements, as laid out in our standard. 
All local health activity champions are 
supported by a Total Health Community of 
Practice which meets regularly to discuss 
standard implementation, share local best 
practice, helpful tools and industry-peer 
excellence practices to promote shared 
improvements across all operations. 
Individual business and aggregated Group 
health and hygiene data is reviewed by the 
Executive Leadership Team on at least a 
quarterly basis. It is then reviewed and 
discussed by the Board and its Sustainability 
Committee at each meeting.
To demonstrate our commitment to 
occupational health and hygiene, 
performance is embedded in our executive 
remuneration arrangements. A short-term 
incentive bonus is awarded if there is a 90% 
completion of approved yearly plans that 
supports reducing exposure to workplace 
hazards. The longer-term goal of this 
performance metric is for a sustained 
reduction in the number of workers exposed 
to noise, carcinogens and other inhalable 
hazards in our managed operations 
where the current measures are over the 
occupational exposure limit (OEL). While all 
operations have robust personal protective 
equipment (PPE) requirements, this metric 
demonstrates our desire to move to more 
modern working environments where 
hazards are controlled within the design 
phase and task planning processes. 
Occupational health and hygiene data is 
subject to both internal and external 
assurance reviews as part of the year-
end reporting process. 
Our approach and policies
Health activity is incorporated in our Safety, 
Health and Environmental (SHE) 
management framework outlined in the 
refreshed SHE Policy and SHE Way. Our 
commitments related to community health 
are also outlined in the Social Way. 
In 2024, we updated our Total Health 
Standard. The update includes a broader 
definition of worker health that allows our 
operations to consider and utilise all 
available levers to positively improve health. 
This modern model expands the traditional 
focus on workplace hygiene exposure 
control. The resulting operational 
requirements were included within our 
associated five-year strategy, which we 
implemented from 2024. This continues to 
support cross-functional collaborative 
programmes, including our WeCare well-
being and livelihoods support programmes, 
and helps us to work together to efficiently 
support our people and achieve our health 
and well-being goals.
Our decades of work with employees and 
host communities on HIV/AIDS and TB 
management have allowed us to extend our 
learnings from managing communicable 
diseases to the rapidly increasing 
prevalence of non-communicable diseases, 
including mental health conditions, obesity, 
hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. We 
are committed to developing and delivering 
innovative interventions that demonstrably 
reduce such health risks in our workforce. 
We continue to drive a digital health 
transformation that will enable core data 
capture and reporting systems that inform 
data-driven decision making.
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FIFR
Fatal injuries
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0.000
0.005
0.010
0.015
TRIFR
Lost-time injuries
Medical treatment cases
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
—
250
500
750
1,000
1,250
—
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5

Expanding our global mental health 
resources
In response to a rise in mental health 
impacts across our workforce, we have 
expanded our global mental health 
resources. While there are many drivers of 
mental health concerns, we have focused 
on what we can control within the 
workplace, with the aim of detecting mental 
health deteriorations early and providing 
appropriate support. This has led to a multi-
disciplinary team development of an 
innovative leader awareness and 
intervention programme named Pathways 
to Care. 
The aim of the Pathways to Care 
programme is to teach leaders across the 
organisation to recognise the mental health 
spectrum and then intervene in an optimal 
way if they note changes in their team 
members. Resources were developed, and 
training was delivered in all major languages 
across a variety of media and training 
access types. We took particular care to 
ensure mental health emergencies were 
well understood and that our offering was 
also made freely available to our contractor 
workforce and management.
Total Health Standard
Our enhanced Total Health Standard, 
approved in 2024, goes beyond defining the 
minimum health requirements aimed at 
preventing harmful workplace hazard 
exposures and related occupational illness 
to include actions that proactively improve 
the wellness of our workforce, such as our 
accommodation and catering service 
offerings. All operations in scope are 
expected to complete a self-assessment 
against the new standard by mid-2025, and 
start to put in place the continuous 
improvements identified to optimise worker 
health and well-being according to local 
needs and cultural context. 
The Total Health Standard helps to deliver 
equitable access to our health programmes 
by specifically requiring contractor access to 
all information, instruction, training or 
supervision that is necessary for them to 
attend our workplaces without risk to their 
immediate and long-term health and well-
being. The standard deliberately extends the 
activity focus to welfare requirements and 
health-promotional activities and requires 
operations to link workplace health and 
well-being efforts to our social performance 
and community health activities. 
Performance
Occupational disease
In 2024, there were 19 reported new cases 
of occupational disease, of which 18 were 
related to noise exposure (2023: 15, of 
which 14 were related to noise exposure 
and one was musculoskeletal). The 
challenge in occupational disease reporting 
is that many hazards do not cause 
immediately detectable health harms, with 
most occupational diseases not clinically 
definable until many years post exposure. 
This means disease cases reported in a 
given year reflect accumulated and/or past 
working conditions and exposures. This is 
termed ‘latency of presentation’. The delays 
in occupational disease case presentation 
underscore the importance of ongoing 
proactive and robust environment 
monitoring, comprehensive worker 
education and health surveillance, 
regularly updated risk assessment, and 
rigorous control of hazard exposures. 
Reducing exposure to all known workplace 
hazards remains an ongoing focus at 
Anglo American, aligned to our zero 
harm mindset. 
Occupational exposures
Our long-term goal is a progressive 
reduction of our workforce exposed to all 
occupational hazards over levels that can 
cause harm.
The number of workforce exposures has 
fluctuated over the years, due to several 
factors, including internal definition updates 
and changes in regulatory OEL thresholds. 
For example, in 2023, the OEL for inhalables 
and carcinogens applied in South African 
processing operations was adjusted to align 
with the more stringent Occupational Health 
and Safety Act 85 (1993) South Africa. This 
led to an increase in the number of exposure 
incidents captured, resulting in 2023 data 
being incomparable to that reported 
in 2022. 
During 2024 there has been an increased 
focus and effort in understanding our 
contractor working conditions including 
extending our reporting to include 
contractors potentially exposed to 
occupational hazards above the OEL. We 
believe this transparency is essential for 
identifying all noise-exposure sources and 
ensuring all workers on our sites are 
protected from long-term harm. This has 
resulted in an increase in the number of 
workers reported exposed to noise to 
28,527 (total workers). The broadened 
understanding will reset the baseline for 
more detailed reporting going forward.
We continued to achieve reductions in both 
total carcinogen and inhalable exposed 
worker counts. This was driven by the 
operational health and hygiene plans and 
ongoing investments in engineering 
solutions for maintaining air quality, including 
extraction ventilation systems and the 
further implementation of remote-operated-
vehicle technologies across our operations. 
However, there has also been a significant 
reduction in total workforce headcount, 
which is reflected in the performance. 
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Musculoskeletal disorder
Respiratory disease
Noise-induced hearing loss
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
0
10
20
30

Non-communicable diseases
A key lesson learnt through the Covid-19 
pandemic was that the general health 
status of workers was a critical driver 
in infection susceptibility, recovery time and 
workplace attendance. We recognise that 
maintaining a high level of physical health is 
associated with an improved quality 
of life and well-being.
To support personal health risk 
management, we provide a free opt-in 
annual health assessment and health 
promotion programme for all employees 
that provides individualised feedback and 
personalised health improvement plans. As 
well-being programmes are a pillar of the 
Total Health Standard, we have adopted 
cardiovascular risk as a Key Performance 
Indicator (KPI) of our employee population's 
general health. Aligned to clinical best 
practice, this will be reassessed every three 
years, using a globally validated scoring 
system. The next assessment will take place 
at the end of 2026, with an ambitious target 
of 85% employee capture. Each business 
will continue to deliver annual lifestyle-
focused health-promotion programmes 
tailored to the most significant local non-
communicable diseases and other identified 
health needs.
Managing HIV and TB
One of the top-line pathways towards 
meeting the UNAIDS goal of ending the 
AIDS epidemic by 2030 includes the 
95-95-95 treatment target: 95% of people 
living with HIV knowing their HIV status; 95% 
of people who know their status on 
treatment; and 95% of people on treatment 
with suppressed viral loads.
Our HIV Workplace programmes in South 
Africa continue to focus on achieving the 
UNAIDS treatment targets and related 
mining industry health milestones. Our 
activities include:
– Provision of comprehensive and 
integrated wellness counselling and 
screening services for HIV, TB, non-
communicable diseases and mental 
health
– Adoption and review of care co-ordination 
pathways that link diagnosis to care. 
Consequently, overall registration on 
disease-management programmes is 
closely monitored
Infection numbers continue to rise in many of 
the countries where we operate, and we 
recognise that the collective effort of also 
addressing social issues can help to reverse 
this trend.
Our community health programmes have 
multiple initiatives addressing access to 
testing and treatment. They are being 
offered globally but with a strong focus on 
southern Africa. These initiatives are guided 
by the Sustainable Development Goals 
(SDG) SDG 3, Good health and Wellbeing. 
In 2024, 92% of our employees in southern 
Africa knew their status (2023: 88%), with 
93% (2023: 95%) of those employees living 
with HIV on anti-retroviral therapy at the end 
of the year. Our programmes, combined 
with those led within host communities, are 
having a positive impact, by ensuring 
employees know their status, and those that 
have converted to HIV in the year can 
access anti-retroviral therapy. With regard 
to our workplace programmes, we are 
encouraged by a lower conversion rate to 
HIV-positive status in 2024 (2024: 80 new 
HIV cases; 2023: 124). This reduction 
coincides with the scaling up of several 
national prevention measures, including 
pre-exposure prophylaxis. 
In 2024, the TB incidence rate was 171 per 
100,000 compared with 313 per 100,000 in 
2023, reversing the upward trend we 
witnessed during this period, owing to 
loosened restrictions on respiratory 
protections, which had become 
accustomed during the Covid-19 pandemic. 
Due to increased awareness and efforts on 
testing and treatment, we are again seeing 
a positive downward trend.
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We are simplifying the structure of our portfolio to unlock 
its inherent value. A radically simpler business, with strong 
geographic balance and less complexity in future capital 
allocation, is expected to deliver sustainable incremental 
returns through a step change in operational performance, 
cost reduction and cash flow generation.
Our main focus will be our world-class copper and 
premium iron ore businesses, with the long-term potential 
of our Woodsmith project as the cornerstone of our crop 
nutrients business. 
In addition to its proven current production base, 
Anglo American will be a rare investment proposition –
a major mining company that has embedded, 
value-accretive growth potential across each of its 
product verticals – aligned with three structurally attractive 
demand growth trends of decarbonisation, improving 
global living standards and food security for a growing 
global population.
In this section
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H2 Moves Europe: 
Catalysing the 
future of hydrogen 
mobility with PGMs 
With the decarbonisation of the global economy 
increasing apace, zero-emission transport and 
platinum-enabled hydrogen fuel cells in particular 
are expected to play an important role in this journey.
In June 2024, in partnership with Hype, one of the world’s 
largest hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) 
taxi providers and official taxi provider of the Paris Olympics 
and Paralympics, we launched H2 Moves Europe, an 
initiative designed to accelerate awareness and encourage 
adoption of hydrogen FCEV technology and its role in the 
future of clean transport. 
H2 Moves Europe builds upon the success of the H2 Moves 
Berlin pilot project launched in 2023 together with Toyota 
Germany and SafeDriver Group-ENNOO, which has to date 
completed over 650,000 passenger journeys over 8 million 
kilometres. It has also built momentum around refuelling 
infrastructure, particularly with the coming into force of the 
European Union’s Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation, 
which requires installation of hydrogen refuelling stations 
along key road networks and in major urban hubs. 
Hydrogen-powered FCEVs at Paris Olympics 
and Paralympics 
During the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics in Paris, we 
collaborated with Hype to increase the number of hydrogen-
fuelled FCEV taxis on Parisian boulevards, giving visitors to 
the games an accessible experience of the clean, safe and 
reliable mobility of sustainable hydrogen transport. 
Aligned with H2 Moves Europe’s commitment to drive 
FCEV model variety and to support a broader technology 
uptake, the H2 Moves fleet in Paris has a number of 
different FCEV models in circulation, including wheelchair-
accessible vehicles. Hype also provided free transportation 
for wheelchair users during the Paralympic Games, 
collaborating with leading French disability organisations 
APF France Handicap and Handisport Federation to offer 
their members free rides. 
PGMs are key to hydrogen-powered mobility 
and decarbonisation 
When used in a fuel cell, platinum catalyses a chemical 
reaction between hydrogen and oxygen to generate clean 
electricity. This electricity is then used to power the motor of 
an FCEV, which can be refuelled in five minutes with ranges 
of up to 650 km, just like a petrol or diesel vehicle but with 
zero exhaust emissions. 
PGMs have a critical role to play 
in the energy transition.”
For Craig Miller, CEO of our Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) 
business, the future of PGMs looks bright. “PGMs have a 
critical role to play in the energy transition,” says Craig. “As a 
result of decarbonisation and the necessity for society to 
achieve climate change reduction targets, the role of 
hydrogen is a key component of that energy transition.” 
Hydrogen in the future mix of clean drivetrain technologies 
Hydrogen-powered FCEVs are expected to play a 
significant role in the mix of clean drivetrain technologies 
needed to effectively decarbonise transport. 
Looking ahead at the potential demand that could be 
created for PGMs by FCEVs, it is estimated that if just 10% 
of future motor vehicle production is comprised of FCEVs, 
it would create a demand segment of around 6 million 
ounces of platinum. This is equivalent to around 50% of the 
existing PGMs demand in the automotive sector. 
Our PGMs business is a leading producer of the platinum 
needed for fuel cell and electrolyser technology and has 
been a longstanding and active advocate for the enormous 
potential of the hydrogen economy and the benefits it could 
bring to transport and clean energy. 
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Wheelchair-accessible FCEV taxi operated by Hype in Paris as part of 
the H2 Moves Europe initiative.

Delivering into major demand 
growth trends
In considering the evolution of our long-term 
strategic context, we identify and analyse a 
wide range of trends that are likely to 
influence demand for our products.
Our strategy is designed to navigate the 
many dimensions of our external context 
and, as trends evolve or emerge, is flexible 
enough to allow us to adapt as required. 
We prioritise growing markets where 
our outstanding mineral endowments, 
supported by our proven delivery 
capabilities and reputation for responsible 
mining, best match the major trends that 
shape supply and demand for generations 
to come. 
Our portfolio simplification will focus 
Anglo American on our world-class asset 
base and significant value-accretive growth 
options across copper, premium iron ore 
and crop nutrients, positioning us to deliver 
into three structurally attractive demand 
growth trends.
Decarbonisation – the energy transition
Climate change is a defining challenge of 
our time and there is significant societal 
focus on efforts to reduce carbon dioxide 
(CO2) and other GHG emissions. 
The global response includes a transition 
towards renewable power generation, 
and battery storage, the electrification of 
transport, development of low-carbon 
industrial processes and changes to 
agricultural practices. Low-carbon 
technologies – such as renewable power 
generation infrastructure and electric 
vehicles (EVs) – require a higher material 
intensity than fossil fuel alternatives, 
especially for metals such as copper. 
The greater use of electricity as various 
sectors decarbonise through electrification 
will also require the expansion and 
upgrading of electricity grids, leading to an 
increased use of numerous metals, with 
copper and iron ore (used to make steel) 
playing central roles. As a premium grade 
product, the iron ore we produce is also well 
positioned to help reduce CO2 emissions 
from steelmaking processes as the steel 
industry itself seeks to shift to lower-carbon 
production routes.
Increasing our exposure to these trends, we 
commissioned our world-class Quellaveco 
copper mine in Peru in 2022, while in 2024 
we completed the transaction to combine 
and integrate the contiguous multi-billion 
tonne Serra da Serpentina premium quality 
iron ore resource owned by Vale SA into our 
Minas-Rio operation in Brazil.
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The Punta Lomitas wind farm in Peru supplies renewable energy to our Quellaveco copper mine. In turn, 
copper is critical to progressing economic development and facilitating the energy transition, including in 
the construction of wind turbines.

Improving living standards
While the energy transition is a global 
imperative, so too is the need to ensure 
an equitable and just economic outcome 
for a growing global population. Living 
standards have been rising around the 
world, particularly in developing regions, 
as economic growth and technological 
advances improve access to goods and 
services. Several countries and regions are 
expected to experience greater economic 
maturity in the coming decades, 
particularly India, south east Asia, 
South America and Africa. 
This trend drives greater consumption 
demand for metal-intensive applications 
such as infrastructure, housing, transport 
and power, all of which are underpinned 
by copper and steel – which in turn is reliant 
on iron ore. Higher living standards also 
increase demand for copper-based 
consumer electronics as well as other metal-
intensive consumer goods.
Anglo American has a portfolio of future-
enabling products that support lower- 
carbon economic development and serve 
the needs of the expanding global 
consumer population. We have world-class 
copper assets in Quellaveco, Los Bronces 
and Collahuasi, while our premium iron ore 
producing assets in Kumba and at Minas-
Rio are exceptionally well placed to support 
demand from our customers for cleaner 
steelmaking. 
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Food security
Agriculture is facing a significant challenge: 
how to grow more food to feed more 
people, whilst combating climate change 
and healing damaged soils on less 
available farmland.
The global population is projected to grow 
at an average rate of c.50 million people 
per year over the next four decades, while 
dietary preferences will also continue to 
evolve. Against the backdrop of a reduction 
in land available for agriculture, there is an 
increasing need for higher crop yields, 
making effective crop nutrition even more 
essential for agricultural productivity. 
At the same time, regional disparities in 
fertiliser usage, particularly in developing 
countries, pose challenges to equitable 
food security, and sustainability concerns, 
including soil health and pollution, 
necessitate careful management of 
fertiliser application.
The food system is also coming under 
pressure to improve its environmental 
performance. With agriculture responsible 
for up to one-third of the world’s GHG 
emissions as well as significant soil 
degradation and water pollution, 
governments are tightening legislative 
frameworks and incentivisation 
programmes to try to meet ambitious 
emissions and biodiversity targets, requiring 
the industry to find new and more 
sustainable food production solutions.
Anglo American is developing the 
Woodsmith mine in the north east of 
England where the world’s largest-known 
deposit of polyhalite is located. Deep 
underground, highly automated and with 
minimal surface footprint, Woodsmith is 
designed as our next generation of 
FutureSmart mine, showcasing the future 
of responsible mining. 
Containing four of the six most important 
plant nutrients, POLY4 is a natural, 
comparatively low-carbon, organic-certified 
fertiliser solution that requires barely any 
processing from orebody to field application 
and is capable of increasing crop yields 
and improving agriculture’s environmental 
performance, helping to meet the food 
industry’s greatest challenges. 
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on copper, premium iron ore 
and crop nutrients: supplying 
three major demand trends
140 billion tonnes 
The amount of steel required to deliver 
the equivalent living standards across the 
whole world, as currently enjoyed by the 
developed world, from a current global 
stock-in-use base of c.36 billion tonnes.
60%
The increase in food which will 
need to be grown by 2050, 
on less available productive 
farmland, based on an estimated 
population growth of c.2 billion 
during this time.
Our portfolio of world-class 
operations and outstanding mineral 
endowments position us to deliver 
into three major demand trends: the 
urgent need to decarbonise the global 
economy; the pull for improved living 
standards from a growing and 
urbanising global population; and the 
need for greater food security and 
nutritional standards as available 
productive farmland struggles to 
keep up.
1. Copper is vital in the development of low- 
carbon technologies – such as renewable 
power generation infrastructure and EVs 
powered by batteries and fuel cells – in 
improving living standards and in the 
facilities required for artificial intelligence. 
To support higher living standards alone, 
the installed stock of copper in the global 
economy must increase. In the developed 
world, there is c.230 kg of copper installed 
per person, but at a global level there is just 
65 kg. To bridge this gap, the global installed 
stock must increase from c.500 Mt today to 
>2,000 Mt in the coming decades. 
2. Steel is the foundation of a modern 
economy. It is essential for almost all 
infrastructure, including supporting a low-
carbon economy. Our bridges, electricity 
grids and wind turbines all rely on steel. 
With an insufficient secondary supply of 
steel to meet the pace of economic growth, 
a reliable supply of responsibly produced 
premium iron ore – used as feedstock in 
steelmaking – is critical for the roll-out of 
energy transition infrastructure and for 
ongoing global socio-economic 
development.
3. The increase in the volume of food which 
is expected will need to be grown by 2050 
to feed a rapidly growing global population 
points to demand for higher crop yields, 
making fertilisers even more essential for 
agricultural productivity, while minimising 
environmental impact. POLY4, our 
comparatively low-carbon, multi-nutrient 
polyhalite product is well positioned to play 
a significant role to help farmers improve 
crop yield and quality, while also supporting 
soil health, and thereby to grow more food to 
feed more people.
3-5x
The additional amount of copper 
required in wind and solar power plants 
compared to fossil fuel power stations.

We develop and actively manage 
a portfolio of world-class mineral 
operations, development projects and 
undeveloped mineral endowments 
focused on the responsible production 
of copper, premium iron ore and crop 
nutrients – future-enabling products 
that are essential for decarbonising 
the global economy, improving living 
standards and supporting food security. 
Anglo American’s distinct strategic 
advantage in each of these three 
businesses is underpinned by a combination 
of our operational expertise, outstanding 
mineral endowments and the growth 
optionality they offer. Combined with our 
technical and sustainability capabilities, 
global relationship networks and 
longstanding reputation as a responsible 
mining company, Anglo American is 
uniquely positioned to operate its assets 
and deliver that growth responsibly – for 
the benefit of our shareholders, the 
communities and countries in which we 
operate, and for society as a whole.
Building strategic advantage 
We actively manage our portfolio at both the 
asset and product group levels to maximise 
its value and ensure alignment with our 
strategic objectives.
The primary source of competitive 
advantage in the mining industry is owning 
high-quality, large-scale, long-life mineral 
assets, and operating them more effectively 
(productivity) and efficiently (cost) than 
other comparable assets. Our asset choices 
are governed by a set of strategic principles, 
which also inform our capital allocation and 
investment appraisal processes, ensuring 
consistency of strategic decision making 
across the Group. These principles include:
– The stand-alone quality of individual 
assets, including their relative cost 
position, asset life and growth potential
– The asset’s specific role and contribution 
to the portfolio as a whole
– The additional value potential generated 
through leveraging our internal 
capabilities.
When considering which other product 
groups could be included in our portfolio in 
the future, we make decisions based on our 
understanding of long-term commodity 
fundamentals and the market’s value 
recognition of each product group. Our 
ongoing portfolio transformation is designed 
to ensure the best possible value recognition 
of our portfolio of world-class assets.
Our products
Copper
Anglo American has an outstanding copper 
endowment through our interests in three 
world-class copper assets, which are set for 
multiple decades of competitive production 
and growth. In Chile, we have interests in 
Collahuasi (44.0% interest in the 
independently managed joint operation) 
and Los Bronces (a 50.1% owned and 
managed operation). Collahuasi is one of 
the largest copper mines in the world, both 
in terms of contained copper reserves and 
resources and annual production volume; its 
copper grades are also twice as high as the 
global average and it has significant growth 
potential. Los Bronces is a world-class 
copper deposit, accounting for more than 
2% of the world’s known copper resources.
Our Quellaveco copper mine, located in 
Peru, started production in mid-2022 and is 
one of the largest greenfield copper mines 
to be built in recent decades; it sits in the first 
quartile of the global cost curve and we 
delivered the project on time and on budget. 
In its first 10 years of production, it is 
expected to produce on average around 
300,000 tonnes of copper per annum 
(100% basis). 
In addition, we have well-sequenced 
brownfield and greenfield prospects, 
including our Sakatti project in Finland, 
with a defined pathway for value-
accretive growth to more than 1 million 
tonnes of annual copper production by 
the early 2030s.
In general, the copper mining industry is 
expected to struggle to increase production 
to meet longer-term demand growth, as 
declining grades and more challenging 
physical and environmental conditions, 
along with tougher licensing and permitting 
requirements, are expected to limit many 
companies’ abilities to deliver new supply 
of a metal which is so critical for the 
decarbonisation of global economies 
and improved living standards in the 
developing world.
Premium iron ore
Our premium iron ore operations provide 
customers with high iron content ore, a large 
percentage of which is direct-charge 
product for steelmaking blast furnaces. 
In South Africa, we have a 69.7% 
shareholding in Kumba Iron Ore, whose 
Sishen and Kolomela mines produce high-
grade and high-quality lump ore and also a 
fine ore. 
In Brazil, our Minas-Rio operation (85% 
ownership(9)) consists of an open-pit mine 
and beneficiation plant, producing a high-
grade pellet feed product with low levels of 
contaminants. The iron ore is transported 
through a 529 km pipeline to the iron ore 
handling and shipping facilities (50% 
owned) at the port of Açu. In December 
2024 we announced completion of the 
transaction to integrate the premium quality 
Serpentina iron ore resource into Minas-Rio. 
With a strike length more than double that of 
Minas-Rio’s, Serpentina provides a high-
value option to double Minas-Rio’s 
production of premium iron ore by the 
mid-2030s, with meaningful operational and 
logistics synergies. 
Steel – with its requisite ingredient of iron ore 
– is an essential material for infrastructure 
and provides the backbone of long-term 
socio-economic development and the low-
carbon economy. Primary steelmaking is 
currently carbon intensive, and premium iron 
ore, in particular the types suitable for direct 
reduction iron, is essential for steel industry 
decarbonisation and is expected to 
experience strong growth to an order of 
magnitude more than that of lower-quality 
iron ore, while benefitting from meaningful 
price premium potential. 
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The lump iron ore produced from Kumba’s 
operations already commands a premium 
price, owing to its excellent physical strength 
and high iron content (63–65% average Fe 
content). Minas-Rio’s pellet feed product 
also commands a premium price, as its 
ultra-low contaminant levels and high iron 
content (c.67% Fe content) are sought after 
by steel producers who are seeking to boost 
productivity while minimising emissions.
Crop nutrients
Integral to Anglo American’s growth 
trajectory is our crop nutrients business 
focused on the production of POLY4, our 
comparatively low-carbon, multi-nutrient 
polyhalite product, which is well positioned 
to play a significant role to help farmers 
improve crop yield and quality, while 
supporting soil health, and thereby grow 
more food to feed more people. We are 
currently developing the Woodsmith project 
in the north east of England to access the 
world’s largest-known deposit of polyhalite, 
a natural mineral fertiliser product 
containing potassium, sulphur, magnesium 
and calcium, four of the six most important 
plant nutrients. 
Anglo American is developing its next 
generation of FutureSmart mine at 
Woodsmith – a cutting edge, low 
environmental impact underground mine 
from which our granular POLY4 product 
will be exported to a network of customers 
around the world from our port facilities 
at Teesside. 
As we build the mine and associated 
infrastructure, we also continue to develop 
the market demand for polyhalite products 
through a targeted programme of activities. 
The ongoing focus of marketing activities is 
to develop and implement detailed regional 
strategies and to support customers with 
their own market development activities to 
further promote polyhalite to farmers. 
Considerable progress has been made 
in 2024, including the signing of 
Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) 
with two major Chinese fertiliser companies 
in August 2024, and the signing of a new 
agreement to reinforce our European 
fertiliser partnership with Cefetra in 
November 2024. 
Further, in November 2024, we entered 
into a pioneering agreement with the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 
an autonomous international organisation 
within the United Nations (UN), to research 
the effectiveness of polyhalite on mitigating 
soil salination – a growing threat to global 
food security. This five-year project is the 
first private partnership for the IAEA and 
demonstrates the potential for polyhalite, 
through its unique physical characteristics, 
to help tackle a global challenge.
POLY4 continues to demonstrate the 
significant benefits of its multi-nutrient, low-
chloride characteristics on a wide variety of 
crops at commercial scale. Beyond its crop 
yield and quality benefits, the value of the 
product is also expected to be enhanced by 
its positive environmental properties – a 
comparatively low-carbon footprint (given 
minimal processing requirements), its 
natural physical properties to improve soil 
health, and its suitability for organic use. 
During the current investment slowdown, 
work is continuing on critical studies to 
optimise the business plans prior to project 
approvals and future ramp-up.
Asset review and portfolio simplification 
A comprehensive asset review was 
conducted during 2023 and completed in 
the first half of 2024. Each asset was 
assessed for competitiveness and 
performance optimisation potential, and for 
its role in the portfolio. The review examined 
how the portfolio as a whole can deliver the 
most attractive through the cycle returns for 
Anglo American's shareholders, considering 
asset competitive positioning, commodity 
outlook and the cash flow required to realise 
both growth potential and sustainable 
shareholder returns. The impact of portfolio 
composition on the recognition of the value 
of the underlying assets attributed by the 
market was also considered. 
The principle behind the portfolio changes 
was to deliver the best value outcome for 
assets and businesses over time, leading to 
decisions relating to our steelmaking coal 
and nickel businesses, our PGMs business 
(Anglo American Platinum), and our 
diamond business (De Beers) to be 
implemented as separate transactions and 
for value, in order to focus on the responsible 
production and growth from our world-class 
mineral endowment in copper, premium iron 
ore and crop nutrients. 
The process to simplify our portfolio is well 
advanced, with the sale of our steelmaking 
coal business agreed subject to relevant 
approvals and the demerger of our PGMs 
business on track for mid-2025. We have 
made significant progress to ensure each of 
the businesses to be divested or demerged 
is set up for success under new ownership, 
with the teams, capabilities and associated 
transitional arrangements in place. 
Platinum Group Metals 
Anglo American Platinum is a leading 
producer of PGMs – platinum, palladium, 
rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and osmium. 
We mine, process and refine the PGMs from 
the biggest known PGM deposit in the world 
– the Bushveld Complex in South Africa. Our 
flagship mine, Mogalakwena, is the only 
open-pit PGM mine that operates at scale 
and is the Group’s primary PGM asset. We 
also own and operate Unki mine – one of the 
world’s largest PGM deposits outside of 
South Africa, in the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe. 
In line with the accelerated delivery of our 
strategy announced in May 2024 and our 
portfolio simplification, Anglo American 
Platinum will be demerged from the 
Anglo American Group to operate as a 
stand-alone, resilient business, which will 
be best positioned to set its own priorities 
to deliver its full potential. Ahead of the 
completion of this process, anticipated in 
June 2025, Anglo American conducted two 
accelerated bookbuilds of Anglo American 
Platinum shares in 2024 to reduce the 
number of shares distributed through the 
demerger and so mitigate the risks of 
market disruption from subsequent 
flowback. This resulted in Anglo American’s 
shareholding in Anglo American Platinum 
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reducing from an effective 79% to 67% 
interest in the issued ordinary share capital 
of Anglo American Platinum as of 
31 December 2024.
Operationally, Anglo American Platinum 
continues to focus on repositioning the 
business around a leaner, best-in-class 
operating footprint at its Mogalakwena, 
Amandelbult and Mototolo mines in 
South Africa, and Unki mine in Zimbabwe, 
alongside its joint operation interest in the 
Modikwa mine in South Africa. 
Demand for PGMs is forecast to remain 
healthy, helped by the ongoing trend 
towards cleaner-emission vehicles, driven 
by more stringent global emissions 
legislation. Hybrid (which require similar 
quantities of PGM loadings as internal 
combustion engine vehicles) and hydrogen-
powered FCEVs (where platinum is a key 
component) are expected to become the 
more realistic option in many markets, and 
carmakers are adjusting their drivetrain 
strategies to address changing consumer 
demand. Meanwhile, emerging economies, 
such as India, offer the potential of 
developing, from a relatively low base, 
into significant platinum jewellery markets. 
The versatility of the basket of metals is 
highlighted too in the breadth of 
applications for the lesser-known PGMs – 
for example, ruthenium-based memory 
chips, which can improve data processing 
because the metal enhances energy 
efficiency — an increasingly crucial factor as 
the demand for AI and data processing grows. 
Diamonds 
As the world’s largest and most competitive 
natural diamond producer, our iconic 
diamonds business – De Beers – produces 
around a third of the world’s rough 
diamonds, by value, across four countries: 
Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South 
Africa. Within its portfolio, De Beers 
(Anglo American: 85% interest), in 
partnership with the Government of the 
Republic of Botswana – through a 50:50 
joint operation known as Debswana – has 
one the richest diamond mines in the world 
by value at Jwaneng, and one of the largest 
resources, in terms of total carats, at Orapa. 
Anglo American is following a dual-track 
process (a divestment or demerger) to 
separate the De Beers business from the 
Group, in order to give both Anglo American 
and De Beers a new level of strategic 
flexibility to maximise value for both 
Anglo American and the Government of 
the Republic of Botswana, as De Beers’ two 
shareholders. The separation will enable 
De Beers to unlock full value from its Origins 
strategy set out in May, with a focus on four 
key pillars underpinned by a plan to 
streamline the business and sustainably 
reduce overhead costs by $100 million. 
De Beers’ major diamond mining operations 
are large, long-life assets with significant life 
extension potential. Aligned to its Origins 
strategy, De Beers is continuing to invest in 
its major existing operations to extend 
mining activities. The transition of Venetia 
to underground operations will extend the 
life of mine into the mid 2040s, and an 
expansion project at our Gahcho Kué mine 
in Canada is expected to extend the life of 
mine to 2031. Meanwhile, the Cut-9 
expansion project at the Jwaneng mine in 
Botswana represents the next phase of 
development for one of the world’s leading 
diamond deposits. 
The lack of significant kimberlite discoveries 
over recent years, combined with the 
substantial growth in numbers for 
households entering the middle class in key 
diamond-consuming countries, points to 
good prospects for the diamond business in 
the long term, despite the current short-term 
challenges being experienced across the 
industry. Demand from the United States, 
India and other countries is expected to 
draw down midstream inventories, while 
retailer restocking is expected to be 
supported by new natural diamond 
marketing, gradually improving macro-
economic conditions in China and 
enhanced consumer confidence in other 
key markets. 
The wholesale prices of lab-grown 
diamonds continue to fall, perpetuated by 
ballooning stocks of lab-grown diamonds 
in India and China. This in turn has driven 
down lab-grown diamond retail prices and 
it is expected that these trends will further 
reinforce consumers’ understanding of the 
fundamental differences between lab-
grown and natural diamond jewellery, while 
there are also signs that retailers in the 
United States are returning their focus to 
natural diamonds as the commercial 
incentives increasingly favour the sale of 
natural diamonds over lab-grown 
equivalents. Meanwhile, the growing focus 
on diamond provenance – in large part 
driven by the G7’s demand for traceability – 
has the potential to reinforce demand for 
De Beers’ ethically sourced rough diamonds, 
supported by provenance data registered 
on the Tracr™ blockchain.
De Beers has a longstanding commitment to 
sustainability, livelihoods and environmental 
conservation. The business has committed 
to near-term science-based targets under 
the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) 
for reduction in Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions 
by 2030. The SBTi provides a framework 
for companies to set and independently 
verify GHG emission reduction targets that 
are in line with the climate science. It is a 
collaborative effort involving several 
organisations, including the World 
Resources Institute (WRI), the World Wide 
Fund for Nature (WWF) and the United 
Nations Global Compact. De Beers also 
continues to be a significant contributor to 
the economies of its host countries, including 
Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, and is 
committed to making a lasting positive 
contribution to the local communities in 
which it operates. 
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Rough diamonds sourced from De Beers Global Sightholder Sales.
Origins: De Beers’ pathway 
to grow value and revitalise 
desire for natural diamonds 
As part of its Origins strategy, De Beers 
has set out a compelling proposition to 
grow value through enhanced integration 
across its business, from mining through to 
retail. Unveiled in early 2024, the strategy 
focuses on reinvigorating natural 
diamond marketing and accelerating 
differentiation from synthetic diamonds, 
while streamlining the business and 
prioritising high-return investments across 
the value chain. 
As natural diamond demand recovers, 
De Beers will harness its industry-leading 
portfolio of mining assets, its iconic brand 
and its track record of shaping desire 
for diamonds to drive sustainable growth 
against a backdrop of declining global 
production and positive underlying long-
term demand fundamentals. 
Al Cook, chief executive officer of De Beers, 
said: “We are reinventing every part of 
De Beers to grow value. Through delivery 
of our Origins strategy, De Beers will be 
streamlined, focused and a leader in 
diamond technology, provenance and 
luxury retail. We will revitalise the magic of 
natural diamonds for modern consumers.” 
Business streamlining 
De Beers is well on the way to streamlining 
the business sustainably by reducing 
overhead costs by $100 million. One-off 
cost savings are also being delivered 
through the disposal of non-diamond assets,
deferments of non-core projects and the 
disposal of non-strategic equity holdings. 
Focused upstream and integrated 
midstream 
De Beers’ highly competitive portfolio 
comprises mining assets that are among 
the best on the industry cost curve and 
have substantial production capability 
and diamond reserves. With global natural 
diamond production forecast to decline 
over the coming decade, and as G7 
sanctions impact the flow of Russian 
diamonds into key markets, the portfolio 
is well positioned for the future. 
To integrate the midstream, De Beers 
continues to evolve its rough diamond 
sales model. Sales will continue to be 
underpinned by term contracts with 
Sightholders and new collaborative 
initiatives will focus on adding value 
and reducing volatility for both De Beers 
and its partner countries. Furthermore, 
with technology revolutionising the 
midstream, De Beers is moving to the 
forefront of this trend through its dynamic 
technology portfolio. 
Reset downstream
De Beers has played a key role in growing 
consumer desire for diamonds through its 
iconic marketing campaigns and deep 
consumer insights. To connect a new 
generation of consumers with the magic 
of natural diamonds, De Beers is 
embracing innovative approaches to 
maximise the impact of marketing 
investments, including strategic 
collaborations with leading retailers. 
These include working with the world’s 
largest retailer of diamond jewellery, 
Signet Jewelers, in the US, a partnership 
with jewellery brand Tanishq in India, and a 
strategic collaboration with Chow Tai Fook, 
one of China’s leading jewellers. 
De Beers is also evolving its proprietary 
retail brands with a focus on scaling up 
its high-end luxury maison – De Beers 
Jewellers – and refocusing its Forevermark 
brand on the fast-growing Indian market. 
A new approach to synthetics 
De Beers’ Element Six business has been 
a global leader in synthetic diamond 
development and manufacturing for 
industrial purposes for more than 70 years. 
Building on its expertise, Element Six has 
suspended production of lab-grown 
diamonds for jewellery to focus on its 
position as a world-leading provider of 
synthetic diamond technology solutions 
for industrial applications.

Steelmaking coal
We are one of the world’s largest exporters 
of steelmaking coal and our operations, 
located in Australia, serving customers 
throughout Asia, Europe and South America. 
Our steelmaking coal portfolio consists of 
interests in the following joint operations: 
Moranbah-Grosvenor Complex (88%); 
Capcoal Complex (70%); Dawson (51%). 
Our portfolio is comprised of underground 
longwall and open cut operations that 
includes production of hard coking coal. In 
recent years, many steelmakers have 
transitioned to running cleaner, larger and 
more efficient blast furnaces, resulting in 
increased global demand for high-quality 
coking coal, such as that produced by our 
Australian mines.
On 30 June 2024, the Group suspended 
production at its Grosvenor mine following a 
localised ignition in the underground area. 
All emergency protocols were followed, and 
the workforce safely withdrew from the mine 
without injury. Experience and collaboration, 
together with industry-leading real-time 
monitoring and effective controls, enabled a 
swift transition from emergency response to 
asset recovery, which is ongoing. During this 
time, our people have remained our priority. 
An industry-first employment working group 
comprising representatives from the Mining 
and Energy Union, Collieries' Staff and 
Officials Association, Electrical Trades Union 
of Australia and Australian Manufacturing 
Workers' Union was quickly established 
following the incident to align on ongoing 
employment and stability for all those 
impacted. A Resources Jobs Hub was also 
developed to help connect the remaining 
impacted staff and contractors with career 
opportunities across the broader resources 
industry.
The separation of our steelmaking coal 
business is well advanced following an 
agreement announced in November 2024 
to sell the majority of the business to 
Peabody Energy which, including the sale 
of our 33.3% minority interest in Jellinbah 
to Zashvin Pty Limited for approximately 
$1.0 billion, is expected to generate up 
to $4.8 billion in aggregate gross cash 
proceeds. The transaction is expected to 
complete by the third quarter of 2025, 
subject to regulatory approvals. 
In 2024, we also entered into an 
agreement for the sale of Peace River Coal 
(PRC) in British Columbia to Conuma 
Resources Limited, a leading producer of 
steelmaking coal in Canada, also based in 
British Columbia. The sale completed on 
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Sale of steelmaking coal 
business marks important 
step in portfolio 
simplification
The agreement to sell our world-class 
steelmaking coal operations to Peabody 
Energy, announced in November 2024, 
marked a further important milestone in 
unlocking the value and full potential 
of Anglo American and each of our 
businesses – those we are retaining 
and those we are separating. 
The simplification of our portfolio is 
designed to set us up as a stronger, more 
resilient company so that we are better 
placed to realise our long-term growth 
ambitions, while ensuring we prepare 
each of our separating businesses for 
success in their own right. 
An important milestone in delivering 
our strategy
In total, including the sale of our minority 
interest in Jellinbah for approximately 
$1.0 billion, completed in January 2025, 
the sale of the entirety of our steelmaking 
coal business is expected to unlock up to 
$4.8 billion of value, reflecting the high 
quality of the assets and strengthening 
our balance sheet.
Commenting on the sale, our chief 
executive Duncan Wanblad, said: “The 
sale of our steelmaking coal business is 
another important step towards delivering 
the strategy that we set out in May 2024 to 
create a world-class copper, premium iron 
ore and crop nutrients business.
“Through focus, asset quality and 
outstanding growth options, 
Anglo American will offer a highly 
differentiated investment proposition 
supported by strong cash generation 
and the capabilities and longstanding 
relationship networks that can deliver 
our full potential. 
“We are absolutely focused on delivering 
that strategy and unlocking the associated 
value as we streamline our cost structures 
and create a much simpler, more resilient 
and more agile business that will enable full
market value recognition.”
Portfolio simplification progressing 
to plan 
The delivery of our portfolio simplification 
is well in train. We expect the sale of our 
steelmaking coal business to complete 
by the third quarter of 2025, and the 
demerger of Anglo American Platinum is 
expected in June 2025. In February 2025 
we also agreed the sale of our nickel 
business in Brazil to MMG for a cash 
consideration of up to $500 million. 
We expect De Beers to follow, ensuring 
that we recognise the value of its industry 
and brand position as we work towards 
separation for value. 
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Nickel
Anglo American produces nickel in Brazil 
and South Africa. Our Barro Alto and 
Codemin nickel assets (both 100% owned) 
are located in Brazil and produce ferronickel, 
the majority of which is used in the 
production of stainless and heat resistant 
steels. Our PGMs operations produce nickel 
metal as a co-product, amounting to 
25,700 tonnes in 2024. Nickel metal is a 
critical component of many lithium-ion 
batteries, which are used in battery 
electric vehicles and energy-storage 
systems, among other applications. In 
line with the accelerated delivery of our 
strategy announced in May 2024 and our 
portfolio simplification, we agreed the sale 
of our nickel business in Brazil to MMG for a 
cash consideration of up to $500 million, 
announced on 18 February 2025.
Manganese
We have a 40% shareholding in the 
Samancor joint venture (managed by 
South32, which holds 60%), with operations 
based in South Africa and Australia. 
Manganese is a critical material primarily 
consumed (c.90%) by the steel industry 
and is a growing component of various 
battery technologies.
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Anglo American has outstanding growth options, with 
well-sequenced, value-accretive opportunities in the 
products that serve the major demand growth trends.
We aim to unlock the potential of these and other growth 
opportunities that we aim to secure over time by leveraging 
our proven project delivery capabilities, our longstanding 
reputation as a responsible mining company and our 
global relationship networks, in the jurisdictions where 
our experience and track record are most valuable and 
most valued.
Each of our three product verticals has the benefit of a 
number of significant and value-accretive growth options 
already owned by Anglo American and that can be 
developed at the right time.
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Sustainably 
supplying the world 
with copper for 
decades to come
 
Copper is one of the most critical metals 
underpinning two major demand growth trends: 
improving living standards for a growing and 
urbanising global population; and decarbonising 
the global economy.
In addition to our world-class current production base from 
our three major copper mines – Collahuasi, Los Bronces and 
Quellaveco – we also have a number of well-sequenced 
brownfield and greenfield options at these and other assets 
for value-accretive growth within our portfolio, creating a 
pathway that will take us to more than 1 million tonnes of 
annual copper production in the next decade, an increase of 
around 33%. 
Supported by our focus on operational excellence, proven 
project delivery, technical and sustainability capabilities, and 
our longstanding reputation as a responsible mining 
company, we are well positioned to provide the continued 
supply of a metal which the world so urgently needs in ever 
greater quantities – a truly future-enabling metal.
Extensive brownfield expansion opportunities
Anglo American’s near-asset discovery projects are 
focused on district-scale mineral tenures around our 
existing operations, with the aim of materially adding 
to our production base and life of assets over time.
Our outstanding copper endowment across our Chile and 
Peru portfolio already accounts for almost 6%(10) of the 
global known copper reserves and resources, with 
significant optionality to grow this further to support long-life, 
profitable, and socially and environmentally responsible 
mining operations. 
The permit for our Los Bronces integrated project was 
approved in 2023, paving the way for us to access higher 
grade areas within the existing open pit and supporting 
operational continuity for the next two decades, while 
studies are also under way for the development of the 
underground area. 
We have a sequence of compelling opportunities to expand 
the independently managed joint operation at Collahuasi to 
realise the full potential of this incredible orebody – already 
the world’s third-largest copper mine. The growth pathway 
for this asset is well under way following completion of the 
fifth ball mill and additional flotation cells to optimise 
recovery levels. A desalination plant is also being 
constructed that will secure the water needs of the existing 
mine and potential expansion projects.
In addition to these expansion opportunities, we also have 
value-accretive adjacencies in our copper portfolio where 
we expect significant value to be unlocked, such as between 
Los Bronces and the neighbouring Andina open pit, owned 
by Codelco.
Maintaining a pipeline of growth optionality 
We also retain well-sequenced greenfield prospects to fuel 
our copper production pathway, centred on the discovery of 
mineral deposits in existing and new district scale positions. 
For example, close to our Quellaveco operation in Peru, we 
are evaluating discovery prospects as we explore the 
regional potential beyond our existing operation. 
In Europe, Sakatti is our greenfield copper project in Finland, 
where we are applying the Quellaveco and Woodsmith 
blueprints for responsible mining to design and develop our 
next generation of FutureSmart mine. We expect to deliver 
around 100,000 tonnes of copper equivalent production per 
year at Sakatti from the early 2030s.
We also have several copper discovery prospects, including 
in the state of Thuringia in Germany, where Anglo American 
embarked on a multi-year exploration programme in 2021, 
involving geophysical surveys and culminating in an active 
drill test programme to explore for Kupferschiefer-style 
copper-silver mineralised systems. These are similar to the 
actively mined systems in Poland – the world’s largest-
known examples of sediment-hosted mineralisation.
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Copper is vital in the development of low-carbon technologies, 
in improving living standards and in the facilities required for AI. 

Discovery
Discovery and Geosciences, including our 
exploration activities, is consolidated and 
centrally co-ordinated, covering near-asset 
and greenfield discovery activities, projects 
and operations. The integrated team is a 
strategic differentiator, enabling the detailed 
understanding of our world-class assets to 
inform our discovery of the future-enabling 
metals and minerals in a landscape where it 
is increasingly challenging to find new 
orebodies and develop new mines.
Anglo American was founded on world-
class mineral discoveries. Building on the 
Group’s strategy and long track record of 
discovery success, we continue to shape 
a global and risk-balanced portfolio focused 
on new discovery search spaces and 
mineral system thinking. This effort is 
enhancing our position as a discoverer 
of superior-value deposits that have the 
potential to improve materially our 
production profile, over time.
Quality discovery portfolio
We are concentrating on the discovery 
of mineral deposits in existing and new 
district-scale positions that are capable 
of delivering: 
– Sustainable returns to the business, on a 
material scale
– Further improved optionality for the 
business, especially with respect to future-
enabling products (primarily copper) that 
are essential for decarbonising the global 
economy, improving living standards and 
feeding a growing global population.
Our robust and diverse discovery portfolio 
includes:
Near-asset discovery projects – Our near-
asset discovery projects are focused on 
the district-scale mineral tenures around 
Anglo American’s existing operations. 
Innovative geoscientific thinking and 
sustained effort have yielded notable 
discoveries over the past years that 
continue to grow and provide development 
optionality with further drilling. 
For example, production from the Los 
Bronces integrated project in Chile will give 
the operation an option to replace future 
lower-grade ore by accessing higher-grade 
ore from the future underground mine. 
Continued drilling of this deposit has 
increased contained copper in Mineral 
Resources by 180% to c.49 million tonnes 
since these were first reported in 2009. 
Similarly, drilling at the Northern Limb of the 
Bushveld Complex in South Africa has 
helped to enhance optionality by materially 
increasing the confidence in Mineral 
Resources that support a potential 
underground development pathway. 
In other districts such as Sakatti (Finland) 
continued drilling has increased contained 
copper Mineral Resources by 39% to 
c.1,176 kt since these were first reported in 
2016. At our Quellaveco operation in Peru, 
a drilling programme to test the deep 
extension of the mine is under way, with 
encouraging results to date. 
Greenfield discovery projects – Greenfield 
discovery projects are those that identify 
and secure district-scale mineral tenure 
covering strategic, highly prospective search 
space in established and frontier settings. 
Our greenfield discovery activities are 
predominately focused on copper. The 
mineral-system focus also brings the 
potential for co/by-products, including 
PGMs, nickel, gold, cobalt, silver, 
molybdenum and zinc. The Group has 
active greenfield programmes in Australia, 
Canada, USA, Greenland, South America 
(Brazil, Chile and Peru), Europe (Germany) 
and sub-Saharan Africa (Angola, Botswana 
and Zambia).
Taking Discovery under cover
While many explorers limit their search to 
traditional and now well-explored search 
spaces, Anglo American’s Discovery team 
recognises the strategic significance in 
exploring for mineral deposits concealed 
beneath younger rocks and sediments 
deposited after the mineral deposits formed 
in the geological past. 
The opportunity lies in the discovery 
potential in this vast, still poorly explored, 
covered search space. Anglo American’s 
discovery portfolio includes many district-
scale holdings that are partially or wholly 
covered. Deeply buried mineral deposits are 
commonly not accessible using traditional 
open-pit mining methods. The tilt towards 
new covered search spaces brings with it 
the opportunity to turn ‘under cover’ 
discoveries into safe, highly efficient 
underground operations with a minimal 
surface footprint that is harmonious with the 
landscape and with local communities. 
Current such examples include finding 
further mineral deposits deeper 
underground near our Los Bronces 
operation in Chile and at Quellaveco (Peru). 
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The premium-quality Serpentina iron ore resource is contiguous to, and will be integrated into, Anglo American’s 
Minas-Rio operation in Brazil.
Multi-billion tonne 
Serpentina premium iron ore 
resource added at Minas-Rio 
In December of 2024, we completed the 
transaction to combine the Serpentina 
high-quality iron ore resource owned by 
Vale into our Minas-Rio operation. 
Integrating Serpentina offers scope to 
double our production of premium-grade 
pellet feed products that will further help 
our customers decarbonise their 
steelmaking processes.
In the same year that Minas-Rio celebrated 
10 years since first production, the addition 
of Serpentina sets up our premium iron ore 
operation in Brazil for many more years of 
production and potential growth. Following 
the initial announcement of the agreement 
in February 2024, the completion of the 
transaction is expected to see the 
Serpentina resource, adjacent to our own 
operation, integrated with Minas-Rio, 
providing production and transport 
benefits, including access to Vale’s rail 
and port logistics. 
As part of the transaction, Vale has 
acquired a 15% shareholding in the 
enlarged operation, while Anglo American 
will continue to control, manage and 
operate Minas-Rio, including any future 
expansions that relate to Serpentina. Vale 
has an option to acquire an additional 15% 
shareholding in the enlarged Minas-Rio for 
cash if and when certain events relating to 
a future expansion of Minas-Rio occur.
Addition of Serpentina creates real 
synergies
Commenting on the completion of the 
transaction, our chief executive Duncan 
Wanblad, said: “This is a compelling 
example of industrial logic – putting 
together the contiguous resources of 
Minas-Rio and Serpentina to unlock 
significant value. Integration will generate 
material synergies through utilisation of 
Minas-Rio’s infrastructure to accelerate 
the development of Serpentina, combined 
with the option to access Vale’s rail and 
port logistics. 
“It’s an outstanding resource with a total 
orebody strike length more than double 
that of Minas-Rio, with a higher iron ore 
grade than Minas-Rio’s premium-grade 
ore, as well as softer, friable ore, 
which should translate into lower unit costs 
and capital required for its extraction.”
Positioned to serve growing demand for 
green steel production
Steel – with its requisite ingredient of iron 
ore – is an essential material for 
infrastructure and provides the backbone 
of long-term socio-economic development 
and the low-carbon economy. With 
primary steelmaking currently carbon 
intensive, our premium iron ore is a high-
grade pellet feed product, with low levels of 
contaminants, and is therefore well 
positioned to deliver greener steelmaking 
amid ever tighter emissions standards. 
Along with progressing development of the 
margin-enhancing ultra high dense media 
separation (UHDMS) processing 
technology at our Sishen iron ore mine in 
South Africa, which is set to treble Sishen’s 
proportion of premium-quality production 
volume, the addition of Serpentina at 
Minas-Rio is set to significantly enhance 
our global premium iron ore offering to 
our steel customers and will allow us to 
capitalise on greener steelmaking 
demand trends. 
The completion of the Serpentina 
transaction is another valuable step as 
we create a world-class copper, premium 
iron ore and crop nutrients business, 
setting up Anglo American for decades 
of value-accretive growth.

Projects & development
Anglo American’s projects & development 
(P&D) team is responsible for sequencing 
our high-quality greenfield and brownfield 
opportunities along the full project lifecycle –
from early-stage studies to execution. It has 
depth of experience in the application of a 
variety of project management 
methodologies to deliver sustainable 
solutions and value-enhancing outcomes – 
on time and on budget with efficiency gains 
in capital productivity.
In line with the Group’s value-focused 
approach to capital allocation, P&D 
focuses on delivering appropriate scope 
at each stage to achieve business and 
project objectives, balancing predictability, 
efficiency, risk and value. It encompasses 
the projects and carbon and innovation 
disciplines across our assets, reflecting 
our holistic approach to project design, 
development and delivery, which blends 
technical and project management 
expertise with a focus on capital 
productivity. 
▶For more information on capital allocation
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Just as our sustainability and technical 
capabilities underpin performance at 
existing operational assets, they are also 
a critical enabler of our ability to deliver 
innovative solutions to realise our growth 
ambitions. Our FutureSmart MiningTM 
approach is the cornerstone of how we 
think about the development of new mines 
and ecosystems to deliver ever better 
sustainability outcomes.
▶For more information on FutureSmart MiningTM 
and innovation 
See page 62
Alongside this, we harness the existing 
capabilities we have in project development 
and delivery; the rigour and discipline in 
executing plans efficiently, with the support 
of stakeholders who are critical to the 
decisions that drive a project forward; in 
addition to those skilled partners we 
work with. 
Our project delivery and approach to capital 
productivity – founded on predictability, 
efficiency and value – underpin the 
assessment of our organic growth options, 
focused on copper, premium iron ore and 
crop nutrients, that are aligned with our 
sustainability commitments. 
In particular, we have a number of organic 
growth opportunities within our world-class 
copper business, and we leverage our 
sustainability and technical competencies 
to bring value-enhancing projects through 
the pipeline. 
Our outstanding copper endowment across 
our Chile and Peru portfolio accounts for 
almost 6% of global known copper reserves 
and resources, with significant optionality to 
grow the business through value-accretive, 
socially and environmentally responsible 
mining operations. 
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We are also exploring several brownfield 
expansion and adjacency opportunities 
around our existing copper assets in Chile 
and Peru, and in our premium iron ore 
business, having recently completed the 
transaction to combine the Serra da 
Serpentina contiguous high-quality iron 
ore resource owned by Vale SA into 
Anglo American’s Minas-Rio operation 
in Brazil. The combination of Minas-Rio with 
the scale and quality of the Serpentina 
endowment also offers scope to double our 
production of premium grade pellet feed 
products for decades to come. 
For major greenfield projects, our projects 
and development function leads the 
sequencing of their development to 
manage allocation of capital to growth 
projects over time and provide assessment 
of opportunities to syndicate at the right 
time, for value. 
Sakatti
Building on learnings from our Quellaveco 
mine (delivered on time and on budget in 
2022, and one of the largest greenfield 
copper mines to be built in recent decades), 
we are developing a remotely operated, 
low-carbon underground operation at our 
Sakatti project in Finland, where we expect 
to deliver around 100,000 tonnes of copper 
equivalent production per year from the 
early 2030s. The Environmental Impact 
Assessment for the project was approved by 
the Finnish authorities in 2023 and we are 
progressing with work to augment existing 
studies in support of a Natura 2000 update, 
given the location of Sakatti in an 
ecologically protected area. 
We achieved several project milestones at 
Sakatti during 2024, which demonstrates 
how our project delivery model supports 
sustainable and profitable outcomes for 
our business and all our stakeholders. In 
the first quarter of the year we signed a 
memorandum of understanding to work 
together with Finnish Battery Metals to 
explore opportunities to further support 
Finland’s battery strategy, very much aligned 
to Finland’s and the EU’s critical minerals 
priorities. Later in the year we also 
welcomed a decision from the Lapland 
Centre for Economic Development, 
Transport and the Environment, to formalise 
acquired land as an officially protected 
conservation area, known as the Sakatti 
Forest Compensation Conservation Area.
Woodsmith
We maintain high confidence, backed by 
our proven track record in project delivery, 
to develop the Woodsmith project. In 
May 2024, we announced that we will slow 
the development of the Woodsmith project 
in the near term to support Anglo American’s 
balance sheet deleveraging, with the project 
focusing on critical studies, shaft sinking 
and other activities with expected capital 
expenditure of c.$0.3 billion (previously 
c.$0.2 billion) in 2025 and operating 
expenditure for 2025 and 2026, expected to 
be c.$0.1 billion (previously c.$0.2 billion) 
and c.$0.1 billion, respectively.
Anglo American continues to recognise 
the asset’s unique mineral endowment 
and long-term value potential, and 
work continues on critical studies for 
Woodsmith to support syndication with 
a strategic partner.
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Dense media separation (DMS) processing plant at Sishen, with the current DMS drums to 
be upgraded as part of ultra high dense media separation (UHDMS) technology project. 
Investment in UHDMS 
planned to treble proportion 
of premium iron ore 
production at Sishen 
Strategic investments in margin-enhancing 
technologies, such as the ultra high dense 
media separation (UHDMS) processing 
technology being implemented at our 
Sishen iron ore mine in the Northern Cape 
of South Africa, provides our operations 
with a competitive advantage and sets 
them up for a sustainable future.
In August 2024, we announced that, 
following a full technical review, we would 
invest a further R7.6 billion (c.$428 million) 
in the UHDMS project at Sishen. Mpumi 
Zikalala, CEO of Kumba Iron Ore, said: 
“This investment demonstrates our focus 
on value over volume. Through utilising 
UHDMS processing technology, we can 
treble the proportion of premium iron ore 
product from our world-class Sishen mine.” 
Growing demand for premium iron ore 
Premium iron ore is increasingly highly 
valued by our customers because it 
reduces carbon emissions from the 
steelmaking process and therefore plays 
a key role in greener steel production. This 
growing trend supports higher margins and 
a compelling return on investment, as well 
as creating a new pathway to potentially 
extend the life of our Sishen mine to 2044 
(currently 2040). 
The UHDMS processing technology will 
provide Kumba Iron Ore with an enhanced 
ability to respond to customer 
requirements and improve flexibility across 
the value chain. The implementation will be 
phased over five years to ensure safety 
and operating stability across the site 
during construction, while maintaining 
disciplined capital allocation. 
Higher quality, less waste, lower costs 
and competitive returns
The project will convert the current dense 
media separation (DMS) processing plant 
at Sishen to UHDMS technology. Once 
implemented, the proportion of premium 
iron ore is expected to increase to around 
55% of Sishen’s production, up from a 
current c.18%.
In addition, by reducing the mining cut-off 
grade, UHDMS is expected to result in less 
waste being produced, as well as lowering 
the cost of mining by between $2.50 and 
$3 per tonne on average. Overall, the total 
investment is expected to result in an 
EBITDA margin of more than 50% and an 
Internal Rate of Return of over 30%, with full 
payback by the end of 2029. 
The implementation will follow a modular 
approach, with six UHDMS coarse modules 
out of eight and five fines modules out of 
seven being converted at Sishen. The main 
tie-in of the project is planned for 2026 and 
full production is expected by the end of 
2028. During the implementation phase, 
the modules not under construction, as well 
as the JIG plant, will continue to run, and 
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Our three strategic priorities are supported by a set of 
four strategic enablers, namely the customer-centric 
approach of our Marketing business, our sustainability and 
technical competencies, our reputation as a responsible 
mining company, and our drive to sustain a purpose-led 
high-performance culture.
Built up over many decades of operating businesses and 
developing major projects and developed markets, our 
strategic enablers are integral to delivering the full potential 
of Anglo American’s portfolio and other growth opportunities 
that we will secure over time.
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62 Sustainability and 
technical competencies 
86 Reputation 
88 Culture 
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Whether from our portfolio of high-quality 
and long-life assets or through 
complementary third-party production, we 
offer a reliable supply of essential metals 
and minerals, with a focus on shaping long-
term, direct commercial relationships that 
place the expectations of our customers 
firmly at the centre of our approach. 
We do this by providing a broad range of 
integrated product solutions that aim to be: 
– Tailored to our customers’ specific needs
– Responsibly produced or sourced 
– Complemented by high-quality service 
support. 
Our approach in action
Across our activities, we seek to harness 
the potential of our portfolio to provide a 
commercial offering that responds to 
customer requirements, supported by 
consistently high-quality service, and which 
reflects society’s increasing expectations 
for responsible production and sourcing of 
raw materials. 
Our trading activities have continued to 
evolve, allowing us to use our scale and 
market insight to help ensure security of 
supply and mitigate risk. Through our third-
party sourcing framework, we can flex and 
expand our supply capabilities, responding 
to evolving industry demand while also 
helping partners bring their resources to 
market and extend their reach.
With the ever-growing focus on ethical 
supply chains, customers want to feel 
reassured by understanding the origins 
of the products they buy. The Marketing 
business utilises our Responsible 
Commodity Sourcing Policy, which aids us 
in identifying and mitigating risks related to 
the purchasing of third-party products. This 
policy provides guidance for our commodity 
suppliers and intermediaries informed by the 
requirements of the OECD Due Diligence 
Guidance (DDG) for Responsible Supply 
Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected 
and High-Risk Areas (CAHRA).
We also believe in the value of third-party 
certifications with multi-stakeholder 
governance and, by the end of 2025, all 
of our assets will have undergone audits 
against third party standards. As a founding 
member of IRMA, our participation in IRMA 
helps promote transparency and best 
practice in sustainability, while adding value 
to our customers by helping them to meet 
increasing expectations for responsibly 
sourced mined materials in an efficient and 
credible way.
In 2024, we released six IRMA reports for 
Mototolo (PGMs), Amandelbult (PGMs), 
Kolomela (Iron Ore), Sishen (Iron Ore), 
Minas-Rio (Iron Ore) and Barro Alto (Nickel), 
in addition to a surveillance report for Unki 
(PGMs). Minas-Rio and Barro Alto in Brazil 
achieved an IRMA 75 level of performance 
and were also the first iron ore and nickel-
producing mines in the world to complete 
the audit. 
Likewise, Mototolo mine and Amandelbult 
mine were the first PGM mines in South 
Africa to complete IRMA audits, and they 
achieved the IRMA 75 and IRMA 50 
achievement levels, respectively, while Unki 
retained IRMA 75 following an initial audit in 
2022. Kolomela and Sishen mines in South 
Africa were the first iron ore mines in Africa to 
complete IRMA audits, achieving an IRMA 75 
level of performance. 
▶For more information on our IRMA certifications
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Through our digital traceability platform 
Valutrax™, which was launched in 
November 2023, we are also making it 
easier for customers to have visibility over 
our products’ sustainability data and third-
party assurance. 
When it comes to emissions reduction 
across our value chain, we see collaboration 
with customers and like-minded industry 
partners as key to our efforts in this space. 
We have focused on hard-to-abate sectors 
such as steel, collaborating with a number of 
steelmakers to research less carbon-
intensive steel production methods. 
We are also making headway in our 
roadmap to deliver on our ambition to 
achieve carbon neutrality by 2040 for our 
controlled ocean freight, having completed 
delivery of our 10 LNG dual-fuelled Ubuntu 
dry bulk carriers in Q1 2024. The fleet cuts 
emissions by up to 35% when running on 
LNG, and our shipping team continues to 
explore alternative fuels and newer 
technologies that drive greater efficiencies 
and safety onboard our vessels. 
Meanwhile, through initiatives such as H2 
Moves Europe, launched in June 2024, we 
are partnering with mobility providers to 
accelerate the deployment of clean 
transport options such as platinum-enabled, 
hydrogen-powered FCEV technology.
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The Ubuntu Equality is the second of 10 LNG dual-fuelled Capesize+ vessels in our chartered fleet. Our LNG 
dual-fuelled Capesize+ vessels are estimated to deliver a 35% reduction in CO2 emissions compared with 
similar vessels fuelled by conventional marine oil fuel.
Shipping solutions driving 
customer value and 
emission reductions
Anglo American achieved a significant 
milestone in 2024 with the successful 
delivery of the Ubuntu Liberty, the final 
vessel in our 10-strong chartered fleet of 
Capesize+ Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) 
dual-fuelled bulk carriers. Built in 
collaboration with Shanghai Waigaoqiao 
Shipbuilding, the Ubuntu fleet was 
delivered with a zero-incident safety 
record, underscoring our commitment to 
innovation, safety and sustainability.
The Ubuntu fleet is a key component of 
Anglo American’s aim to reduce GHG 
emissions in ocean freight by 2040 and 
is aligned with our commitment of GHG 
emissions ambitions. Beyond meeting 
our sustainability targets, the fleet also 
addresses the growing demand from 
customers seeking solutions to reduce 
their GHG emissions. 
Matt Walker, CEO of Anglo American’s 
Marketing business, said: “Launching the 
final vessel of our Ubuntu fleet is a very 
large manifestation of our commitment 
to more sustainable shipping. This 
milestone is testament to our dedication 
to a sustainable path forward for our 
controllable ocean freight, ensuring the 
delivery of essential resources to our 
customers around the world while 
minimising our environmental footprint. 
It also puts us in a leading position as the 
charterer of the largest LNG dual-fuelled 
Capesize+ fleet in the world.”
Delivering carbon reductions and 
operational efficiencies 
Thanks to the LNG dual-fuelled technology 
and enhanced fuel efficiency of the 
Ubuntu fleet, our customers have the 
opportunity to reduce their carbon 
emissions when using these vessels, 
which are expected to deliver up to a 
35% reduction in CO2 emissions 
compared with conventionally fuelled 
ships. The increased cargo capacity of 
the Ubuntu vessels also provides 
operational efficiencies, enhancing value 
for our partners. 
As an example, in 2023 we signed an 
agreement for LNG dual-fuelled shipments 
with a major steel producer for shipments 
that continued into 2024, with plans for 
extension through 2025.
This collaboration facilitated a carbon 
reduction, recorded in the customer’s 
sustainability report, and has strengthened 
our partnership, with increased shipping 
volumes and additional capacity 
confirmed for future voyages. The 
agreement also sparked interest from 
other customers who are similarly 
committed to reducing their carbon 
footprint and are keen to explore how 
we could deploy the Ubuntu fleet to ship 
their cargoes. 
Supporting the transition to sustainable 
shipping
By pioneering the use of LNG dual-fuelled 
vessels, we are demonstrating how the 
industry can transition towards more 
sustainable operations. Our partnerships 
have shown that aligning our goals 
with our customers has unlocked 
significant opportunities for collaboration 
and value creation in achieving our 
sustainability targets. 
With the Ubuntu fleet, Anglo American is 
not only providing freight services but is 
also bringing to life our commitment to 
accelerate the transition to a more 
sustainable shipping sector, ensuring that 
both our business and our customers 
achieve their goals for a greener future.

How metals and minerals are produced 
is becoming ever more important to all 
stakeholders, from our local communities 
to the end consumer – and rightly so. 
FutureSmart Mining™, our integrated 
approach to sustainability and innovation, 
is central to our reputation as a responsible 
mining company, our day-to-day operational 
performance, and our ability to unlock the 
growth opportunities, both within our portfolio 
and others, that we aim to secure over time. 
Sustainability, innovation and operating in the 
right way is embedded into our strategy: from 
day-to-day operational decisions to portfolio 
choices. We believe it is a prerequisite for 
sustainable value creation and is integral to 
our DNA as a company. We are committed to 
full alignment between sustainability 
ambition and profitable outcomes. Our 
sustainability and technical capabilities 
underpin performance at existing operational 
assets, while being a critical enabler of our 
ability to deliver innovative solutions to realise 
our growth ambitions. 
Many of the world’s undeveloped 
resource opportunities are stalled due to 
environmental and social concerns. We 
have demonstrated, through our sustainable 
approach, an ability to unlock value at 
Quellaveco and Los Bronces, and looking 
ahead, we are doing the same at 
Woodsmith and Sakatti. We use our 
holistic approach to sustainability and 
innovation – whether through how we engage 
communities through our Social Way 
framework, our approach to biodiversity, or our 
use of technology to reduce water or energy 
intensity – to further enhance these outcomes, 
with a focus on driving economic returns for our 
shareholders and to generate positive benefits 
for all stakeholders. We are committed to 
operating responsibly with a clear focus on 
sustainability and the goals and ambitions 
we have set ourselves to help deliver a 
healthy environment, thriving communities 
and building trust as a corporate leader. 
FutureSmart Mining™
FutureSmart Mining™ is our integrated 
approach to sustainability and innovation, 
transforming our physical and societal footprint. 
It is our blueprint for harnessing innovative 
thinking, enabling technologies, collaborative 
partnerships and engagement to shape an 
industry that is safer, more sustainable and 
efficient, and better harmonised with the 
needs of host communities, society as a whole 
and our planet. We are working on a series of 
step-change initiatives, aligned to our business 
priorities, which demonstrate our FutureSmart 
Mining™ approach in action. 
SandLix™ – unlocks the heap leaching of 
complex, low-grade copper ores, specifically 
targeting chalcopyrite-rich ores. By 
optimising particle size, temperature and 
chemistry for each ore, highly permeable 
heaps are formed and precisely controlled 
to achieve high copper recoveries without 
complex or expensive reagents. Once 
scaled-up, SandLix™ has the potential to 
allow ‘stranded’ ores to be economically 
processed in a sustainable way – using 
around half the amount of water and energy 
compared to conventional processing.
▶For more information 
See our SandLix™ case study on page 63
Hydraulic dewatered stacking (HDS) – 
Anglo American has invested in the 
development of a new tailings management 
approach, called hydraulic dewatered 
stacking (HDS), which is an engineered co-
disposal approach utilising a fines-free sand 
that is derived from the tailings themselves 
to create a desaturated tailings facility 
through passive in situ dewatering.
A large-scale demonstration was completed 
as per plan at our El Soldado copper 
operation in Chile in late 2024, and initial 
results are promising, showing that the 
presence of vertical sand channels within a 
facility can accelerate dewatering 
and associated consolidation.
▶For more information on HDS
See page 88 of our Sustainability Report 2024
Coarse particle recovery (CPR) – an 
innovative flotation process which can be 
used to improve recovery or permits 
material to be ground to a larger particle 
size, allowing the early rejection of coarse 
waste and greater water recovery – is now 
embedded into our El Soldado and 
Quellaveco operations. Benefits are 
dependent on application and site-specific 
constraints. CPR has enabled a 16% 
increase in copper production without the 
need for additional energy at El Soldado 
and is recovering c.600 additional tonnes 
per month of copper that would otherwise 
likely be consigned to tailings at Quellaveco.
Impact Finance Network (IFN) – since its 
formation in 2021, the IFN has sought to 
mobilise third-party impact capital to 
support long-term sustainable development 
in the regions where we operate, in line and 
closely integrated with our Sustainable 
Mining Plan. To date, the IFN has provided 
technical assistance and investor matching 
to more than 100 companies globally, 
supporting close to 50,000 livelihoods and over 
$100 million of third-party capital invested, with 
a focus on innovation throughout.
▶For more information on the IFN
See page 105 of our Sustainability Report 2024
eDNA – Environmental DNA (eDNA) 
technology represents a significant 
advancement in ecological monitoring, 
offering a non-invasive, efficient, and 
sensitive method for detecting species and 
assessing ecosystem functions. Historically 
used by scientists and academic institutions, 
eDNA is now being widely adopted by the 
conservation sector through NGOs and in 
the private sector. Anglo American has been 
at the forefront of this transition through a 
four-year partnership with NatureMetrics. 
We have implemented eDNA sampling 
across numerous operations, including land-
based sites, as well as marine sampling at 
one of our major port facilities. 
▶For more information on eDNA 
See page 79 of our Sustainability Report 2024
Envusa Energy – our partnership with 
EDF Renewables to form a jointly owned 
company, Envusa Energy. Envusa Energy is 
expected to develop a regional renewable 
energy ecosystem (RREE) in South Africa, 
with the aim of meeting Anglo American’s 
operational power requirements.
▶For more information on Envusa Energy
See page 71 of our Sustainability Report 2024
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technical competencies

Innovative 
SandLix 
technology helps 
address future 
copper supply 
challenges 
There are currently not enough copper mines in 
the world to meet expected future copper demand. 
Making the outlook for copper supply even more 
complicated is the fact that future copper deposits 
are generally of a lower grade and are situated in 
areas that make treatment more difficult. 
“The world needs more copper,” says Pierre Herben, head 
of carbon & innovation at Anglo American, “yet the industry 
is facing declining grades, increasing water scarcity and 
pressure to reduce energy consumption. SandLix™ 
addresses all these points.”
SandLix™, Anglo American’s novel heap leach process, 
directly addresses some of the most pressing challenges 
facing the industry when it comes to future copper 
supply. SandLix™ has been specifically developed to 
economically treat low-grade, complex ores, while being 
far less energy and water-intensive than conventional 
processes, such as flotation.
A potentially game-changing innovation in heap 
leach technology
In comparison to flotation, which uses a physical process to 
separate copper from the unusable material in which it is 
embedded, heap leaching utilises a chemical solution to 
dissolve the copper and extract, or ‘leach’, it from the 
unusable materials that surround it. Once dissolved and 
extracted, the copper solution is transformed into a saleable 
material, known as copper cathode.
Heap leaching has an inherently lower intensity than 
flotation, which relies on fine grinding and large tailings 
storage facilities, but typically has not been able to achieve 
economic recoveries on primary copper ores which contain 
chalcopyrite. Chalcopyrite is a copper mineral that is the 
most abundant source of copper on earth, but this type of 
ore is often too low grade to treat via intensive flotation 
processes and has poor recoveries from conventional heap 
leaching methods.
Anglo American’s SandLix™ technology unlocks the 
heap leaching of such complex, low-grade copper ores, 
including chalcopyrite, allowing 'stranded’ ores to be 
economically processed in a sustainable way – using 
around half the amount of water and energy compared 
to flotation and smelting.
SandLix™ is conceptually simple and has been 
demonstrated at pilot scale, proving to deliver equal or 
better recovery rates than flotation on primary ore – more 
than 85% within 250 days. The key to unlocking high 
recoveries lies in the configuration and control of the particle 
size, temperature and chemistry in highly permeable heaps, 
which are adapted specifically for each ore.
Precise control of these optimised heaps generates 
conditions for natural biooxidising microbes to thrive 
and increase the temperature of the heap to where 
high recovery rates of copper can be achieved from 
even low-grade, primary copper ores.
Through this unique process of heap leaching, SandLix™ 
has the potential to reduce the cut-off grade of copper 
processes by up to 20% and increase resource utilisation by 
economically processing low-grade ores, while reducing 
water and energy intensity and the quantity of wet tailings.
The future of SandLix™
Our current focus is on understanding the scale-up of the 
technology from laboratory and piloting to commercial 
scale at our own sites and in collaboration with third parties. 
In parallel, multiple studies are under way to develop plans 
for deployment of SandLix™ into the industry.
With the global demand for copper expected to increase 
drastically to facilitate the shift to a decarbonised economy, 
pressure on the industry is going to intensify to address the 
challenges of declining grades, restrictions on water use and 
reducing mining’s environmental footprint. Innovations such 
as SandLix™ have the potential to revolutionise the way that 
copper is produced and shift the industry towards delivering 
metal more responsibly and sustainably.
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Case Study
Stacker operator loading sand onto the SandLix™ prototype heap 
at El Soldado.
™

Our Sustainable 
Mining Plan
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Healthy Environment
Climate change
2030: Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 
by 30%, relative to the 2016 baseline; improve energy 
efficiency by 30%
2040: Carbon neutral across our operations; reduce 
Scope 3 emissions by 50%, relative to the 2020 
baseline
Biodiversity
2030: Deliver net-positive impact (NPI) on biodiversity 
across our managed operations
Water
2030: Reduce absolute withdrawal of fresh water by 50% 
in water-scarce areas, relative to the 2015 baseline
▶For more information See pages 60–93 of our 
Sustainability Report 2024
Thriving Communities
Health and well-being
2030: Relevant SDG3 targets for health to be achieved 
in host communities (operations to be halfway to target 
by 2025)
Education
2025: Host community schools to perform within 
top 30% of state schools nationally 
2030: Host community schools to perform within 
top 20% of state schools nationally
Livelihoods
2025: Three jobs supported off site for every job on site
2030: Five jobs supported off site for every job on site
▶For more information See pages 94–113 of our 
Sustainability Report 2024
Trusted Corporate Leader
Accountability
2025: High-quality dialogue and programmes resulting 
from forums
2030: Establish open and accountable dialogue with host 
communities and wider society, leading to greater mutual 
trust and recognition of the benefits/challenges of mining
Policy advocacy
2025: Continued dialogue on reporting and responsibilities
2030: Recognition of our leadership in policy advocacy. 
Strong levels of engagement in policy debates
Ethical value chains
2025: All operations to undergo third-party audits against 
responsible mine certification systems
▶For more information See pages 114–126 of our 
Sustainability Report 2024
Partnership and engagement
Collaborative Regional Development
Our innovative partnership model to catalyse independent, scalable and sustainable economic development 
in regions around our operations – the objective being to improve lives by creating truly thriving communities 
that endure and prosper well beyond the life of the mine.
▶For more information See page 80
Our Critical Foundations
These form the common and minimum requirements for each of our operations and our business as a whole. 
The Critical Foundations are essential to the long-term credibility and success of both the Sustainable Mining 
Plan and our social licence to operate.
Zero 
mindset
▶For more information 
See pages 31–35
Leadership 
and culture
▶For more information 
See pages 86–91
Inclusion 
and diversity
▶For more information 
See page 89
Human 
rights
▶For more information 
See page 84
Group standards 
and processes
▶For more information 
See pages 57–58 of our 
Sustainability Report 2024
Compliance with
legal requirements
▶For more information 
See page 55 of our 
Sustainability Report 2024
Environment
Social
Governance
The progress on targets included in the various sections of this report reflect the current articulation of the SMP and its stretch targets, as shown above. 
Partnership and engagement
Our Sustainable Mining Plan, integral to FutureSmart Mining™, is built on our Critical 
Foundations and three Global Sustainability Pillars and sets out our commitment to 
our stretch goals – driving sustainability outcomes through technology, 
digitalisation and our innovative approach to sustainable economic development.

Climate change 
Climate change is a defining challenge 
of our time. Our commitment to being a part 
of the solution includes producing the metals 
and minerals a low-carbon world needs; 
reducing our own greenhouse gas 
emissions and supporting our value chain 
to do the same; enhancing the resilience of 
our operations and the region surrounding 
them to the changing climate; and 
embedding climate-related considerations 
into our decision making.
At a strategic level, we assess the alignment 
and resilience of our portfolio to a range of 
long-term trends. We explore how the world 
might develop under a range of climate 
change pathways, and the potential 
outcomes for mining profit pools and for 
our business. This allows us to look for the 
opportunities in the transition to lower-
carbon economies, especially in respect of 
demand for our products, while anticipating 
and managing the risks.
Our strategy is informed by the climate-
related risks and opportunities we identify, 
and we stress-test this through robust 
analysis and regular engagement with our 
stakeholders. This, in turn, guides decisions 
around how we allocate capital and which 
growth opportunities we choose to pursue. 
In addition to providing the metals and 
minerals to help economies decarbonise, 
we also believe that decarbonising our 
own operations, and helping to reduce the 
emissions connected with our value chain, 
is a crucial element of our contribution to 
tackling climate change. Whilst our 
operations are continuing on their paths 
towards carbon neutrality, we are 
encouraging decarbonisation along our 
value chains, and considering carefully the 
social and wider environmental implications 
of our decarbonisation journey.
This integrated approach is aligned with 
our commitment to delivering outcomes 
that are both profitable and sustainable – 
unlocking value-accretive and responsible 
production growth in future-enabling metals 
and minerals. 
▶For more information on how our products are helping 
society transition to a low-carbon world
See page 62 of our Sustainability Report 2024 
Capital allocation to support climate action
Embedded into our strategy, our 
commitment to carbon neutrality across our 
operations is integrated into planning and 
decision-making processes, including how 
we allocate capital. In 2021 and 2022, we 
completed an exercise to validate our 2040 
carbon neutrality(11) target with a 1.5oC 
trajectory, receiving third-party verification. 
As such, we view any capital deployed to 
support the achievement of our target to be 
aligned with a contribution to achieving the 
goals of the Paris Agreement.
We monitor leading indicators of the 
developments in low-carbon transportation, 
power generation, steelmaking and 
the circularity of metals. These 
developments, along with other factors 
influencing the demand and supply for our 
products, inform our internal price outlooks 
that are used in assessing capital allocation, 
as well as defining production outlooks, 
guiding investment in research and 
development of carbon-abatement 
technologies, and supporting our portfolio-
composition decisions. 
The outlooks for our demand industries, 
product prices and the resultant strategic 
implications are included annually on the 
agenda for the Executive Leadership Team 
(ELT) and our Board, and as these 
considerations are integrated across the 
business.
This analysis supports decisions which have 
led to the trajectory of our product portfolio 
being towards a focus on the key future-
enabling metals and minerals of copper, 
premium iron ore, and polyhalite. All growth 
capital expenditure is earmarked to projects 
in these products, while our exploration 
activities are focused on these commodities 
too.
Ensuring the continued resilience of our 
portfolio to the impacts of a changing 
climate is also a key priority in our allocation 
of capital. Investments in maintaining this 
resilience are driven by our continuing 
climate change risk management 
processes. These often focus on projects 
related to the management of water or 
reduction of the use of fresh water in water-
stressed areas.
Carbon pricing
Our major investments account for the 
potential future cost of carbon by 
embedding forward-looking carbon price 
assumptions into their appraisal.
The carbon prices we use are developed in 
conjunction with leading external providers 
and by monitoring evolving policy 
frameworks, and are differentiated by 
geography and time horizon.
The aim is to reflect our best estimate of the 
level of carbon pricing likely to prevail in the 
respective jurisdictions over time. We 
forecast carbon prices to be between $0 
and $128 per tonne on a 2024 real basis 
across regions by 2030. This approach 
ensures that project returns are evaluated 
on a realistic basis alongside consideration 
of a project’s impact on carbon abatement 
and portfolio resilience to the effects 
of climate change.
Accounting judgements and estimates 
The effects of climate change have the 
potential to impact several judgements and 
estimates made when preparing the 
Group’s financial statements. These 
potential impacts can arise from physical 
risks such as extreme weather events and 
transition risks as demand shifts between 
products. 
In considering the potential impact of 
climate-related risks on our financial 
statements, the only estimation materially 
impacted by climate change is the 
measurement of carrying value. This is most 
relevant when testing our non-current assets 
for impairment for certain operations that 
are exposed to physical climate change risk. 
Significant impacts generally relate to 
managing either an excess or scarcity of 
water resources and the resulting impact on 
production levels. 
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Governance
Anglo American applies a principled and 
consistent approach to climate change 
governance and management systems.
Climate change is of strategic importance 
for Anglo American, and as a result, the 
Board directly approves the Group’s 
approach to climate change. Climate-
related activities, including decarbonisation 
pathway, are discussed by the Board 
throughout the year as stand-alone agenda 
items and as part of strategic discussions. 
The Board is updated on progress against 
targets through management reports at 
each scheduled Board meeting. 
The Board delegates powers and oversight 
of certain climate-related considerations to 
its supporting committees – the Sustainability 
Committee, the Remuneration Committee, 
the Nomination Committee and the Audit 
Committee. All four committees report to the 
Board on critical matters discussed. 
At executive level, key management 
decisions are taken by the chief executive 
and the ELT, in accordance with their 
delegated authority. The ELT is accountable 
for a range of measures, including climate-
related performance, which are then 
cascaded through the Group. 
The ELT is supported by the Climate Change 
Committee, chaired by the strategy & 
sustainability director, Helena Nonka. The 
Committee's role is to review, guide and co-
ordinate all climate-related workstreams 
across the Group. 
▶For more information on our sustainability governance
See pages 54–56 of our Sustainability Report 2024
Executive remuneration
For senior leaders, a proportion of their 
variable pay each year is tied to the 
delivery of climate-related goals. This is 
predominantly incorporated into the 
performance measures through the Group 
Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP). The LTIP 
is awarded to our most senior leaders across 
Anglo American, in total around 400 
employees across our jurisdictions. 
We have linked 20% of the 2024 LTIP to 
environmental, social and governance 
(ESG) measures, specifically the delivery 
of our 2030 Sustainable Mining Plan goals. 
This is broken down as follows: greenhouse 
gas emissions reduction (10% of award); 
and conformance to Global Industry 
Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) 
(10% of award).
In addition to the measures for the 2024 
LTIP, a portion of our in-flight 2022 and 2023 
LTIPs are also linked to climate-related 
measures. For 2022, it includes a renewable 
energy production target, with three sites to 
have approved renewable energy projects 
in operation by the end of 2024. For 2023, it 
includes renewable energy production from 
approved projects.
▶For more information on our executive remuneration
See pages 192–223
Managing risks and opportunities
The scientific evidence of human-induced 
climate change is clear. However, the longer-
term impacts to our business remain subject 
to extreme uncertainty. As a consequence, 
our risk management processes embed 
climate change in the understanding, 
identification and mitigation of risk. We 
have aligned ourselves with the TCFD 
recommendations on climate-related risks.
We assess risks to support the achievement 
of our business objectives and consider 
them against our risk appetite – the nature 
and extent of risk Anglo American is willing 
to accept in relation to the pursuit of our 
strategic objectives. We look at risk 
appetite from the context of severity of the 
consequences should the risk materialise, 
likelihood of the risk materialising, any 
relevant internal or external factors 
influencing the risk, and the status of 
management actions to mitigate or control 
the risk. Risks that are approaching the limit 
of the Group’s risk appetite may require 
management actions to be accelerated or 
enhanced to ensure the risks remain within 
acceptable levels.
Regarding climate change, we consider risks 
that may affect the mining industry, host 
communities and our business across two 
broad areas:
– Transition impacts: The potential impact 
on demand for different products, given 
assumptions on the regulatory, 
technological and behavioural changes in 
the transition to a low-carbon economy 
(e.g. lower-carbon power generation).
– Physical impacts: The potential impact 
on our operations and surrounding 
communities from both acute extreme 
weather events and chronic shifts in 
climate patterns, and the required 
adaptations to minimise these effects.
▶For more on our approach to risk management and 
our principal risks, including climate change
See pages 95–103 
▶For our TCFD table
See pages 148–153 
Transition risks scenario selection and 
analysis
There is significant uncertainty in how 
government policies and technologies will 
evolve, how the impacts of climate change 
will affect different global regions, and how 
they will adapt to these changes over the 
period to 2050. To support our understanding 
of the risks and opportunities from transition 
impacts, we consider a range of outcomes 
and assess resilience across them. We first 
reported a scenario analysis in 2021 and 
committed to revisit and revise the analysis 
every two years.
In selecting and building reasonable 
scenarios for the revision in 2023, we drew on 
Wood Mackenzie’s Energy Transition service 
and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change (IPCC). We use scenarios defined by 
external parties to ensure that we test our 
resilience against a fair reflection of different 
pathways that are credible and robust, and to 
enable interested parties to scrutinise the 
assumptions that underlie those scenarios. 
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As detailed in our 2023 Climate Change 
Report, we have used the Wood Mackenzie 
Energy Transition Outlook (ETO) as the 
reference case scenario, one that is 
expected to result in 2.5°C warming. We 
contrasted this with the Wood Mackenzie 
Accelerated Energy Transition (AET) 
scenario which limits an increase in global 
warming to 1.5°C. We have supplemented 
the Wood Mackenzie forecasts with various 
scenario outlooks vetted by the IPCC for 
agriculture, forestry and other land use 
(AFOLU) developments and emissions.
▶For more on our transition risk scenario selection and 
analysis
See pages 67–68 of our Sustainability Report 2024
Resilience in a low-carbon transition
In 2023, we assessed Anglo American’s 
resilience to transition impacts across the 
dimensions of financial strength and 
strategic robustness. Across the scenarios, 
we assessed cash flow development 
through to 2050, focusing on our existing 
assets and organic growth opportunities. 
This is overlaid with a consideration of the 
risks and opportunities across each 
scenario. 
The evolution of the industry sectors which 
our products serve could create risks and 
opportunities for our portfolio. Similarly, the 
technological developments that underpin 
the transition of each sector could also 
present risks and opportunities for 
our products. The table on the following 
page summarises the risks and 
opportunities we identified in our 2023 
analysis between the reference case and 
the 1.5°C scenario against which we have 
assessed our resilience.
Through this assessment, we concluded that 
our business is resilient in the Wood 
Mackenzie AET 1.5°C pathway. We expect 
our profit pools to remain attractive and our 
portfolio to continue providing the optionality 
to make changes and grow as the world 
transitions. We are committed to our role in 
supporting the transition to a low-carbon 
economy and our portfolio features 
materials critical to this transition. Across 
both scenarios, we expect our cash flows to 
remain resilient and the range of cash flow 
change across the scenarios to fall within 
our risk tolerance, giving us confidence in our 
business resilience. 
▶For more information on our climate scenario work
See pages 14–17 of our Climate Change Report 
2023
Having identified several risks and 
opportunities across scenarios in the coming 
three decades, we are able to integrate 
monitoring of relevant signposts into our 
strategic process. We already consistently 
monitor leading indicators of the 
developments in low-carbon transportation, 
power generation, steelmaking and the 
circularity of metals.
These developments, along with other 
factors influencing the demand and supply 
for our products, inform our internal price 
outlooks used in assessing capital 
allocation, defining production outlooks, 
investment in research and development of 
carbon-abatement technologies, and 
portfolio-composition decisions. 
The outlooks for our demand industries, 
product prices and the resultant strategic 
implications are included annually on the 
agenda for the ELT and the Anglo American 
Board as these considerations are 
integrated across the business.
While we have assessed the strategic and 
financial resilience of our portfolio under 
1.5°C and 2.5°C scenarios, it should be 
noted that these scenarios are not used for 
financial reporting purposes, as no single 
scenario is representative of management’s 
best estimate of the likely assumptions that 
would be used by a market participant when 
valuing the company’s assets. We expect to 
revise our scenario analysis in 2025 as part 
of our continued commitment to revisit this 
every two years. 
Physical climate change scenarios
Our priority is to build resilience into our 
operations by adapting our management 
controls and investing in climate-smart 
solutions to address high and significant 
risks where it makes economic sense to do 
so. We also acknowledge that very rare 
extreme events – ‘tail risks’ – are plausible. 
For such events, we assess the 
repercussions and recovery readiness to be 
better prepared should these occur.
To understand the range of risks our 
operations may face as a result of climate 
change, we consider three different 
scenarios, which are aligned with the IPCC 
Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP) 
SSP1–2.6, SSP2–4.5 and SSP5–8.5. These 
socio-economic pathways tie the world’s 
socio-political trajectories to radiative 
forcing – changes to the balance of energy 
flowing through a planetary atmosphere – 
and then to climate change. 
Current global policies and actions put us on 
a best-estimate of around 2.5–2.9°C 
warming by 2100(12), most closely 
represented by the SSP2 scenario. We 
therefore use this scenario to guide all our 
long-term planning in low to medium impact 
applications. Following the precautionary 
principle, we use the worst-case scenario of 
SSP5 (c.4.4°C) to plan for resilience in high-
risk applications such as tailings dams. 
We model SSP1 (c.1.8°C) as a best-case 
scenario, although we believe that this 
appears to be a low-likelihood pathway. 
As a result, we do not use this scenario in our 
present planning.
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Copper
Growth in power 
demand and increase 
of renewables
Copper is a key material used in renewable power generation and the 
necessary expansion of power grids
Shift to electric 
vehicles
Copper is a key material for enabling increased electrification across 
sectors including the shift from ICE vehicles to BEVs
Lower energy intensity 
of development
As energy efficiency improves, energy intensity of development 
decreases. This decreased energy intensity could have a negative impact 
on copper demand, which is a central commodity in power generation
Reduced demand for 
personal vehicles
Greater adoption of public transportation, ride sharing and other mobility 
levers could limit demand for personal vehicles
Increased collection 
and use of scrap 
copper
A greater than expected improvement in scrap collection could offset 
demand growth for primary copper
Iron ore
Increased collection 
and use of scrap steel
An accelerated use of scrap steel would limit demand growth for primary 
iron ore
Shift to direct reduced 
iron (DRI)
Shift to lower-carbon direct reduced iron – electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) 
routes will rapidly grow demand for higher-quality iron ore pellet feed
Increased steel 
demand
Steel is critical in the construction of power-generation facilities and the 
grid, contributing to the growth in demand for iron ore
Polyhalite
Decreasing crop land 
availability
As reforestation efforts grow, available land for crop development will 
decrease, leading to an increase in fertiliser use to improve crop yield 
Increasing efforts to 
decrease emissions 
from farming
Polyhalite may also support efficient use of nitrogen fertilisers to reduce 
excess nitrous oxide soil emissions, as well as reverse the degradation of 
soil and the resultant carbon emissions. All else being equal, the lower 
carbon nature of polyhalite may justify a price premium over higher 
emission alternatives
PGMs
Increased demand for 
catalytic converters
With potential further tightening of air quality legislation, PGMs play a 
crucial role in reducing pollution from ICE vehicles, through PGM-
containing catalytic converters. This is expected to be an interim step 
towards more comprehensive transportation decarbonisation
Shift to hydrogen 
economy
As intermittent renewable power generation accounts for an increasing 
share of power grids, hydrogen is a potential energy storage solution. 
PGMs will play a major role across the upstream, midstream and 
downstream segments of the hydrogen value chain. PGMs are required 
upstream for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysis; the 
synthesis, dehydrogenation and cracking in the midstream; and the 
separation, purification and compression downstream
Growth in heavy-duty 
FCEVs
As FCEVs become necessary to decarbonise heavy-duty vehicles, 
demand for PGMs is expected to grow
Increased demand for 
hybrid vehicles
Hybrid vehicles, which contain similar quantities of PGMs as ICE vehicles, 
are expected to play a role in the decarbonisation of vehicles, even in the 
longer term
Shift to battery electric 
vehicles 
An accelerated shift away from ICE vehicles towards BEVs poses a 
downside risk for PGMs which are contained in ICE catalytic converters 
and in FCEVs
Reduced demand for 
personal vehicles
Greater adoption of public transportation, ride sharing and other mobility 
levers could limit demand for personal vehicles
Commodity
Industry change
Impact 
timing
Description of impact
Diamonds
Evolving consumer 
preferences
Across scenarios, there is high uncertainty related to future consumer 
behaviours and attitudes to diamond jewellery as well as historical 
cyclicity in demand. However, these factors are not directly influenced by 
the differences across the scenarios. Due to this, we believe that the net 
impact on rough diamond demand is likely to be immaterial across 
scenarios
Steelmaking 
coal
Increased collection 
and use of scrap steel
An accelerated use of scrap steel would limit demand growth for 
steelmaking coal
Maturing of carbon 
capture and storage 
(CCS)
High-quality steelmaking coal will remain a key input into steel production 
in the short to medium term and adoption of CCS/CCUS could support 
demand in the long term
Shift to DRI
An emphasis on decarbonising steel supply chains could move the 
production methods away from steel-using blast furnaces and towards 
other methods
Lack of maturing of 
CCS
Limited development and deployment of CCS could accelerate the shift 
to EAF and away from blast furnace iron
Increased steel 
demand
Steel is critical in the construction of power generation facilities and the 
grid, contributing to the demand for steelmaking coal
Nickel
Increased demand for 
batteries
Nickel is widely used in lithium-ion batteries which are, in turn, used in 
multiple carbon abatement technologies, including BEVs, and could 
provide a solution for energy storage in the context of intermittent 
power generation
Change to low or no 
nickel batteries
Uncertainty of battery chemistry outlook introduces downside demand 
risk if low or no nickel battery cathode chemistries become the preferred 
technological pathway
Reduced demand for 
personal vehicles
Greater adoption of public transportation, ride sharing and other mobility 
levers could limit demand for personal vehicles
Maturing of battery 
recycling
As secondary battery supply reaches scale, demand growth for primary 
nickel could slow
Commodity
Industry change
Impact 
timing
Description of impact
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Short term = 0–5 years 
Medium term = 5–15 years
Long term = 15+ years**
Low carbon transition risks and opportunities*
*  This table only includes risks we consider to be of sufficient magnitude to require monitoring.
**  Long-term timeframe of 15+ years chosen to align to typical timeframe for commodity-supply 
response to major demand shifts.

Underpinning our process are robust, 
science-based climate analytics. Utilising 
multiple blended global climate models, 
dynamically downscaled to our operating 
sites, we obtain future climate change 
projections across a broad set of climate 
variables for our chosen future scenarios. 
We also assess historical weather data and 
any extreme weather events that may have 
already occurred at the site. 
In regions where previous predictive climate 
change assessments have been 
undertaken, we compare the results with our 
own model outputs. To further increase 
accuracy, where comprehensive site-based 
weather data sets already exist, we establish 
these as the baseline from which we project 
the percentage change over both the life of 
that facility and for 20 years beyond (or, at 
maximum, until 2100) to include closure. 
We also seek to identify the particular 
vulnerabilities and adaptive capacities of 
the region and site, in order to complete 
a holistic local context assessment.
Our robust PCCRR framework to manage 
physical risks
In 2023 we established our Physical Climate 
Change Risk and Resilience (PCCRR) 
framework. This evolution in our ability to 
understand and monitor physical climate 
change risks brought together our existing 
processes to enhance our management 
of physical climate change risk, and enabled 
greater consistency and robustness for how 
we plan for any necessary short, medium 
and long-term adaptive measures. 
Our PCCRR framework combines top-down 
climate change projection models 
with bottom-up assessments of the local 
vulnerabilities and adaptive capacities to 
anticipate emerging impacts. Our aim is to 
ensure that the resilience of our operations, 
communities and partners today continues 
into the future.
▶To read more about our PCCRR framework and use of 
climate change scenarios in managing physical risk
See our Climate Change Report 2023
Operational resilience
Throughout 2024, we continued the roll-out 
of our PCCRR process, completing physical 
climate change risk screening at all of our 
managed operations and for our Marketing 
business by year-end. We are now 
integrating the management of the 
identified risks into our risk management 
processes at each operation, and assessing 
whether additional studies or management 
controls need to be undertaken. We aim to 
complete this for all managed operations by 
end of 2025.
For mines near closure, such as our 
El Soldado operation and Gahcho Kué, 
we are working to ensure closure design 
and risks include consideration of physical 
climate change. 
The results of our physical climate change 
risk screening work highlight that the 
greatest hazard posing high/significant 
risks across all our regions is extreme 
precipitation and flooding. This is followed 
by drought/access to water. The third is 
extreme heat, which already affects our 
employees, especially in South Africa 
and Brazil.
The screening of potential implications of 
climate change on our Marketing business 
indicated that physical climate change 
brings increased risks, especially for our 
shipping operations – but also opportunities, 
if we can leverage market gains through 
optionality in our customer base and 
shipping routes and ports to address the 
dynamic market context. Our diverse 
customer base across the world and 
customers within different regions 
in countries like China help lower the risks 
associated with sales.
Considering these findings, our planning 
has pivoted to focus on agility and resilience 
in our sales strategy and assess whether our 
existing shipping controls are adequate in 
a more volatile climate context, and adjust 
these where necessary.
Adaptation
We are also in the process of evaluating the 
controls for the risks we have identified 
through the high-level screening, and 
updating of these controls as required. This 
includes identifying the right tracking metrics 
to follow the impact of climate change in the 
long run. We have also identified where we 
can leverage data that we already collect in 
a more meaningful way to provide insight 
into changing operational conditions.
Some adaptation actions we are already 
implementing include switching over from 
continental water to waste water and 
desalinated water at our Los Bronces 
copper operation, increasing our fire-
fighting capacities at operations in wildfire-
prone regions such as our iron ore 
operations in South Africa and Brazil, and 
implementing adaptive water-management 
plans in regions where we are seeing more 
erratic rain events.
Financial impact
Throughout 2024, we have developed and 
tested a methodology to better understand 
the potential future financial impact of 
physical climate change risk. The 
methodology is based on climate 
projections overlaid upon operational 
thresholds at each site over the life of the 
asset. We expect to roll this out to our 
remaining assets in 2025, while defining the 
methodology further to allow for integration 
into our broader planning and financial 
reporting processes.
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Community resilience
The impacts of climate change will also 
be keenly felt by the host communities 
around our operations. The proactive, 
integrated, and strategic approach we 
take to social performance at all our sites 
means that we endeavour to consider all 
of the changes in our external context 
within our risk and impact management 
framework, including climate change.
As part of our Social Performance 
management system – the Social Way – 
we embed climate-related social and 
community impacts into individual site 
management approaches. We are 
updating our Social Way Policy 
framework and in 2025 intend to provide 
further guidance to our operations on 
how to further integrate community 
climate resilience into the social 
performance management system.
Our target ambition and progress
We have set a target of carbon neutrality 
across our operations by 2040, with the 
interim target of a 30% reduction in 
operational emissions by 2030.
Our Australian steelmaking coal, 
southern African PGMs, Brazilian nickel, 
and De Beers businesses will exit the 
Group under our announced plan to 
simplify our portfolio. Each of those 
businesses formed part of our Group 
goal of carbon-neutral operations by 
2040, including making or planning 
investments in support. Whilst it is for 
the future owners and leaders of those 
businesses to decide what is right under 
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Key physical climate change risks across our operations
Change in annual precipitation
– Change in availability of water
– Ecological impacts
Extreme weather events
– Operational disruption from heavy 
winds, lightning, heavy rains
– Inadequate design parameters on 
key infrastructure (tailings, dams, 
water treatment, etc.)
– Rehabilitation stability impacted 
through intense rains
– Delays at ports due to impacts on 
docking and loading and 
offloading operations
Extreme heat
– Increased heat exposure leading 
to reduction in workforce 
efficiency and increase in fatigue
– Exceeding equipment design 
criteria leading to breakdowns 
and downtime
– Increase in energy consumption 
for ventilation and cooling
– Impact on railways (rail buckling)
Rise in average 
annual temperature
– Impact on ecosystems, 
ecological shifts
– Potential spread of pests/
diseases to wider ranges
Water stress/drought
– Disruption from lack of access to water 
for operations
– Impact on ecosystems and agriculture
– Reduced community access to water 
– Compromised viability of vegetation 
on rehabilitation
– Challenges managing dust impacts
Wildfires
– Safety and health risks
– Impact on biodiversity and 
communities
Potential change in hazard by 
2050 against a 2020 baseline*
g
>15%
Extreme change
g
10%–15%
Significant change
g
5%–10%
Material change
Identified potential hazards in 2050: managed 
operations and key greenfield projects
* Based on the IPCC SSP5-8.5 scenario to 2050.
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their ownership, we believe the foundational 
work we have done sets each one up for 
success in relation to decarbonisation, 
and provides real value to the new owners.
Once the transformation work is completed, 
our operational greenhouse gas emissions 
footprint (Scopes 1 and 2) will reduce 
significantly. A substantial proportion of our 
current sources of emissions is linked to 
businesses that will be exiting the Group. The 
most significant of these sources include the 
fugitive methane emissions released from 
the Australian steelmaking coal business 
and the Scope 2 emissions associated with 
our PGMs business in southern Africa.
With such change in our emissions profile, 
our future pathway to achieving carbon 
neutrality will necessarily look different.
For our remaining businesses, achieving our 
target of carbon neutrality(11) across our 
operations remains a complex, multi-
dimensional challenge. However, we 
understand the challenges of decarbonising 
each of the operations and will continue with 
the plans we have towards delivering 
carbon neutrality.
Progress in 2024
In 2024, our total Scope 1 and 2 
emissions(13) decreased by 8% to 11.6 Mt 
CO2e (2024: 6.7 Mt CO2e and 4.9 Mt CO2e 
respectively, 2023: 7.5 Mt CO2e and 5.0 Mt 
CO2e respectively). This equates to a 14% 
reduction compared with the 2016 baseline 
on which our 2030 target is set. The 
emissions intensity of our production 
(Scopes 1 and 2) reduced by 3% compared 
with 2023 (2024: 6.02 t CO2e/t CuEq and 
6.20t CO2e/t CuEq). 
Compared with 2019, when our emissions 
peaked, we have delivered a 31% reduction 
in our total Scope 1 and 2 emissions (2019: 
16.8 Mt CO2e) and a 26% reduction in our 
emissions intensity.
Year-on-year improvements in the 
management of methane in our steelmaking 
coal business have made the largest 
contribution to this reduction in emissions 
from the 2019 peak. Completing the roll-out 
of renewable energy in South America in 
2023 was also a significant milestone. 
Overall emissions reductions since 2019 
have been partly offset by increased energy 
consumption following the ramp-up of our 
Quellaveco operation in Peru. The resulting 
usage of fossil fuels in heavy mining 
equipment has added to our Scope 1 
emissions. However, the additional energy 
consumption at Quellaveco has resulted in 
no increase to our Scope 2 emissions in 
2024, as the operation was supplied by 
100% renewable-energy sources by 2023.
Climate change performance‡
Scope 1 emissions 2024
6.7 Mt CO2e
(2023: 7.5 Mt CO2e)
Scope 2 emissions 2024
4.9 Mt CO2e
(2023: 5.0 Mt CO2e)
Scope 3 emissions 2024*
170.6 Mt CO2e
(2023: 166.7 Mt CO2e)
*
Scope 3 emissions include each of the 15 categories 
included in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s methodology.
Anglo American GHG emissions 2024
Scope 1 (Mt CO2e)
ò CO2e from fugitive emissions from coal mining
ò CO2e from methane flaring
ò CO2e from processes
ò CO2e from fossil fuel consumption
Scope 2 (Mt CO2e)
ò Australia
ò South Africa
ò Other
Anglo American GHG emissions 2024
Total Scope 1 and 2 emissions (Mt CO2e)
ò Copper
ò PGMs
ò Iron Ore
ò Diamonds
ò Polyhalite
ò Steelmaking Coal
ò Nickel
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2.7
0.3
0.5
3.2
0.6
4.2
0.1
0.6
1.0
0.0
4.2
0.4
4.1
1.2
6.7 Mt CO2e 
4.9 Mt CO2e 
11.6 Mt CO2e 
‡    Anglo American reports GHG emissions in line with the GHG Protocol’s Operational Control approach. Reporting on our GHG 
inventory includes all business over which the Anglo American Group has management control or acts as the operator. It excludes 
independently managed operations, such as Collahuasi and Samancor, unless specifically stipulated. It also excludes De Beers’ 
non-managed joint operations in Namibia and Botswana from our reporting scope, unless specifically stipulated in the reporting.

Progress to 2030
Scope 1 – methane
Methane emitted from our Australian 
steelmaking coal operations is a significant 
component of the Group’s Scope 1 
emissions, and arises from two key 
categories: 
– Rich gas (from our gas pre-drainage 
works) and goaf gas (released from the 
behind the mined area as the longwall 
advances), which we capture and transfer 
to third parties for beneficial use such as 
power generation
– Ventilation air methane (VAM), where 
methane is present in very low 
concentrations and more challenging to 
capture.
In 2024, we reduced our methane emissions 
by 20% to 3.0 Mt CO2e (2023: 3.8 Mt CO2e). 
This reduction was a result of our continued 
improvements in the management of 
methane and the impact of the stoppage of 
operations at Grosvenor following the 
underground fire in June 2024. 
The reductions achieved from our improved 
management of methane have occurred 
across three fronts. First, continued 
minimisation of venting, focusing on 
sustained operational practices, which 
resulted in venting emissions being less than 
50 kt CO2e in 2024. Secondly, a reduction in 
VAM from improved goaf-sealing practices. 
Thirdly, increased transfer of gas to third 
parties for beneficial use in power 
generation facilities, with a combined 
capacity of 145 MW. 
The infrastructure available for methane 
capture has enabled our underground 
operations to abate approximately 70% of 
methane-related emissions, against a do-
nothing scenario. In 2024, this represented 
the transfer of 11.6 m GJ (2023: 13.0 m GJ) 
of gas for beneficial use into power 
generation or the domestic gas network. The 
reduction in gas transferred since 2023 was 
a result of the cessation of operations at 
Grosvenor during the second half of 2024.
For abatement of VAM, we are on track with 
our plan to assess the feasibility of the use of 
regenerative thermal oxidation. During 
2024, studies were progressed with the 
University of Newcastle in Australia to test 
safety protocols and systems. We have also 
secured $35 million in grants from Low 
Emissions Technology Australia, which 
demonstrates the importance of developing 
the technology for the industry.
Scope 1 – energy efficiency
Our continued focus to optimise and further 
increase the operational and production 
efficiency of our assets is helping to lower 
the energy intensity of our operations. These 
improvements are enabled by the 
deployment of technology through our 
FutureSmart Mining™ approach, and the 
continuous energy management at our 
operating sites supported by our energy and 
CO2 management (ECO2MAN) programme.
In 2024, our energy consumption decreased 
by 2% to 86.8 m GJ (2023: 89.0 m GJ). In 
addition to improved energy efficiency, 
significant contributors to this decrease 
were the planned reduction in Kumba's 
production to align with third-party logistics 
constraints and the planned shutdown of 
the older Los Bronces processing plant in 
July 2024. The decrease was partly offset by 
the further ramp-up of our Quellaveco 
operation.
Scope 2 – powered by renewables
In 2024, we sourced 57% of our electricity 
from renewable sources. All of our South 
American operations (Brazil, Chile and Peru) 
are powered by 100% renewable electricity, 
and have been since 2023. 
We have also, as previously announced, 
secured 100% renewable energy from 2025 
for all the electricity needs for our 
steelmaking coal operations in Australia, 
effectively removing all the Scope 2 
emissions from that business.
On this basis, approximately 60% of the 
electricity supply of the current Anglo 
American portfolio will be sourced from 
renewables from 2025. This transformation 
of our Scope 2 emissions profile enables 
significant environmental benefits, and 
delivers net present value (NPV)-positive 
outcomes compared with our current energy 
mix.
While significant progress has already been 
made to reduce our absolute Scope 2 
emissions, we remain committed to 
decarbonise the balance of our electricity 
supply via the use of commercial power-
purchase agreements, self-developed 
generation at site, and through Envusa 
Energy in southern Africa. 
In October 2022, Anglo American 
formalised a partnership with EDF 
Renewables to form a jointly owned 
company, Envusa Energy. Envusa Energy is 
expected to develop a regional renewable 
energy ecosystem in South Africa, with the 
aim of meeting Anglo American’s 
operational power requirements.
In 2023, Envusa Energy was granted a 
licence to trade electricity in South Africa, 
and the company has made significant 
progress in the delivery of its mature pipeline 
of more than 600 MW of solar and wind 
power to our operations.
In demonstrating our drive to decarbonise 
our energy usage, our businesses with 
operations in South Africa (Anglo American 
Platinum, Kumba Iron Ore and De Beers) 
have committed to long-term electricity 
offtake agreements with Envusa Energy. 
These agreements will see Anglo American 
Platinum receiving 461 MW of supply, 
Kumba’s Kolomela mine 11 MW, and 
De Beers’ Venetia mine 48 MW. 
The renewable power under these 
agreements is planned to be delivered 
through the Koruson 2 (K2) project cluster, 
located on the border of the Northern and 
Eastern Cape Provinces. The K2 cluster 
reached financial close in the first quarter of 
2024, with construction well under way. 
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The K2 cluster wheeled projects are 
expected to reach commercial operation 
during 2026, and will supply 520 MW of wind 
and solar power (240 MW of solar and two 
140 MW wind projects) into our operations, 
displacing approximately 1.5 Mt CO2e (30% 
of our current portfolio’s global Scope 2 
emissions).
On-site solar projects at our Sishen 
operation are progressing (total of 65 MW), 
targeting 2025 to commence construction, 
with a mature pipeline of additional projects 
following shortly thereafter.
Progress to 2040
Reducing our use of diesel
Transitioning from diesel consumption for 
heavy mining equipment remains a complex 
challenge. 
We remain agnostic to the technologies 
required to remove diesel from our 
operations, and we do not believe that a 
globally applicable solution will come from 
one technology. This informs our approach 
to solve for the system rather than 
implementing point solutions.
We have prepared a technology 
development roadmap that takes a portfolio 
approach – a toolbox of solutions integrated 
in mining systems, to maximise success rate 
and impact. This includes hydrogen, battery 
and other forms of diesel fuel alternatives, 
with us developing multiple pathways 
to deliver operational decarbonisation, that 
compares various technology options 
across different time horizons. 
We are also looking at options that lower our 
carbon emissions when transitioning to 
mining underground in various operating 
regions. These options look to incorporate 
electrified, lower-impact equipment 
and mining methods to help deliver 
sustainable and profitable operations.
We will continue with the model of technical 
and financial innovation we have 
demonstrated in our decarbonisation 
journey so far in achieving carbon neutrality.
Residual emissions abatement
We do not currently see a pathway to 
reduce our operational emissions to zero. 
Whilst recognising that compensation 
should come after all feasible avoidance, 
reduction and restoration measures have 
been taken, we anticipate that carbon 
compensation, including offsetting, will have 
a role to play in addressing any residual 
emissions, while permanent solutions are 
sought. 
However, our principal approach to 
addressing operational (Scope 1 and 2) 
greenhouse gas emissions is through direct 
action in the form of projects implemented to 
decarbonise our business. Our approach 
continues to be guided by the mitigation 
hierarchy: Avoid – Abate – Compensate.
In 2024, we documented our approach in 
our Group Carbon Compensation 
Guidelines, and this was approved by the 
Group’s Climate Change Committee and 
endorsed by the ELT. These Guidelines 
make clear under what circumstances our 
business can use carbon compensation to 
support the achievement of decarbonisation 
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Koruson 2 (K2) cluster 
The K2 cluster is being developed 
through the Envusa Energy joint venture 
by Anglo American and EDF Renewables, 
in partnership with Pele Green Energy, 
and a local community trust.
Construction is under way at the 140 MW 
Umsobomvu Wind Farm that forms part 
of the K2 cluster, with first concrete 
casting of the foundations completed 
in September 2024.
The K2 cluster is anticipated to have 
a total electricity generation capacity 
of 520 MW. 
The project comprises the Umsobomvu 
Wind Project (140 MW), Hartebeesthoek 
Wind Project (140 MW) and Mooi Plaats 
PV Project (240 MW). 
All projects are located in the Koruson 
cluster located on the border of the 
Northern and Eastern Cape provinces.
Site visit to the Hartebeesthoek Wind Farm in South Africa that forms part of the Koruson 2 (K2) cluster.

objectives and also what principles underpin 
the generation of any carbon credits that we 
will use for decarbonisation. To date, we 
have not retired any carbon credits to set 
against our emissions targets.
▶For more on our use of carbon compensation and 
our application of the carbon mitigation hierarchy
See page 74 of our Sustainability Report 2024
▶For more information on our Group Carbon 
Compensating Guidelines 
Visit angloamerican.com/group-carbon-
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Scope 3 – decarbonising our value chain 
Increased maturity in calculating our Scope 
3 emissions
The level of sophistication in our 
understanding of Scope 3 emissions 
continues to grow. In 2024, we reflected this 
greater maturity in knowledge through 
updates to our Scope 3 accounting 
methodology with amendments to align it 
more closely with guidance from the GHG 
protocol. 
In previous years, we accounted for the 
emissions of our steelmaking customers and 
allocated these emissions between our sold 
iron ore and steelmaking coal products on a 
mass- balance basis. In total, 65% of 
steelmaking emissions were allocated to 
iron ore under category 10, while the 
remaining 35% were allocated to 
steelmaking coal under category 11. This 
methodology prevented the over-reporting 
of emissions for products entering the same 
value chain.
Under our updated methodology, we 
account for the emissions associated with 
the use and processing of our products 
independently, regardless of the value 
chains they enter. Emissions from 
processing iron ore are calculated based on 
customer-specific emissions factors, with 
100% of emissions allocated to iron ore, 
under category 10. 100% of the emissions 
arising from the use of our steelmaking coal 
are allocated to category 11.
As Scope 3 reporting continues to evolve, 
we are able to source increasingly accurate 
emissions factors that better reflect our 
operations. We have also made refinements 
to the emissions factors used in the 
calculation of Scope 3 emissions under 
categories 1 and 2 in our updated 
methodology.
In addition to ensuring alignment with the 
GHG Protocol, the methodological 
amendments set out above mean the 
approach we take to measuring and 
reporting Scope 3 emissions will remain 
appropriate for the updated Anglo American 
portfolio. Nevertheless, we expect to 
continue to refine our Scope 3 methodology 
as understanding of Scope 3 emissions 
grows. This ongoing process will result in 
continual improvements in the accuracy of 
our calculations. 
Our reported 2024 Scope 3 emissions have 
been calculated using our updated Scope 3 
methodology, and we have also 
recalculated and restated our Scope 3 
emissions back to the 2020 baseline year.
2024 Scope 3 emissions
In 2024, our Scope 3 emissions totalled 
170.6 Mt, an increase of 2% compared with 
our restated 2023 Scope 3 emissions of 
166.7 Mt. Total Scope 3 emissions in 2024 
have risen by 3% compared with our 
restated 2020 baseline of 165.1 Mt, which 
is a reflection of our increased iron ore sales 
volumes.
The processing and use of our iron ore and 
steelmaking coal products (categories 10 
and 11) are the largest contributors to our 
emissions profile, accounting for 149.4 Mt 
(88% of total emissions).
Progress in 2024 to help decarbonise our 
value chain 
Through our customer strategy and focus on 
product quality, we continue to make 
progress in reducing the emissions intensity 
of our iron ore in steelmaking as we focus on 
sales to lower-emissions steelmakers and 
steelmaking processes. 
In 2024, c.38% of iron ore sales by volume 
were to customers with externally verified 
net-zero targets. In 2024, we continued to 
engage with our customers, with c.23% of 
iron ore sales now covered by 
decarbonisation Memorandums of 
Understanding (MoUs). 
More broadly, over 50% of our category 10 
emissions from iron ore in 2024 arose in 
China, which has pledged to be carbon 
neutral by 2060, while c.15% come from 
Europe, Japan and South Korea, which have 
pledged to be carbon neutral by 2050.
Emissions under category 11 increased by 
16% from 2023, which was primarily driven 
by a refinement in emissions factors to better 
reflect the use of our steelmaking coal 
product. In 2024, we continued to build on 
partnerships across our value chains to help 
reduce the emissions intensity of processing 
our products and drive demand for low-
carbon metals and minerals.
Our activities with suppliers and our 
operations contribute approximately 8% 
of the overall Anglo American Scope 3 
footprint, predominantly through the 
procurement of equipment and capital 
goods. 
We also formalised MoUs with 11 critical 
suppliers of mining equipment to our 
business, including Caterpillar, Komatsu and 
Michelin. These MoUs outline shared 
commitments to sustainability, establishing 
a series of commitments to demonstrate 
decarbonisation and action to mitigate the 
effects of climate change.
We remain steadfast in our commitment to 
achieve an increasingly sustainable 
operation of our controllable ocean freight. 
This commitment is reflected in our ambition 
to achieve carbon neutrality across our 
controlled ocean freight activities by 2040 
and an interim 30% reduction in emissions 
by 2030. 
In 2024, we achieved a significant milestone 
towards realising that ambition with the 
successful delivery of the Ubuntu Liberty, the 
final vessel in our 10-strong chartered fleet 
of Capesize+ Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) 
dual-fuelled bulk carriers. The LNG dual-
fuelled technology and enhanced fuel 
efficiency of the Ubuntu fleet provides our 
customers the opportunity to reduce their 
carbon emissions when using these vessels, 
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which are expected to deliver up to a 35% 
reduction in CO2 emissions compared with 
conventionally fuelled ships. The increased 
cargo capacity of the Ubuntu vessels has 
also provided operational efficiencies. 
▶For more detail and to read more about the progress 
we have made to reduce our Scope 3 emissions 
See pages 74–76 of our Sustainability Report 2024 
Our future plans to reduce Scope 3 
emissions for our transforming portfolio
The planned divestments of our steelmaking 
coal, PGMs, nickel and De Beers businesses 
will result in a significant change to our future 
Scope 3 emissions profile. 
Most notably, on completion of the 
announced divestment of our steelmaking 
coal business, including our non-controlling 
interest in Jellinbah, almost all of our 
currently reported Category 11 Scope 3 
emissions, and a significant portion of 
our currently reported Category 15 Scope 3 
emissions, will be removed from our overall 
reported Scope 3 emissions. 
We have previously shared our ambition to 
reduce our Scope 3 emissions by 50% by 
2040. With the substantial changes to our 
portfolio taking place, we are working to 
understand in more depth the impact of the 
portfolio changes on this ambition, with a 
view to ensuring we have in place goals that 
reflect the transformed portfolio and drive 
the right behaviours within our business to 
decarbonise at pace. 
We remain committed to reducing our 
Scope 3 emissions, and our approach 
remains informed by our determination to 
achieve this goal. 
Protecting our natural environment
Protecting our natural environment is 
material to us and is increasingly expected 
by our stakeholders and society. As 
custodians of the land and ecosystems 
around our operations, we seek to improve 
the footprint of our operations and direct our 
efforts towards contributing to nature-
positive outcomes for host communities and 
our wide range of stakeholders. Our 
environmental work involves protecting the 
biodiversity of areas in which we operate, 
accounting for and optimising our water use, 
supporting the circular economy throughout 
the value chain and across our business, 
and addressing quality of air around our 
operations.
Our approach and policies
Our approach to biodiversity
Our approach to nature-positive outcomes 
is based on the Kunming-Montreal Global 
Biodiversity Framework and broader global 
commitments to halt nature loss, aiming for a 
nature-positive world by the end of this 
decade. By prioritising nature-positive 
outcomes, we support the delivery of our 
SMP commitments and how we transform 
the way we operate and develop mining 
operations to integrate nature-based 
solutions and innovative technologies 
throughout the mining lifecycle.
Our work towards achieving our SMP 
targets, including delivering a NPI for 
biodiversity, demonstrates our commitment 
to biodiversity and nature-positive 
outcomes, as well as global discussions 
on biodiversity conservation. Implementing 
the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity 
Framework is essential to addressing the 
urgent challenges of biodiversity loss and 
ecosystem degradation. Anglo American is 
committed to alignment with these global 
frameworks, while also adapting to new 
local and regional regulatory requirements, 
allowing our strategy to evolve in step with 
global standards. 
In 2018, Anglo American made a 
commitment to deliver NPI, across the 
organisation, using a baseline – also set in 
2018 – that describes the existing state of 
biodiversity before impacts occurred or 
mitigation measures were deployed, which 
allows for quantification of change and 
calculation of gains or losses over time. 
A critical factor in achieving NPI is our 
rigorous application of the mitigation 
hierarchy: avoiding and minimising impacts; 
undertaking rehabilitation and/or 
restoration; and offsetting, where required, 
any residual impacts. To demonstrate that 
gains exceed losses, all sites are required to 
implement and adhere to our Biodiversity 
Standard. The standard defines 
the minimum requirements for biodiversity 
management, as well as delivering on our 
NPI commitment through the 
implementation and management of 
biodiversity management programmes 
(BMPs).
Our approach to land rehabilitation
Our Group rehabilitation strategy, which 
outlines the requirements for our operations 
to integrate rehabilitation into their planning 
processes, including Resource Development 
plans and Life of Asset Plans, is integral to 
improving site rehabilitation outcomes 
across the business. 
Our goal is to reduce our disturbance 
footprint and to generate value for 
Anglo American and our stakeholders. As 
per our Mine Closure Standard, our 
operations develop and implement five-year 
rolling rehabilitation plans that outline the 
targets, monitoring, maintenance and 
management programmes required to drive 
towards meeting our post-mining land-
management ambitions and reducing 
our net footprint intensity. Our operations 
trial innovative technologies to improve the 
ecosystem services value of all types of 
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Assess
The nature-related risks of the rubber 
plantation were evaluated qualitatively to 
understand how they might translate into 
physical, transition and reputational risks for 
suppliers and communities, as well as Kumba’s 
own operations. This phase of the LEAP 
process considers both potential financial 
impact and the impact on nature and society. 
The outcome of this evaluation was shared 
with Kumba’s internal risk and procurement 
teams to enhance awareness of nature-
related risks and understand how they could 
be better incorporated into existing risk 
management and responsible supply chain 
processes. 
Mitigation measures and opportunities to 
address existing impacts and reduce potential 
risks are now being considered; for example, 
through working with the supplier to enhance 
nature-based solutions in the supplier’s 
landscape.
Prepare
It is important that a broad understanding 
of impacts and associated risks translates 
to changes in activities and processes at site 
level, both through direct operations 
and supply chains.
Using the lessons learnt from this pilot and the 
ongoing work during 2024, we have a clearer 
understanding of how it might be possible to 
adopt this approach across Anglo American 
as we work to implement the 
recommendations of the TNFD in its approach 
to nature management and reporting.
Locate
The first step was to map the locations of key 
supply chains and customer assets using 
supplier-spend data, self-declared value 
chain information, open maps and data 
from public authorities, and international 
trade data. 
Using the resultant co-ordinates, supplier 
and customer sites were overlapped with 
the Resolve Ecoregions map to identify their 
biomes. Priority locations were then 
identified based on the following criteria: 
overlap with high ecosystem service-related 
risk; convergence with areas of high 
biodiversity importance; physical water risk 
and freshwater biodiversity. Based on the 
prioritisation criteria, three supply chains 
were given precedence and taken forward 
to the evaluation stage: two in energy and 
one in rubber production for tyres.
Evaluate
ENCORE – a free online service that helps 
organisations explore their exposure to 
nature-related risks – was used to identify 
material impacts and dependencies of the 
prioritised suppliers. In conjunction with 
spatial data analysis, the ENCORE scores 
indicated that a rubber concession area 
linked to Kumba’s tyre supply chain had 
very high risks overall, so it was selected for 
further analysis. 
Through a more detailed interrogation of the 
ENCORE results and spatial data, several 
specific risks were identified for this rubber 
concession area, including a number of 
protected wildlife species.
Environmental contractor Boitumelo Kortman 
inspecting pecan nut and pistachio trees planted in a 
rehabilitated area of former mining land at our Sishen 
iron ore mine in South Africa. 
Locate: Identify where your organisation 
interacts with nature
Evaluate: Assess your dependencies and 
impacts on nature
Assess: Analyse the risks and opportunities 
related to nature
Prepare: Develop strategies to respond to 
and report on nature-related issues.
Piloting LEAP at Kumba Iron Ore
Understanding how we affect nature is 
critical to achieving our Sustainable Mining 
Plan goal of achieving net-positive impact 
(NPI) across our operational footprint by 
2030. We believe that the TNFD framework 
is the most robust and practical guidance to 
help us achieve our goal. During 2022, our 
Kumba Iron Ore business was chosen as the 
pilot site and we worked with our 
longstanding partners Fauna & Flora to test 
the application of the LEAP approach.
Although Kumba’s direct impact on nature 
in the vicinity of its operations is well 
understood, assessing the impact of 
Kumba’s supply chain on nature and 
biodiversity – a critical element of the TNFD 
framework – is more difficult to achieve. As 
Kumba has over 2,000 suppliers within its 
supply chain, it was essential to prioritise the 
suppliers, based on their potential 
environmental impact and total spend.
Piloting the TNFD’s LEAP 
approach
The LEAP (locate, evaluate, assess and 
prepare) approach, developed by the 
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial 
Disclosures (TNFD), is designed to help 
companies identify and assess nature-
related issues, and then integrate nature-
related considerations into their strategic 
planning and reporting processes, with the 
aim of promoting sustainability and 
resilience. The LEAP process, integral to the 
TNFD framework, is summarised below: 

Governance
Biodiversity
The Board’s Sustainability Committee has 
oversight of the company’s nature and 
biodiversity-related programmes of work, 
and is updated at least annually on progress 
against those programmes and delivery of 
targets.
Progress against Anglo American’s BMPs is 
included in the chief executive’s scorecard 
on a quarterly basis.
The chief executive’s scorecard offers a 
succinct, yet comprehensive view of our 
business performance, closely aligned with 
Anglo American Operating Model principles. 
It is a management tool used by the chief 
executive to track business performance 
through a focused set of financial and non-
financial measurements. Each business, 
asset and function is also responsible for 
setting their own scorecard, aligned with 
the Group scorecard, and reports against 
performance on a quarterly basis to the 
Executive Leadership Team. The Group 
scorecard is shared with the Board and 
performance against sustainability metrics 
shared with the Sustainability Committee.
Land rehabilitation
Anglo American owns or manages 
approximately 608,000 hectares, 
with approximately 12% (74,000 hectares) 
disturbed for mining or processing 
operations. The nature of mining requires 
Anglo American to disturb additional land 
each year to access orebodies or to build 
supporting infrastructure. Our rehabilitation 
programmes are designed to ensure we 
actively rehabilitate areas that are no longer 
required for operations, with approximately 
18% (14,000 hectares) of our disturbance 
currently rehabilitated in line with 
Anglo American’s standard or local legal 
requirements.
Land rehabilitation (reshaping, applying a 
growth medium and seeding completed) 
performance is embedded in our executive 
remuneration arrangements and is reflected 
in executive director bonus payouts. This 
metric is also subject to external assurance 
as part of the year-end reporting process.
Performance
In 2024, we continued the development of 
a standardised metric and methodology, 
known as Quality Habitat Hectares (QHH), 
to consistently assess and compare the NPI 
pathways and trajectories of our businesses 
and sites. This standardised approach 
enables us to quantify actions aimed at 
avoiding, reducing and restoring habitat 
impacts, identify opportunities to contribute 
to nature-positive outcomes across our 
operations, and evaluate the timing and cost 
of implementation. 
In 2024, our managed operations 
completed 945 hectares of rehabilitation 
(reshaping, growth medium and seeding) 
out of a planned 611 hectares.
We aim to have no Level 3 or above 
environmental incidents. In 2024, we 
achieved our goal and had zero Level 3+ 
environmental incidents at our managed 
operations (2023: zero). 
Water
Water is the fundamental link between 
climate, people and nature. Globally, water 
supplies remain stressed amid the ongoing 
impact of climate change and variability, 
with increasing extreme weather events. 
To address these challenges, we continue 
to make water stewardship a part of how 
we operate across all our sites, including 
our target of a 50% reduction in fresh water 
withdrawals in water-scarce areas by 2030, 
relative to the 2015 baseline. 
Our approach and policies
Anglo American’s approach to how we use, 
manage and care for water is guided by 
recognised international best practices for 
water management and stewardship. We 
aim to use, manage and care for water 
through the lifecycle of our operations. We 
apply the Alliance for Water Stewardship’s 
definition:”the use of water that is socially 
and culturally equitable, environmentally 
sustainable and economically beneficial, 
achieved through a stakeholder-inclusive 
process that includes both site and 
catchment-based actions”. 
Our Group Water Management Standard 
provides guidance for our work. The 
standard sets out minimum requirements 
for water management and incorporates 
leading water-management practices, risk 
prevention, best-mining practices and 
industry lessons. 
The standard also incorporates water into 
the decision-making process at every stage 
of the lifecycle of each operation, from the 
selection of the site and early studies, 
through design to operation, closure and 
post-closure. The standard ensures that all 
of our operations incorporate sustainable 
water-management practices, in line with 
our Values, the Sustainable Mining Plan, 
and Social Way. In 2024, we updated the 
standard to reinforce implementation 
requirements.
Governance
The Board’s Sustainability Committee has 
oversight of the Group’s water-related 
programmes of work and is updated on a 
pre-planned schedule and, as needed, on 
progress against those programmes and 
delivery of targets. Progress against our 
water targets is also included in the chief 
executive’s quarterly scorecard.
Water management is embedded in our 
executive remuneration arrangements. 
Executive director bonus payouts reflect 
performance in water efficiency, and the 
2024 executive director and senior 
management LTIP arrangements include 
targets related to fresh water withdrawals.
Fresh water withdrawal data is subject to 
external assurance as part of the year-end 
reporting process.
Performance
Our fresh water withdrawals (for target sites) 
decreased by 7% to 35,439 megalitres (ML) 
(2023: 38,040 ML), reflecting improved 
water efficiency at most of our operations, 
diversion of fresh water to communities as 
well as converting our water supply to 
alternative non-fresh water sources, such as 
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our use of treated municipal wastewater 
imported from regional utilities.  
By the end of 2024, we had reduced fresh 
water withdrawals by 27% against the 2015 
baseline that informs the Sustainable Mining 
Plan target of a 50% reduction in fresh water 
withdrawals by 2030. Our operations 
continue to improve their water re-use and 
recycling rates, reducing their reliance on 
fresh water. Group-wide water efficiency 
increased to 86% in 2024 (2023: 84%). This 
focus on efficiency will continue at all our 
operations throughout 2025.
Mineral residue management
The management and storage of waste 
rock and processed mineral residue 
remains a critical issue for the global mining 
industry. Mineral residue management 
presents us with social, safety and 
environmental challenges throughout the 
lifecycle of our mining operations and, as 
such, we welcome the introduction of the 
comprehensive Global Industry Standard 
on Tailings Management (GISTM).
During 2024, we continued GISTM 
implementation at all our tailings storage 
facilities (TSFs) and closing out the gaps 
identified at our very high and extreme rated 
TSFs, while also working to develop and 
implement technological solutions – 
including enhanced and standardised 
control systems – across our operations.
Our approach and policies
Our Processed Mineral Residue Facilities 
and Water Management Structures 
Standard and Policy consider the risks of 
both processed mineral-residue and water-
management facilities. The standard sets 
out requirements for design, monitoring, 
inspection and surveillance of our processed 
mineral-residue facilities, which we follow as 
a minimum requirement practice in each 
jurisdiction where we operate. It is aligned 
with current best practice, including the 
requirements of the GISTM, where applicable.
As a member of the ICMM, Anglo American 
has adopted the ICMM Conformance 
Protocols that enable progress towards 
conformance with the GISTM to be 
assessed. 
We make available publicly our Processed 
Mineral Residue Facilities and Water 
Management Structures Standard, and 
Policy, which have been approved by the 
Board and include all the technical 
requirements of the GISTM. 
Governance
To support proper management and 
oversight of our TSFs, we have in place 
additional lines of internal and external 
operational support and assurance. 
As part of our GISTM implementation, 
Anglo American requires the appointment 
of an accountable executive who is 
responsible for safety and emergency 
management at each TSF. An accountable 
executive has been appointed at all 
managed operations and the majority of 
our non-managed operations.
The GISTM also requires the appointment at 
each TSF of an internal engineer to be the 
competent person responsible for the 
integrity of a facility, known as the 
responsible tailings facility engineer (RTFE); 
and an external engineer, known 
as the engineer of record (EoR), which 
entails the engagement of a specialist 
engineering firm. All of our TSFs with a 
consequence rating of ‘major’ have an RTFE 
and EoR in place.
In addition, the GISTM requires an 
independent tailings review board (ITRB) to 
be in place for additional oversight. All TSFs 
with a major consequence have appointed 
an ITRB.
Our Risk, Assurance and Governance Policy 
is based on the ‘Three Lines Model’: the first 
line comprises the accountable executive, 
RTFE and EoR, who own and manage the 
risk. The second is an internal corporate 
team, who provide expertise and support, 
and challenge the assumptions of the first 
line. Conformance with the standard and 
associated technical specifications is 
approved by the accountable executive, 
then verified and reported to the technical & 
operations director, the chief executive, and 
the Board and its Sustainability Committee. 
An independent third line is provided by 
Anglo American’s internal audit function, 
which could include external and 
independent consultants based on the 
objectives of the audit. Findings are reported 
to the Board’s Audit Committee.
Tailings management is embedded in our 
executive remuneration arrangements, with 
the 2024 executive director and senior 
management LTIP arrangements including 
targets related to tailings management.
Performance
Anglo American played an active role in the 
multi-stakeholder process of developing the 
GISTM, which covers standards and 
practices over the entire TSF lifecycle and 
sets a high bar for the mining industry to 
achieve zero harm for people and the 
environment. The GISTM is intended to be 
applied to existing and future TSFs, wherever 
they are found, and to whomever operates 
them.
During 2024, we continued implementing 
the GISTM at all our TSFs and closing out the 
gaps identified at our very-high and 
extreme-rated facilities, including the social 
aspects that are already encompassed in 
our comprehensive Social Way 
management system.
Playing our role in society
As a global business, we see it as our role to 
make a positive contribution to society. We 
are continuing to implement our industry-
leading social performance management 
system, the Anglo American Social Way. It 
represents a comprehensive and innovative 
approach to how we interact with host 
communities that prioritises respect, and 
mutual benefit for all stakeholders.
Through our partnership-focused 
development approach, we work to catalyse 
independent, scalable and sustainable 
economic development in the regions 
around our operations to support our 
Sustainable Mining Plan commitments. We 
also transparently and continuously engage 
stakeholders to collaboratively find solutions 
to the most pressing development 
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challenges. We set our standards high, 
embedding them into our Code of Conduct. 
We also have high expectations of our 
suppliers, and provide guidance and 
support to emerging companies to meet 
those expectations, ensuring we address 
sustainability matters throughout the entire 
value chain.
Engaging local communities
Engaging with local communities plays a 
pivotal role throughout the lifecycle of a 
mine, from exploration through to project 
development, the production phase and 
finally mine closure.
By understanding community concerns and 
seeking to engage local stakeholders, 
including local communities and indigenous 
groups, in decision-making processes, we 
aim to identify the best ways to share the 
benefits of mining with the communities that 
host our operations.
Our approach and policies
We have a strong record of making a lasting, 
positive contribution to the regions in which 
we operate. As part of the Thriving 
Communities pillar of our SMP we are 
building on this track record through helping 
to unlock long-term economic growth and 
resilience that improves livelihoods in host 
communities. 
To create diversified economic opportunities 
that make a lasting impact to livelihoods, we 
are working to deliver sustainable, 
collaborative and inclusive ways of 
supporting communities, applying a 
partnership-focused development 
approach that catalyses long-term systemic 
change with and within our operating 
regions. 
This community development approach is 
guided by the Social Way. The Social Way 
framework shapes the way we engage with 
host communities, helping to deliver 
collaborative work that creates a positive 
impact and enables all stakeholders 
to succeed sustainably. 
Our Social Way provides a social 
performance management framework for 
all Anglo American-managed sites, at all 
phases of development. Throughout 2024, 
we have been updating and optimising the 
policy framework, and are planning to 
finalise an updated Social Way Policy and 
Standard in 2025. The Policy and Standard 
are supported by a practitioner toolkit, 
providing simple practical guidance on how 
to implement our commitments. As part of 
our continuous-improvement journey, we 
continued to make improvements to the 
toolkit in 2024, with further improvements 
planned in 2025. With these updates, 
we believe the Social Way will continue to 
be one of the most robust and 
comprehensive social performance 
management systems in the mining sector. 
Aligned with our Purpose and our strategic 
business objectives, the industry-leading 
Social Way embeds international standards 
and best practice, and sets out clear 
minimum requirements to:
– Engage with affected and interested 
stakeholders
– Avoid, prevent and, where appropriate, 
mitigate and remediate adverse social 
impacts
– Maximise socio-economic development 
opportunities.
The Social Way emphasises the integration 
of social performance into our core 
operational planning and processes, 
including our Operating Model and SMP. 
To build trust through transparency and 
accountability, we have made the Social 
Way publicly available in English, 
Portuguese and Spanish. This transparency 
allows our stakeholders to understand what 
our standards are and what they can expect 
of us. We also seek to influence best 
practice in the wider industry by making the 
Social Way readily available as a reference 
for other companies through an interactive 
web platform which consists of the policy 
and the toolkit.
Governance
Progress against the Group’s 
implementation of the Social Way, including 
local accountability strategies and 
mechanisms, is included in the chief 
executive’s scorecard on a quarterly basis 
and is reviewed by the Board’s Sustainability 
Committee at least annually. Incidents with 
social consequences are also reported to 
the chief executive and Sustainability 
Committee.
The Social Way requires an integrated and 
cross-disciplinary approach to the 
management of social performance 
at site level.
Performance
Owing to internal organisational change 
and the resultant need to respond to an 
internal assurance efficiency review, our 
2023 Social Way assurance programme 
was completed via self-assessment, rather 
than third-party review as in previous years. 
We have maintained this approach in 2024 
as part of a wider review of internal 
assurance effectiveness. 
The site-level self assessments were 
supported by a verification exercise led by 
either the business or the Group social 
impact team to stress-test the results, locate 
gaps and support planning for improvement 
measures. 
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Grievances and incidents
We define a grievance as a complaint from 
an external stakeholder relating to the site, 
its policies, activities, real or perceived 
impacts, or the behaviour of its employees or 
contractors. Grievances are an expression 
of dissatisfaction with the company on the 
part of stakeholders. 
Incidents with social consequences are the 
unwanted events related to site activities 
that have an adverse impact on the health 
and safety, economic welfare, personal and 
political security, and/or cultural heritage of 
stakeholders. An incident with social 
consequences may arise from a site’s 
technical failure, or a failure to anticipate, 
prevent or mitigate an impact.
Our objective is to avoid incidents, but also 
to encourage stakeholders to raise their 
grievances or concerns with us in a free and 
open manner. Because of this, while we 
keep a track of the number of grievances 
received, we do not use this as a 
performance indicator. An increase in the 
number of grievances may reflect greater 
confidence that grievances will be heard 
and acted upon. As a metric of performance, 
we prefer to focus on the number of actual 
incidents with social consequence. We rate 
the seriousness of incidents according to the 
consequences experienced by 
stakeholders, the most significant being 
Level 5.
In 2024, we reported zero incidents with 
social consequences (2023: one).
Economic development of local 
communities
As part of living our Values and achieving 
our Purpose, we continually work towards 
making a lasting difference to the lives of the 
people and communities located in our 
operating regions.
Sustainable job creation
Our approach and policies
Our operations are often located in remote 
or rural areas with limited economic activity 
beyond mining and high levels of 
unemployment, particularly amongst youth. 
Joblessness dominates many domestic 
policy agendas and is a perennial issue in 
community consultations. It also exerts 
major financial pressure on many countries 
in which we operate. 
An integral pillar of our Sustainable Mining 
Plan, Collaborative Regional Development 
(CRD) is one of our key approaches to 
support livelihoods at scale across our 
operating regions. The focus is on acting as 
a catalyst for change in host regions 
by developing cross-sector, multi-
organisational partnerships with other 
stakeholders to promote larger-scale, long-
term development beyond mining. 
As part of our partner-focused CRD 
approach, we look beyond the immediate 
area of our operations to identify 
opportunities to improve livelihoods, 
independent of our presence. This ensures 
the benefit to host communities will be felt 
beyond the life of the mine.
Catalysing regional growth and supporting 
resilient economies ensures we meet our 
commitment to build thriving communities. 
In turn, this strengthens the foundations on 
which our stakeholder trust is built, 
enhancing our position as a leading regional 
development partner. 
Governance
A key metric for driving and measuring our 
progress on livelihoods is the Group’s 
livelihoods target: the ratio of off-site jobs 
supported vs. on-site jobs. This is included in 
the chief executive’s scorecard that is 
reviewed each quarter, and is then reviewed 
and discussed by the Sustainability 
Committee.
To make sure we continue to progress in 
this area, our livelihoods target is linked to 
executive reward. The off-site jobs 
supported ratio is embedded in our 
executive remuneration arrangements. Our 
executive director and senior management 
LTIP arrangements include targets related to 
achievement of the ratio.
Equally, to ensure our livelihoods target is 
accurate and transparent, it is externally 
assured. The off-site jobs supported ratio is 
reviewed and audited as part of the year-
end reporting process. 
Performance
We continue to make progress against our 
Group targets for livelihoods. By the end of 
2024, we had supported157,199 off-site 
jobs through socio-economic development 
programmes since the launch of our SMP 
in 2018. In 2024, we supported 2.9 off-site 
jobs for every on-site job (2023: 2.4).
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Connecting the remote 
communities surrounding 
Quellaveco 
Over the past two decades, for many 
people around the world, particularly in 
developed nations, internet access and 
mobile network connectivity has 
become ubiquitous, but this is not the 
universal picture.
Many communities remain digitally 
disadvantaged, unable to make the most 
of the opportunities that digital connectivity 
brings. From communication, education, 
knowledge sharing and telemedicine, 
mobile network services and internet 
connectivity can enrich our lives in so many 
ways – and as a tool to achieve personal 
and socio-economic growth, it can 
empower those individuals and 
communities that have it at their disposal.
In the remote communities that surround 
our Quellaveco operation in the Moquegua 
region of Peru, many residents did not have 
the luxury of mobile network services and 
internet access, and the many benefits that 
this connectivity can provide. This was an 
issue we sought to address through our 
Connected Communities initiative. 
A positive contribution to our 
neighbouring communities 
As a global business, we believe it is our 
role to make a positive contribution to 
society. During the feasibility stage in the 
development of our Quellaveco mine, 
Anglo American engaged the local 
communities to understand their unique 
needs and challenges. During these 
engagements, we learned that many of the 
communities neighbouring the operation 
lacked mobile network services and 
internet connectivity, due to the 
remoteness of their location in relation to 
major city centres. 
The aim of the Connected Communities 
initiative, emanating from these community 
engagements, is to enable the network 
infrastructure which supports connectivity 
for the rural communities around our 
Quellaveco operation.
Making digital connectivity a reality 
While there were challenges to 
overcome – including the fact that the 
local populations are small and spread 
out, there was no incentive for external 
service providers to build the required 
infrastructure, and there was very little 
technical infrastructure in the area – our 
team leading the initiative has to date 
managed to successfully install 10 
strategically located 4G mobile signal 
antennas. 
Once installed, the network services 
company, contracted by Anglo American, 
takes responsibility for the ongoing 
operation and maintenance of the 
antennas on a permanent basis. 
The result is that over 5,000 people in 11 
towns neighbouring Quellaveco now have 
access to mobile phone and high-speed 
internet access. Through our Connected 
Communities initiative, these remote 
communities can connect to the world 
digitally and have the opportunity to 
benefit from all the possibilities that these 
connections bring.
Our Connected Communities initiative enables the network infrastructure that supports connectivity for 
11 neighbouring rural towns around our Quellaveco mine in the Moquegua region of Peru.

Community development – education 
and health
We recognise that living our Values and 
achieving our Purpose of re-imagining 
mining to improve people’s lives requires us 
to be innovative, inclusive and ambitious in 
our support for host communities.
We are committed to supporting local 
community education and health owing to 
its direct impact on both our workforce and 
their families. By investing in local education 
and health capacity and preventative 
healthcare measures, we can help secure 
a more stable and supportive operational 
environment and help foster positive 
relationships with local stakeholders.
Our approach and policies
Community education
Our approach to community engagement 
and working in partnership with host 
communities and other stakeholders to 
deliver education programmes is guided by 
the Social Way.
As part of the Thriving Communities pillar of 
our SMP, we aim to drive systemic and long-
term gains through our education goals. 
We believe that education is essential to 
address the triple evils of poverty, inequality 
and unemployment because it increases 
students’ abilities to access economic and 
employment opportunities while preparing 
them with the skills for the future.
Our education programmes aim to cultivate 
a broad range of skills in students, including 
academic, digital and socio-emotional 
abilities.
To achieve this, we developed programmes 
focused on strengthening the leadership 
skills of school leaders and providing 
guidance and training for teachers. We 
continue to work on enhancing parental 
skills, thereby fostering greater family 
engagement in the education process. In 
addition, we create various opportunities 
and promote methodologies that enable 
schools to connect with their communities, 
addressing real local challenges. And, on 
an ongoing basis, we are improving school 
infrastructure, and introducing better 
equipment, tailored to the specific needs 
of each institution.
Community health
Our approach to community health is 
informed by guidance and investment 
targeting that are aligned to the World 
Health Organization’s (WHO) whole of 
society approach to community health. 
Community health programmes involve, 
but extend beyond, our workforce and their 
dependants to support the wider 
community, which means that beneficiaries 
of programmes do not necessarily have a 
connection to Anglo American, as these 
initiatives view our communities holistically 
and strive to achieve equitable access. All 
stakeholder engagement processes are 
conducted in line with the Social Way. 
Governance
Community education and health
Progress against our community education 
and health targets are shared with the 
Sustainability Committee as required.
Performance
Community education
Overall, we are currently not on track to meet 
the 2025 milestone of schools in host 
communities to perform within the top 30% 
of state schools nationally. Through the work 
done in this area over the past couple of 
years and as part of reviewing the SMP 
targets, we are ensuring the programmes 
we are supporting are meeting host-
community and stakeholder expectations 
and drive positive impact aligned with 
national education agendas, and are 
suitable to local context.
We are continuing to focus on programmes 
which are contributing to improving the 
education environments of numerous 
schools, strengthening and constructing 
infrastructure suitable for better education, 
and providing the essential ICT to foster a 
digital culture. While our projects are in 
various stages of implementation, we have 
observed a significant increase in students' 
motivation to learn and become agents of 
change in their communities. Additionally, 
we have witnessed greater enthusiasm 
among teachers who have embraced new 
methodologies in the classroom and are 
dedicating their time to training and 
implementing innovations in schools. 
Community health
As part of the Thriving Communities pillar 
of our SMP, we support the achievement of 
prioritised SDG 3 targets for health in host 
communities by 2030. We also have an 
interim milestone where all our operations 
should be halfway to closing the gap 
between the baseline and our 2030 target, 
by 2025. 
In order to achieve this, we have undertaken 
a robust process of prioritisation of relevant 
SDG 3 sub-goals focusing on: maternal 
mortality; neonatal and child mortality; 
communicable diseases (including HIV and 
TB); non-communicable diseases; 
substance abuse; sexual and reproductive 
health; and, universal health coverage, as 
appropriate for each host community. Three 
priorities per community were identified. 
Progress is being made towards the 2025 
milestone, with programmes in place to 
address identified health priorities by the 
close of 2025. Our operations in Australia, 
Canada, South Africa, the UK and 
Zimbabwe already have fully functional 
programmes in place. 
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The economic value we add
By employing people, paying and collecting 
taxes, spending money with suppliers and 
undertaking community and social 
investments, we make a significant positive 
contribution to both host communities and 
their regional and national economies. Most 
of these are in developing countries. Thanks 
to the multiplier effect, our total economic 
contribution extends far beyond the direct 
value we add. And our contribution does not 
stop there, with payments to providers of 
capital also providing returns to lenders and 
shareholders.
In 2024, we distributed $24.3 billion of cash 
value to our stakeholders as detailed in the 
charts below:
Cash value distributed to stakeholders(1) 
Employees
$ billion
 16% 
Taxes and royalties
 16% 
Suppliers (including capital investment)
 57% 
Community social investment
 1% 
Providers of capital
 10% 
Total
24.3
(1) Computational discrepancies may occur due to rounding.
Social investment
In 2024, our community and social 
investment (CSI) reached $145 million 
(2023: $148 million). This represents 3% 
of underlying earnings before interest and 
taxes (EBIT), less underlying EBIT of 
associates and joint ventures. 
Global CSI expenditure by type(1)
Community development
$m
 55% 
Education and training
 20% 
Health and welfare
 9% 
Water and sanitation
 4% 
Other
 6% 
Institutional capacity development
 3% 
Sports, art, culture and heritage
 2% 
Disaster and emergency relief
 –% 
Environment
 1% 
Total
145
(1) Discrepancies may occur due to rounding.
Global CSI expenditure by region(1)
Africa
$m
 48% 
Americas
 46% 
United Kingdom
 2% 
Rest of World
 3% 
Australia
 1% 
Total
145
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4.0
3.9
13.7
0.1
2.4
70
66
3
4
1
79
28
14
6
8
4
3
0
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The Anglo American Foundation is 
focused on empowering youth to create 
sustainable and inclusive communities, 
through catalysing green jobs, 
strengthening green value chains and 
building resilience. By working in 
partnership and taking a participatory 
approach, the Foundation aims to 
accelerate progress towards the 
UN SDGs.
For more information on the 
Anglo American Foundation
Visit angloamericangroupfoundation.org
$24.3 bn
in cash value distributed to our 
stakeholders in 2024
For more information read the Tax and Economic 
Contribution Report on our corporate website
angloamerican.com/investors/annual-reporting

Human rights
Consistent with our Values, we are 
committed to respecting human rights 
across every area of our business. We strive 
to embed human rights as a foundation of 
the approaches and standards that we 
apply throughout our business and 
value chains.
Our approach and policies
Consistent with our commitments, we have 
enshrined human rights as one of the Critical 
Foundations of our SMP. Respect for human 
rights is stated explicitly in our Code of 
Conduct and is reflected in our Values. 
Specific commitments are expressed in our 
Group Human Rights Policy, which is aligned 
with the UN Guiding Principles on Business 
and Human Rights (UNGPs).
Our commitment to human rights is 
further expressed through our being a 
signatory to the UN Global Compact, the 
Voluntary Principles on Security and 
Human Rights, and the Business Network 
Commitment on Civic Freedoms and 
Human Rights Defenders.
Due diligence is a key consideration in 
Anglo American’s approach to human rights. 
It includes the following four components: 
assessing potential and actual human rights 
impacts; integrating and acting on the 
findings from the assessment to prevent, 
mitigate or remediate the impacts identified; 
tracking the effectiveness of the actions 
taken to address impacts; and 
communicating with potentially impacted 
people and externally, as appropriate.
As part of the ongoing process to identify 
and manage key human rights risks, we 
are integrating due diligence into existing 
standards that apply to our salient risks and, 
increasingly, business activities that cut 
across several risk areas.
The primary Group standards and policies 
that support due diligence for salient issues 
– particularly for those matters where there 
is heightened risk of causing or contributing 
to adverse human rights impacts – include 
the Social Way, SHE Way, Responsible 
Sourcing Standard for Suppliers, 
Responsible Commodity Sourcing Policy 
and the Group Security Policy, as well as 
several labour-related policies (such as the 
Inclusion and Diversity and Group Bullying, 
Harassment and Victimisation policies).
ESG considerations, including human rights, 
are also routinely incorporated into due 
diligence for sourcing, origination and 
business development opportunities.
As part of the divestments under way in our 
portfolio transformation, we have 
considered the ESG credentials (health and 
safety, human rights, social, and 
environmental) and management 
experience of prospective buyers. This due 
diligence has been undertaken alongside 
the assessment of a potential buyer’s 
financial and technical capabilities as 
appropriate. 
As a signatory to the Voluntary Principles on 
Security and Human Rights, we ensure that 
employees and contractors who work in 
security services receive training. In 2024, 
7,366 security personnel and employees 
participated in training. Our performance 
in relation to the Voluntary Principles is 
available in a separate report on the 
Anglo American website.
Human rights considerations were 
integrated into the development of our 
Contractor Performance Management 
framework, including the specification of 
minimum labour rights standards. 
Governance
A human rights update is presented to the 
Executive Leadership Team and the Board’s 
Sustainability Committee at least annually, 
with additional topics presented as the need 
arises. The Board also approves the Modern 
Slavery Statement.
Our approach to management of risks to 
human rights is reviewed through internal 
Social Way assessments, and as part of 
third-party assurance reviews taking place 
at specified sites.
Anglo American’s multi-disciplinary Human 
Rights Working Group was re-established in 
2024 following restructuring of the business 
in 2023. The Human Rights Working Group 
considers the lessons learned from 
managing potential human rights impacts 
from within Anglo American, and external 
examples and trends, to identify and 
prioritise areas for improvement. Priorities 
are discussed with the Board’s Sustainability 
Committee.
Performance
Incidents and grievances can be reported in 
various ways, including through YourVoice, 
operational grievance mechanisms and 
internal reporting processes. Since human 
rights touches on almost every aspect of 
human life, a number of incidents relate in 
some way to human rights. Our focus is 
therefore on incidents with the most severe 
actual or potential consequences. Such 
incidents are generally categorised as Level 
4–5 safety, health or social consequences. 
In 2024, there were three recordable 
occupational safety losses of life, which 
constitutes the most severe human rights 
impact. There were no incidents with Level 
4–5 social or community health 
consequences. 
Adverse impacts on labour rights in the 
workplace outside of safety and health – 
such as discrimination, bullying, victimisation 
and harassment – are reported through 
YourVoice or human resources processes, 
but not currently categorised using the same 
1–5 severity levels. 
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Supply chain
Our supply chain continually creates 
procurement opportunities for businesses of 
all sizes from host communities, while seeking 
to respect human rights at every step.
Our network of 13,000+ suppliers and our 
more than $15 billion in supplier spend in 
2024 provide us with the global opportunity 
and scale to effect societal change through 
our procurement practices. We believe in 
mutually beneficial, long-term relationships 
with suppliers that deliver business value 
and achieve sustainability ambitions.
Our approach and policies
Responsible sourcing prioritises ethical 
decision making when selecting and 
working with suppliers. We require all 
suppliers to comply with relevant laws and 
applicable industry regulations. We also 
expect them to meet Anglo American’s 
policies, site requirements and other supply 
conditions, including those outlined in our 
Responsible Sourcing Standard for 
suppliers. 
The standard includes expectations of 
suppliers with respect to protecting the 
health and safety of workers, protecting our 
environment, respecting labour and human 
rights, contributing to thriving communities, 
and conducting business fairly and ethically. 
It clarifies steps that suppliers must take to 
comply with our business requirements.
In 2024, we updated the standard, adding 
emphasis on modern slavery, protection of 
nature and biodiversity, and the role 
suppliers play in contributing to thriving 
communities. Requirements for suppliers 
have been simplified, while highlighting 
management controls and systems required 
to embed best practice.
The standard is supplemented by a due-
diligence framework including supplier self-
assessments and third-party audits, which 
suppliers participate in/complete as 
required. In addition, our framework 
supports the identification of potential risks, 
including unwanted safety events, industry-
specific factors, specific country risks, nature 
of work/services provided, transaction 
volume and expenditure profile.
Our Inclusive Procurement Policy serves 
as a strategic framework to create a more 
equitable and inclusive supply chain. By 
focusing on meaningful relationships with 
host communities and empowering 
suppliers from marginalised and under-
represented sectors of the economy, we are 
committed to fostering long-term, 
sustainable prosperity.
Governance
Our supply chain leadership team tracks 
a number of performance metrics on a 
monthly basis across inclusive procurement 
and responsible sourcing. These include 
procurement spend with host community 
suppliers, the number of high-risk suppliers 
where responsible due diligence was 
conducted, the number of high-risk issues 
under management, and the number of 
small and medium-sized suppliers on 
capacity-development programmes.
In 2024, our operations spent approximately 
$13.7 billion (2023: $14.7 billion) with 
suppliers, of which $12.1 billion was with 
local suppliers (2023: $13.2 billion). Our 
expenditure with designated suppliers 
(Black Economic Empowerment in South 
Africa, Indigenous communities in Canada 
and Aboriginal Suppliers in Australia) was 
$3.4 billion (2023: $3.7 billion), representing 
25% of total supplier expenditure, including 
$2.3 billion with host communities in the direct 
vicinity of our operations (2023: $2.4 billion).
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Anglo American has a longstanding 
reputation as a responsible mining 
company. A strong and positive reputation 
is a critical enabler to securing and 
sustaining a licence to operate in any given 
jurisdiction and across our broad network 
of stakeholders along the value chain. 
On an ongoing basis, we recognise the 
value drivers associated with reputation, 
ensuring that we deliver on the promises 
we make to our shareholders, the 
communities and countries in which we 
operate, our customers, our employees 
and society at large. 
We believe we can unlock the full potential 
of the growth opportunities within our 
portfolio and others that we may secure 
over time by leveraging our proven delivery 
capabilities, our longstanding reputation 
as a responsible mining company and 
our global relationship networks, in the 
jurisdictions where our experience and track 
record are most valuable and most valued. 
Our approach in action 
In 2024, we continued to build our reputation 
as a trusted, reliable, and responsible mining 
company, recognised through a number of 
accolades throughout the year. 
Anglo American was once again recognised 
in the 2024 Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers 
for the sixth year in a row and was awarded 
the Inclusive Culture Initiative Award for our 
domestic violence policy and awareness 
campaign. For the fourth year running, we 
were listed as one of The Times Top 50 
Employers for Gender Equality in the UK.
We continue to be recognised for the ways 
in which we live our Values and are guided 
by our Purpose in the regions where we 
operate. In Chile we rose eight places in the 
Corporate Reputation Business Monitor 
(Merco) Companies 2024 rankings, to 44th 
in the country overall and third in the mining 
sector. We were also recognised by Merco 
as the leading private mining company in 
ESG management in Chile and ranked 30th 
overall for the attraction and loyalty of talent, 
advancing 22 places on our 2023 standing. 
In the Merco 2024 rankings in Peru, we 
placed fifth among mining companies and 
71st overall among companies in all sectors. 
In Brazil, we achieved the Brazil Mineral 
Magazine’s Company of the Year accolade 
in the social governance category. We also 
received a second-place prize in the lean 
and agile methods category at the Brazilian 
Union for Quality (UBQ) meeting, which 
recognises projects and organisations for 
improving and innovating in terms of their 
management, processes, products or 
services. For the fifth consecutive year, we 
were named in the Top 100 Open Corps 
ranking among the companies most 
engaged in innovation in the country. Minas-
Rio, our flagship mine in Brazil also 
celebrated 10 years of operation in 2024 – 
with a delegation from Bahrain Steel, one of 
Anglo American’s largest customers – invited 
to plant a tree during their visit to our mine in 
Conceição do Mato Dentro in August 2024. 
Aligned with our longstanding commitment to 
our roots in South Africa and our ambitious 
education goals, we have donated a series of 
buildings located in our former Johannesburg 
central business district campus, with the 
latest in 2024 being our iconic 47 Main Street 
building to Wits Business School’s Centre for 
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation 
at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). 
Building on our long history with Wits, the Wits 
Planetarium was also relaunched as the Wits 
Anglo American Digital Dome – a state-of-
the-art, multi-disciplinary digital research 
and innovation facility – supported through 
a R55 million (c.$3.25 million) donation from 
Anglo American.
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The Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, offers a 360° immersive 
experience and serves as a modern teaching venue.
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(Left to right) chair of our management board in South Africa, Nolitha Fakude, our chief executive, Duncan 
Wanblad, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, together 
with head and director of Wits Business School, Professor Maurice Radebe, at the handover ceremony of 
the 47 Main Street Building. 
Iconic 47 Main Street 
building handed over to 
Wits Business School 
In June 2024, we handed over our 47 Main 
Street building in Johannesburg, South 
Africa to create a state-of-the art Centre 
for Entrepreneurship (CfE) and New 
Venture Creation, known as ‘Wits Crucible’ 
at Wits Business School, the graduate 
school of business administration of the 
University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). 
In its new life as Wits Crucible, the eight-
floor, 15,000 square metre building, part 
of Anglo American’s former campus in 
Johannesburg’s central business district 
(CBD), will facilitate crucial business 
education, incubation and acceleration 
services for youth and entrepreneurs in the 
Johannesburg inner-city – aligned with our 
ongoing support for the rejuvenation of the 
CBD area and our commitment to leaving 
a positive legacy for future generations. 
Empowering future innovators 
The 47 Main Street building will house four 
units designed to bridge the gap between 
academic learning and real-world 
entrepreneurial experience for youth, 
student entrepreneurs and Wits graduates. 
These will include a Development Unit to 
provide aspiring entrepreneurs with the 
skills to ideate, launch and grow a 
successful business, and a Venture 
Screening and Selection Unit which will 
focus on the feasibility of business ideas 
with respect to innovation and digital 
technology integration. The CfE will also 
boast an Incubation Unit for selected 
ventures and an Acceleration Unit to offer 
intensive growth support to top-performing 
ventures.
Leaving a positive legacy 
Nolitha Fakude, who chairs our 
management board in South Africa, said: 
“We’ve always been dedicated towards 
contributing a positive legacy wherever 
we are, and so making sure that our 
much-loved historic campus in the CBD 
is repurposed to provide a long-lasting 
contribution to the vibrancy and 
sustainability of the city was always part 
of our vision. 
“Through our close collaboration with 
several passionate public and private 
sector partners, we are contributing toward 
the rejuvenation of the city. Seeing our 
buildings find new purpose in the hands 
of exemplary partners like Wits not only 
proves the power of partnerships, but 
also supports South Africa’s national 
imperatives – education and job creation 
through entrepreneurship – and will set up 
a whole new generation of young people 
for success.”
As part of our broader commitment to 
supporting access to tertiary education, in 
2023, we handed over the 45 Main Street 
building in the Johannesburg CBD to the 
Maharishi Invincibility Institute, to support 
broader education outcomes for 
disadvantaged youth, as well as 
concluding the sale of the 55 Marshall 
Street building in November 2024 to Olitzki 
Property Holdings, a well-respected inner-
city redeveloper. 

Anglo American’s high-performance culture 
is about achieving excellence while aligning 
with the company’s Purpose and Values. 
Guided by a strong Leadership Framework, 
the approach requires leaders to create an 
environment where colleagues feel 
empowered and accountable to grow 
business value for the long term.
We understand that ethical reputation is 
a critical asset for building trust with our 
stakeholders. We expect our employees 
and business partners alike to show integrity, 
care and respect for colleagues, 
communities and the environment in which 
we operate, by acting honestly, fairly, 
ethically and transparently when conducting 
our business. These non-negotiable 
foundations are central to our Values, our 
Code of Conduct, and Conducting Business 
with Integrity policy.
Helping our people thrive
We understand that achieving our current 
and future business objectives depends 
on recruiting and retaining the best talent 
across the world – and supporting our 
people to develop their full potential within 
Anglo American while living our Values. 
Talent management and employee 
engagement play a vital role in 
Anglo American’s operational, sustainability 
and safety performance.
Attracting, retaining and developing 
our talent
Governance
The people & organisation director is 
accountable for the delivery of our talent 
work programmes, managed through the 
talent teams. To manage risks associated 
with critical talent pipelines, the Executive 
Leadership Team is updated on talent 
management and succession on a regular 
basis, with a particular focus on succession 
planning and diversity of the talent pool. The 
Nomination Committee leads the process 
for Board appointments, and ensures 
effective succession planning for the Board 
and senior management. Talent updates 
with the Board have focused on executive 
pipeline health and increased exposure to 
talent through 2024. 
Executive appointments and succession 
plans are reviewed by the Nomination 
Committee and the Board as appropriate.
Our Global Workforce Advisory Panel
Our Global Workforce Advisory Panel helps 
the Board to better understand the views of 
our workforce, in line with the 
recommendations of the UK Corporate 
Governance Code. The Panel is currently 
made up of 12 employees, representing the 
countries where we have a significant 
presence. Panel members are nominated 
using agreed criteria set out in its terms of 
reference and selected to ensure 
representatives throughout the organisation 
are appropriately balanced across the 
areas of gender, ethnicity, age and seniority. 
In 2024, the panel met on three occasions – 
one of which was in person in South Africa – 
and the panel chair, non-executive director, 
Marcelo Bastos, shared the key messages 
from those meetings with the Board and 
Executive Leadership Team.
Our approach and policies
Our Organisation Model
Our Organisation Model ensures we have 
the right people in the right roles doing the 
right work, with clear accountabilities and 
minimal duplication of work. Along with 
our Values and our Operating Model, the 
Organisation Model supports the delivery 
of positive outcomes through a set of 
structures, systems and processes. The 
model creates consistency in how we 
approach organisational issues, by 
providing a common language and 
approach about organisations and 
management. 
To support Organisation Model capability 
development, we have created enhanced 
learning materials that are available to all 
connected employees through our Learn+ 
platform, complemented by tailored 
workshops with leaders across the business. 
Our performance leadership approach 
helps us to be the best we can be by 
creating the conditions for a high-
performance culture. We believe that 
performance is not only a process but it is 
also tied to how we engage every day, our 
willingness to deliver outcomes, and to 
holding each other to account. To further 
support this approach, we have regular 
feedback conversations to ensure that 
employees are clear on what is expected 
of them and how they are performing.
Our talent strategy
In 2024, we have focused on an ‘internals 
first’ philosophy, which prioritises the 
development, promotion and hiring of 
internal candidates. This approach 
leverages the existing talent within our 
organisation, fostering employee growth 
and maintaining valuable organisational 
knowledge. Key initiatives include the 
implementation of structured internal 
mobility programmes designed to identify 
and promote internal candidates, and 
focused talent development to build 
readiness in talent pipelines for critical roles. 
Another priority focus of our talent strategy 
has been on increasing the diversity of our 
pipelines and appointments, weaving 
inclusive practices and a focus on diversity 
through our talent acquisition and 
development programmes.
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Promoting a learning culture
As we look forward to the future 
requirements of the business, our integrated 
learning strategy is focused on promoting a 
learning culture. The ambition of the strategy 
is to build capable people who grow and 
develop each day. Our learning strategy 
creates three clear areas of focus, namely: 
protecting the business; delivering excellent 
execution; and growing future skills. 
My Learning, our integrated learning platform, 
offers a single, user-friendly interface for 
both assigned and discretionary learning 
that makes it easy for colleagues to access 
a wide range of learning content. This 
complements, and is used alongside, our 
face-to-face training and learning delivered 
in the line of work.
Performance
Talent attraction and retention
In 2024, we have offered career workshops 
and a careers toolkit to support our people 
with identifying their career goals, 
developing their career skills and building a 
career aligned with their aspirations – with 
the intent of empowering colleagues to drive 
their careers, in line with our ‘internals first’ 
philosophy. 
Our employee voluntary turnover rate for 
the year was 4.3% (2023: 3.5%), within our 
target of less than 5%. A decrease in 
external new hires to 12% (2023: 14%) of 
our permanent employees in 2024, is 
aligned with our ‘internals first’ programme, 
and is consistent with an increase in our 
internal hiring rate to 81% (2023: 59%). 
Learning and development
In 2024, Anglo American invested 
$78 million in direct training activities 
(2023: $60 million).
Colleagues accessed 35,298 learning 
courses through My Learning during 2024, 
with a focus on non-role-specific skills. 
Courses taken included specialist technical, 
use-level technical, interpersonal and 
leadership skills development. In total, 
913,578 learning-course completions, 
comprising e-learning, virtual classroom and 
classroom learning, were recorded on the 
global Learning Management System (LMS). 
These covered a full range of compliance, 
technical and non-technical courses, and 
represent a 50% increase vs 2023. This 
increase is driven by an improvement in 
completion rates and consolidation of 
learning records within the LMS. 
Our approach to employee representation
We take a decentralised approach to 
working with trade unions, works councils 
and other representative bodies, enabling 
our businesses to address specific issues 
and concerns affecting them. 
We continue to engage with IndustriALL, the 
global union federation, on topics such as 
health, safety and gender-based violence; 
our Sustainable Mining Plan and the UN 
SDGs; our Code of Conduct, and policy 
matters of shared interest. 
Tripartite Structures – a partnership between 
the mining regulator, organised labour and 
industry councils to jointly address health 
and safety issues in the workplace – 
continues to operate in South Africa and 
Australia. 
Labour relations
Approximately 71% of our permanent 
workforce was represented by worker 
organisations and covered by collective 
bargaining agreements. During 2024, there 
were no recorded incidents of industrial 
action at our managed operations.
There were also no reported incidents of 
under-age or forced labour at our 
operations during 2024.
Several successful wage agreements were 
concluded during the year at our businesses 
and operations, resulting in acceptable 
salary increases and productivity 
improvements. Other engagements with 
unions in South Africa related to consultation 
on our restructuring process.
An inclusive and diverse environment
We aim to make sure that every employee is 
valued and has the opportunity to fulfil their 
potential, regardless of age, gender, 
ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual 
orientation, education or national origin. 
We continue to build a workplace culture 
that is fair and supportive of all types of 
diversity. We also strive to lead on and 
contribute towards solutions and 
innovations that tackle inclusion issues 
within our broader industry by working 
closely with bodies such as the ICMM and 
Women in Mining. 
Governance
Our inclusion and diversity team sits within 
our broader culture and organisation 
effectiveness workstream and helps to set 
and drive Anglo American’s goals and 
priorities. Across our businesses and 
functions, we have inclusion and diversity 
and well-being specialists who 
are connected to our people & organisation 
function. Progress on goals and initiative 
highlights is shared across the organisation 
and reported to the Board and chief 
executive on a quarterly basis by the people 
& organisation director. We review and 
develop agile reporting mechanisms 
to allow us to capture progress across the 
business quickly and in detail.
Our approach and policies
Our inclusion and diversity strategy is 
supported by a suite of global and local 
policies that we regularly update 
and supplement to ensure continued 
alignment with current best practice, as 
well as internal and external priorities. Our 
overarching Inclusion and Diversity Policy 
is supported by our Enabling Strategy 
(a framework for addressing disabilities in 
the workplace); Zero-tolerance Policy on 
Bullying, Harassment and Victimisation, 
including sexual harassment; and our 
Recognising and Responding to Domestic 
Violence Policy. It is also supplemented by 
our Family Friendly and Carer Leave Policy 
and Flexible Working Policy and, in the UK, 
by our Menopause and Transgender 
policies. These policies and approaches 
across inclusion and diversity are helping to 
build overall well-being of our people and 
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provide psychologically and physically safe 
work environments for everyone.
Our policies set out minimum standards that 
our functions and businesses are expected 
to follow, in addition to any local legal 
requirements. We also seek to align our 
efforts in this area with the UN SDGs, which 
intersect strongly with much of our inclusion 
and diversity team’s work. 
Our zero-tolerance approach
We recognise that as a global business we 
have a responsibility to not only take a 
stance against bullying, harassment and 
victimisation in our workplaces, but to take 
proactive steps to eliminate them. Our 
Global Bullying, Harassment and 
Victimisation Policy sets out our zero-
tolerance approach and is supported by our 
ongoing Stand Up for Everyone internal 
campaign. As part of this policy, we 
encourage reporting of incidents through 
confidential channels and we track levels 
of reporting across the organisation. Our 
zero-tolerance approach extends to protect 
our employees from domestic violence and 
abuse, and our policy sets out support for 
survivors and consequences for 
perpetrators. We provide mandatory Stand 
Up for Everyone training for our colleagues 
to ensure they are aware of our zero-
tolerance approach, are familiar with our 
reporting structures, and feel confident to 
act as inclusion and diversity advocates. 
Performance
By the end of 2024, we exceeded our 
consolidated target of 33% female 
representation across the business for our 
management population(14), reaching 35%. In 
addition, in regard to female representation 
on the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) we 
achieved 25%. Female representation on 
the ELT, plus those reporting to an ELT 
member, increased to 34.1%. In addition to 
ELT representation, we continue to work on 
other key performance metrics, such as the 
percentage of women in the overall 
workforce, which has remained at 26% in 
2024 (2023: 26%).
As at 31 December 2024, there were four 
female directors(15) and six male directors 
serving on the Board. In 2024, on average, the 
Group had 30 female senior managers and 
58 male senior managers and 14,307 female 
and 41,147 male employees. 
We report on our gender pay gap in UK 
operations, in line with legislative requirements. 
At the end of 2024, our UK average (mean) 
gender pay gap for Anglo American Services 
(UK) Ltd was 31% and our median pay gap 
was 24% (2023: 32% mean and 23% 
median). This was primarily due to the high 
representation of men in the most senior 
management roles in our UK head office – an 
issue mirrored across our sector, and one that 
we continue to address.
At year end, the proportion of our permanent 
employees aged under 30 was 10%, 73% 
were aged between 30 and 50, and the 
remaining were over 50 years of age.
In South Africa, historically disadvantaged 
South Africans held 86% of our 
management positions (2023: 85%).
Building a purpose-led culture
Governance
Anglo American’s chief executive is 
accountable for the Code of Conduct and 
for overseeing that its related policies 
are implemented. 
At a Group level, the Compliance Committee 
supports the Audit Committee, and 
Executive Leadership Team in overseeing 
the implementation of an annual 
compliance management programme that 
supports building and sustaining a culture 
of compliance with our Conducting Business 
with Integrity policy requirements.
Regular updates are provided to the 
Compliance Committee on management 
plans across the businesses, risk 
management, mitigation actions, and wider 
improvement initiatives.
Our approach and policies
Our Code of Conduct
We recognise that our responsibilities and 
commitments as a business must extend 
above and beyond legal compliance if we 
are to build relationships of trust with 
stakeholders. Our overriding approach to 
the ethical business conduct that underpins 
our reputation as a reliable and dependable 
partner is outlined in our Code of Conduct.
Our Code of Conduct is an example of our 
Values in action. Serving as a single point 
of reference for everyone associated with 
us, it brings together in one place, and in a 
clear way, the commitments and standards 
that determine how we conduct business. 
It explains the basic requirements and 
behaviours we all need to live up to 
every day.
Our Code of Conduct also serves as a guide 
that directs us to policies, standards and 
further information sources that can support 
us, and all those associated with us, to 
choose to do the right thing.
Business integrity
Our Conducting Business with Integrity 
policy sets out the standards of ethical 
business conduct that we require at every 
level within our business – including our 
subsidiaries and those joint operations we 
manage – in combating corrupt behaviour. 
For non-managed joint operations, we seek 
to influence the adoption of a framework 
commensurate with the requirements of our 
policies, procedures and standards and, at a 
minimum, to comply with local laws and 
associated requirements. In line with this 
approach, our intention is that industry 
associations of which we are a member 
follow commensurate principles. 
Anglo American is a signatory of the UN 
Global Compact and is committed to its 
10 principles of business, including fighting 
corruption, extortion and bribery. We use 
our annual performance in the Business 
Conduct and Ethics categories of the 
Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and 
Sustainalytics, as an opportunity to 
benchmark best practice and work to 
continuously improve our internal processes 
and level of disclosure.
▶For more information on our Code of Conduct
Visit angloamerican.com/code-of-conduct
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Whistleblowing
Our Whistleblowing policy sets out our 
approach to reporting issues and concerns 
confidentially or, if preferred, anonymously. 
Anglo American does not tolerate any form 
of retaliation against anyone raising or 
helping to address a concern. This policy 
also outlines the availability and use of our 
YourVoice confidential reporting service, 
which empowers employees, contractors, 
suppliers and other stakeholders to raise 
concerns anonymously about potentially 
unethical, unlawful or unsafe conduct or 
practices that conflict with our Values and 
Code of Conduct. YourVoice is operated by 
an independent, multilingual, whistleblowing 
service provider.
Performance
Using YourVoice
During 2024, we received1,376 reports 
through the YourVoice channel, a similar 
number to the 1,403 reports received in 
2023. A total of 1,430 allegations were 
closed during the course of the year, which 
included intakes from prior years. Of the 
closed allegations, 22% were substantiated 
or partially substantiated. 
All YourVoice reports are assessed and 
investigated as appropriate by a dedicated 
investigation team based across the Group. 
The team uses a standardised investigation 
framework. Appropriate actions were taken 
by management against substantiated 
allegations, in accordance with our policies, 
resulting in 186 sanctions against 
employees and contractors, which include 
86 exits from the organisation. 
Breakdown of YourVoice reports received (%)(1)
People
(Bullying, harassment, victimisation and other related matters)
36%
Employment, personnel policy and other 
people-related matters
26%
Legal and regulatory
(including corruption, fraud and criminal activity)
18%
Other
4%
Safety and health
7%
Suppliers and procurement
7%
Information security and data privacy
2%
Social and environment
1%
(1) Computational discrepancies may occur due to rounding. 
Embedding Group policies
During 2024, we implemented a new policy 
management system, allowing employees 
to access more easily the standards of 
conduct they are expected to follow. The 
tool also supports policy owners in the 
management and communication of their 
documents.
We also commenced a review of our suite 
of Group policies. This aims to simplify and 
repackage content, with the goal of making 
it easier for all stakeholders to navigate and 
grasp Anglo American’s key ethical conduct 
positions and principles.
Engaging and training our people
During the year, we developed and 
launched a new online training module on 
our Code of Conduct. The module covered 
the core elements of the Code of Conduct, 
including how our Values can be applied in 
action and how the decision-making tree 
can be used to navigate difficult situations. 
By the end of 2024, 16,973 of our 
colleagues had completed the training. 
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On 9 June 2024, 104 of our colleagues in South Africa conquered the 85 km Comrades Marathon, 
the world's largest and oldest ultramarathon race. 

Underpinning our strategy, we have 
a value-focused approach to capital 
allocation, with clear prioritisation: 
first to sustaining our operations and 
maintaining asset integrity (including 
Reserve Life); secondly to the base 
dividend to our shareholders, 
determined on a 40% underlying 
earnings-based payout ratio. 
A strong focus on capital discipline
All remaining capital is then allocated to 
discretionary capital options in line with 
strategic priorities, which include organic 
and inorganic growth options, as well as 
additional shareholder returns. In all cases, 
discretionary projects are robustly assessed 
against financial and non-financial metrics, 
including their delivery of net-positive benefit 
to our shareholders and the communities in 
which we operate, and their ability to 
improve and upgrade our portfolio in line 
with the transition to a low-carbon economy 
and global consumer demand trends. 
Capital allocation is prioritised to ensure we 
maintain balance sheet flexibility, with our 
near-term objective to ensure the Group’s 
net debt does not exceed 1.5x underlying 
EBITDA, using bottom of the cycle pricing, 
without there being a clear plan to recover. 
Further detail on balance sheet discipline 
and our credit can be found on page 111. 
Capital is allocated in support of the 
execution of our strategy. Our Sustainable 
Mining Plan outlines ambitious targets 
that our projects support to ensure a healthy 
environment, thriving communities and 
Anglo American’s position as a trusted 
corporate leader. 
▶For more on our Sustainable Mining Plan
See page 64
Surplus capital is returned to shareholders 
in the form of either special dividends or 
through a share buyback programme. 
During 2024, we have taken deliberate 
action to right size our capital expenditure, 
as part of our broader cost and capital 
discipline efforts to improve cash 
generation, while still prioritising the integrity 
of our operations and investments in high-
quality organic growth optionality in the 
portfolio. Capital expenditure will continue 
to be refined and optimised as the 
organisation transforms to focus on its 
simplified portfolio. 
Sustaining capital
We continue to focus on capital discipline 
and sustaining capital efficiency, while 
maintaining the operational integrity of all 
our assets. Sustaining capital comprises 
stay-in-business, capitalised development 
and stripping, and life-extension 
expenditure, less the proceeds from 
disposals of property, plant and equipment. 
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We expect sustaining capital expenditure of 
c.$4.3 billion in 2025 as the Group continues 
to invest in critical infrastructure primarily 
across our copper and iron ore businesses. 
The 2025–2027 spend includes our c.$0.4 
billion share of the remaining construction 
of the Collahuasi desalination plant and 
$0.5–0.8 billion per annum expenditure 
on life extensions. 
Life extensions primarily relate to the 
ongoing Venetia underground project at 
De Beers and the underground 
development of our Mogalakwena 
PGMs mine.
Commitment to base dividends 
Our clear commitment to a sustainable 
base dividend remains a critical part of the 
overall capital allocation approach and 
is demonstrated through our dividend 
policy of a 40% payout ratio based on 
underlying earnings.
Our dividend policy provides shareholders 
with increased cash returns upon 
improvement in earnings, while retaining 
balance sheet flexibility during periods of 
lower earnings. 
Shareholder returns
In line with the Group’s established dividend 
policy to pay out 40% of underlying 
earnings, the Board has proposed a final 
dividend of 40% of second half underlying 
earnings, equal to $0.22 per share (2023: 
$0.41 per share), equivalent to $0.3 billion 
(2023: $0.5 billion). This would take the 
shareholder returns in respect to FY 2024 to 
$0.8 billion, equivalent to $0.64 per share. 
Discretionary capital options
Strict value criteria are applied to the 
assessment of Anglo American’s organic 
growth options, which are strategically 
focused on copper and premium iron ore, 
and support our sustainability commitments.
For major greenfield projects, we will 
sequence their development to manage 
allocation of capital to growth projects over 
time and will look to syndicate at the right 
time, for value.
Woodsmith is a large-scale, long-life, tier 
one fertiliser project being developed in 
north east England, with a final design 
capacity of c.13 Mtpa of polyhalite ore, 
subject to studies and approval. Polyhalite 
is a naturally occurring mineral that, via a 
simple granulation process, is converted to a 
multi-nutrient product – POLY4 – an organic, 
comparatively low-carbon, environmentally 
responsible crop nutrition solution that 
contains four of the six key nutrients that all 
plants need for healthy growth. The project 
will add greater diversity and long-term 
value-adding growth to the portfolio, in a 
low-risk jurisdiction. 
Following the slowdown decision, a detailed 
review was conducted to identify the critical 
value-adding works to be executed during 
the slowdown period to de-risk the overall 
project schedule, preserve progress in areas 
that will be entering care and maintenance, 
and further optimise certain scopes of the 
project to be ready for ramp-up when 
conditions allow. Once the Group’s balance 
sheet is suitably deleveraged and the 
syndication pathway is clear, the revised 
development plan will continue, anticipated 
from 2027. Capital expenditure in 2024 
was $0.8 billion and is expected to be 
c. $0.3 billion in 2025. 
We continue to progress permitting and 
studies on organic growth opportunities, 
primarily within our high-quality copper 
business, that will further enhance 
our portfolio.
At the independently managed joint 
operation, Collahuasi, the first step of the 
growth pathway has been the completion 
of the fifth ball mill during 2024, expected to 
add c.15 ktpa (44% share). Investment in 
additional crushing capacity and flotation 
cells is expected to add production of 
c.10 ktpa (44% share) on average from 
2026. Additional debottlenecking options 
to further increase production remain under 
study and are expected to add c.15 ktpa 
(44% share) from late 2027. Further 
expansion opportunities are in early-stage 
study to increase plant capacity beyond 
210 ktpd, delivering up to c.150 ktpa of 
copper from the early 2030s (44% share).
Allocating capital for a sustainable future 
Our capital allocation process underpins the 
execution of our strategy and our goal to 
become a leader in sustainable mining – 
with all of our growth capital expenditure 
allocated to future-enabling products that 
are essential for decarbonising the global 
economy, improving living standards and 
food security.
Our major investments account for the 
potential future cost of carbon by 
embedding forward-looking carbon price 
assumptions into their appraisal. The carbon 
prices we use are developed in conjunction 
with leading external providers and by 
monitoring evolving policy frameworks, and 
are differentiated by geography and time 
horizon.
The aim is to reflect our best estimate of the 
level of carbon pricing likely to prevail in the 
respective jurisdictions over time. We 
forecast carbon prices to be between $0 
and $128 per tonne on a 2024 real basis 
across regions by 2030. This approach 
ensures that project returns are evaluated 
on a realistic basis alongside consideration 
of a project’s impact on carbon abatement 
and portfolio resilience to the effects 
of climate change.
Ensuring the continued resilience of our 
portfolio to the impacts of a changing 
climate is a key priority in our allocation of 
capital. These investments, for example, in 
infrastructure, which relate to managing 
water where it is expected to become 
scarcer, or where there is a risk of future 
disruption due to flooding, are driven by our 
risk management processes. These 
investments are subject to the Group’s 
investment evaluation criteria, and to 
independent technical and 
financial assurance. 
An example of how we tailor our approach 
to capital allocation for our decarbonisation 
goals is the sourcing of low-carbon 
electricity. In jurisdictions where there is a 
plentiful supply of renewable power, we 
have negotiated power purchase 
agreements with suppliers for electricity 
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generated from solar, wind and 
hydroelectric sources. Approximately 60% 
of the electricity supply of the current 
Anglo American portfolio will be sourced 
from renewables from 2025, without 
significant capital expenditure. The transition 
to these renewable arrangements not only 
contributes to our emissions reduction 
targets, but also represents a significant 
source of economic value given the 
increasingly competitive and stable cost 
of renewable energy compared with the 
volatility of fossil-based energy costs. In 
those jurisdictions without sufficient 
renewable electricity capacity, such as 
South Africa, we have created innovative 
partnerships, for example with EDF 
Renewables, and are working with 
regulators and the Government in order to 
deliver commercially viable and sustainable 
solutions for our low-carbon electricity 
needs. 
Where we deploy capital in pursuit of 
sustainability goals, we seek to do so in a 
way that, wherever possible, generates 
economic returns, and we consider 
syndicating our investment where 
appropriate. 
For example, through our jointly owned 
renewable energy venture with EDF 
Renewables, known as Envusa Energy, we 
have completed the project financing for the 
first three wind and solar projects in South 
Africa in February 2024, with construction 
well under way. These three renewable 
energy projects, known as the Koruson 2 
(K2) cluster and located on the border of the 
Northern and Eastern Cape provinces of 
South Africa, are designed to have a total 
capacity of 520 MW of wind and solar 
electricity generation and are currently 
under construction. 
With Envusa Energy continuing to develop 
a number of further projects, we are securing 
project financing debt that is consistent with 
developing high-quality renewable energy 
projects. This syndicated structure will help 
manage both risk and total capital deployed 
to meet the operational electricity 
requirements of the South African 
businesses, while enabling a significant 
reduction in our Scope 2 emissions.
▶For more on Envusa Energy and K2
See page 72-73
Group capital expenditure
Capital expenditure was $0.2 billion lower 
compared to prior year at $5.5 billion (2023: 
$5.7 billion), mainly driven by lower growth 
capital.
Sustaining capital expenditure was 
marginally lower at $4.3 billion 
(2023: $4.4 billion), primarily due to the 
Grosvenor underground fire incident, where 
the operation has been suspended since 
June 2024. 
Growth capital expenditure primarily relates 
to spend on the Woodsmith project (Crop 
Nutrients), the first phase of the Collahuasi 
debottlenecking initiative (Copper Chile) 
and the Kumba UHDMS project (Iron Ore). 
Growth capital expenditure was lower at 
$1.2 billion (2023: $1.3 billion), due to lower 
spend across other projects and businesses.
Capital expenditure
$ million
2024
2023
Stay-in-business
2,699
2,902
Development and stripping
1,013
920
Life-extension projects
636
598
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment
 
(13)  
(16) 
Sustaining capital
4,335
4,404
Growth projects
 
1,155  
1,330 
Total capital expenditure
5,490
5,734
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The effective management of risk 
is integral to good management 
practice and fundamental to living 
up to our Purpose and delivering 
our strategy. 
By understanding, prioritising and managing 
risk, Anglo American safeguards our people, 
our assets, our values and reputation, and 
the environment, and identifies opportunities 
to best serve the long-term interest of all our 
stakeholders. 
As understanding our risks and developing 
appropriate responses are critical to our 
future success, we are committed to an 
effective, robust system of risk identification, 
and an effective response to such risks to 
support the achievement of our objectives. 
How does risk relate to our strategy?
Risks can arise from events outside of our 
control or from operational matters. Each of 
the risks described on the following pages 
can have an impact on our ability to deliver 
our strategy. 
Viability statement
Context
An understanding of our business model 
and strategy is key to the assessment of our 
prospects. Our strategy is to:
– Develop and actively manage a portfolio 
of high-quality mineral assets, which we 
operate safely, efficiently and 
competitively – to reliably serve our 
customers, deliver sustainably attractive 
shareholder returns and create wider 
stakeholder value.
– We prioritise growth and growing markets 
where our capabilities best match the 
major trends that shape supply and 
demand for our products for generations 
to come. We achieve this by focusing on 
three clear strategic priorities of 
operational excellence, portfolio 
simplification and growth.
– In turn, these priorities are supported by 
a set of strategic enablers: customers 
solutions (our marketing business), 
sustainability and technical competencies, 
reputation, and culture. 
– Built up over many decades of operating 
businesses and developing major 
projects in developing and developed 
markets, our strategic enablers are 
integral to delivering the full potential of 
Anglo American’s portfolio and other 
growth opportunities that we will secure 
over time.
Details of our business model are found 
on page 8 and more information on our 
strategy is provided on page 10.
Increasing geopolitical fragmentation and 
macro-economic uncertainty were the key 
drivers of price volatility for our product suite, 
with cyclically low PGMs and diamond 
prices, and declining iron ore prices, leading 
to a reduction in our overall basket price of 
10%, in 2024. Against that macro 
background, the Board maintains a cautious 
appetite for major new projects and 
investments. Large greenfield projects will 
be considered for syndication with other 
investors at the appropriate stage of a 
project’s development, and for value, as 
a means of reducing our risk profile and 
capital requirements.
The assessment process and key 
assumptions
Assessment of the Group’s prospects is 
based upon the Group’s strategy, its 
financial plan and principal risks. During 
2024, the focus was on transforming our 
organisation as well as our portfolio through 
a number of major structural changes to 
accelerate delivery against our strategic 
priorities of operational excellence, portfolio 
simplification and growth, in order to position 
Anglo American as a highly attractive and 
differentiated investment proposition for the 
long term, offering strong cash generation to 
support sustainable shareholder returns and 
the capabilities and longstanding 
relationship networks to deliver the 
company’s full value potential.
A financial forecast covering the next three 
years is prepared based on the context of 
the strategic plan and is reviewed on a 
regular basis to reflect changes in 
circumstances. The financial forecast is 
based on a number of key assumptions, 
the most important of which include product 
prices, exchange rates, estimates of 
production, production costs and future 
capital expenditure. In addition, although 
planned as part of the ordinary course of 
business, the forecast does not assume the 
renewal of existing debt or the raising of 
new debt. A key component of the financial 
forecast and strategic plan is the Life of 
Asset Plans created for each operation, 
providing expected annual production 
volumes over the anticipated economic life 
of mine.
The principal risks are those that we believe 
could prevent the Group from delivering its 
strategic objectives. A number of these risks 
are deemed catastrophic to the Group’s 
prospects, including the impacts of a tailings 
dam failure, fire and slope wall failure risks, 
and have been considered as part of the 
Group’s viability.
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Assessment of viability
The assessment of viability has been made 
with reference to the Group’s current 
position and expected performance over a 
three-year period, using budgeted product 
prices and expected foreign exchange 
rates. Financial performance and cash flows 
have then been subjected to stress and 
sensitivity analysis over the three-year 
period using a range of severe, but plausible, 
downside scenarios. Scenarios were 
selected for stress testing based upon an 
assessment of the Group’s principal risks, 
and each includes a risk deemed 
catastrophic to the Group. Risks chosen for 
modelling were those considered to have 
the greatest financial impact upon the 
Group’s financial statements, and have 
been linked to the principal risks below. The 
scenarios tested include:
– Phased product price reductions of up to 
20% from budget prices (Principal Risk 2)
– Operational incidents that have a 
significant impact on production at key 
sites in the Group (Principal Risks 1, 6 
and 7)
– The impact of a cyber attack upon the 
Group’s key information technology 
systems (Principal Risks 4, 6 and 7)
– Market and product developments 
affecting demand for diamonds (Principal 
Risk 2)
– Potential delays in the planned timing of 
divestments, demergers and sales of 
businesses (Principal risk 9)
– The impact of a reduction in water supply 
in Chile, being a physical risk associated 
with climate change (Principal Risks 11 
and 13)
– Logistics constraints on certain operations 
in South Africa impacting sales (Principal 
Risk 6).
The Group’s liquidity (defined as cash and 
undrawn committed facilities) was 
$15.3 billion, comprising cash and cash 
equivalents of $8.1 billion (see note 21 to the 
Consolidated financial statements), and 
undrawn committed facilities of $7.2 billion 
(see note 25 to the Consolidated financial 
statements) as at 31 December 2024. This is 
sufficient to absorb the financial impact of 
each of the risks modelled in the stress and 
sensitivity analysis.
However, if these scenarios were to 
materialise, the Group also has a range of 
additional options that enable us to maintain 
our financial strength and resilience, 
including accessing lines of credit, reducing 
capital expenditure, reviewing capital 
allocation and production profiles and 
raising debt while maintaining the 
shareholder returns policy. 
Viability statement
The directors confirm they have a 
reasonable expectation that the Group will 
continue in operation and meet its liabilities 
as they fall due for the next three years. This 
period has been selected as the volatility in 
commodity markets makes confidence in a 
longer assessment of prospects highly 
challenging.
Emerging risks
We define an emerging risk as a risk that 
may become a principal risk in time but is not 
expected to materialise in the next five years. 
Emerging risks that are currently being 
monitored are:
– Increasing regulatory and stakeholder 
demands on environmental and human 
rights. The recognition of the right to a 
clean, healthy, and sustainable 
environment is driving new legislative 
requirements and stakeholder 
expectations. This emerging risk 
necessitates significant adaptations in 
corporate strategy and operations to 
ensure compliance and mitigate potential 
legal and reputational impacts.
– Future demand for metals and minerals. 
Future demand for metals and minerals 
may deviate (positively or negatively) from 
assumptions as a result of efforts to 
reduce global warming. To mitigate the 
risks associated with the future demand, 
in 2024 Anglo American outlined a new 
strategy to simplify the organisation´s 
portfolio, focusing on copper, premium 
iron ore and crop nutrients. The changes in 
the portfolio enable Anglo American to 
focus supply of products that support the 
energy transition, improved global living 
standards and food security.
– Ore Reserves depletion. Inability to 
replace reserve depletion in key business 
units through exploration, projects or 
acquisitions could lead to a significant 
decline in production capacity, 
adversely affecting revenue streams. 
Anglo American is continuously investing 
in exploration and studies of opportunities 
to maintain future Ore Reserves.
– Environmental impairment liabilities. 
Long-term liabilities incurred as a result of 
environmental impairment (e.g. acid mine 
drainage). Our technical standards are 
tailored to avoid and remediate, if 
necessary, environmental liabilities. 
– Delivery of Sustainable Mining Plan. 
Failure to deliver the Sustainable Mining 
Plan will cause reputational damage, 
threaten the organisation’s “licence to 
operate”, impact future growth, may result 
in increased costs and negatively impact 
financial results. 
– Mine-closure liabilities. Unexpected mine-
closure liabilities that have the potential to 
increase costs.
The above risks are closely monitored and 
actively managed to minimise their threat.
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Principal risks
We define a principal risk as a risk or 
combination of risks that would threaten the 
business model, future performance, 
solvency or liquidity of Anglo American. In 
addition to these principal risks, we continue 
to be exposed to other risks related to 
currency, inflation, community relations, 
environment, litigation and regulatory 
proceedings, changing societal expectations, 
infrastructure and human resources. These 
risks are subject to our normal procedures to 
identify, implement and oversee appropriate 
mitigation actions, supported by internal audit 
work to provide assurance over the status of 
controls or mitigating actions. These principal 
risks are considered over the next three years 
as a minimum, but we recognise that many of 
them will be relevant for a longer period.
▶For more on principal risks
See pages 98–103
Catastrophic risks
We also face certain risks that we deem 
catastrophic risks. These are very high-
severity, very low-likelihood events that 
could result in multiple fatalities or injuries, an 
unplanned fundamental change to strategy 
or the way we operate, and have significant 
financial consequences. We do not consider 
likelihood when assessing these risks, as the 
potential impacts mean these risks must be 
treated as a priority. Catastrophic risks are 
included as principal risks.
▶For more on catastrophic risks
See page 98
Risk appetite
We define risk appetite as the nature and 
extent of risk Anglo American is willing to 
accept in relation to the pursuit of its 
objectives. We look at risk appetite from the 
context of severity of the consequences 
should the risk materialise, any relevant 
internal or external factors influencing the 
risk, and the status of management actions 
to mitigate or control the risk. A scale is used 
to help determine the limit of appetite for 
each risk, recognising that risk appetite will 
change over time.
If a risk exceeds appetite, it will threaten the 
achievement of objectives and may require 
a change to strategy. Risks that are 
approaching the limit of the Group’s risk 
appetite may require management actions 
to be accelerated or enhanced to ensure the 
risks remain within appetite levels.
For catastrophic and operational risks, our 
risk appetite for exceptions or deficiencies in 
the status of our controls that have safety 
implications is very low. Our internal audit 
programme evaluates these controls with 
technical experts at operations and the 
results of that audit work will determine the 
risk appetite evaluation, along with the 
management response to any issues 
identified.
▶For more on the risk management and internal control 
systems and the review of their effectiveness
See pages 190–191
Summary
Our risk profile evolved in 2024. Macro-
economic uncertainty remained as a result 
of the Russia–Ukraine conflict, global 
inflation and weak economic growth in key 
markets. The regulatory environment in 
which we operate remains impacted by 
political and societal changes in key 
countries, which could affect future 
production and delay the deployment of 
new technologies to support future 
production and sustainability objectives. 
Operationally, reliance on third-party 
infrastructure and power supply remain 
ongoing risks, particularly in South Africa. 
Climate change remains a defining 
challenge of our time and our unequivocal 
commitment to being part of the global 
response presents both opportunities and 
risks. A number of our principal risks are 
directly or indirectly related to climate 
change and our strategies to reduce its 
impact on our business, and the planet.
Our catastrophic risks are the highest priority 
risks, given the potential consequences.
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We are exposed to the following risks we deem as 
potentially catastrophic: tailings dam failure; geotechnical 
failure; mineshaft failure; and fire and explosion.
Root cause: Any of these risks may result from inadequate 
design or construction, adverse geological conditions, 
shortcomings in operational performance, natural events 
such as seismic activity or flooding, and failure of structures 
or machinery and equipment.
Impact: Multiple fatalities and injuries, damage to assets, 
environmental damage, production loss, reputational 
damage and loss of licence to operate. Financial costs 
associated with recovery and liability claims may be 
significant. Regulatory issues may result and community 
relations may be affected.
Mitigation: Technical standards exist that provide minimum 
criteria for design and operational performance 
requirements, the implementation of which is regularly 
inspected by technical experts. Additional assurance work is 
conducted to assess the adequacy of controls associated 
with these risks.
Risk appetite: Operating within the limits of our appetite. 
Commentary: These very high impact but very low 
frequency risks are treated with the highest priority.
Pillars of value: 
Global macro-economic conditions leading to a significant 
fall in commodity prices.
Global macro-economic conditions leading to a significant 
fall in commodity prices.
Root cause: Factors that could contribute to this risk include 
a deep and protracted slowdown in economic growth, 
armed conflict involving major world powers, trade wars 
between major economies and a disrupted recovery from 
the Covid-19 pandemic.
Impact: Low product prices can result in lower levels of cash 
flow, profitability and valuation. Debt costs may rise owing to 
ratings agency downgrades and the possibility of restricted 
access to funding. The Group may be unable to complete 
any divestment programme within the desired timescales or 
achieve expected values. The capacity to invest in growth 
projects is constrained during periods of low product prices 
– which may, in turn, affect future performance.
Mitigation: Maintaining a conservative balance sheet, 
proactive management of debt and the delivery of cash 
improvement and operational performance targets are the 
key mitigation strategies for this risk. Regular updates of 
economic analysis and product price assumptions are 
discussed with the Executive Leadership Team and Board.
Risk appetite: Operating within the limits of our appetite.
Commentary: Macro-economic conditions remain 
uncertain; that may result in price volatility in the products 
mined, and marketed, by Anglo American.
Pillars of value: 
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Principal risks
2. Economic environment

Political decisions, events or conditions in locations where 
Anglo American operates or transacts could affect our 
ability to conduct normal business and meet anticipated 
profit or performance targets.
Root cause: Geopolitical disputes between major 
economies, and regional and national political tensions. The 
effectiveness of national governance in countries in which 
we operate may be compromised by corruption, weak 
policy framework and ineffective enforcement of the law.
Impact: Global supply chains may be impacted by the 
threat of, or actual disputes between major economies. 
Regional and national political tensions may result in social 
unrest affecting our operations and employees. Uncertainty 
around business conditions may lead to a lack of confidence 
in making investment decisions, which could influence 
financial performance in the future. Increased costs may be 
incurred through additional regulations or economic 
contributions to government, while the ability to execute 
strategic initiatives that reduce costs or divest assets may 
also be restricted, all of which may reduce profitability and 
affect future performance. These factors may adversely 
affect the Group’s operations or performance of those 
operations.
Mitigation: Anglo American has an active engagement 
strategy with governments, regulators and other 
stakeholders within the countries in which we operate, or 
plan to operate, as well as at an international level. We make 
significant efforts to contribute to public policy objectives 
such as socio-economic development to demonstrate the 
broader value of our presence. We assess portfolio capital 
investments against political risks and avoid or minimise 
exposure to jurisdictions with unacceptable risk levels. We 
actively monitor regulatory and political developments at 
a national level, as well as global themes and international 
policy trends, on a continuous basis. See page 16 for more 
detail on how we engage with our key stakeholders.
Risk appetite: Operating within the limits of our appetite.
Commentary: Global economic conditions can have a 
significant impact on countries whose economies are 
exposed to mining products, placing greater pressure on 
governments to find alternative means of raising revenues, 
and increasing the risk of social and labour unrest. 
Pillars of value:
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3. Geopolitical
Pillars of value
Safety and health
Financial
Cost
Environment
People
Production
Socio-political

Loss or harm to our technical infrastructure and the use 
of technology within the organisation from malicious or 
unintentional sources.
Root cause: Attacks motivated by fraud, ransomware, and/
or access to sensitive data or information. 
Impact: Theft or loss of intellectual property, financial losses, 
increased costs, reputational damage, operational 
disruption and compromise of safety systems.
Mitigation: We have a dedicated Global Information 
Management Security team with appropriate specialist 
third-party support to oversee our network security. We have 
aligned to the internationally recognised NIST Cybersecurity 
Framework, as well as ISO 27001 in sensitive areas. 
Additionally, we employ the IRAM2 risk assessment 
methodology to large-scale projects and maintain an 
ongoing cyber awareness programme across the Group.
Risk appetite: Operating within the limits of our appetite.
Commentary: During 2024, our controls responded as 
planned and no cyber attack attempt resulted in significant 
impacts for Anglo American. 
Pillars of value:
Failure to comply with permitting and other mining 
regulations impacting business continuity, limiting portfolio 
growth, and threatening our licence to operate.
Root cause: Regulations impacting the mining industry are 
evolving as a result of political developments, changes in 
societal expectations and the public perception of mining 
activities. Failure to comply with management processes will 
threaten the ability to adhere to regulations and permits.
Impact: Delays to projects and disruption to existing 
operations may impact future production, delays in 
deploying new technologies that support future growth and 
sustainability objectives, legal claims and regulatory actions, 
fines and reputational damage.
Mitigation: All operations must comply with our Minimum 
Permitting Requirements, which is a management system to 
ensure necessary permits and other regulatory requirements 
are identified and embedded in Life of Asset Plans and 
management routines. Through our Sustainable Mining Plan, 
we make considerable efforts to meet community 
aspirations for socio-economic development and carefully 
manage the environmental impacts of our business to avoid 
causing harm and nuisance.
Risk appetite: Operating within the limits of our appetite.
Commentary: Annual assessments of compliance with the 
Anglo American Minimum Permitting Requirements are 
undertaken, as well as periodic independent audits.
Pillars of value:
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5. Permitting

Unplanned operational stoppages affecting production 
and profitability.
Root cause: We are exposed to risks of interruption to power 
supply and the failure of critical third-party owned and 
operated infrastructure; e.g. rail networks and ports. Failure 
to implement and embed our Operating Model, maintain 
critical plant, machinery and infrastructure, and operate in 
compliance with Anglo American’s Technical Standards, will 
affect our performance levels. Our operations may also be 
exposed to natural catastrophes and extreme weather 
events.
Impact: Inability to achieve production, cash flow or 
profitability targets. There are potential safety-related risks 
associated with unplanned operational stoppages, along 
with a loss of investor confidence.
Mitigation: We maintain ongoing engagement with critical 
power and infrastructure suppliers and have appropriate 
business continuity and emergency preparedness plans. 
Implementation of our Operating Model and compliance with 
Technical Standards, supported by operational risk 
management and assurance processes, are key to the 
mitigation against this risk. Regular tracking and monitoring of 
progress against the underlying production plans is undertaken. 
Risk appetite: Operating within the limits of our appetite.
Commentary: In 2024, some of our operations in South 
Africa were impacted by power outages, water supply 
issues and logistics constraints. 
Pillars of value:
Failure to eliminate fatalities.
Root cause: Fatalities may result from operational leaders, 
employees and contractors failing to apply safety rules and 
poor hazard identification and control, including 
non-compliance with critical controls.
Impact: A fatal incident is devastating for the bereaved 
family, friends and colleagues. Over the longer term, failure 
to provide a safe working environment threatens our licence 
to operate.
Mitigation: All operations continue to implement safety 
improvement plans, with a focus on: effective management 
of critical controls required to manage significant safety 
risks; learning from high potential incidents and hazards; 
embedding a safety culture; and leadership engagement 
and accountability. 
Risk appetite: Operating within the limits of our appetite.
Commentary: During 2024, there were three work-related 
fatalities in our managed operations. Management remains 
fully committed to the elimination of fatalities.
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6. Operational performance
Pillars of value
Safety and health
Financial
Cost
Environment
People
Production
Socio-political
7. Safety

Bribery or other forms of corruption committed by 
Anglo American or on its behalf.
Root cause: Anglo American has operations and/or trading 
activities in and/or with some countries where there is a 
higher prevalence of corruption.
Impact: Potential civil or criminal investigations, fines and 
other enforcement action, actions for damages, adverse 
media attention and reputational damage. A possible 
negative impact on licensing processes and valuation.
Mitigation: Conducting Business with Integrity Policy 
covering anti-bribery, fair competition, sanctions and trade 
controls, anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, 
anti-tax evasion and anti-fraud, supported by a compliance 
management programme that includes risk assessments, 
training and awareness and monitoring.
Risk appetite: Operating within the limits of our appetite.
Commentary: A Group Compliance Committee oversees 
compliance activities relating to the compliance 
management programme to ensure its continuing suitability.
Pillars of value:
Failure to deliver the portfolio and organisational 
transformation announced in May 2024 within timescales 
communicated to stakeholders.
Root cause: Divestments are subject to various external 
stakeholders approval. The scale of the organisational 
transformation is ambitious and requires significant change 
management.
Impact: Loss of shareholder and other stakeholder 
confidence and reduced valuation.
Mitigation: Delivery of the transformation is a high priority 
for senior leadership and the Board. External resources are 
engaged to support the transformation. 
Risk appetite: Operating within the limits of our appetite.
Commentary: Anglo American has implemented a number 
of major structural changes to accelerate delivery against 
its strategic priorities of operational excellence, portfolio 
simplification and growth. In November 2024, we 
announced an agreement with Peabody Energy to sell our 
steelmaking coal business in Australia which, together with 
the sale of our interest in Jellinbah to Zashvin, we expect to 
generate up to $4.8 billion in aggregate gross cash 
proceeds. In February 2025 we also agreed the sale of our 
nickel business in Brazil to MMG for a cash consideration of 
up to $500 million. Our demerger of Anglo American 
Platinum is also well on track and expected by mid-2025. 
The separation of De Beers will follow, with action taken to 
strengthen cash flow and position De Beers for long-term 
success and value realisation.
Pillars of value:
Failure to maintain healthy relationships with local 
communities and society at large.
Root cause: Failure to identify, understand and respond to 
community and societal needs and expectations.
Impact: A breakdown in trust with local communities 
and society at large threatens Anglo American’s licence 
to operate, potentially leading to increased costs, future 
growth being impacted, business interruption and 
reputational damage.
Mitigation: The Anglo American Social Way is our integrated 
management system for social performance, adopted and 
implemented at all managed sites. In addition, the 
commitments we have made as part of the Thriving 
Communities pillar of our Sustainable Mining Plan will deliver 
tangible and valued benefits to host communities.
Risk appetite: Operating within the limits of our appetite.
Commentary: Through the Social Way, we ensure that 
policies and systems are in place at all Anglo American-
managed sites to support effective engagement with 
communities, avoid or minimise adverse social impacts, and 
maximise development opportunities. For further information 
on how we engage with key stakeholders, see pages 16–19. 
For more information on our Sustainable Mining Plan 
commitments, see page 64.
Pillars of value:
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10. Community and social relations
9. Portfolio and organisational transformation

Inability to obtain or sustain the level of water security 
needed to support operations over the current Life of Asset 
Plan or future growth options.
Root cause: Poor water resource management or 
inadequate on-site storage, combined with reduced water 
supply at some operations as weather patterns change, can 
affect production. Water is a shared resource with local 
communities and permits to use water in our operations are 
at risk if we do not manage the resource in a responsible and 
sustainable manner.
Impact: Loss of production and inability to achieve cash flow 
or volume improvement targets. Damage to stakeholder 
relationships or reputational damage can result from failure 
to manage this critical resource.
Mitigation: Various projects have been implemented at 
operations most exposed to this risk, focused on: water 
efficiency; water security; water treatment; and discharge 
management; as well as alternative supplies. New 
technologies are being developed that will reduce water 
demand.
Risk appetite: Operating within the limits of our appetite.
Commentary: This continues to be a risk to the majority of 
our operations. For more information on our Sustainable 
Mining Plan, see page 64.
Pillars of value:
Large scale outbreak of infectious disease increasing 
morbidity and mortality over a wide geographic area.
Root cause: Human population growth, urbanisation, 
changes in land use, loss of biodiversity, exploitation of the 
natural environment, viral disease from animals, and 
increased global travel and integration are all contributory 
causes of health pandemics.
Impact: As was witnessed during the Covid-19 pandemic, 
widespread consequences include the physical and mental 
health and well-being of our people and local communities; 
economic shocks and disruption; social unrest; an increase 
in political stresses and tensions; a rise in criminal acts; and 
the potential for increased resource nationalism. 
Mitigation: Anglo American actively monitors global 
pandemic-potential diseases. In the event of a pandemic, 
our Group Crisis Management Team is activated at an early 
stage to direct the Group’s response, prioritising the well-
being of our people, their families and host communities, 
and ensuring the continuity of the operations. 
Risk appetite: Operating within the limits of our appetite.
Commentary: For more information on how we support the 
health and well-being of our workforce, see pages 33–35.
Pillars of value:
Climate change is a defining challenge of our era and our 
commitment to being part of the global response presents 
both opportunities and risks.
Root cause: Our Scope 1 and 2 carbon emission reduction 
targets are partly reliant on new technologies that are at 
various stages of development, and our Scope 3 reduction 
ambition is reliant on the adoption of greener technologies 
in the steelmaking industry. Changing weather patterns and 
an increase in extreme weather events may impact 
operational stability and our local communities. Long-term 
demand for metals and minerals mined and marketed by 
Anglo American may deviate from assumptions based on 
climate change abatement initiatives.
Impact: Potential loss of stakeholder confidence, negative 
impact on reputation, financial performance and valuation.
Mitigation: We have articulated our climate change plans, 
policies and progress and engage with key stakeholders to 
ensure they understand them. Our Sustainable Mining Plan 
includes operation-specific and Group targets for 
reductions in carbon emissions, power and water usage. 
Risk appetite: Operating within the limits of our appetite.
Commentary: For more information on our Sustainable 
Mining Plan and approach to climate change, see pages 64 
and 65–75, and for further information on how we engage 
with key stakeholders, see pages 16–19. 
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11. Water
12. Pandemic
13. Climate change
Pillars of value
Safety and health
Financial
Cost
Environment
People
Production
Socio-political

Safety and health
Strategic element: 
operational excellence
Work-related 
fatal injuries(16)
Total recordable injury 
frequency rate(16)
New cases of 
occupational disease(16)
Target: Zero
Target: Year-on-year reduction
Target: Year-on-year reduction
Number of work-related 
fatal injuries
TRIFR
NCOD
Workforce noise 
exposure(16)
Workforce inhalable 
hazard exposure(16)
Target: Year-on-year reduction
Target: Year-on-year reduction
Employees potentially exposed to 
noise > 85 dBA
Employees potentially exposed to 
inhalable hazards over OEL
Financial
Strategic element: operational 
excellence, portfolio simplification
Attributable return on capital 
employed (ROCE)
 
Underlying earnings per share 
(EPS)
Group attributable ROCE (%)
Group underlying EPS – $
Attributable free cash flow(17)
Group attributable free cash 
flow ($ billion)
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3
2
2
2
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
1.57
1.78
2.19
2.24
2.14
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
19
15
5
16
30
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
18,357
19,173
23,179
30,832
33,253
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
415
533
317
1,796
1,994
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
▶For full description and calculation methodology
see pages 332-333
KPIs with this symbol are linked to executive remuneration; for more 
information, see the Remuneration report on pages 192-223.
12
16
30
43
17
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
0.5
(1.4)
1.6
7.8
1.2
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
1.60
2.42
4.97
7.22
2.53
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020

Cost
Strategic element: operational excellence, portfolio simplification
Copper equivalent unit cost 2024 vs 2023: flat in $ terms
Copper – c/lb
Nickel – c/lb
PGMs – $/PGM ounce
De Beers – $/carat
Kumba – $/tonne (wet basis)
Iron Ore Brazil – $/tonne (wet basis)
Steelmaking Coal – $/tonne
Environment
Strategic element: sustainability and 
technical competencies
GHG emissions(16)
Energy consumption(16)
Target: Reduce absolute emissions by 
30% by 2030, relative to 2016 baseline
Target: Improve energy efficiency by 30% 
by 2030
Measured in million tonnes 
of CO2 equivalent emissions
Measured in million GJ
Fresh water withdrawals(16)
Level 4-5 
environmental incidents(16)
Target: Reduce the absolute withdrawal 
of fresh water in water scarce areas by 
50%, relative to the 2015 baseline
Target: Zero
Measured in million ML
Number of Level 4-5 
environmental incidents
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93
71
59
58
57
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
39
41
40
39
31
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
30
33
35
24
21
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
124
121
107
105
86
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
151
166
154
120
113
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
481
541
513
377
334
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
957
968
937
868
713
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
35,439
38,040
35,910
36,888
37,247
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
0
0
0
0
0
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
11.6
12.5
13.3
14.5
15.4
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
87
89
83
84
78
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020

People
Strategic element: sustainability and 
technical competencies
Voluntary labour turnover
Women in management
Target: <5%
Target: 33% by 2023
Percentage of full-time employees
Women in management 
(B5 and above) (%)
Women in workforce
Women as a percentage 
of total workforce
Production
Strategic element: operational excellence, portfolio simplification
Production volumes
Copper equivalent production 2024 vs 2023 7% decrease
Copper – thousand tonnes
Nickel – thousand tonnes
PGMs – thousand ounces (5E+Au)
De Beers – million carats (100% 
production)
Iron ore (Kumba) – million tonnes 
(wet basis)
Iron ore (Minas-Rio) – million 
tonnes (wet basis)
Steelmaking coal (export coking 
and PCI) – million tonnes
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4.3
3.5
3.6
3.5
2.8
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
35
34
32
31
27
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
26
26
24
23
23
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
24.7
31.9
34.6
32.3
25.1
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
773
826
664
647
647
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
39.4
40.0
39.8
41.7
43.5
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
3,553
3,806
4,024
4,299
3,809
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
35.7
35.7
37.7
40.9
37.6
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
25.0
24.2
21.6
22.9
24.1
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
14.5
16.0
15.0
14.9
16.8
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020

Socio-political*
Strategic element: sustainability and 
technical competencies
Taxes and royalties borne 
and taxes collected(3)
Jobs supported off site(18)
Spend in $ billion
Cumulative number of jobs 
supported off site
Local procurement(4)
Spend in $ billion
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12.1
13.2
13.6
10.0
10.0
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
3.9
5.1
5.9
7.1
3.8
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
157,199
144,004
114,534
104,860
92,397
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
* Due to the changes under way to the Social Way assurance process in 2024, the metric previously used to track 
Social Way implementation is no longer used as a performance target for our reporting. Updated metrics will be 
defined for 2025 onwards to align with updates to the Social Way framework. 

Strong cost savings performance 
across the Group helped broadly 
maintain the Group’s EBITDA margin◊ 
at 30%, and resulted in a total 
underlying EBITDA◊ of $8.5 billion for 
the period despite a 10% reduction in 
the Group basket price, lower volumes 
and the impact of inflation. As a 
consequence, underlying earnings 
were $1.9 billion (2023: $2.9 billion). 
Despite lower earnings, management 
actions to support the release of $1.8 billion 
of working capital, as well as two 
accelerated bookbuild offerings in 
Anglo American Platinum, partly offset by 
restructuring costs associated with our 
organisational change programme, ensured 
that net debt remained flat in 2024 at 
$10.6 billion.
In 2024, all of our businesses delivered their 
full year production guidance. 
Production volumes decreased by 7% on 
a copper equivalent basis, reflecting lower 
production from our Platinum Group Metals 
operations due to the transition of Kroondal 
to a 4E toll arrangement on 1 September 
2024, as well as slightly lower own mined 
volumes. At Copper Chile, Los Bronces 
production was lower year-on-year from the 
planned closure of the smaller and more 
costly Los Bronces processing plant, as well 
as anticipated lower grade. Collahuasi was 
impacted by lower copper recovery and 
grade. Our Manganese operations in 
Australia were impacted for most of the year 
due to the tropical cyclone Megan in March. 
De Beers production was lower, reflecting a 
proactive response to a prolonged period of 
lower demand and higher than normal levels 
of inventory in the midstream. Difficult strata 
conditions at Aquila, as well as the 
suspension of mining at the Grosvenor 
longwall operation following the 
underground fire in June 2024, impacted our 
Steelmaking Coal operations. This was 
partly offset by strong production at Iron Ore 
Brazil, as a result of robust plans through the 
year which helped secure the volume and 
quality of the ore feed for the plant, in 
conjunction with good plant stability and 
higher grades.
Group unit costs were flat on a copper 
equivalent basis compared to 2023, as 
effective cost-saving initiatives at Copper 
Chile, Platinum Group Metals and Kumba, 
alongside favourable foreign exchange 
movements, were offset by the impact of 
lower production and inflationary pressures. 
Excluding the favourable impact of foreign 
exchange, unit costs increased by 1%. 
Underlying EBITDA◊
Group underlying EBITDA decreased by 
$1.5 billion to $8.5 billion 
(2023: $10.0 billion). Financial results were 
predominantly impacted by lower iron ore, 
PGM and steelmaking coal prices and 
challenging diamond market conditions, 
partially offset by higher copper prices and 
effective cost-saving initiatives across the 
Group. Despite the price pressures, the cost 
reductions ensured stable margins, with only 
a 1% decrease in the Group’s EBITDA 
margin◊ to 30% (2023: 31%).
Financial performance
2024
2023
Underlying EBITDA◊ ($ billion)
8.5
10.0
Operating profit ($ billion)
(0.2)
3.9
Underlying earnings◊ ($ billion)
1.9
2.9
Profit/(loss) attributable to equity shareholders of the 
Company ($ billion)
(3.1)
0.3
Basic underlying earnings per share◊ ($) 
1.60
2.42
Basic earnings per share ($)
(2.53)
0.23
Total dividend per share ($)
0.64
0.96
Group attributable ROCE◊
 12% 
 16% 
Underlying EBITDA reconciliation 2023–2024
$ billion
Our ongoing focus on cost control and cash 
generation has positioned us well as we 
execute our strategy. 
A reconciliation of ‘Profit before net finance 
costs and tax’, the closest equivalent IFRS 
measure to underlying EBITDA, is provided 
within note 2 to the Consolidated financial 
statements.
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10.0
(1.5)
0.0
(0.5)
1.0
(0.6)
0.1
8.5
2023
Price
Forex
Inflation
Cost
Volume
Other
2024

Underlying EBITDA◊ by segment
2024
2023
Copper
 
3,805  
3,233 
Nickel
 
92  
133 
PGMs
 
1,106  
1,209 
De Beers
 
(25)  
72 
Iron Ore
 
2,655  
4,013 
Steelmaking Coal
 
924  
1,320 
Manganese
 
116  
231 
Crop Nutrients
 
(34)  
(60) 
Corporate and other
 
(179)  
(193) 
Total
 
8,460  
9,958 
Price
Average market prices for the Group’s 
basket of products decreased by 10% 
compared with 2023, reducing underlying 
EBITDA by $1.5 billion. This was driven by 
the weighted average realised price for iron 
ore, which reduced by 22%, alongside the 
PGMs basket price, which decreased by 
11%, primarily driven by rhodium and 
palladium which decreased by 30% and 
24%, respectively, and the weighted 
average realised price for steelmaking coal 
which decreased by 11%. This was partly 
offset by a 8% increase in the copper 
weighted average realised price.
Foreign exchange
The Group’s average basket foreign 
exchange rate was broadly in line with 2023, 
creating no year-on-year impact to 
underlying EBITDA. The favourable impact 
of the weaker Chilean peso was offset by 
the stronger South African rand.
Inflation
The Group’s weighted average CPI was 4% 
in 2024, slightly lower than the 5% in 2023. 
The impact of CPI inflation on costs reduced 
underlying EBITDA by $0.5 billion (2023: 
$0.7 billion). 
Net cost and volume
The net impact of cost and volume was a 
beneficial $0.4 billion increase in underlying 
EBITDA, driven by $1.0 billion from cost-
saving initiatives across the Group, partly 
offset by $0.6 billion from lower sales 
volumes.  
The sustainable cost-out programmes 
initiated this year, including putting on care 
and maintenance the more costly Los 
Bronces plant to focus on profitable tonnes, 
cost-saving initiatives at PGMs and Kumba 
Iron Ore, and Corporate efficiencies, realised 
a $1.0 billion improvement in cost in the 
year. These initiatives achieved a run-rate 
saving of $1.3 billion at the end of the year.
Lower sales volumes impacted EBITDA by 
$0.6 billion, as a result of volume reductions 
at Copper Chile and Copper Peru, as well as 
a proactive production response to the 
challenging diamond market affecting 
De Beers, partially offset by higher sales 
volumes at PGMs from a drawdown of 
finished goods.
Other
The $0.1 billion favourable movement was 
driven by the sale proceeds of a non-
diamond royalty right at De Beers, the 
proceeds from a gold and copper royalty, 
and lower study costs at Copper Chile. This 
was partially offset by the temporary 
suspension of the Manganese operations in 
Australia since March 2024, as a result of the 
impact of tropical cyclone Megan and the 
exclusion of earnings from Jellinbah post 
classification of held-for-sale in November.
Underlying earnings◊
Group underlying earnings decreased to 
$1.9 billion (2023: $2.9 billion), driven by 
lower underlying EBITDA, higher 
depreciation and amortisation and higher 
net finance costs, partly offset by a decrease 
in income tax expense and earnings 
attributable to non-controlling interests. 
Depreciation and amortisation
Depreciation and amortisation 
increased by 14% to $3.2 billion 
(2023: $2.8 billion), largely due to the 
depreciation of right-of-use assets in 
relation to shipping leases, a full year of 
depreciation at Copper Peru following 
commercial production in June 2023, and 
the capitalisation of projects at Copper Chile 
and PGMs.
Net finance costs and income tax expense
Net finance costs, before special items and 
remeasurements, were $0.7 billion 
(2023: $0.6 billion). The increase was 
principally driven by the impact of higher 
gross debt more than offsetting a reduction 
in floating interest rates.
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Reconciliation from underlying EBITDA◊ to underlying earnings◊
2024
2023
Underlying EBITDA◊
 
8,460  
9,958 
Depreciation and amortisation
 
(3,175)  
(2,790) 
Net finance costs and income tax expense
 
(2,609)  
(3,126) 
Non-controlling interests
 
(739)  
(1,110) 
Underlying earnings◊
 
1,937  
2,932 

The underlying effective tax rate was 
higher than the prior period at 41.1% 
(2023: 38.5%), impacted by the relative 
levels of profits arising in the Group’s 
operating jurisdictions. The tax charge for 
the period, before special items and 
remeasurements, was $1.9 billion (2023: 
$2.5 billion).
Non-controlling interests
The share of underlying earnings 
attributable to non-controlling interests was 
$0.7 billion (2023: $1.1 billion), principally 
relating to minority shareholdings in Iron Ore, 
Copper and PGMs. The decrease was driven 
by lower earnings for the year.
Special items and remeasurement
Special items and remeasurements (after 
tax and non-controlling interests) are a net 
charge of $5.0 billion (2023: net charge of 
$2.6 billion). This principally relates to the 
impairments of $2.0 billion recognised in 
De Beers and $1.6 billion recognised in 
Woodsmith (Crop Nutrients) in June, which 
was previously disclosed in the half-year 
financial report. Alongside these, there was 
a tax special items and remeasurements 
charge of $0.8 billion which includes 
deferred tax adjustments arising from the 
planned Platinum demerger and Brazilian 
deferred tax remeasurements. We expect 
total tax and transactions costs for the 
demerger of Anglo American Platinum to be 
between $400-500 million. 
Full details of the special items and 
remeasurements recorded are included in 
note 9 to the Consolidated financial 
statements.
Net debt◊
$ million
2024
2023
Opening net debt◊ at 1 January
 
(10,615) 
 
(6,918) 
Underlying EBITDA◊ from subsidiaries and joint operations
 
8,084 
 
9,241 
Working capital movements
 
1,787 
 
(1,167) 
Other cash flows from operations
 
(509) 
 
41 
Cash flows from operations
 
9,362 
 
8,115 
Capital repayments of lease obligations
 
(412) 
 
(309) 
Cash tax paid
 
(1,574) 
 
(2,001) 
Dividends from associates, joint ventures and financial asset investments(1)
 
166 
 
382 
Net interest(2)
 
(949) 
 
(727) 
Dividends paid to non-controlling interests
 
(549) 
 
(978) 
Sustaining capital expenditure
 
(4,335) 
 
(4,404) 
Sustaining attributable free cash flow◊
 
1,709 
 
78 
Growth capital expenditure and other(3)
 
(1,235) 
 
(1,463) 
Attributable free cash flow◊
 
474 
 
(1,385) 
Dividends to Anglo American plc shareholders
 
(1,026) 
 
(1,564) 
Acquisitions and disposals
 
177 
 
200 
Foreign exchange and fair value movements
 
(139) 
 
21 
Other net debt movements(4)
 
506 
 
(969) 
Total movement in net debt◊
 
(8) 
 
(3,697) 
Closing net debt◊ at 31 December
 
(10,623) 
 
(10,615) 
(1)
Excludes dividends received from Jellinbah subsequent to signing the sales agreement of $149 million now presented within ‘other net debt movements’.
(2)
Includes cash outflows of $476 million (2023: outflows of $403 million), relating to interest payments on derivatives hedging net debt, which are included 
in cash flows from derivatives related to financing activities.
(3)
Growth capital expenditure and other includes $80 million (2023: $133 million) of expenditure on non-current intangible assets. 
(4)
Includes the consideration received on the sale of our 11.9% interest in Anglo American Platinum of $935 million as part of the two accelerated 
bookbuilds; dividends received from Jellinbah of $149 million subsequent to signing the sales agreement, the purchase of shares (including for 
employee share schemes) of $135 million; other movements in lease liabilities (excluding variable vessel leases) increasing net debt by $169 million; 
contingent and deferred consideration paid in respect of acquisitions completed in previous years of $68 million; investment in joint ventures of 
$62 million; and Mitsubishi’s share of Quellaveco’s capital expenditure of $30 million; 2023 includes the purchase of shares (including for employee 
share schemes) of $274 million; Mitsubishi’s share of Quellaveco capital expenditure of $129 million; other movements in lease liabilities (excluding 
variable vessel leases) increasing net debt by $120 million; and contingent and deferred consideration paid in respect of acquisitions completed in 
previous years of $128 million.
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Net debt◊
Net debt (including related derivatives) of 
$10.6 billion remained flat in 2024. Net 
debt at 31 December 2024 represented 
gearing (net debt to total capital) of 27% 
(31 December 2023: 25%). The net debt to 
EBITDA ratio increased to 1.3x 
(31 December 2023: 1.1x), primarily as a 
result of lower underlying EBITDA , but 
remains within our target range of <1.5x at 
the bottom of the cycle. 
Cash flow from operations and 
Cash conversion◊
Cash flows from operations increased to 
$9.4 billion (2023: $8.1 billion), reflecting the 
benefit of a working capital inflow of 
$1.8 billion (2023: build of $1.2 billion). A 
receivables inflow of $1.0 billion was led by 
lower Copper sales volumes (primarily due 
to planned lower production at Copper 
Chile) and the impact of lower iron ore 
prices, more than offsetting the higher 
copper price. An inventory inflow of 
$0.8 billion was driven by a drawdown of 
work-in-progress stockpiles at PGMs to 
support sales, a revaluation of finished 
goods at Kumba and a slight reduction in 
diamond inventory. 
These factors contributed to the Group’s 
cash conversion increasing to 97% 
(2023: 54%).
Capital expenditure
Capital expenditure was $0.2 billion lower 
compared to prior year at $5.5 billion (2023: 
$5.7 billion), mainly driven by lower growth 
capital.
Sustaining capital expenditure was marginally 
lower at $4.3 billion (2023: $4.4 billion), 
primarily due to the Grosvenor underground 
fire incident, where the operation has been 
suspended since June 2024. 
Growth capital expenditure primarily relates 
to spend on the Woodsmith project (Crop 
Nutrients), the first phase of the Collahuasi 
debottlenecking initiative (Copper Chile) 
and the Kumba UHDMS project (Iron Ore). 
Growth capital expenditure was lower at 
$1.2 billion (2023: $1.3 billion), due to lower 
spend across other projects and businesses.
Attributable free cash flow◊
The Group’s attributable free cash flow 
increased to an inflow of $0.5 billion 
(2023: outflow of $1.4 billion), mainly 
due to an increase in cash flows from 
operations to $9.4 billion (2023: $8.1 billion), 
a decrease in tax payments to $1.6 billion 
(2023: $2.0 billion), a reduction in 
distributions paid to non-controlling 
interests to $0.5 billion (2023: $1.0 billion) 
and a decrease in capital expenditure to 
$5.5 billion (2023: $5.7 billion). This was 
partly offset by an increase in net interest 
paid to $0.9 billion (2023: $0.7 billion). 
Other movements in net debt
In addition to the movements in attributable 
free cash flow, the total movement in net 
debt was impacted by dividends to 
Anglo American plc shareholders, 
acquisitions and disposals, foreign 
exchange and fair value movements and 
other net debt movements. The dividend 
paid to Anglo American plc shareholders 
reduced to $1.0 billion (2023: $1.6 billion), 
driven by a reduction in underlying earnings. 
Cash inflow on disposals of $0.2 billion 
principally relate to the sale of a non-
diamond royalty right within De Beers (2023: 
$0.2 billion representing receipt of deferred 
consideration at Anglo American Platinum). 
Favourable movements in other net debt 
movements led to an inflow of $0.5 billion 
(2023: $1.0 billion outflow) which was 
driven by the receipt of consideration 
totalling $1.0 billion, primarily from the sell 
down of our interest in Anglo American 
Platinum, following the two accelerated 
bookbuild offerings that totalled 11.9% of 
the shares in Anglo American Platinum in the 
second half of the year. 
Shareholder returns
In line with the Group’s established dividend 
policy to pay out 40% of underlying 
earnings, the Board has proposed a final 
dividend of 40% of second half underlying 
earnings, equal to $0.22 per share (2023: 
$0.41 per share), equivalent to $0.3 billion 
(2023: $0.5 billion). This would take the 
shareholder returns in respect to FY 2024 to 
$0.8 billion, equivalent to $0.64 per share. 
Balance sheet
Net assets decreased by $3.1 billion to 
$28.5 billion (2023: $31.6 billion), reflecting 
dividend payments to Company 
shareholders and non-controlling interests, 
as well as the loss in the period, which was 
primarily impacted by the impairments at 
De Beers and Crop Nutrients (impairment 
taken at the half year).
Attributable ROCE◊
Attributable ROCE decreased to 12% 
(2023: 16%). Attributable underlying EBIT 
decreased to $3.8 billion (2023: $5.4 billion), 
reflecting the impact of lower underlying 
EBITDA and higher depreciation and 
amortisation. Average attributable capital 
employed decreased to $31.7 billion 
(2023: $33.2 billion), primarily due to the 
impact from the impairments recognised at 
De Beers and Crop Nutrients (impairment 
taken at the half year).
Liquidity and funding
Group liquidity was $15.3 billion (2023: 
$13.2 billion), comprising $8.1 billion of cash 
and cash equivalents (2023: $6.1 billion) 
and $7.2 billion of undrawn committed 
facilities (2023: $7.2 billion). 
During the year, the Group issued $2.9 billion 
of bond debt. In March 2024, the Group 
issued €500 million 3.75% Senior Notes due 
June 2029 and €750 million 4.125% Senior 
Notes due March 2032, and in April 2024, 
$1.0 billion 5.75% Senior Notes due April 
2034 and $500 million 6% Senior Notes due 
April 2054.
Consequently, the weighted average 
maturity on the Group’s bonds increased to 
7.6 years (2023: 7.4 years).
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Copper
From our three mining operations in Chile 
and our Quellaveco mine in Peru, we are one 
of the world’s largest producers of copper, 
essential to modern living and the future of 
clean energy and transport. Our products 
include copper concentrate, copper cathode 
and associated by-products such as 
molybdenum and silver.
Management team
Ruben Fernandes 
Regional Director, 
Americas
Patricio Hidalgo
CEO, Anglo American, 
Chile
Adolfo Heeren
CEO, Anglo American, 
Peru
Tony Power
CEO, Anglo American, 
Peru*
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Copper operations
Early-stage project
Smelter
Finland
Chile and Peru
*from 1 January 2025

Our business
In Chile, we have interests in two major 
copper operations: a 50.1% interest in 
Los Bronces mine, which we manage 
and operate, and a 44% share in the 
independently managed Collahuasi mine; 
we also manage and operate the 
El Soldado mine and the Chagres smelter 
(50.1% interest in both).
Safety
Copper Chile recorded zero fatalities in 
2024 (2023: 2) and a 5% reduction in TRIFR 
of 1.08 (2023: 1.14). 
In 2024, standardisation and digitalisation 
were at the centre of Copper Chile’s safety 
and risk management strategy. Throughout 
the year, the business standardised tools for 
capturing field data, helping to improve 
analysis and decision making, including the 
centralised capture of information coming 
from numerous site-based safety and risk 
activities within an app known as SafeTrack. 
The activities captured included risk-control 
programmes, Visible Felt Leadership 
interactions, critical-control inspections, 
technical standard assessments, planned 
task observation, contractor safety and 
other risk activities.
Copper Chile has remained focused on the 
reporting of hazards and high-potential 
hazards, particularly behaviour-related 
hazard reports.
The business has also been working on fully 
implementing its integrated safety plan for 
all Chilean operations. In 2024, the following 
initiatives were developed and completed, in 
terms of diagnostic and immediate actions:
– Technical standard self-assessments as 
part of the launch of Anglo American’s 
new standards. All self-assessments 
scheduled for the year were completed, 
business and site champions were 
appointed and routines between them 
established
– Review of all risk baselines and priority 
unwanted events
– A task force was put in place to address 
fire, electrical, structural integrity, pipeline 
integrity and emergency response risks.
Environmental performance
Energy use decreased by 9% during 2024; 
to 11.4 million GJ (2023: 12.6 million GJ). 
This was primarily due to a reduction in 
electricity consumption, driven by the 
shutdown of the Los Bronces processing 
plant in August 2024, which maintains 
minimal consumption for maintenance 
purposes. Diesel consumption was also 
lower in the year, due to operational 
changes in the mine's transportation and 
movement profile. As a result, Scope 1 GHG 
emissions decreased marginally to 0.4 Mt 
CO2e (2023: 0.4 Mt CO2e).
Copper Chile no longer reports Scope 2 
GHG emissions, as all Chilean copper 
operations have been fully supplied by 
renewable energy sources since 2021. 
This has resulted in an overall reduction of 
approximately 60% in GHG emissions over 
the period.
In line with Anglo American’s Sustainable 
Mining Plan goals, Copper Chile is focused 
on reducing fresh water withdrawals and 
improving water efficiency. Our efforts in this 
regard aim to support fresh water availability 
for local communities, as well as increase 
the volume of water re-used and recycled, 
reducing overall fresh water demand.
In 2024, Copper Chile withdrew 
10.1 million m3 of fresh water, representing 
a 53% reduction compared to the 2015 
baseline. In terms of water efficiency, we 
increased re-use and recycling to 91% at 
our mining operations.
Financial performance
Underlying EBITDA increased by 41% to 
$2,049 million (2023: $1,452 million), driven 
by higher copper prices, the benefit of a 
significant reduction in costs and the weaker 
Chilean peso. C1 unit costs decreased by 
10% to 181 c/lb (2023: 200 c/lb), reflecting 
effective cost control and the proactive 
decision to take the more costly Los Bronces 
processing plant offline, as well as the 
benefit of a weaker Chilean peso, despite an 
8% decrease in production.
Capital expenditure decreased by 8% to 
$1,161 million (2023: $1,268 million), driven 
by a weaker Chilean peso and capital 
expenditure optimisations at Los Bronces, 
partially offset by expected higher 
expenditure at Collahuasi on the 
desalination plant project.
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2024 summary: Copper Chile
0
1.08
$2,049 m
44%
466 kt
Fatalities 
TRIFR
Underlying EBITDA
EBITDA margin
Production 
volume

2024 results – Copper Chile
2024
2023
Production volume (kt)(1)
466
507
Sales volume (kt)(2)
463
505
Unit cost (c/lb)(3)
181
200
Group revenue – $m(4)
4,668
4,615
Underlying EBITDA – $m
2,049
1,452
EBITDA margin
 44% 
 31% 
Underlying EBIT – $m
1,398
893
Capex – $m
1,161
1,268
Attributable ROCE
 28% 
 22% 
 
 
 
Fatalities
0
2
TRIFR
1.08
1.14
Energy consumption – million GJ
11.4
12.6
GHG emissions – Mt CO2 equivalent
0.4
0.4
Total water withdrawals – million m3
29.3
32.6
Employee numbers
3,900
4,000
(1)
Shown on a contained metal basis. Reflects copper production from the Copper operations in Chile 
only (excludes copper production from the Platinum Group Metals business).
(2)
Shown on a contained metal basis. Excludes 422 kt third-party sales (2023: 444 kt). 
(3)
C1 unit cost includes by-product credits. 
(4)
Group revenue is shown after deduction of treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs). 
Markets
2024
2023
Average market price 
(c/lb)
415
385
Average realised price 
(Copper Chile – c/lb)
416
384
The differences between the market price 
and the realised prices are largely a function 
of provisional pricing adjustments and the 
timing of sales across the year. At Copper 
Chile, 64,200 tonnes of copper were 
provisionally priced at 395 c/lb at 
31 December 2024 (31 December 2023: 
114,500 tonnes provisionally priced at 386 
c/lb). 
Copper prices were volatile during 2024, 
reaching record nominal highs in May 
following acute physical market tightness in 
the COMEX copper contract, but prices were 
also under pressure for long periods owing 
to weak Chinese physical demand 
conditions. Copper averaged 415 c/lb, up 
8% compared to the prior period (2023: 385 
c/lb), driven by the rally seen in Q2, partially 
offset by the weak prevailing demand 
conditions in China and Europe. Chinese 
stimulus announcements towards the end of 
the year have helped shore up demand, 
although the effect of a stronger US dollar 
has depressed dollar-denominated 
commodity prices, with the copper price 
ending 2024 only 3% higher than where it 
ended 2023. Copper prices are expected to 
remain well-supported by the growing 
electrification and energy transition 
infrastructure investment.
Operational performance
Copper production of 466,400 tonnes 
decreased by 8% (2023: 507,200 tonnes), 
due to the planned closure of the smaller of 
the two Los Bronces processing plants and 
anticipated lower grade, as well as lower 
copper recovery and grade at Collahuasi.
At Los Bronces, production decreased by 
20% to 172,400 tonnes (2023: 215,500 
tonnes), due to planned closure of the older, 
smaller and more costly Los Bronces 
processing plant, which has been on care 
and maintenance since July 2024, coupled 
with anticipated lower ore grade (0.47% vs 
0.51%) and impacts on throughput due to 
ore hardness. As previously disclosed, the 
unfavourable ore characteristics in the 
current mining area will continue to impact 
operations until the next phase of the mine, 
where the grades are expected to be higher 
and ore softer. Development work for this 
phase is now under way and it is expected 
to benefit production from early 2027 (refer 
to ‘Operational outlook’ below for further 
details).
At Collahuasi, Anglo American’s attributable 
share of copper production decreased by 
3% to 245,800 tonnes (2023: 252,200 
tonnes), due to lower copper recovery and 
lower ore grade (1.15% vs 1.17%), partially 
offset by higher throughput driven by the 
fifth ball mill that started up in Q4 2023. As 
the mine transitions between different 
phases, the processing of lower grade 
stockpiles is expected to continue into 2025.
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Production at El Soldado increased by 22% 
to 48,200 tonnes (2023: 39,500 tonnes) due 
to planned higher grade (0.94% vs 0.72%).
During 2024, the central zone of Chile, 
where Los Bronces and El Soldado are 
located, experienced record levels of rain 
and snow with the wettest June and also the 
most snowfall in over 20 years. While both 
operations were impacted, there was limited 
disruption as a result of various pre-emptive 
initiatives, despite the extent of snowfall.
Operational outlook
Los Bronces
Los Bronces is currently mining a single 
phase with expected lower grades. As 
previously disclosed, stripping of additional 
mining phases is progressing according to 
plan, aiming to mitigate previous delays in 
mine development, permitting and 
operational challenges.
Los Bronces is a world-class copper deposit, 
accounting for more than 2% of the world’s 
known copper resources. While the 
operation effectively works through the 
challenges in the mine, and until the 
economics improve, the older, smaller 
(c.40% of total plant capacity) and more 
costly Los Bronces processing plant will 
remain on care and maintenance.
Development work for the next higher-
grade, softer-ore phase of the mine, Donoso 
2, is under way and is expected to benefit 
production from early 2027. The first phase 
of the Los Bronces integrated water security 
project is also ongoing, which will secure a 
large portion of the mine’s water needs 
through a desalinated water supply from 
2026.
Pre-feasibility studies to advance the 
permitted Los Bronces open pit expansion 
and underground development are 
progressing and are expected to be finalised 
in the second half of 2025.
Collahuasi
Collahuasi is a world-class orebody with 
significant growth potential. Near term 
grades are expected to be c.1.05% TCu, 
with the exception of 2025 where the grade 
temporarily declines to c.0.95% TCu for the 
year, due to the processing of lower grade 
stockpiles as the mine transitions between 
different phases. Various debottlenecking 
options are being studied that are expected 
to add c.25,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) 
(our 44% share) from late 2027. Beyond 
that, studies and permitting are under way 
for a fourth processing line in the plant and 
mine expansion that would add up to 
c.150,000 tpa (our 44% share). Timing of 
that expansion is subject to the permitting 
process; depending on permit approval, first 
production could follow from the early 
2030s.
A desalination plant is currently under 
construction that will meet a large portion of 
the mine’s water requirements when 
complete in 2026 and has been designed to 
accommodate capital-efficient expansion 
to support the fourth processing line 
expansion project. Until then, the operation 
continues to progress mitigation measures 
to optimise and reduce water consumption, 
secure third-party sources and materialise 
an option to provide ultrafiltered sea water 
to the operation during the second half of 
2025. 
El Soldado
Production in 2025 is expected to return to 
2023 production levels (c.40,000 tpa) due 
to planned lower grades, before declining to 
30,000–35,000 tpa until end of mine life 
which is expected by mid-2028. Options to 
extend the life of the mine beyond 2028 are 
being evaluated.
Copper Chile
Production guidance for Chile for 2025 is 
380,000–410,000 tonnes, impacted by 
declining grades at most operations in Chile 
and the full year impact from the one Los 
Bronces processing plant which was put on 
care and maintenance at the end of July 
2024. Production is subject to water 
availability, and is expected to be weighted 
to the second half of 2025 given the impact 
from lower grades in the first half, particularly 
in Q1 at Collahuasi. 2025 unit cost guidance 
is c.185 c/lb(19), higher than the 2024 unit 
cost of 181 c/lb, reflecting the impact of 
lower production, partially offset by the 
benefit from the weaker Chilean peso 
guidance spot FX rate and further cost 
reductions. 
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Our business
In Peru, we have a 60% interest in the 
Quellaveco mine. As one of the largest 
operations to be developed across the 
mining industry in many years, it has ramped 
up fully and is expected to produce 300,000 
tonnes of copper equivalent per year on 
average over the first 10 years of production, 
with a 33-year Reserve Life.
Safety
In 2024, Quellaveco reaffirmed its 
commitment to safety, achieving zero 
fatalities and a 35% reduction in TRIFR to 
0.96 (2023: 1.47). This achievement reflects 
a sustained commitment to key initiatives, 
such as significantly increasing quality 
leadership time in the field through Visible 
Felt Leadership and Safe Leadership 
practices, with a particular focus on direct 
engagement with key contractors’ 
workforces.
Awareness campaigns and targeted actions 
also played a crucial role, addressing critical 
topics such as hand and finger safety, 
fatigue management in the workplace, and 
the right to say no to unsafe work. Strategic 
safety stops were also conducted across 
operations to analyse incidents, identify 
critical risks and reinforce the necessary 
actions to ensure an increasingly safer 
workplace. Furthermore, a dedicated 
Rockfall Management Task Force was 
deployed, focused on mapping high-risk 
zones, as well as defining and implementing 
specific preventive measures.
Quellaveco recorded a 530% increase in 
high-potential hazard reporting in 2024, as 
a result of an enhanced focus on preventive 
management. This included analysis of 
recorded high-potential incidents in order to 
identify the key factors which would lead to 
a reduction and prevent recurrence. The 
importance of executing Planned Task 
Observations was similarly reinforced. 
Among technological innovations, the use of 
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems was 
consolidated, contributing to the reduction 
of unsafe behaviours such as mobile phone 
use and speeding while operating vehicles, 
supported by real-time alert systems.
To further strengthen its safety culture, 
Quellaveco also promoted the creation of 
new discussion forums, such as the Fatigue 
Committee and the Innovation Committee. 
These spaces enabled employees, 
particularly contractor leadership, to actively 
participate in analysing and identifying 
innovative and effective solutions to 
enhance safety across operations.
Environmental performance
In 2024, energy consumption increased to 
7.6 million GJ (2023: 6.3 million GJ). GHG 
emissions also increased marginally in 2024, 
totalling 0.2 Mt CO2e (2023: 0.2 Mt CO2e) 
due to increased haulage truck usage.
At Quellaveco, the commitment to minimise 
environmental impact is underscored by the 
use of 100% renewable energy, with total 
energy demand met through wind turbines 
operated by Engie. 
Quellaveco has made significant progress 
with its net-positive impact on biodiversity 
initiative by developing compensation 
projects, including collaborative efforts 
with Peruvian government entities. These 
projects focus on priority flora and fauna 
species identified during the pre-feasibility 
phase, and align with Anglo American’s 
Sustainable Mining Plan goals. This initiative 
was recognised and awarded by the Wildlife 
Habitat Council (WHC) in the Forestation 
category at the WHC Conservation 
Conference 2024 for the Quellaveco Leaves 
a Green Footprint project, a globally 
recognised initiative that is making a 
significant contribution to environmental 
conservation and sustainable development.
More accurate data on operational water 
consumption has been collected during the 
year, improving the baseline now that 
operations have stabilised following 
achievement of planned production 
capacity. 
Financial performance
Underlying EBITDA was flat at $1,756 million 
(2023: $1,781 million), reflecting higher 
copper prices offset by lower sales volumes. 
C1 unit costs decreased by 5% to 105 c/lb 
(2023: 111 c/lb), reflecting the benefit from 
an increase in by-product credits from 
higher molybdenum production and the 
benefit from marketing activities on 
molybdenum sales and access to the 
treatment and refinement charges spot 
market.
Capital expenditure increased by 5% to 
$437 million (2023: $416 million), due to 
higher sustaining capital in the current 
period as the asset commenced 
commercial production in June 2023. This 
was partly offset by decreased growth 
capital following project completion.
Markets
2024
2023
Average market price 
(c/lb)
415
385
Average realised price 
(Copper Peru – c/lb)
415
384
At Copper Peru, 69,072 tonnes of copper 
were provisionally priced at 415 c/lb at 
31 December 2024 (31 December 2023: 
39,000 tonnes provisionally priced at 385 c/lb).
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2024 summary: Copper Peru
0
0.96 $1,756 m 60%
306 kt
Fatalities 
TRIFR
Underlying EBITDA
EBITDA margin
Production 
volume

2024 results – Copper Peru
2024
2023
Production volume (kt)(1)
306
319
Sales volume (kt)(2)
306
339
Unit cost (c/lb)(3)
105
111
Group revenue – $m(4)
2,904
2,745
Underlying EBITDA – $m
1,756
1,781
EBITDA margin
 60% 
 65% 
Underlying EBIT – $m
1,406
1,558
Capex – $m(5)
437
416
Attributable ROCE
 19% 
 19% 
 
 
 
Fatalities
0
0
TRIFR
0.96
1.47
Energy consumption – million GJ
7.6
6.3
GHG emissions – Mt CO2 equivalent
0.2
0.2
Total water withdrawals – million m3
22.3
20.0
Employee numbers
1,200
1,000
(1)
Shown on a contained metal basis. Reflects copper production from the Copper operations in Peru 
only (excludes copper production from the Platinum Group Metals business).
(2)
Shown on a contained metal basis. Excludes 422 kt third-party sales (2023: 444 kt). 
(3)
C1 unit cost includes by-product credits. 
(4)
Group revenue is shown after deduction of treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs). 
(5)
Figures on a 100% basis (Group’s share: 60%). 
Operational performance 
Quellaveco production decreased by 4% to 
306,300 tonnes (2023: 319,000 tonnes), 
owing to anticipated lower grades (0.76% vs 
0.96%) as the mine moves through a lower-
grade area which impacted recoveries 
(81% vs 83%, inclusive of the coarse particle 
recovery plant), partially offset by record 
plant throughput in the year due to 
increased plant stability and the benefit 
from the higher allowance on the plant 
throughput permit.
Operational outlook
Quellaveco in Peru is our newest copper 
mine in our portfolio of world-class copper 
assets, designed to produce on average 
c.300,000 tonnes of copper per annum. 
In the latter part of 2023, a revised mine 
plan was put into place due to a localised 
geotechnical fault. The stripping and pit 
development work is progressing well, with 
other lower grade phases being mined and 
opened up to increase the flexibility in the pit. 
After five years of operating, maintenance 
will be carried out on the concentrator plant, 
including the mills and conveyors; this is 
expected to occur in 2027 and 2028, 
modestly impacting production in 
those years.
There is significant expansion potential that 
could sustain production beyond the initial 
high-grade area. Currently, the plant 
throughput is permitted to a level of 
127,500 tonnes per day (tpd) and a change 
in legislation in the middle of 2024 has 
increased the permit allowance from 5% to 
10%, enabling throughput to increase from 
133,800 tpd to c.140,000 tpd. In light of this, 
studies are under way for an incremental 
expansion to c.140,000 tpd, potentially by 
late 2026. A subsequent increase to 
c.150,000 tpd is in the pre-feasibility study 
stage, and subject to further permitting, that 
could benefit production volumes from late 
2027. Beyond that, different expansion 
alternatives are under study, including a 
possible third ball mill. There is also 
interesting regional potential that our 
Discovery team is progressing – including 
the adjacent Jilata area, c.10 km away.
Production guidance for Peru for 2025 is 
310,000–340,000 tonnes. 2025 unit cost 
guidance is c.110 c/lb(19), higher than the 
2024 unit cost of 105 c/lb, reflecting the 
impact of lower Molybdenum production 
and by-product credits, despite the 
expected higher copper production.
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Iron Ore
Anglo American’s iron ore operations produce 
premium-grade iron ore products which help 
our steel customers reduce emissions and 
meet ever-tighter emissions standards. In 
South Africa, we own 69.7% of Kumba Iron 
Ore. In Brazil, we own 85% of the integrated 
Minas-Rio operation(9).
Management team
Ruben Fernandes
Regional Director, 
Americas
Themba Mkhwanazi
Regional Director, Africa 
and Australia
Ana Sanches
CEO, Anglo American, 
Brazil
Mpumi Zikalala
CEO, Kumba Iron Ore
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Iron Ore operations
Smelter
South Africa
Brazil
Ferroport Açu port
(50% ownership)

Our business
Kumba operates two open-pit mines – 
Sishen and Kolomela – both located in the 
Northern Cape of South Africa, producing 
premium grade (63–65% average Fe 
content) and high-quality lump ore and a 
fine ore. Around 66% of Kumba’s production 
is lump, which commands a premium price, 
owing to its excellent physical strength and 
high iron content, as well as its suitability for 
lower carbon, direct reduction steelmaking. 
Kumba is serviced by an 861 km rail line to 
the Atlantic coast at Saldanha Bay, 
managed by Transnet, the third-party rail 
and port operator.
Our Marketing teams work closely with our 
customers to match our products with their 
needs – before shipment from Saldanha Bay 
to China, Japan, Europe, the Gulf and the 
Americas.
Safety
Kumba recorded zero fatal incidents in the 
year (2023: 1), with the TRIFR improving by 
22% to 0.76 (2023: 0.98). 
Kumba has continued to implement a 
number of safety interventions in the year, 
including a ‘Stop for Safety’ day at Sishen 
and Kolomela, with assigned work 
teams participating in a day of safety 
engagements, reviewing priority unwanted 
events and associated critical control 
requirements. A daily ‘safety rhythm and 
routines’ practice was also launched, 
setting up the minimum mandatory 
behaviours and actions required by all 
employees to ensure a safe working 
practice and way of work. The engagements 
have been successful, with significant 
learnings shared across Kumba. 
Environmental performance
In 2024, Kumba’s GHG emissions were 
13% lower at 0.84 Mt CO2e than the prior 
year (2023: 0.97 Mt CO2e), with energy 
consumption decreasing by 20% to 
7.08 million GJ from (2023: 8.9 million GJ). 
This reduction is in line with the 2024 
business plan which resulted in parking of 
mining equipment due to reduced waste 
mining, optimised deposition plan at Sishen 
resulting in shorter hauling distance, the 
mothballing of the Kolomela DMS plant and 
reduced production at Kolomela.
Production activities overwhelmingly 
account for both total and fresh water 
withdrawals. In 2025, a slight decrease in 
production is expected; we anticipate this 
will have a bearing on water-withdrawal 
quantities, which will also be influenced, 
albeit to a lesser extent, by climate change 
considerations, as well as the planned 
construction to raise the height of the tailings 
storage facility. Looking at 2025 as a whole, 
we envisage there will be increased focus on 
how Kumba applies its hierarchy of water 
use, which is aimed at minimising the offtake 
of fresh water, while maximising the re-use 
of affected water.
Financial performance
Underlying EBITDA decreased by 35% to 
$1,581 million (2023: $2,415 million), driven 
by a lower realised price and lower sales 
volumes. Unit costs were down 5% at $39/
tonne (2023: $41/tonne), as a result of the 
benefit of the mine and cost optimisation 
work ($0.2 billion), partly offset by cost 
pressures.
Capital expenditure was broadly flat at 
$527 million (2023: $538 million), due to 
lower stay-in-business spend in line with 
the mine reconfiguration and optimisation, 
as well as lower life-extension spend, offset 
by higher deferred stripping capitalisation.
Within special items and remeasurements, 
an impairment reversal of $217 million 
(before tax and non-controlling interest) was 
recognised at Kolomela following revisions 
to the medium-term production profile in the 
latest Life of Asset Plan.
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2024 summary: Kumba Iron Ore
0
0.76 $1,581 m 42%
35.7 Mt
Fatalities
TRIFR
Underlying EBITDA
EBITDA margin
Production 
volume

2024 results – Kumba Iron Ore(1)
2024
2023
Production volume (Mt)(2)
35.7
35.7
Sales volume (Mt)(2)
36.2
37.2
Unit cost ($/t)(3)
39
41
Group revenue – $m
3,796
4,680
Underlying EBITDA – $m
1,581
2,415
EBITDA margin
 42% 
 52% 
Underlying EBIT – $m
1,260
2,136
Capex – $m
527
538
Attributable ROCE
 40% 
 71% 
 
Fatalities
0
1
TRIFR
0.76
0.98
Energy consumption – million GJ
7.1
8.9
GHG emissions – Mt CO2 equivalent
0.8
1.0
Total water withdrawals – million m3
9.2
9.9
Employee numbers
6,600
6,700
(1)
Production and sales volumes, stock and realised price are reported on a wet basis and could differ 
from Kumba's stand-alone results due to sales to other Group companies. 
(2)
Production and sales volumes are reported as wet metric tonnes. Product is shipped with c.1.6% 
moisture from Kumba
(3)
Unit costs are reported on an FOB wet basis. 
Markets
2024
2023
Average market price
(Platts 62% Fe CFR 
China – $/tonne)
109
120
Average realised price 
(Kumba export – $/
tonne) (FOB wet basis)
92
117
Kumba’s FOB realised price of $92/wet 
metric tonne (wmt) was above the 
equivalent Platts 62% Fe FOB Saldanha 
market price (adjusted for moisture) of 
$89/wmt in 2024. The premiums for iron 
content (at 64.1% Fe ) and lump product 
(approximately 66%) were partially offset 
by the impact of provisionally priced sales 
volumes. 
Operational performance
Production was flat at 35.7 Mt (2023: 
35.7 Mt) and in line with Transnet’s rail 
performance. Production was marginally up 
at Sishen at 25.7 Mt (2023: 25.4 Mt), offset 
by a 2% decrease at Kolomela to 10.1Mt 
(2023: 10.3 Mt), reflecting the 
reconfiguration of the business to align 
production to third-party logistics 
performance.
Sales volumes were down 3% to 36.2 Mt 
(2023: 37.2 Mt), reflecting the impact of low 
levels of finished stock at Saldanha Bay port 
due to several derailments during the year, 
the unscheduled five-day mini-shut by 
Transnet in April and adverse weather 
conditions at the port.
As a result of the Transnet logistics 
challenges, total finished stock increased by 
0.4 Mt to 7.5 Mt, with stock at the mines 
increasing by 0.4 Mt to 6.9 Mt and stock at 
the port is 0.5 Mt.
Operational outlook
Production is expected to remain at 35–37 
Mtpa in the near term, apart from 2026, 
which is expected to decrease by c.4 Mt to 
31-33 Mtpa reflecting the tie-in of the ultra-
high-dense-media-separation (UHDMS) 
project which was announced by Kumba in 
August 2024. Unit costs are expected to be 
between $39–40/tonne during this three-
year period (previously $38-40/tonne), due 
to the slightly stronger South African rand 
guidance spot FX rate. Sales volumes for 
2025 are expected to be in line with 2025 
production as a result of the low level of 
finished stock at Saldanha Bay port at the 
end of 2024 and Transnet’s demonstrated 
logistics performance in 2024 (80%) 
compared to 2023 (84%). 
Production guidance for 2025 is 35–37Mt, 
subject to third-party rail and port availability 
and performance, and 2025 unit cost 
guidance is c.$39/tonne(20), in line with the 
2024 unit cost of $39/tonne.
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Our business
Our integrated iron ore operation in Brazil, 
Minas-Rio, consists of an open-pit mine 
and beneficiation plant, which produces 
a premium grade (c.67% Fe) pellet feed 
product, with low levels of contaminants. 
The iron ore is then transported through 
a 529 km pipeline to the iron ore handling 
and shipping facilities at the port of Açu. 
In 2024 we also completed the transaction 
to combine the Serra da Serpentina high-
quality iron ore resource owned by Vale into 
Minas-Rio. Options to maximise the long-
term value of the two deposits are currently 
being evaluated.
Safety
Minas-Rio has not had a fatal accident 
since 2015. In 2024, the TRIFR increased 
marginally to 1.37 (2023: 1.32), despite 
a significant increase in hours worked.
During the year, efforts were focused on a 
number of important safety-related cultural 
and behavioural change programmes, 
emphasising the recognition of employees 
and contractors for their safe behaviours, 
and elimination of unsafe conditions. The 
gamification of safety training played a 
crucial role in improving the workforce's 
understanding of safety controls, thus 
improving the overall quality of activities 
performed. 
As an important leading indicator, high-
potential hazards reports are addressed 
when deficiencies in critical controls are 
identified. The learning and investigations 
process, sponsored by Anglo American 
Brazil’s executive team, significantly 
improved the quality of incident 
investigations. Minas-Rio has also 
completed the implementation of the 
Anglo American’s Contractor Performance 
Management framework, improving 
contractor performance through risk-based 
planning and safe work execution.
Environmental performance
Energy consumption at Minas-Rio increased 
by 7% to 5.8 million GJ (2023: 5.4 million GJ) 
related to higher production volume in the 
year, while GHG emissions were in line with 
the prior year at 0.17 Mt CO2e (2023: 0.16 
Mt CO2e). Minas-Rio has no Scope 2 GHG 
emissions, as all power for the operation 
comes from renewable sources.
Minas-Rio acquired new areas of natural 
habitat as part of its strategy to create an 
ecological corridor around the operation, 
further reinforcing the commitment to forest 
compensation, sustainable practices and 
ecological connectivity in the region. To 
date, Minas-Rio manages more than 22,000 
hectares of native vegetation, divided into 
multiple protected areas.
Water efficiency at Minas-Rio increased 
from 74.2% in 2023 to 81.7%. This 
improvement was due to the reduced intake 
from the Rio do Peixe river in the year, for 
environmental and operational reasons.
Financial performance
Underlying EBITDA decreased by 33% to 
$1,074 million (2023: $1,598 million), 
primarily due to lower realised prices. Unit 
costs decreased by 9% to $30/tonne (2023: 
$33/tonne), primarily due to the weaker 
Brazilian real and higher production volume 
as well as the recognition and capitalisation 
of ROM stockpiles from 2024.
Capital expenditure was 13% higher at 
$418 million (2023: $371 million), primarily 
due to the start of the assembly phase for 
the new tailings filtration plant, which is 
expected to startup in 2026.
Markets
2024
2023
Average market price 
(MB 65% Fe Fines 
CFR – $/tonne)
123
132
Average realised price
(Minas-Rio – $/tonne) 
(FOB wet basis)
84
110
Minas-Rio’s pellet feed product is higher 
grade (with iron content of c.67% and lower 
impurities) so the MB 65 Fines index is used 
when referring to the Minas-Rio product. The 
Minas-Rio realised price of $84/wmt FOB 
was 3% lower than the equivalent MB 65 
FOB Brazil index (adjusted for moisture) of 
$87/wmt, impacted by provisional pricing 
which more than offset the premium for our 
high-quality product.
Operational performance
Production increased by 3% to 25.0 Mt 
(2023: 24.2 Mt), as a result of robust plans 
through the year which helped secure the 
volume and quality of the ore feed for the 
plant, in conjunction with good plant stability. 
Minas-Rio achieved its best 12-month 
operational performance ever, 
demonstrating operational excellence 
throughout the year.
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2024 summary: Minas-Rio
0
1.37 $1,074 m 39%
25.0 Mt
Fatalities
TRIFR
Underlying EBITDA
EBITDA margin
Production volume 
(wet basis)

Operational outlook
In the second half of 2025, Minas-Rio will 
undertake the next inspection of the 529 km 
pipeline that carries iron ore slurry from the 
plant to the port. Improvements were made 
to the inspection strategy that extended its 
duration to ensure the rigour of data 
collection while also incorporating some 
additional plant maintenance to coincide 
with the operational stoppage. Pipeline 
inspections take place every five years and 
are validated by external consultants and 
agreed with the Brazilian Environmental 
Authorities.
Production guidance for 2025 is 22–24 Mt. 
2025 unit cost guidance is c.$32/tonne(20), 
higher than the 2024 unit cost of $30/tonne, 
due to lower production volumes, despite 
the weaker Brazilian real guidance spot FX 
rate.
Following a record 12-month performance 
of 25 million tonnes in 2024, focus will 
remain on delivering consistent and stable 
production, while increasing the maturity of 
the capital projects to sustain and grow 
production volumes as well as improving the 
mine plan to minimise ore feed quality 
variability. In light of the completion of the 
transaction to integrate the contiguous 
Serra da Serpentina high-grade iron ore 
resource, options to maximise long-term 
value are currently being evaluated. 
In parallel, Minas-Rio is focused on 
increasing tailings storage capacity. The 
tailings filtration plant project is on track for 
completion by early 2026 and alternative, 
additional disposal options continue to be 
studied.
2024 results – Minas-Rio
2024
2023
Production volume (Mt)(1)
25.0
24.2
Sales volume (Mt)(1)
24.7
24.3
Unit cost ($/t)
30
33
Group revenue – $m
2,777
3,320
Underlying EBITDA – $m
1,074
1,598
EBITDA margin
 39% 
 48% 
Underlying EBIT – $m
875
1,413
Capex – $m
418
371
Attributable ROCE
 15% 
 24% 
 
Fatalities
0
0
TRIFR
1.37
1.32
Energy consumption – million GJ
5.8
5.4
GHG emissions – Mt CO2 equivalent
0.2
0.2
Total water withdrawals – million m3
22.0
27.5
Employee numbers
2,900
2,600
(1)
Production and sales volumes are reported as wet metric tonnes. Production is Mt (wet basis). 
Product is shipped with c.9% moisture.
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Platinum Group 
Metals (PGMs)
Our PGMs business (held through an effective 
67%(21) interest in Anglo American Platinum 
Limited) is a leading producer of PGMs, 
essential metals for a wide variety of 
technology-based applications, including 
cleaning vehicle exhaust emissions and as 
the catalyst in electric fuel cell technology. 
Management team
Themba Mkhwanazi
Regional Director, Africa 
and Australia
Craig Miller
CEO, Platinum Group 
Metals
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Key
PGM operations
South Africa and Zimbabwe
Bushveld 
Complex
Great 
Dyke

Our business
We wholly own and operate three mining 
operations in South Africa’s Bushveld 
complex: Mogalakwena – the world’s largest 
open-pit PGMs mine – Amandelbult and 
Mototolo. We also own and operate Unki 
mine – one of the world’s largest PGM 
deposits outside of South Africa, on the 
Great Dyke in Zimbabwe. We own smelting 
and refining operations, located in South 
Africa, which treat concentrates from our 
wholly owned mines, joint operations and 
third parties. We disposed of our 50% 
interest in Kroondal in November 2023. 
Kroondal transitioned to a 100% third-party 
purchase of concentrate arrangement, 
before transition to a toll arrangement, 
effective 1 September 2024.
Uses of PGMs
PGMs are used in an extensive range of 
applications. In the automotive industry, they 
are used in catalytic converters and in fuel 
cell electric vehicle (FCEV) technology. 
Platinum, palladium and rhodium enable 
catalytic converters to reduce pollutants 
from car exhaust gases. FCEVs provide a 
zero emissions powertrain technology, 
particularly well suited to heavy-duty, long-
range and fleet vehicles. Demand for PGMs 
from the car industry is forecast to remain 
healthy, helped by the ongoing trend 
towards cleaner-emission vehicles, driven 
by more stringent emissions legislation. 
While we recognise that increased demand 
for battery electric vehicles poses a 
downside risk to demand for the PGM-
containing catalytic converters used in 
internal combustion engine vehicles, it is 
partly offset by hybrid-powered vehicles, 
which require similar quantities of PGMs, 
and, longer term, FCEVs.
With rising concerns about the environment 
and energy costs, there is also growing 
interest in platinum-based fuel cells as an 
alternative energy source. Fuel cell mini-grid 
electrification technology is an attractive, 
cost-competitive alternative to grid 
electrification in remote rural areas and 
could accelerate access to electricity.
Platinum is also widely used in jewellery 
owing to its purity, strength, resistance 
to fading and ability to hold precious 
stones securely.
Platinum, palladium and rhodium each have 
a wide range of other uses in the chemical, 
electrical, medical, glass and petroleum 
industries. PGMs enable efficient production 
of goods, ranging from glass to fertilisers, as 
well as a diverse range of other products, 
such as cancer-treatment drugs. Ruthenium 
is used as a catalyst in many chemical and 
electro-chemical processes, with properties 
that make it widely used in semiconductors 
and hard disks. Iridium is also widely used as 
a chemical and electro-chemical catalyst, 
for instance in chloralkali electrodes. 
Being highly corrosion-resistant, it is also 
used to make crucibles, in which crystals for 
the electronics industry are grown.
We are committed to developing demand 
for PGMs and invest both directly and 
through AP Ventures, an independent 
venture capital fund with a mandate to invest 
in the development of new applications for 
the full suite of PGMs. We are also a major 
participant in the Platinum Guild International, 
which plays a key role in supporting and 
growing platinum jewellery demand. 
Safety
Tragically, we lost three colleagues in 2024 
in two separate incidents. Tshepiso Terrence 
Mokale and Euzmen Ndlebe lost their lives 
in an ore pass-related incident at Dishaba 
mine (Amandelbult). Basanda Glen Langeni 
passed away following an incident, also 
at Dishaba. 
These incidents were a major setback to our 
steadily improving safety efforts and marked 
the end of an unprecedented 30-month 
fatality-free period for the PGMs business. 
Notably, however, Mogalakwena, Mototolo 
and Unki each achieved more than 12 years 
of fatality-free mining, demonstrating that 
zero harm is indeed attainable, and 
sustainable, through effective safety 
management.
We had 132 recordable injuries in 2024 
(2023: 135), resulting in a TRIFR of 
1.67 (2023:1.61). The business recorded 
114 lost-time injuries (LTIs) in 2024 (2023: 
122), which represented a lost-time injury-
frequency rate (LTIFR) of 1.44, down 1% 
from 2023 (1.45).
We have increased our efforts to maintain 
leadership visibility in the field, proactive 
interventions by frontline supervisors 
through rigorous workplace stoppages 
where unsafe acts and conditions exist, 
and meticulous reporting of high-potential 
hazard protocols. The introduction of an 
enhanced prework risk assessment process 
(SLAM), focusing on identification of fatal 
risks and their associated controls, 
is designed to ensure employees 
understand the controls that enable work to 
be carried out safely and stop any work 
where these controls are not in place. These 
initiatives are fundamental to our holistic risk 
management framework, which seeks to 
prevent any recurrence of similar incidents.
Together with the fatal risk management 
framework, we continue to roll out our 
contractor management programme 
as well as our safety leadership practices 
behaviour-based initiative. 
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3
1.67 $1,106 19%
3,553 koz
Fatalities
TRIFR
Underlying 
EBITDA
EBITDA margin
Production volume – 
PGMs 5E+gold

Environmental performance
Our electricity offtake agreement for 
c.460 megawatts (MW) from Envusa Energy 
was concluded in 2024. The Mooiplaats 
Solar photo-voltaic (PV) plant and the 
wind-power projects at Umsobomvu and 
Hartebeesthoek are now under 
construction. Our embedded solar PV 
projects, a 125 MW project at Amandelbult 
and a 75 MW project at Polokwane Smelter, 
are in study phases, while, in Zimbabwe, our 
Unki mine 10 MW (phase 1) solar PV project 
is in execution planning.
Energy consumption decreased by 4% to 
19.9 million GJ (2023: 20.6 million GJ), with 
GHG emissions also reflecting a decrease 
from the prior year at 4.24 Mt CO2e (2023: 
4.29 Mt CO2e). This performance meets 
overall targets, with the results reflecting 
stable operations and a step-change 
improvement in energy productivity and a 
decline in GHG emissions at key operations. 
These results were supported by the 
suspension of Eskom load curtailment, and 
an active energy and GHG emissions 
management programme. Around 86% of 
our GHG emissions (3.66 Mt CO2e) are 
Scope 2, with 14% (0.58 Mt CO2e) being 
Scope 1, and are mainly derived from direct 
use of diesel and coal in mining and 
processing operations.
Total water withdrawals decreased by 4% to 
35.9 million m³ (2023: 37.5 million m³) as 
PGMs continued to focus on operational 
improvements and water efficiency, re-use, 
and conservation opportunities. We 
recorded a water efficiency of 70% for all the 
operations. We have implemented Dynamic 
Scale Reduction units at some of our 
processing plants to improve water 
efficiency, and have started with the 
implementation of a grey water treatment at 
Rustenburg that will significantly reduce our 
future potable water use. The delivery of 
water-reduction projects in the next five 
years and the implementation of new 
technologies that improve water-reduction 
efforts such as coarse particle recovery and 
hydraulic dewatered stacking are expected 
to help PGMs meet its long-term water 
withdrawal targets. Zero level 3 or higher 
water incidents were recorded in 2024 
(2023: 0). 
Financial performance
Underlying EBITDA decreased to $1,106 
million (2023: $1,209 million) driven by an 
11% decrease in the PGM basket price and 
inflationary increases impacting costs, partly 
offset by cost saving initiatives. The own 
mined unit cost decreased by 1% to $957/
PGM ounce (2023: $968/PGM ounce) as a 
result of cost saving initiatives and higher 
capitalised waste stripping, with those 
benefits mostly offset by higher inflation and 
lower own mined production.
Capital expenditure of $1,013 million was 
9% down (2023: $1,108 million) as a result 
of the rationalisation and planned lower 
stay-in-business expenditure. This was 
partly offset by planned higher spend on 
lifex projects, predominantly at 
Mogalakwena and Mototolo.
Markets
2024
2023
Average platinum 
market price ($/oz)
 
956 
965
Average palladium 
market price ($/oz)
 
984 
1,336
Average rhodium 
market price ($/oz)
 
4,637 
6,611
US$ realised basket 
price ($/PGM oz)
1,468
1,657
PGM prices in 2024 were lower on average 
than in 2023. The realised basket price was 
$1,468/oz (2023: $1,657/oz), down 11% 
compared to 2023. This was driven largely 
by decreases in the realised prices of 
rhodium and palladium by 30% and 24% 
respectively.
The large year-on-year movements were as 
a result of the sharp price fall in H1 2023, 
while over the course of 2024 the realised 
basket price has been far more stable. In H2 
2024, the basket price was 3% higher than 
H1 2024.
Palladium remained under pressure during 
the year, and was the more volatile of the 
PGMs, with new multi-year lows followed by 
sharp rallies as a result of the market 
realisation of low metal availability. Rhodium 
ended the year higher than it began, albeit 
staying in a narrow range. Both metals were 
in a supply deficit, but faced sluggish 
automotive demand, as globally vehicle 
manufacturers responded to slowing light 
vehicle sales growth by modestly curbing 
production.
Platinum, by contrast, was the most 
important contributor to the basket price 
and continued to show remarkable price 
stability as its annual average in 2024 was 
very similar to that of 2023 and 2022. A slow 
move into deficit was supportive, as was 
robust investor demand, but price gains 
were limited by a much stronger US dollar.
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Operational performance
Total PGM production decreased by 7% to 
3,553,100 ounces (2023: 3,806,100 
ounces) primarily due to the Kroondal 
transition to a 4E toll arrangement 
(1 September 2024), as well as slightly 
lower own mined volumes. 
Own-mined production
PGM production from own-managed mines 
(Mogalakwena, Amandelbult, Unki and 
Mototolo) and equity share of joint 
operations decreased by 11% to 2,191,800 
ounces (2023: 2,460,200 ounces) due to the 
disposal of Kroondal. Excluding Kroondal, 
own mined production decreased by 4%, 
reflecting lower production from 
Amandelbult due to safety stoppages and 
blending lower grade stockpiles at 
Mogalakwena.
Amandelbult production decreased by 9% 
to 579,800 ounces (2023: 634,200 ounces) 
primarily due to the fatal safety incidents 
and subsequent self-imposed safety 
stoppages in July and October. The first half 
of the year demonstrated improvements in 
productivity across the Amandelbult 
Complex driven by the crew efficiency and 
mining optimisation work undertaken 
through the cost-out initiatives. 
Mogalakwena production decreased by 2% 
to 953,400 ounces (2023: 973,500 ounces) 
primarily due to blending low grade 
stockpiles in the first half of the year as the 
new bench cut sequence progressed, which 
resulted in higher waste tonnes extracted in 
the short term, as well as the impact from the 
downtime and repairs caused by an 
electrical failure in the North Concentrator’s 
primary mill.
Production from other operations decreased 
by 23% to 658,600 ounces (2023: 852,500 
ounces) mainly due to the disposal of 
Kroondal and difficult ground conditions at 
Mototolo as a section of the mine nears the 
end of its life.
Purchase of concentrate
Purchase of concentrate increased by 1% to 
1,361,300 ounces (2023: 1,345,900 
ounces), reflecting the transition of Kroondal 
to a 100% third-party purchase of 
concentrate arrangement from 1 November 
2023. 
Kroondal has since transitioned to a 4E 
tolling arrangement, effective 1 September 
2024, as outlined in the Kroondal sales 
announcement.
Normalising the comparative period to 
include 100% of Kroondal as a third-party 
purchase of concentrate results in a 10% 
decrease, reflecting lower third-party 
receipts and lower Kroondal volumes which 
had transitioned to a 4E tolling arrangement.
Refined production and sales volumes
Refined PGM production (excluding toll-
treated metal) increased by 3% to 
3,916,300 ounces (2023: 3,800,600 
ounces) driven by the release of previously 
built-up work-in-progress inventory, which 
has now returned to more normalised levels. 
There was no Eskom load-curtailment 
during the year.
PGM sales volumes increased by 4% to 
4,077,800 ounces (2023: 3,925,300 
ounces) as a result of higher refined 
production and a draw down of finished 
goods compared to the same period 
last year.
Operational outlook
The PGMs business announced an action 
plan encompassing decisive measures 
to improve its operational excellence, 
organisational effectiveness, and cash 
generation with a value-over-volume focus 
to ensure the long-term sustainability and 
competitive position of our PGMs operations.
The Mortimer smelter was placed on care 
and maintenance at the end of April 2024, 
and further sustainable cost reduction 
initiatives were implemented in 2024, 
delivering on annual cost saving initiatives of 
c.$0.4 billion from opex and c.$0.3 billion 
from capex against a 2023 baseline. All-in-
sustaining costs were reduced significantly, 
with a 13% improvement to c.$986/3E oz.
These extensive measures have improved 
the positioning of these world-class PGM 
assets for the long term, securing the 
highly attractive value proposition of 
Mogalakwena. These actions underscore 
the readiness for the PGM business to be a 
stand-alone business in 2025.
PGM metal in concentrate production 
guidance for 2025 is 3.0–3.4 million ounces, 
with own mined output of 2.1–2.3 million 
ounces and purchase of concentrate (POC) 
of 0.9–1.1 million ounces. In 2025, POC 
volumes will be lower than 2024 reflecting 
the impact of the Siyanda POC agreement 
transitioning to a 4E metals tolling 
arrangement early in the year, as well as 
Kroondal having transitioned to a 4E metals 
tolling arrangement in September 2024. 
Refined PGM production guidance for 2025 
is 3.0–3.4 million ounces and is usually lower 
in the first quarter than the rest of the year 
due to the annual stock count and planned 
processing maintenance. Production 
remains subject to the impact of Eskom 
load-curtailment.
Unit cost guidance for 2025 is c.$970/PGM 
ounce(22), higher than the 2024 unit cost of 
$957/PGM ounce, reflecting the expected 
impact from higher year-on-year inflation, 
partly mitigated by c.$0.2 billion of cost 
saving initiatives in 2025 and the slightly 
weaker South African rand guidance spot 
FX rate. 
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2024 results
2024
2023
PGM production volume (koz)(1)
3,553
3,806
PGM sales volume (koz)(2)
4,078
3,925
Unit cost ($/PGM oz)(3)
957
968
Group revenue – $m
5,962
6,734
Underlying EBITDA – $m
1,106
1,209
EBITDA margin
19%
18%
Processing and trading margin
17%
(6)%
Underlying EBIT – $m
668
855
Capex – $m
1,013
1,108
Attributable ROCE
10%
15%
 
Fatalities
3
0
TRIFR
1.67
1.61
Energy consumption – million GJ
19.9
20.6
GHG emissions – Mt CO2 equivalent
4.2
4.3
Total water withdrawals – million m3
35.9
37.5
Employee numbers
22,400
26,500
(1)
Production reflects own mined production and purchase of metal in concentrate. PGM volumes consist 
of 5E metals and gold.
(2)
PGM sales volumes exclude tolling and third-party trading activities. 
(3)
Total cash operating costs (includes on-mine, smelting and refining costs only) per own mined PGM 
ounce of production. 
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De Beers
Anglo American owns 85% of De Beers, a 
world leader in the diamond industry. The 
balance of 15% is owned by the Government 
of the Republic of Botswana. De Beers and its 
partners produce around one-third of the 
world’s rough diamonds, by value.
Management team
Al Cook
CEO, De Beers
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Diamond operations
Canada
Botswana and Namibia
South Africa
(1)
All managed as one operation, the ‘Orapa Regime’.
(2)
Damtshaa was placed onto extended care and maintenance in 2021.

Our business
De Beers sells the majority of its rough 
diamonds through 10 Sight sales each year 
to Sightholders, with the balance being sold 
via its Auctions business to registered buyers. 
De Beers markets and sells polished diamonds 
and diamond jewellery via its retail brands.
De Beers recovers diamonds from four 
countries: Botswana, Canada, Namibia and 
South Africa. 
In Botswana, via a 50:50 joint operation 
with the Government of the Republic of 
Botswana – known as Debswana – 
diamonds are recovered from two mines, 
including Jwaneng, one of the world’s richest 
diamond mines by value. This mine’s high-
grade ore contributed around 65% of 
Debswana’s revenue. The $2 billion (100% 
basis) Cut-9 expansion of Jwaneng extends 
the life of the mine to 2036 and is expected 
to deliver c. 9 million carats per annum 
(100% basis) of rough diamonds.
In Namibia, De Beers operates via a 50:50 
joint operation with the Namibian 
government, recovering both land-based 
diamonds (Namdeb) and offshore diamonds 
(Debmarine Namibia). Namibia has the 
richest known marine diamond deposits 
in the world, with Diamond Resources 
estimated at approximately 75 million carats 
(100% basis)(24) in approximately 1.0 million k 
(m2) of seabed. Marine diamond deposits 
represent around 80% of the partnership’s 
total diamond production and 94% of its 
Diamond Resources. 
Venetia is South Africa’s leading diamond 
mine. Open-pit mining was completed, as 
scheduled, in 2022 and first production from 
the underground operation was delivered in 
June 2023. The $2.3 billion Venetia 
Underground project will continue to ramp 
up over the next few years and is expected 
to extend the life of the mine to 2046 and 
yield an estimated 81 million carats(24).
In Canada, De Beers has a 51% interest in, 
and is the operator of, Gahcho Kué open-pit 
mine in the Northwest Territories. It began 
commercial production in 2017 and has a 
seven-year life remaining, producing an 
average of 5 million carats a year, yielding 
an estimated total of 36 million carats 
(100% basis)(24).
De Beers also develops industrial 
supermaterials through Element Six.
Anglo American is following a dual-track 
process (a divestment or demerger) to 
separate the De Beers business from the 
Group, in order to give both Anglo American 
and De Beers a new level of strategic flexibility 
to maximise value for both Anglo American 
and the Government of the Republic of 
Botswana, as De Beers’ two shareholders. The 
separation will enable De Beers to unlock full 
value from its Origins strategy set out in May, 
with a focus on four key pillars underpinned by 
a plan to streamline the business and 
sustainably reduce overhead costs by 
$100 million. 
Safety
De Beers recorded zero work-related loss 
of life in 2024 (2023: zero) at its managed 
operations; tragically, however, a colleague 
was fatally injured at the independently 
managed Jwaneng mine in Botswana. 
De Beers’ TRIFR improved by 25% to 1.54 
(2023: 2.05), largely driven by the success of 
the Visible Felt Leadership programme. 
Implementation of De Beers’ ‘Pioneering 
Brilliant Safety’ framework continues, with 
Gahcho Kué mine and the midstream 
operations implementing actions identified 
during their 2023 assessments. This 
framework has identified five focus areas, 
including: 
– Contractor performance management: 
ensuring appropriate oversight of 
contractors and efficient and effective 
onboarding, as well as exhibiting Visible 
Felt Leadership in the field 
– Human factors: fostering trust and 
psychological safety through engaging 
employees and promoting effective 
leadership 
– Design for safety: incorporating safety 
features into plant and equipment during 
the design phase 
– Technology for safety: enhancing safety 
through implementing advanced 
technologies 
– Emergency management: developing 
world-class emergency management 
and response practices through strategic 
partnerships. 
Environmental performance
Energy use decreased by 4% to 3.7 million 
GJ (2023: 3.8 million GJ), while GHG 
emissions were 3% lower than the prior 
year at 0.4 Mt CO2e, reflecting the lower 
production. 
In collaboration with Envusa Energy – the 
renewable energy partnership formed 
between Anglo American and EDF 
Renewables in 2022 – good progress was 
made in the development of solar and wind 
energy in southern Africa. The electrification 
of Venetia mine, as it transitions to 
underground operations, progressed well; 
however, the positive impact on the mine’s 
carbon footprint will only be felt when the 
Envusa Energy renewable energy projects 
come online. 
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1.54 $(25) m (1)%
24,712
Fatalities(23)
TRIFR(23)
Underlying EBITDA
EBITDA margin
Production volume 
('000 carats)

De Beers made significant progress in 
implementing its Integrated Water 
Management Plan, which aims to achieve a 
50% reduction in fresh water withdrawals in 
water-scarce areas by 2030. Water balance 
modelling has informed the detailed site-
specific pathways to 2030. 
Financial performance
Difficult trading conditions resulted in a year-
on-year reduction in revenue of 23% with 
total revenue of $3.3 billion (2023: 
$4.3 billion), primarily due to a 25% 
reduction in rough diamond sales to 
$2.7 billion (2023: $3.6 billion). Total rough 
diamond sales volumes decreased by 28% 
to 17.9 million carats (2023: 24.7 million 
carats). The average realised price, 
however, increased marginally by 3% to 
$152/ct (2023: $147/ct), reflecting a larger 
proportion of higher value rough diamonds 
being sold, offset by a 20% decrease in the 
average rough price index from 133 in 2023 
to 107 in 2024.
The consequential impact of lower sales 
volumes, a lower average price index and 
higher unit costs resulted in an underlying 
EBITDA of $(25) million (2023: $72 million). 
The increase in unit cost to $93/ct (2023: $ 
71/ct), is primarily driven by the decision to 
lower production volumes in response to the 
trading conditions.
Capital expenditure decreased by 14% to 
$536 million (2023: $623 million), 
predominantly due to cash preservation and 
optimisation initiatives. This includes the 
rephasing of Venetia underground life-
extension and rationalisation of stay-in-
business capex spend. The spend on the 
balance of the life-extension projects is 
consistent period-on-period and the 
projects remain on track.
An impairment of $2.9 billion (before tax and 
non-controlling interests) (2023: $1.6 billion) 
to Anglo American’s carrying value of 
De Beers has been recognised within 
special items and remeasurements, 
reflecting further near-term adverse macro-
economic conditions and industry-specific 
challenges. Please refer to note 8 in the 
Consolidated financial statements for 
further details.
On 3 February 2025, the Government of the 
Republic of Botswana and De Beers 
announced that they had successfully 
concluded negotiations focused on 
establishing a new 10-year sales agreement 
(through to 2035) for Debswana’s rough 
diamond production and extending 
Debswana’s mining licences by 25 years 
(through to 2054), with the terms being 
substantively aligned with the Heads of 
Terms agreed on 30 September 2023. 
Following the final governance approvals, 
both parties look forward to signing and 
executing the relevant agreements with the 
transaction finally completing when the new 
mining licences are issued by the 
appropriate regulatory authorities in 
Botswana. Until the completion of these new 
agreements, the terms of the existing 
agreements will continue to remain in effect.
Markets
Rough diamond trading conditions in 2024 
continued to be very challenging in light of 
persistent higher than normal midstream 
inventory levels and the prolonged period of 
depressed consumer demand in China. 
In the first quarter of 2024, the industry 
experienced signs of a recovery in demand 
for rough diamonds, in part due to the short-
term impact of the voluntary moratorium on 
rough diamond imports into India at the end 
of 2023, coupled with improved demand 
following the holiday selling season in the 
United States. As the year progressed, 
consumer demand in China contracted 
further as economic challenges persisted 
with retailers in China (previously the second 
largest market globally for consumer sales 
of diamond jewellery) reducing stocks of 
polished diamonds, coupled with ongoing 
caution amongst US retailers. Consequently, 
midstream polished inventory levels 
increased sharply in the second quarter of 
2024. 
The seasonally slower third quarter saw this 
higher than normal inventory trend continue, 
resulting in lower demand for rough 
diamonds. In response, several producers 
postponed or cancelled sales events and 
offered greater purchasing flexibility. The 
fourth quarter saw midstream inventory 
levels plateau as the reduced rough supply 
had an impact and, in turn, polished prices 
began to stabilise at the end of the year.
Consumer demand for diamond jewellery 
globally in 2024 is estimated to have 
contracted 3-4% year-on-year. In the United 
States, accounting for just over 50% of 
diamond jewellery sales, demand is 
estimated to be down 2% year-on-year, 
driven by a decline in the first half of the year, 
while the second half demonstrated 
stabilisation remaining flat year-on-year. 
Lab-grown diamond wholesale and retail 
prices continued to fall throughout 2024 as 
the bifurcation from natural diamonds 
progresses, with acceleration in the second 
half of the year. In the lead-up to the holiday 
season, a number of US retailers, including 
Lightbox, introduced deep discounts on lab-
grown diamond jewellery amongst 
increased competition, with some retailers 
also including disclaimers for their customers 
that lab-grown diamonds may not hold their 
value over time. Falling lab-grown diamond 
retail prices have meant jewellery retailer 
financial incentives are increasingly shifting 
in favour of natural diamond jewellery. While 
there are positive signs that the impact of 
lab-grown diamonds on demand for natural 
diamonds is peaking, average lab-grown 
diamond retail prices do not yet fully reflect 
the fall in wholesale prices, so retail prices 
are expected to decline further. While a 
proportion of natural diamond demand 
continues to be affected in the near-term by 
lab-grown diamonds as a result of prevailing 
retail margins, such margins are expected to 
be unsustainable in light of increasing lab-
grown diamond supply volumes, greater 
levels of competition, and growing 
consumer awareness of lab-grown 
diamond price trends.
Operational performance
Mining
The mining operations delivered steady 
operational performance, albeit at lower 
output levels as the business continued to 
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reconfigure production in response to 
prevailing market conditions.
Rough diamond production was reduced by 
22% to 24.7 million carats (2023: 31.9 
million carats), reflecting a proactive 
production response to a prolonged period 
of lower demand and higher than normal 
levels of inventory in the midstream. 
De Beers continues to focus on managing 
working capital, and despite lower sales 
volumes, inventory has reduced slightly 
year-on-year through the careful 
management of production, purchases and 
downstream stocks. 
In Botswana, production was reduced by 
27% to 17.9 million carats (2023: 24.7 
million carats), as a result of planned actions 
to lower production at Jwaneng.
Production in Namibia decreased by 4% to 
2.2 million carats (2023: 2.3 million carats), 
reflecting intentional action to lower 
production at Debmarine Namibia, which 
was down 13% year-on-year, partially offset 
by planned higher grade mining and better 
recoveries at Namdeb. 
In South Africa production increased by 8% 
to 2.2 million carats (2023: 2.0 million 
carats), as Venetia underground progresses 
and further benefitting from a slight 
improvement in grades of processed ore. 
The output, however, remains low in 
comparison to historical production from the 
open-pit operation as the majority of the ore 
processed continues to be from existing 
surface stockpiles. This is expected to 
increase over the next few years as the 
underground project continues its ramp-up. 
Production in Canada decreased by 16% to 
2.4 million carats (2023: 2.8 million carats) 
due to the planned treatment of lower grade 
ore. 
Corporate strategy
De Beers communicated its new “Origins” 
strategy at the end of May, with a focus on 
four key pillars underpinned by a plan to 
streamline the business sustainably by 
reducing overhead costs by $100 million. 
These consist of i) focusing upstream 
investments on the major projects that will 
deliver the highest returns; ii) integrating the 
midstream to deliver greater efficiency; iii) 
resetting the downstream by reinvigorating 
category marketing and evolving proprietary 
brands through development of De Beers 
Jewellers into a leading high jewellery 
maison business and refocusing 
Forevermark on the fast-growing Indian 
market; and iv) pivoting synthetics, with 
Lightbox suspending production of lab-
grown diamonds for jewellery and Element 
Six focusing on developing its position as a 
world-leading provider of synthetic diamond 
technology solutions.
De Beers continues to implement the 
relevant strategic initiatives and is on track 
to deliver the committed overhead cost 
savings through 2025. 
Brands and consumer markets
New natural diamond marketing 
collaborations were established with world-
leading diamond jewellery retailers: Signet in 
the US, Tanishq in India, and Chow Tai Fook 
in China. The collaborations focus on driving 
long-term desirability for natural diamonds 
in the three largest consumer countries for 
diamonds. The collaborations will also 
benefit from promotional messages being 
amplified through the wide reach of these 
leading retail businesses, as well as training 
retail jewellery consultants to better promote 
natural diamonds. 
De Beers Jewellers delivered a consistent 
performance against the prior period 
despite the ongoing challenges in China. 
The business continues to create design-led 
pieces and high jewellery collections to 
encourage demand growth in a challenging 
market. Consistent with the strategy to 
focus the brand on India, Forevermark's 
global operations ramped down. 
De Beers also announced the launch of 
DiamondProof™, a new device to be used 
on the jewellery retail counter for rapidly 
distinguishing between natural diamonds 
and lab-grown diamonds. This device will 
support retailers in communicating the 
attributes of natural diamonds, providing 
customers with enhanced confidence in the 
authenticity of their natural diamond 
purchase and deterring undisclosed lab-
grown diamonds from entering the natural 
supply chain. 
Market outlook
Near-term market conditions are expected 
to remain challenging in 2025 as polished 
pull-through remains subdued and industry 
players continue to manage inventory levels. 
In the medium-term, production cuts 
announced by a number of producers 
coupled with stabilisation of demand in 
China and a normalisation of industry 
inventory levels are expected to result in 
modest rough price growth. Consumer 
demand and retailer re-stocking are 
expected to be supported by marketing for 
natural diamonds, with the long-term 
outlook for the natural diamond industry 
remaining favourable.
Diamond provenance has the potential to 
further reinforce demand for De Beers’ 
ethically-sourced natural rough diamonds. 
Tracr, the pioneering diamond traceability 
platform, is now listing a single country of 
origin for all newly registered De Beers-
sourced diamonds over 0.5 carats in 
polished size, aligning with the size threshold 
for new diamond import requirements for G7 
countries.
Lab-grown diamond wholesale prices 
continue to fall and have further room to do 
so until they converge with the marginal cost 
of production. Long-term retailer incentives 
associated with lab-grown diamonds are 
expected to diminish, supported by growing 
consumer awareness of the low production 
cost and relative abundance of lab-grown 
diamonds, reinforcing their positions as 
different products. As the economics of 
selling lab-grown diamonds become more 
challenging, there are signs that retailers in 
the US are returning their focus to natural 
diamonds and this trend is expected to 
continue.
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2024 results
2024
2023
Production volume (’000 cts)(1)
24,712
31,865
Sales volume (’000 cts)(1)(2)
17,883
24,682
Price ($/ct)(1)(3)(4)
152
147
Unit cost ($/ct)(1)(4)(5)
93
71
Revenue – $m(1)(6)
3,292
4,267
Underlying EBITDA – $m(1)(4)
(25)
72
EBITDA margin(1)(7)
 (1%) 
 2% 
Trading margin
 (3%) 
 (3%) 
Underlying EBIT – $m(1)(4)
(349)
(252)
Capex – $m(1)(4)
536
623
Attributable ROCE(1)
 (6) %
 (3) %
 
Fatalities(8)
0
0
TRIFR(8)
1.54
2.05
Energy consumption – million GJ(8)
3.7
3.8
GHG emissions – Mt CO2 equivalent(8)
0.4
0.4
Total water withdrawals – million m3(9)
8.7
7.3
Employee numbers(10)
10,800
10,900
(1)
Prepared on a consolidated accounting basis, except for production, which is stated on a 100% 
basis except for the Gahcho Kué joint operation in Canada, which is on an attributable 51% basis.
(2)
Total sales volumes on a 100% basis were 19.4 million carats (2023: 27.4 million carats). Total sales 
volumes (100%) include De Beers Group’s joint arrangement partners’ 50% proportionate share of 
sales to entities outside De Beers Group from Diamond Trading Company Botswana and Namibia 
Diamond Trading Company. 
(3)
Pricing for the mining businesses is based on 100% selling value post-aggregation of goods. 
Realised price includes the price impact of the sale of non-equity product and, as a result, is not 
directly comparable to the unit cost. 
(4)
Results by country can be found in the Summary by operation on pages 307–308. 
(5)
Unit cost is based on consolidated production and operating costs, excluding depreciation and 
operating special items, divided by carats recovered.
(6)
Includes rough diamond sales of $2.7billion (2023: $3.6 billion). 
(7)
 EBITDA margin on a total reported basis. On an equity basis, and excluding the impact of non-
mining activities, third-party sales, purchases, trading, brands and consumer markets and corporate, 
the adjusted EBITDA margin is 35% (2023: 48%).
(8)
Data is for De Beers’ managed operations.
(9)
Data is for De Beers’ managed operations and other managed entities.
(10) Average number of employees, excluding contractors and associates' and joint ventures' 
employees, and including a share of employees within joint operations, based on shareholding.
Operational outlook
Given market challenges, the Venetia 
project is undergoing a rescoping exercise 
to optimise the capital and production 
profiles. 
Production guidance for 2025 is 20–23 
million carats (100% basis), reflecting the 
challenging rough diamond trading 
conditions. De Beers continues to monitor 
rough diamond trading conditions and will 
respond accordingly.
Production will then be increased steadily over 
the next two years to 28-31 million carats 
(100% basis) in 2027, as the business 
responds to the anticipated market recovery. 
The 2025 unit cost guidance is c.$94/
carat(25), marginally higher than the 2024 
unit cost of $93/carat, reflecting the impact 
of the lower volumes partially offset by cost 
saving initiatives and the benefit of the 
slightly weaker South African rand guidance 
spot FX rate.
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Steelmaking Coal
Our high-quality steelmaking coal assets, 
located in Australia, produce premium-quality 
hard coking coal for our customers in the 
steelmaking industry.
Steel is the world’s most important 
engineering and construction material. 
Over half of the world’s steel is consumed 
by the construction industry, which includes 
buildings and infrastructure, such as 
railways and roads. Steel is also used to 
manufacture vehicles, machinery, household 
appliances and many other items associated 
with everyday life.
Management team
Themba Mkhwanazi
Regional Director, Africa 
and Australia
Daniel van der 
Westhuizen
CEO, Anglo American, 
Australia
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Key
Steelmaking coal operations
(1)
Non-managed, equity accounted associate.
(2)
Part of the Capcoal Complex.
Australia

Our business
We are one of the world’s largest exporters 
of steelmaking coal and our operations 
serve customers throughout Asia, Europe and 
South America. Our assets include the 
Moranbah and Grosvenor (both 88% 
ownership) steelmaking coal mines, located in 
Queensland, Australia. 
Uses of steelmaking coal
Steelmaking coal is used principally in blast-
furnace steelmaking production; around 
70% of global steel output is produced using 
this method and, currently, there are no 
viable at scale substitutes for metallurgical 
coal in the steelmaking process.
Emerging markets, particularly in the Asia-
Pacific region, continue to drive demand for 
steelmaking coal – helping to generate the 
steel needed for infrastructure, housing, 
transport and machinery. 
Safety
In 2024, our steelmaking coal business 
remained fatality-free and the TRIFR 
decreased by 15% to 3.73 (2023: 4.39).
Central to this improvement was the 
development and implementation of a new 
behaviour-based safety system, Fatal Risk 
Management (FRM). Designed by the 
frontline workforce, for the frontline 
workforce, the tools supporting FRM enabled 
the identification, implementation, and 
verification of 50 fatal controls at the 
operational level. By connecting the FRM 
system to each colleague's personal "Why," 
our frontline workers embraced and 
championed this initiative, reinforcing a 
shared commitment to safety.
The role of leaders in safety is clear – and in 
2024, business leaders were empowered to 
conduct effective safety conversations to 
mitigate fatal risks and ensure discipline in 
our safety approach. The incorporation of 
FRM control verification into regular Visible 
Felt Leadership (VFL) engagements 
provided valuable insights, ensuring timely 
and effective safety interventions.
2024 results – Steelmaking Coal
2024
2023
Production volume (Mt)(1) (2)
14.5
16.0
Sales volume (Mt) (1) (3)
14.4
14.9
Price ($/t)(4)
232
261
Unit cost ($/t)(5)
124
121
Group revenue – $m
3,519
4,153
Underlying EBITDA – $m
924
1,320
EBITDA margin
 26% 
 32% 
Underlying EBIT – $m
480
822
Capex – $m
468
619
Attributable ROCE
 15% 
 27% 
 
Fatalities
0
0
TRIFR
3.73
4.39
Energy consumption – million GJ
10.1
10.2
GHG emissions – Mt CO2 equivalent
4.1
4.9
Total water withdrawals – million m3
20.5
32.8
Employee numbers
2,600
2,500
(1)
Anglo American's attributable share of Jellinbah is 23.3%. Anglo American agreed the sale of its 
33.33% stake in Jellinbah on 2 November 2024, and this transaction has now completed on 
29 January 2025. Production and sales volumes from Jellinbah post 1 November 2024, after the 
sale was agreed, have been excluded. Jellinbah production in November and December 2024 (not 
disclosed within the reported numbers) was 0.6 Mt.   
(2)
Production volumes are saleable tonnes, excluding thermal coal production of 1.1 Mt (2023: 1.1 
Mt). Includes production relating to third-party product purchased and processed at Anglo 
American’s operations, and may include some product sold as thermal coal.
(3)
Sales volumes exclude thermal coal sales of 2.0 Mt (2023: 1.7 Mt). Includes sales relating to third-
party product purchased and processed by Anglo American.
(4)
Realised price is the weighted average hard coking coal and PCI export sales price achieved at 
managed operations. 
(5)
FOB unit cost comprises managed operations and excludes royalties. 
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0
3.73 $924 m 26%
14.5 Mt
Fatalities
TRIFR
Underlying 
EBITDA
EBITDA margin
Production 
volume 

During the year, the business also simplified 
and standardised its Safety, Health & 
Environmental Management System 
(SHEMS) and contractor safety processes. 
Embedding the Safety Leadership Practices 
(SLP) programme into the culture of the 
business enabled leaders to further facilitate 
meaningful connections with frontline 
colleagues. Additionally, enhanced 
learnings from investigation processes 
ensured the sharing of valuable insights 
across all sites, with a formal process 
implemented to verify the effectiveness of 
actions 12 months post-incident.
Environmental performance
GHG emissions decreased by 16% to 4.1 Mt 
CO2e (2023: 4.9 Mt CO2e). This significant 
progress on steelmaking coal’s 
decarbonisation pathway was a result of 
our continued improvements in the 
management of methane and the impact 
of the stoppage of operations at Grosvenor 
following the underground fire in June 2024. 
Improved management of methane 
includes continued minimisation of venting, 
reduction in VAM from improved goaf-
sealing practices, and an increase in 
capacity to transfer methane to third parties 
for beneficial use.
In 2022, Steelmaking Coal signed a 10-year 
supply partnership with Stanwell 
Corporation, the Queensland government-
owned provider of electricity and energy 
solutions, for all electricity for our operations 
to be linked to 100% renewable energy from 
January 2025, which will further reduce our 
GHG emissions by c.0.6Mt CO2e per year.
In 2024, energy use remained broadly 
consistent at 10.1 million GJ (2023: 10.2 
million GJ), driven by electrification of key 
assets and a slight decrease in production. 
Steelmaking Coal’s fresh water withdrawals 
reduced by 1.0 million m3 in 2023 to 
5.1 million m3 in 2024. Water-use 
percentage efficiency increased across all 
steelmaking coal assets, resulting in a c.4% 
increase over 2023. The investment in fresh 
water reduction and water-recycling 
measures such as the Aquila reverse-
osmosis plant and the Dawson River Supply 
Control System enabled step improvements 
across all water-related Sustainable Mining 
Plan metrics for steelmaking coal in 2024. 
The business also continued to be a major 
partner in the Fitzroy Partnership for River 
Health, supporting our commitment to 
water-stewardship initiatives that have 
contributed to the independently assessed 
ecosystem health grade of “A” for the region 
in which we operate.
Financial performance
Underlying EBITDA decreased to $924 
million (2023: $1,320 million), as a result of a 
11% decrease in the weighted average 
realised price for steelmaking coal, lower 
sales volumes and $145 million non-
operational costs associated with 
Grosvenor in the second half. Also included 
is $220 million for the finalisation of the 
Grosvenor underground fire claim by the 
Group’s self-insurance entity that was 
received in December. Unit costs increased 
by 2% to $124/tonne (2023: $121/tonne), 
reflecting inflation and lower production. 
Capital expenditure decreased to $468 
million (2023: $619 million), primarily 
reflecting the reduced spend at Grosvenor 
following the underground fire in June 2024.
Within special items and remeasurements, 
an impairment charge of $226 million 
(before tax) was recognised at Moranbah-
Grosvenor. The charge is a function of the 
price allocation between the various 
operating assets specified within the 
recently agreed SPAs.
Markets
2024
2023
Average benchmark 
price – hard coking 
coal ($/tonne)(1)
240
296
Average benchmark 
price – PCI ($/tonne)(1)
165
219
Average realised 
price – hard coking 
coal ($/tonne)(2)
241
269
Average realised price 
– PCI ($/tonne)(2)
177
214
(1)
Realised price is the export sales price 
achieved at managed operations.
Average realised prices differ from the 
average market prices due to differences in 
material grade and timing of shipments. 
Hard coking coal (HCC) price realisation 
was in line with the average benchmark 
price (2023: 91%), as a result of a higher 
proportion of tonnes being shipped in the 
first half of the year when prices were higher 
compared to the second half of the year 
when prices were lower.
The average benchmark price for Australian 
HCC in 2024 was $240/tonne (2023: $296/
tonne). At the start of 2024, supply 
disruptions kept prices elevated, with Q1 
averaging $308/tonne. However, from Q2 
onwards, Australian exports improved, 
resulting in HCC prices falling for the 
subsequent quarters.
In addition, demand for seaborne HCC 
weakened in the second half of 2024, due to 
global steelmaking margins weakening as a 
result of low steel demand, despite a 
reduction in prices of premium HCC. Global 
crude steel production declined by 1% year-
on-year in 2024, driven by lower steel 
production in Asia. 
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Operational performance 
Production decreased by 9% to 14.5 Mt 
(2023: 16.0 Mt), reflecting difficult strata 
conditions at the Aquila underground mine 
which stabilised in October and the 
suspension of mining at the Grosvenor 
longwall operation following the 
underground fire on 29 June 2024. 
Production was also impacted by the 
planned longwall move at Moranbah in Q4 
2024 and the agreed sale of Jellinbah, 
where the benefits of production from 
1 November 2024 will not accrue to 
Anglo American. These decreases were 
partially offset by increased production from 
the Capcoal open cut operation.
Operational outlook
On 25 November 2024, the signing of 
definitive agreements to sell the entirety of 
our steelmaking coal business was 
announced, generating up to $4.8 billion in 
aggregate gross cash proceeds, including 
the already completed sale of our interest in 
Jellinbah for approximately $1.0 billion. 
Anglo American agreed the sale of its 
33.33% stake in Jellinbah on 2 November 
2024, and this transaction completed on 29 
January 2025. Production and sale volumes 
from Jellinbah post 1 November 2024, after 
the sale was agreed, have been excluded 
from the Group's production report.
Export steelmaking coal production 
guidance for 2025 is 10-12 Mt, as it excludes 
Grosvenor given the operation remains 
suspended, and production from Jellinbah. 
There are no planned longwall moves at 
Moranbah in 2025. A walk-on/walk-off 
longwall move at Aquila, that will have a 
minimal production impact is planned for 
late Q3 2025.
2025 unit cost guidance is c.$105/tonne(26), 
lower than the 2024 unit cost of $124/tonne, 
reflecting the benefit from no underground 
longwall move at Moranbah and the 
suspension of the Grosvenor underground 
longwall operations in 2025, as well as the 
benefit from cost saving initiatives 
implemented from 2024. The non-
operational costs associated with 
Grosvenor for 2025 (excluded from the unit 
cost) is expected to be c.$0.1 billion. 
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Nickel
Our nickel assets, based in Brazil, produce 
ferronickel – a key ingredient in the 
production of stainless steel.
Management team
Ruben Fernandes 
Regional Director, 
Americas
Ana Sanches
CEO, Anglo American, 
Brazil
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Key
Nickel operations
Brazil

Our business
Our nickel assets are wholly owned, 
consisting of two ferronickel production 
sites: Barro Alto and Codemin. Our nickel 
business produces ferronickel – whose 
primary end use is in the global stainless 
steel industry.
On 18 February 2025, we agreed the sale 
of the nickel business to MMG for a cash 
consideration of up to $500 million. 
Completion is expected by Q3 2025. 
Uses of nickel
The stainless steel industry uses two-thirds 
of the world’s nickel production and virtually 
all ferronickel produced each year. The 
balance is used mainly in the manufacture 
of alloy steel and other non-ferrous alloys.
Stainless steel is a key input in high-tech 
construction, and most stainless steels 
contain about 8–10% nickel. As an alloying 
element, nickel enhances important 
properties of stainless steel such as 
formability, weldability and ductility, while 
increasing corrosion resistance in certain 
applications.
Safety
Our nickel business has not had a fatal 
accident since 2012. In 2024, the TRIFR 
improved by 52% to 2.73 (2023: 5.65). 
During the year, efforts were focused on a 
number of important safety-related cultural 
and behavioural-change programmes, 
emphasising leadership engagement, 
recognition of employees and contractors 
for their safe behaviours, and elimination of 
unsafe conditions. The gamification of 
safety training played a crucial role in 
improving the workforce's understanding of 
safety controls, thus improving the overall 
quality of activities performed. 
As an important leading indicator, high-
potential hazards reports are addressed 
when deficiencies in critical controls are 
identified. The learning and investigations 
process, sponsored by Anglo American 
Brazil’s executive team, significantly 
improved the quality of incident 
investigations. Nickel has also completed 
the implementation of Anglo American’s 
Contractor Performance Management 
framework, improving contractor 
performance through risk-based planning 
and safe work execution.
Environmental performance
Energy consumption at Nickel increased 
marginally to 20.9 million GJ (2023: 20.6 
million GJ) due to higher electricity 
consumption from the refinery process. GHG 
emissions increased by 4% to 1.2 Mt CO2e 
(2023: 1.1 Mt CO2e) owing to higher coal 
use and adjustments in emission factors. 
Nickel has no Scope 2 GHG emissions as 
all power for the operation comes from 
renewable sources.
In 2024, the nickel business sustained its 
biodiversity offset initiatives through the 
implementation of ecological restoration 
and conservation strategies. 
One example is the Rio Vermelho Farm 
project, where Nickel is in partnership with 
the Agroecological Cooperative of Family 
Producers of Niquelândia and the Ruspetris 
Institute. This has helped to boost the 
production of seedlings for the restoration 
of degraded ecosystems. At present, the 
company oversees the management of over 
11,000 hectares of native vegetation across 
a number of protected areas, thereby 
reinforcing its commitment to biodiversity 
conservation.
Water efficiency at Nickel marginally 
decreased from 92.8% in 2023 to 92.7%. 
Nickel re-uses and recycles the largest 
volume of water across Anglo American. 
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2024 summary: Nickel
0
2.73 $92 m 
14%
39,400 t
Fatalities
TRIFR
Underlying 
EBITDA
EBITDA margin
Production volume

2024 results – Nickel
2024
2023
Production volume (t)
39,400
40,000
Sales volume (t)
38,500
39,800
Unit cost (c/lb)(1)
481
541
Group revenue – $m
646
653
Underlying EBITDA – $m
92
133
EBITDA margin
 14% 
 20% 
Underlying EBIT – $m
80
62
Capex – $m
74
91
Attributable ROCE
 14% 
 6% 
 
Fatalities
0
0
TRIFR
2.73
5.65
Energy consumption – million GJ
20.9
20.6
GHG emissions – Mt CO2 equivalent
1.2
1.1
Total water withdrawals – million m3
7.8
6.9
Employee numbers
1,400
1,000
(1)
C1 unit cost.
Financial performance
Underlying EBITDA decreased by 31% to 
$92 million (2023: $133 million), as lower 
realised prices and sales volumes more than 
offset the benefit of lower C1 unit costs. The 
C1 unit costs decreased by 11% to 481 c/lb 
(2023: 541 c/lb), driven by the weaker 
Brazilian real, lower energy input costs and 
process efficiencies.
Capital expenditure decreased by 19% to 
$74 million (2023: $91 million), mainly due to 
higher deferred stripping costs capitalised in 
the prior period.
Markets
2024
2023
Average market price 
($/lb)
7.63
9.74
Average realised 
price ($/lb)
6.82
7.71
Differences between the market price 
(which is LME-based) and our realised price 
(the ferronickel price) are due to the 
discounts to the LME price, which depend on 
market conditions, supplier products and 
consumer preferences.
The LME nickel price averaged $7.63/lb in 
2024, 22% lower than the prior period 
(2023: $9.74/lb). The price weakness was 
as a result of oversupply from Indonesia and 
China, despite several mine closures and 
supply disruptions and an increase in visible 
exchange stockpiles highlighting the refined 
market surplus. Demand nevertheless held 
up relatively well during the year, helped by 
solid demand from batteries and stainless 
steel.
Operational performance
Nickel production was broadly stable at 
39,400 tonnes (2023: 40,000 tonnes), 
reflecting operational stability at both sites. 
Operational outlook
The next higher grade area of the pit is 
currently going through permitting, with 
production expected in the early 2030s to 
blend with the lower grade areas of the 
existing pit. Additional drilling is under way to 
increase coverage and enhance confidence 
levels within the geological models.
Production guidance for 2025 is 37,000–
39,000) tonnes, reflecting the benefit of 
strong operational performance and 
process stability demonstrated in 2024.
2025 unit cost guidance is c.505 c/lb(27), 
higher than 2024 unit cost of 481 c/lb, 
reflecting the impact from expected higher 
input costs and lower production volumes, 
more than offsetting the weaker Brazilian 
real guidance spot FX rate.
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Manganese
In Manganese, we have a 40% shareholding 
in the Samancor joint venture (managed by 
South32, which holds 60%). The manganese 
operations are located in South Africa and 
Australia, producing ore products for the 
steel industry.
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Hotazel Manganese Mines
Hotazel Manganese Mines
Australia
Key
Manganese operations

Uses of manganese
The most significant use of manganese is 
steel production, which consumes more 
than 85% of all manganese mined. The ore 
is particularly useful in increasing steel’s 
resistance to oxidation; it can also improve 
the overall strength, durability and 
workability of the material.
Financial performance
Underlying EBITDA decreased by 50% to 
$116 million (2023: $231 million), primarily 
driven by a 49% decrease in export sales 
from the Australian operation, following the 
damage caused by the tropical cyclone in 
March 2024 and the weaker average 
realised manganese ore price. This was 
partially offset by lower operating costs. 
Insurance proceeds of $60 million (40% 
basis) for the cyclone damage have been 
received to date, with a further $60 million of 
claims approved in the fourth quarter. 
The 2024 average benchmark price for 
manganese ore (Metal Bulletin 44% 
manganese ore CIF China) increased by 
17% to $5.56/dmtu (2023: $4.75/dmtu), 
reflecting the tightened seaborne market 
impacted by the cyclone damage to critical 
infrastructure at the South32 Australian 
operation in March, which elevated prices. 
However, in the second half of the year, 
overall supply recovered in the seaborne 
market, while global steelmaking margins 
weakened, resulting in prices falling in Q4 
2024 to below that seen in Q4 2023.
Operational performance
Attributable manganese ore production has 
decreased 38% to 2.3 Mt (2023: 3.7 Mt), due 
to the ongoing temporary suspension of the 
South32 Australian operation following the 
impacts of the tropical cyclone Megan. The 
weather event caused widespread flooding 
and significant damage to critical 
infrastructure. Operational recovery focused 
on re-establishing critical services and 
undertaking a substantial dewatering 
programme, enabling a phased return to 
mining activities in June 2024, which have 
steadily increased during the fourth quarter. 
Investment in crucial infrastructure, which 
included a critical bridge connecting the 
northern mining pits and the primary 
concentrator, as well as the wharf 
infrastructure, continues. 
2024 results – Manganese
2024
2023
Production volume (Mt)
2.3
3.7
Sales volume (Mt)
1.9
3.7
Group revenue – $m
359
670
Underlying EBITDA – $m
116
231
EBITDA margin
 32% 
 34% 
Underlying EBIT – $m
31
145
ROCE
 16% 
 81% 
The sale of the South African manganese 
alloy smelter, which has been on care and 
maintenance since March 2020, is subject to 
certain conditions and is expected to 
complete by the end of 2025. 
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2024 summary: Manganese
$116 m
32%
2.3 Mt
Underlying EBITDA
EBITDA margin
Production volume – ore 

Crop Nutrients
Anglo American is developing the Woodsmith 
project in the north east of England to access 
the world’s largest-known deposit of 
polyhalite, a natural mineral fertiliser product 
containing potassium, sulphur, magnesium 
and calcium – four of the six nutrients that 
every plant needs to grow.
Management team
Tom McCulley
CEO, Crop Nutrients
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Crop Nutrients project
United Kingdom

Crop Nutrients
Our crop nutrients business is anchored in 
the 100% owned Woodsmith project in the 
north east of England. As a result of the 
highly efficient design of the mine and 
conveyor system and the minimal 
processing requirements of the polyhalite 
ore, our POLY4 product will benefit from a 
comparatively low-carbon footprint relative 
to most other fertilisers, as well as being 
suitable for organic agriculture.
Aside from the world-class nature of the 
orebody and the quality of the modern 
operation we are developing, the addition of 
POLY4 to our product range aligns well with 
our portfolio trajectory towards those 
products that support a low-carbon 
economy and global consumer demand – in 
this case, for food.
Woodsmith project
The Woodsmith project is located on the 
North Yorkshire coast, just south of Whitby, 
where polyhalite ore will be extracted via 
two 1.6 km deep mine shafts (a service shaft 
and a production shaft) and then 
transported to the port area in Teesside via 
an underground conveyor belt in a 37 km 
mineral transport system (MTS) tunnel, 
thereby minimising any environmental 
impact on the surface. The polyhalite can 
then be developed into POLY4, our 
comparatively low-carbon multi-nutrient 
polyhalite product, at a materials handling 
facility in the port area, before being 
exported to a network of customers around 
the world from the priority access port 
facility.
In May 2024, we announced that in order to 
support deleveraging of our balance sheet, 
we will be slowing the pace of development 
of the Woodsmith project in the near-term. 
Crop Nutrients is one of the three businesses 
within our simplified portfolio and, as such, 
the current focus is on preserving the 
exceptional long-term value of this high-
quality asset and the commercial 
opportunity that it offers to support the 
project’s full development. 
Following the slowdown decision, a detailed 
review was conducted to identify the critical 
value-adding works to be executed and 
activities to be carried out during the 
slowdown period to de-risk the overall 
project schedule, preserve progress in areas 
that will be entering care and maintenance, 
and further optimise certain scopes of the 
project to be ready for ramp-up when 
conditions allow.
Shaft sinking activities are continuing on the 
service shaft in order to progress through the 
key Sherwood sandstone strata – a water-
bearing layer of hard rock. Progress through 
this strata will help to de-risk the overall 
project schedule. The service shaft is now at 
a depth of 804 metres, having intersected 
over 10 metres of the sandstone strata. 
Shaft excavation will progress through the 
sandstone strata for the duration of 2025. 
Sinking activities on the production shaft 
were paused in June 2024 at a depth of 712 
metres, representing c.45% of the shaft’s 
ultimate depth. During the year, the tunnel 
reached the final intermediate shaft at 
Ladycross, where the tunnel boring machine 
underwent a planned maintenance stop, 
during which time the tunnel and Ladycross 
shaft were successfully connected. Tunnel 
boring activities have continued at a 
significantly reduced pace, which will 
continue during 2025. The tunnel has now 
reached c.29.3 km, approximately 80% of 
the total 37 km length.
Value-preservation work during the 
slowdown period also includes 
maintenance of key permits and 
preservation of land rights to allow project 
ramp-up in due course, and execution of the 
study programme, focused on enhancing 
the project’s configuration to enable 
efficient, scalable mining methods and 
optimising additional infrastructure. The 
study programme re-scoping considers the 
revised capital schedule and development 
plan and importantly allows us to review 
project and business development 
opportunities, to optimise our business plans 
prior to ramping up again when conditions 
allow. The expected final design capacity 
remains c.13 Mtpa, subject to ongoing 
studies and approval. Work is also 
continuing to identify and secure one or 
more strategic syndication partners for 
Woodsmith ahead of consideration by the 
Board for approval and subsequent project 
ramp-up, anticipated from 2027.
The current reduced pace of construction 
will result in an extended development 
schedule and, as set out in July 2024, an 
impairment charge of $1.6 billion was 
recognised in H1 2024 to the carrying value 
of the asset within ‘special items and 
remeasurements’. 
Capital expenditure for 2024 was $834 
million (2023: $641 million), focused on core 
infrastructure, with the remaining $0.1 billion 
deferred to 2025 due to the slowdown 
activities. Capital expenditure for 2025 is 
expected to be c.$0.3 billion (previously c.
$0.2 billion) and 2026 is nil. Operating 
expenditure for 2025 and 2026 is expected 
to be c.$0.1 billion (previously c.$0.2 billion) 
and c.$0.1 billion, respectively.
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2024 summary: Crop Nutrients
0
2.67
$834 m
Fatalities
TRIFR
Capital expenditure

Market development 
Polyhalite products provide farmers with a 
fertiliser solution to tackle the three key 
challenges facing the food industry today – 
the increasing demand for food from less 
available land; the need to reduce the 
environmental impact of farming; and the 
deteriorating health of soils.
We have made considerable progress in 
2024, including through the signing of 
Memorandums of Understanding with two 
major Chinese fertiliser companies in August 
2024 to further develop the market for 
polyhalite in China, and the signing of a new 
agreement to reinforce our European 
fertiliser partnership with Cefetra in 
November 2024.
Through our global agronomy programme, 
we have conducted over 1,900 field 
demonstrations to date, on over 80 crops, 
and our research continues to reinforce the 
superior qualities and characteristics of 
POLY4. In November 2024, we entered into 
a pioneering agreement with the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 
an autonomous international organisation 
within the United Nations (UN), to research 
the effectiveness of polyhalite on mitigating 
soil salinisation – a growing threat to global 
food security. This five-year project is the first 
private partnership for the IAEA and 
demonstrates the potential for polyhalite, 
through its unique physical characteristics, 
to help tackle a global challenge.
During the slowdown period, the focus of 
marketing work will be on the key 
commercial and technical relationships that 
are already well established. This will 
maintain a presence in our key selling 
regions, consolidate the data that we have 
around product characteristics and 
performance, and develop our 
understanding of the potential for value 
adding blended polyhalite products.
Woodsmith remains a Tier 1 asset aligned 
with the demand trends of decarbonisation 
and food security. Anglo American has high 
confidence, backed by its proven track 
record in project delivery, to develop the 
Woodsmith project once the critical studies 
have been completed, the pathway to 
syndication is clear and the balance sheet is 
suitably deleveraged.
Safety
The Woodsmith project recorded zero 
fatalities (2023: zero) and a TRIFR of 
2.67 (2023: 1.96).
Environmental performance
Across the Woodsmith project, energy 
usage decreased marginally to 0.2 million 
GJ (2023: 0.3 million GJ), in line with the 
project slowdown. The percentage 
contribution of renewable energy to overall 
electricity use increased to 66% in 2024 
(2023: 63%). 
2024 results – Crop Nutrients
2024
2023
Group revenue – $m(1)
188
225
Underlying EBITDA – $m(1)
 
(34)  
(60) 
Capex – $m
834
641
 
 
 
Fatalities
0
0
TRIFR
2.67
1.96
Energy consumption – million GJ
0.2
0.3
GHG emissions – Mt CO2 equivalent
0.0
0.0
Total water withdrawals – million m3
0.1
0.1
Employee numbers
 
300 
300
(1)
Includes results from the interest in The Cibra Group, a fertiliser distributor based in Brazil.
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Corporate and other
 
Group revenue◊ 
$m
Underlying
EBITDA◊
$m
Underlying
EBIT◊
$m
Capex◊
$m
Segment total
 
471  
(179)  
(529)  
22 
Prior year
440  
(193)  
(403)  
59 
Exploration
n/a  
(118)  
(118)  
1 
Prior year
 
—  
(107)  
(107)  
3 
Corporate activities and unallocated costs(1)
471  
(61)  
(411)  
21 
Prior year
 
440  
(86)  
(296)  
56 
(1)
Revenue within Corporate activities and unallocated costs primarily relates to third-party shipping activities, as well as the Marketing 
business’ energy solutions activities. Refer to note 2 to the Consolidated financial statements for more detail.
Financial overview
Exploration
Exploration expenditure was $118 million, 
10% higher than the prior period (2023: 
$107 million), primarily due to the impact of 
timing differences incurred in the prior year.
Corporate activities and unallocated costs
Underlying EBITDA was a $61 million loss 
(2023: $86 million loss), arising primarily 
from the payment of the Grosvenor gas 
ignition claim by the Group’s self-insurance 
entity, which results in an expense in 
Corporate activities and a benefit included 
in the underlying EBITDA of Steelmaking 
Coal. Corporate activities includes a strong 
performance within the Marketing business’ 
shipping activities, partially offset by lower 
earnings from the Marketing business’ 
energy solutions activities. Corporate cost 
savings of $0.3 billion were realised and are 
partially recognised in the overheads of the 
underlying businesses.
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Non-financial and sustainability 
information disclosures and footnotes
Non-financial and sustainability information statement
The Companies (Strategic Report) (Climate-related Financial Disclosure) Regulations 2022 amend sections 414C, 414CA and 414CB of the Companies Act 2006, placing requirements on 
the Group to incorporate climate disclosures in our integrated annual report. We believe these have been addressed within our climate-related disclosures on pages 65–75 and, as such, 
have referenced the location of each disclosure within our TCFD disclosure table on pages 148–153.
Reporting requirement
Policies and standards
Outcomes and additional information
Page reference
Environmental matters
Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Way and Policy
Protecting our natural environment
75–77
Climate Change Policy
Disclosures related to the recommendations of the TCFD
148–153
Energy and GHG Emissions Standard
Climate change
65–75
Water Policy and Water Management Standard
Water
77–78
Mineral Residue Technical Management Standard
Mineral residue management
78
Employees
Code of Conduct
Building a purpose-led culture
90–91
SHE Way and Policy
Safety
31
HIV/AIDS Policy
Health
33–35
Human rights
Human Rights Policy
Human rights
84
Social matters
The Social Way
Social performance
78–83
Responsible Sourcing Standard for Suppliers
Supply chain
85
Supply Chain Local Procurement Policy
Supply chain
85
Anti-corruption and anti-bribery
Code of Conduct
Building a purpose-led culture
90–91
Business Integrity Policy
Business integrity
90
Principal risks and impact of 
business activity
Our business model
8
Our material matters
20–23
Managing risk effectively
95–103
Non-financial KPIs
Key performance indicators
104–107
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Footnotes
(1)
Throughout this Strategic Report, ‘employees’ is the average number of Group employees, 
excluding employees of contractors, associates and joint ventures, and including a proportionate 
share, based on the percentage shareholding, of employees within joint operations. 
(2)
Wages and benefits are the payments made to the Group’s employees, excluding employees of 
contractors, associates and joint ventures, and including a proportionate share, based on the 
percentage shareholding, of payments made to employees within joint operations. Includes social 
security costs of $190 million borne by the Group which are also included in the Taxes and royalties 
figure.
(3)
Taxes and royalties include all taxes and royalties borne and taxes collected by the Group. This 
includes corporate income taxes, withholding taxes, mining taxes and royalties, employee taxes 
and social security contributions and other taxes, levies and duties directly incurred by the Group, 
as well as taxes incurred by other parties (e.g. customers and employees) but collected and paid 
by the Group on their behalf. Figures disclosed are based on cash remitted, being the amounts 
remitted by entities consolidated for accounting purposes, plus a proportionate share, based on the 
percentage shareholding, of joint operations. Taxes borne and collected by equity accounted 
associates and joint ventures are not included. 
(4)
Local procurement is defined as procurement from businesses that are registered and based in the 
country of operation – also referred to as in-country procurement – and includes local procurement 
expenditure from the Group’s subsidiaries and a proportionate share of the Group’s joint operations, 
based on shareholding. Internal review, during the course of 2024, to ensure ongoing robustness in 
data collection processes, identified omitted procurement spend reports by the Group’s Corporate 
functions in some regions. This resulted in restatement of the 2023 local procurement, total 
procurement and total tax and economic contribution numbers.
(5)
Denotes percentage contribution to the Group total EBITDA (2024: $8.5 billion) 
(6)
With the exception of the Gahcho Kué joint operation, which is on an attributable 51% basis. 
(7)
Shareholder returns accrued from performance in the year. Total returns paid to Anglo American plc 
shareholders in the year was $1.0 billion.
(8)
Based on 2023 Employee Survey and Global Workforce Advisory Panel Meetings in 2024, of which 
more detail can be found on page 175.
(9)
In February 2024, the Group announced an agreement to acquire and integrate the contiguous 
Serpentina high quality iron ore resource owned by Vale into the Minas-Rio resource. The 
transaction was subject to regulatory approvals in Brazil which were obtained in October with 
the transaction closing on 2 December 2024. In exchange for the Serpentina asset the Group 
transferred 15% of its existing holding in Minas-Rio to Vale.
(10) Figure reflects a combination of Reserves and Resources, and includes share attributable to our 
partners where assets are not solely owned by Anglo American. 
(11) Carbon neutrality is a condition in which during a specified period there has been no net increase 
in the global emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to the atmosphere as a result of the GHG 
emissions associated with the subject during the same period.
(12) United Nations Environment Programme (2023). Emissions Gap Report 2023: Broken Record – 
Temperatures hit new highs, yet world fails to cut emissions (again).
(13) Scope 1 and 2 emission calculations are aligned to the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol's 
methodology.
(14)  Management includes middle and senior management across the Group.
(15)  With the appointment to the Board of Anne Wade on 1 January 2025, female representation on the 
Board increased from four to five (45% of the Board) with effect from that date.
(16) Data relates to subsidiaries and joint operations over which Anglo American has management 
control. Data excludes De Beers’ joint operations in Namibia and Botswana. Historical GHG, 
energy consumption and fresh water withdrawals data has been adjusted to exclude Thermal Coal 
South Africa, which was divested in June 2021.
(17) Attributable free cash flow includes expenditure on non-current intangible assets (excluding 
goodwill).
(18) Anglo American supports jobs through training, mentoring and capacity development. The number 
of jobs supported includes existing jobs (in activities supported by the intervention) and newly 
created jobs through the programmes. Jobs supported are measured as full time equivalent jobs. 
Data represents jobs supported since 2018, in line with the Sustainable Mining Plan Livelihoods 
stretch goal. Induced jobs – employment generated by local spending on goods and services by our 
employees and the employees of our suppliers – are estimated using input-output analysis; a well 
established economic modelling approach. In 2023, we understated the number of off-site jobs 
supported at our Brazil operations.
(19) The copper unit costs are impacted by FX rates and pricing of by-products, such as molybdenum. 
2025 unit cost guidance was set at c. 950 CLP:USD for Chile and c. 3.75 PEN:USD for Peru. 
(20) 2025 unit cost guidance was set at c.18.60 ZAR:USD for Kumba and c. 5.75 BRL:USD for Minas-Rio.
(21) The Group’s effective interest in Anglo American Platinum is 67.35% (2023: 79.2%), which excludes 
shares issued as part of a community empowerment deal, treated as treasury shares. The reduction 
in shareholding is due to two accelerated bookbuilds sales of Anglo American Platinum shares in 
the open market.
(22) Unit cost is per own mined 5E + gold PGMs metal in concentrate ounce. 2025 unit cost guidance 
was set at c.18.60 ZAR:USD.
(23) Fatalities and TRIFR relates to managed operations only.
(24) Refer to Anglo American plc Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report 2024 for 
additional information.
(25) Unit cost is based on De Beers’ proportionate consolidated share of costs and associated 
production. 2025 unit cost guidance was set at c.18.60 ZAR:USD.
(26) 2025 unit cost guidance was set at c.1.60 AUD:USD.
(27) 2025 unit cost guidance was set at c. 5.75 BRL:USD.
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Disclosures related to the 
recommendations of the TCFD
Anglo American’s response to climate 
change is multi-disciplinary and is detailed 
throughout our reporting suite – including 
the Integrated Annual Report and our 
Sustainability Report. In line with the UK 
Listing Rules, we confirm that the disclosures 
included in the Integrated Annual Report 
2024 and the Sustainability Report 2024 are 
consistent with the TCFD Recommendations 
and Recommended Disclosures, as well as 
the TCFD’s supplementary guidance for 
non-financial groups. We note the 
monitoring of company climate-related 
financial reporting transferred from the 
Financial Stability Board to the International 
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 
Foundation and International Sustainability 
Standards Board (ISSB) in 2024. 
Additionally, we have indicated in the table 
below which of the climate-related 
disclosures, outlined in Section 414CB of the 
Companies Act 2006, are addressed by the 
TCFD disclosures, alongside the pages of 
the Integrated Annual Report 2024 where 
these are located.
While we endeavour to include as much 
information as possible on our approach to 
climate change in the Integrated Annual 
Report, our Sustainability Report offers more 
comprehensive disclosure, including more 
detail on physical and adaptation risk, our 
most recent detailed scenario analysis and 
the pathway to achieving our Scope 3 GHG 
reduction ambition. References in the table 
below include the Integrated Annual Report 
2024 and the Sustainability Report 2024, 
both of which are available on our website.
▶To read our more comprehensive disclosures on 
climate
See pages 62–76 of our Sustainability Report 2024
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The table below offers guidance on where to find information relating to each of the TCFD’s recommendations and Companies Act section 414CB disclosure requirements. 
Governance
Disclose the organisation’s governance around climate-related risks and opportunities.
Recommended disclosures
References
CA 414CB
a) Describe the 
Board’s oversight 
of climate-related 
risks and 
opportunities.
Summary: The Board provides leadership to the Group and is collectively responsible for promoting and safeguarding the long-term success of the 
business, including the resilience of the business to, and the opportunities that flow from climate change. The Board focuses on workstreams that 
underpin our 2040 carbon neutrality targets and considers global trends that may have a consequence on the Group’s strategy, including climate 
change. The Board delegates powers and oversight of climate-related considerations to its various committees, including its Sustainability 
Committee, which oversees material policies, processes and strategy designed to manage climate-related risks and opportunities.
Integrated Annual Report 2024: Page 14 describes the insights the Board considers when reviewing and endorsing the Group’s long-term 
strategy and related decisions. Climate change considerations are included within the material matters (pages 20–23), our view on major demand 
growth trends (pages 39–42), our capital allocation decisions (pages 92–94) and within our principal risks – specifically risks 10 and 13 (pages 95–
103). Page 66 describes our policies and governance processes related to climate change. Page 169 describes the discussions and decisions 
taken by the Board in the year that relate to climate change. Pages 178–179 detail the items related to climate change discussed by the Board’s 
Sustainability Committee in the year.
Sustainability Report 2024: Pages 64–65 describe the Board’s climate change capability and gives detail on the Group’s climate-related 
governance, oversight and management structure. 
(a)
b) Describe 
management’s 
role in assessing 
and managing 
climate-related 
risks and 
opportunities.
Summary: Anglo American has a Climate Change Committee, which is chaired by the strategy & sustainability director. The Committee is a cross-
functional body to draw together all workstreams across the Group related to climate change and to have collective oversight and scrutiny over the 
associated workstreams. A cross-functional Climate Change Working Group exists to provide expert, working level support to Executive and Board 
level leadership. The chief executive, who is advised and supported by the wider Executive Leadership Team (ELT), is responsible and accountable 
for aligning our business practices with our climate change commitments and ambitions. Sitting on the ELT, the strategy & sustainability director is 
responsible for overseeing the company’s overall approach to climate change, in addition to co-ordination of the work to meet our commitments. 
Integrated Annual Report 2024: Page 14 describes the insights the chief executive and senior management take into account when formulating 
the Group’s long-term strategy. Climate change considerations are included within the material matters (pages 20–23), our view on major demand 
growth trends (pages 39–42), our capital allocation decisions (pages 92–94) and within our principal risks (pages 95–103). Page 66 describes our 
policies and governance processes related to climate change, including climate-related targets within executive remuneration. Pages 211 and 
214 of the Remuneration report details progress against climate-related targets and the impact on executive remuneration in the year.
Sustainability Report 2024: Pages 64–65 describe the Board’s climate change capability and give detail on the Group’s climate-related 
governance, oversight and management structure, including the role of the Group’s Climate Change Committee and the ELT. 
(a)
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Strategy
Disclose the actual and potential impacts of climate-related risks and opportunities on the organisation’s businesses, strategy and financial planning where such information is material.
a) Describe the 
climate-related 
risks and 
opportunities the 
organisation has 
identified over the 
short, medium and 
long-term.
Summary: Climate change has the potential for significant long-term impact on our world and on our industry. We expect climate change to impact 
the mining industry through both risks and opportunities in two broad areas: transition impacts – the potential impact on demand for different 
products, given assumptions on regulatory, technological and behavioural changes in the transition to a low-carbon economy; and physical 
impacts – the potential impact on our operations and surrounding communities from acute extreme weather events and chronic shifts in climate 
patterns.
Integrated Annual Report 2024: Pages 66–70 describe the potential impacts of climate change on both Anglo American and the mining industry, 
as well as the opportunities the Group believes it can realise through its strategic choices. Page 67describes how we assess the alignment and 
resilience of our portfolio, and the potential outcomes for mining profit pools and for our business, under both a 1.5oC and 2.5oC global warming 
scenario. Page 68 describes the transitional impacts we believe climate change will have on our business including the short, medium and long 
term risks and opportunities related to each of the products and commodities we produce. Pages 69–70 describe the physical risks our operations 
and host communities face, as well as our approach to adaptation. Pages 36–57 and page 69 describe the Group’s portfolio strategy, planned 
simplification, and future growth strategy and how that has been influenced by both the threat of climate change and major demand trends 
including decarbonisation. Pages 62–63 describe the technological innovations being delivered across the Group to reduce energy and water 
consumption and pages 60–61 describe the efforts of our Marketing business to deliver products that help enable our customers to achieve their 
climate change ambitions. The principal risks related to climate change and water are described on page 103.
Sustainability Report 2024: Pages 69–70 have more detail on the physical and adaptation climate risks facing our operations and host 
communities in the short, medium and long term, and our approach to them.
(d)
Recommended disclosures
References
CA 414CB
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Recommended disclosures
References
CA 414CB
b) Describe the 
impact of climate-
related risks and 
opportunities on 
the organisation’s 
businesses, 
strategy, and 
financial planning.
Summary: Anglo American’s strategy seeks opportunities in the metal and mineral needs of the future, including, critically, the impacts of climate 
change and the energy transition. The resilience of our portfolio to a changing climate also forms a key part of the Company’s strategy. We draw on 
multiple sources to judge the contribution that individual assets would make to the portfolio under different climate scenarios, and, amongst other 
things, this informs the way that we allocate capital.
Integrated Annual Report 2024: Pages 36–57 and page 65 describe the Group’s portfolio strategy, planned simplification, and future growth 
strategy and how that has been influenced by both the threat of climate change and major demand trends including decarbonisation. Pages 62–
63 describe the technological innovations being delivered across the Group to reduce energy and water consumption and pages 60–61 describe 
the efforts of our Marketing business to deliver products that help enable our customers to achieve their climate change ambitions. Pages 36–44 
give more detail on our strategy to simplify our portfolio to focus on future-enabling product groups and future growth strategy. Page 65 describes 
our approach to capital allocation to achieve our carbon reduction targets, including the carbon pricing we use when appraising investment 
decisions. Pages 66–68 describe our approach to transition risk and explains how we believe Anglo American will remain resilient in a 1.5oC future. 
Pages 92–94 describe how broader sustainability considerations, including climate change, are embedded in our capital allocation decisions.
Sustainability Report 2024: Page 62 explains the strategic principles that guide our portfolio choices and page 67 describes how we assess the 
resilience of our portfolio in a 1.5oC world. Page 62 also gives further details on the role we believe our products have to play in a low-carbon future. 
Pages 66–68 explain how we manage transition risks through portfolio evolution. Pages 69–71 have more detail on the physical and adaptation 
climate risks facing our operations and host communities in the short, medium and long term, and our approach to them.
(e)
c) Describe the 
resilience of 
the organisation’s 
strategy, taking into 
consideration 
different climate-
related scenarios, 
including a 2°C or 
lower scenario.
Summary: Anglo American’s strategy seeks opportunities in the metal and mineral needs of the future, including critically the impacts of climate 
change and the energy transition. The resilience of our portfolio to a changing climate also forms a key part of the Company’s strategy. We draw on 
multiple sources to judge the contribution that individual assets would make to the portfolio under different climate scenarios, and, amongst other 
things, this informs the way that we allocate capital.
Integrated Annual Report 2024: Pages 67–68 describe the potential impacts of climate change on both Anglo American and the mining industry, 
as well as the opportunities the Group believes it can realise through its strategic choices. Page 67 describes how we assess the alignment and 
resilience of our portfolio, and the potential outcomes for mining profit pools and for our business, under both a 1.5oC and 2.5oC global warming 
scenario. Page 68 describes the transitional impacts we believe climate change will have on our business including the short, medium and long-
term risks and opportunities related to each of the products and commodities we produce. Pages 69–70 describe the physical risks our operations 
and host communities face, as well as our approach to adaptation. Pages 36–57 and page 65 describes the Group’s portfolio strategy, planned 
simplification, and future growth strategy and how that has been influenced by both the threat of climate change and major demand trends 
including decarbonisation. Pages 62–63 describe the technological innovations being delivered across the Group to reduce energy and water 
consumption and pages 60–61 describe the efforts of our Marketing business to deliver products that help enable our customers to achieve their 
climate change ambitions. Pages 36–57 give more detail on our strategy to simplify our portfolio to focus on future-enabling product groups and 
future growth strategy. Page 65 describes our approach to capital allocation to achieve our carbon reduction targets, including the carbon pricing 
we use when appraising investment decisions. Pages 92–94 describe how broader sustainability considerations, including climate change, are 
embedded in our capital allocation decisions.
Sustainability Report 2024: Page 62 explains the strategic principles that guide our portfolio choices and page 67 describes how we assess the 
resilience of our portfolio in a 1.5oC world. Page 62 also gives further details on the role we believe our products have to play in a low-carbon future. 
Pages 66–68 explain how we manage transition risks through portfolio evolution. Pages 69–71 have more detail on the physical and adaptation 
climate risks facing our operations and host communities in the short, medium and long term, and our approach to them.
(f)
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Risk management
Disclose how the organisation identifies, assesses and manages climate-related risks.
Recommended disclosures
References
CA 414CB
a) Describe the 
organisation’s 
processes for 
identifying and 
assessing climate-
related risks.
Summary: Our risk management processes embed climate change in the understanding, identification and mitigation of risk. 
Integrated Annual Report 2024: Pages 66–70 describe our approach to climate-related risk, including both transition and physical risks. Pages 95–
103 describe the Group’s risk identification process and has more detail on climate change and water, both considered principal risks. 
Sustainability Report 2024: Pages 66–71 describe our understanding, assessment and management of climate-related risks. Pages 66–68 explain 
how we manage transition risks through portfolio evolution. Pages 69–71 have more detail on the physical and adaptation climate risk facing our 
operations and host communities in the short, medium and long term, and our approach to them.
(b)
b) Describe the 
organisation’s 
processes for 
managing climate-
related risks.
Summary: Our risk management processes embed climate change in the understanding, identification and mitigation of risk. 
Integrated Annual Report 2024: Pages 66–70 describe our approach to climate-related risk, including both transition and physical risks. Pages 95–
103 describe the Group’s risk identification process and has more detail on climate change and water, both considered principal risks, and how we 
manage and mitigate those risks. Our Portfolio Simplification (pages 36–49) section and overview of our sustainability and technical competencies 
(pages 62–63) in this report provide detail on the strategic portfolio choices we have made and the technological innovations we are delivering 
across the Group to reduce energy and water consumption and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Pages 71–74 describe how we plan to 
decarbonise our operations, pages 74–75 explain the pathway to decarbonising our value chains.
Sustainability Report 2024: Pages 66–71 describes our understanding, assessment and management of climate-related risks. Pages 64–65 
describe the Board’s climate change capability and give detail on the Group’s climate-related governance, oversight and management structure, 
including the role of the Group’s Climate Change Committee and the ELT. Pages 66–68 explain how we manage transition risks throughout our 
portfolio. Pages 69–71 have more detail on the physical and adaptation climate risks facing our operations and host communities in the short, 
medium and long term, and our approach to them.
(b)
c) Describe how 
processes for 
identifying, 
assessing and 
managing climate-
related risks are 
integrated into the 
organisation’s 
overall risk 
management.
Summary: Our risk management processes embed climate change in the understanding, identification and mitigation of risk. 
Integrated Annual Report 2024: Pages 66–70 describe our approach to climate-related risk, including both transition and physical risks. Pages 95–
103 describe the Group’s risk identification process and have more detail on climate change and water, both considered principal risks, and how we 
manage and mitigate those risks.
Sustainability Report 2024: Pages 66–71 describe our understanding, assessment and management of climate-related risks. Pages 64–65 
describe the Board’s climate change capability and give detail on the Group’s climate-related governance, oversight and management structure, 
including the role of the Group’s Climate Change Committee and the ELT. Pages 66–68 explain how we manage transition risks throughout our 
portfolio. Pages 69–71 have more detail on the physical and adaptation climate risks facing our operations and host communities in the short, 
medium and long term, and our approach to them.
(c)
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Metrics and targets
Disclose the metrics and targets used to assess and manage relevant climate-related risks and opportunities where such information is material.
Recommended disclosures
References
CA 414CB
a) Disclose the metrics 
used by the 
organisation to 
assess climate-
related risks and 
opportunities in line 
with its strategy and 
risk management 
process.
Summary: We use a range of metrics to assess climate-related risks and opportunities, including Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions and energy use. 
Integrated Annual Report 2024: Page 71 and page 74 show the metrics used by the Group when assessing climate-related risks and 
opportunities.
(h)
b) Disclose Scope 1, 
Scope 2, and, if 
appropriate, Scope 
3 GHG emissions 
and the related 
risks.
Summary: We use a range of metrics to assess climate-related risks and opportunities, including Scopes 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions and energy use. 
Integrated Annual Report 2024: Page 71 and page 74 show our Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions. Page 345 shows current and historical Scopes 
1 and 2 emissions by business.
Sustainability Report 2024: Page 75 provides more details on our Scope 3 GHG by each of the categories included in the Greenhouse Gas 
Protocol’s methodology.
(g)
c) Describe the 
targets used by the 
organisation to 
manage climate-
related risks and 
opportunities and 
performance 
against targets.
Summary: We are targeting a 30% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 on a 2016 baseline and have a goal to be carbon neutral across our 
operations for Scopes 1 and 2 emissions by 2040. Our ambition is to reduce our Scope 3 footprint by 50% against a 2020 baseline by 2040.
Integrated Annual Report 2024: Pages 70–74 describe our climate-related goals and ambitions.
(g)
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Streamlined energy and carbon reporting 
2024
2023
Commentary
Scope 1 emissions – Global
6.7
7.5
Measured in Mt CO2e
Scope 2 emissions – Global
4.9
5.0
Measured in Mt CO2e
Total Scope 1 and 2 emissions – Global
11.6
12.5
Measured in Mt CO2e
Group emission intensity
6.0
6.2
Measured in tonnes CO2e per tonne CuEq production
Scope 3 emissions – Global*
170.6281
166.7453
Measured in Mt CO2e
Total Scope 1 and 2 emissions from UK-based entities
0.01
0.02
Measured in Mt CO2e
Energy use from UK-based entities
89,674,234
131,476,718
Measured in kWh
Energy use – Global*
87
89
Measured in million GJ
* Global energy use is presented in million GJ as this is the measurement the Group uses internally. The equivalent energy use figure in kWh is 24,120,836,762 (2023: 24,723,511,650 kWh).
Further information:
Disclosure of our energy and Scope 1, 2 and 
3 emission reduction targets can be found 
on page 64.
Disclosure of the principal energy efficiency 
initiatives deployed by the Group to meet 
those targets can be found on pages 65–75.
Methodologies used to calculate energy use 
and emissions data can be found on pages 
332–333.
Assurance of data:
As a member of the International Council on 
Mining and Metals (ICMM), Anglo American 
is committed to obtaining specific assurance 
over specified assertions related to the 
Sustainability Report, including data related 
to GHG emissions and energy use. 
IBIS ESG Consulting Africa (Pty) Ltd (IBIS) 
was commissioned by Anglo American to 
conduct an independent third-party 
assurance engagement in relation to its 
Sustainability Report for the year ended 
31 December 2024. This data has been 
reproduced in the Anglo American plc 
Integrated Annual Report 2024.
See pages 127-128 of the Anglo American 
plc Sustainability Report 2024 for more 
details on the assurance process and 
conclusions.
▶For more information, see our Sustainability 
Report 2024
angloamerican.com/sustainability-report-2024
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Governance
This section of the Integrated Annual Report provides an overview 
of the means by which the Company is directed and controlled. 
The Board is there to support and challenge management and 
to ensure that we operate in a manner that promotes the long- 
term success of Anglo American. In this section we describe the 
ways in which we seek to achieve this.
Contents
156 Chair’s introduction
158 Directors
162 Executive Leadership Team
164 Board governance framework
167 Board operations
168 Board activity
171 Board effectiveness in 2024
173 Board visit in 2024
175 Stakeholder engagement
178 Sustainability Committee report
180 Nomination Committee report
182 Audit Committee report
192 Directors’ remuneration report
199 Directors’ remuneration policy
204 Annual report on directors’ remuneration
224 Statement of directors’ responsibilities
Compliance with the UK Corporate 
Governance Code
The Board supports the principles and provisions of the 
UK Corporate Governance Code 2018 (the Code) issued by the 
Financial Reporting Council (FRC), which is available on the FRC’s 
website (www.frc.org.uk). The principles and provisions of the 
Code have applied throughout the financial year ended 
31 December 2024. It is the Board’s view that the Company has 
complied throughout the year with the Code. The ways in which 
the Code has been applied can be found on the following pages:
Code section and where to find details
Section 1: Board leadership and company purpose 
Further detail on how the Board promotes the long-term success 
of the Group is provided in the Strategic Report on pages 2–154. 
Relations with shareholders are described on page 177. For the 
ways in which the Board engages with its key stakeholders, see 
pages 16–19 of our Strategic Report and our Section 172 
statement on page 25, and the Stakeholder engagement section 
on pages 175–177 of this report. Our whistleblowing programme 
is described on page 191.
Section 2: Division of responsibilities 
Pages 158–165 give details of the Board and executive 
leadership and the Board governance structure.
Section 3: Composition, succession and evaluation
The work of the Nomination Committee, and the processes 
used in relation to Board appointments, is illustrated on 
pages 180–181. The findings of the externally facilitated 
effectiveness review of the Board and committees are 
described on pages 171–172. 
Section 4: Audit, risk and internal control 
The report of the Audit Committee is found on pages 
182–191, with further detail on the Group’s principal risks 
to the business in the Strategic Report on pages 98–103.
Section 5: Remuneration
The Group’s remuneration policy and the report of the 
Remuneration Committee are found on pages 192–223.
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The Governance report and Financial Statements form part of the Anglo American plc 
Integrated Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024 and should be read 
in conjunction with the Strategic Report of the Integrated Annual Report.

Chair’s introduction
On behalf of the Board, I am pleased to introduce the 
Anglo American plc Governance report, in which we 
describe our corporate governance arrangements, the 
activities of the Board and its committees, and how 
the Board discharged its duties throughout 2024.
Board composition and succession
Board and senior leadership succession planning has 
continued to be one of our key focus areas in 2024. In line with 
our regular and ongoing review of Board composition, we strive 
to maintain the right balance of capabilities, experience, 
diversity and continuity required to sustain the Group’s long- 
term success as we transform our portfolio.
In December 2024, we announced the appointment of 
Anne Wade as a non-executive director and member of our 
Audit and Sustainability committees from 1 January 2025. 
Anne brings a wealth of buy-side insights from her extensive 
career as a global asset manager and non-executive 
director across a number of industries including infrastructure 
and raw materials, with a focus on sustainability and 
responsible investing.
At the date of this report, five of the 11 Board directors are 
female, including our Audit Committee chair; two are historically 
disadvantaged South Africans; and six different nationalities 
are represented, bringing experience from all of our major 
regions, notably South America and southern Africa.
In 2024, we continued our focus on succession planning for 
executive leadership, to ensure the organisation has a strong 
and diverse talent pipeline to take up senior leadership roles in 
the future.
The operation of the Board in 2024
Our Board believes that robust governance is the cornerstone 
of maintaining shareholder and societal trust. Sustainability 
considerations are at the heart of our governance framework, 
guiding responsible business practices and ensuring the 
Group’s long-term commercial success.
The Board gave serious consideration in 2024 to the unsolicited 
and highly conditional combination proposals from BHP, 
reviewing them in detail and unanimously rejecting each in turn. 
At the same time, the Board supported the management 
team’s accelerated value delivery plans as being in the best 
interests of Anglo American’s shareholders. The Board is 
actively engaged with the progress and implementation of 
these plans as part of its broader strategic oversight of the 
Group as it undergoes a period of transformational change 
that the Board believes will create a far more resilient and 
valuable business.
I believe director and Board site visits to be invaluable. They 
provide an opportunity for directors to learn more about the 
operations and understand the opportunities and challenges 
faced by the businesses in their local environments. Site visits 
are a key mechanism for the Board to directly engage with the 
workforce from a range of backgrounds and levels of seniority, 
and also present opportunities to meet with representatives 
from the communities in the countries we operate in. In 2024, 
I was delighted that, in September, the full Board was able to 
spend time at our premium iron ore operations at Minas-Rio 
in Brazil.
Robust governance is the cornerstone of 
maintaining shareholder and societal trust. 
Sustainability considerations are at the heart 
of our governance framework, guiding 
responsible business practices and ensuring 
long-term commercial success.”
Stuart Chambers
Chair
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Board engagement with stakeholders
Stakeholder considerations are integral to our discussions at 
Board meetings and the decisions we make take into account 
potential impacts on stakeholders. Following our 2023 internal 
evaluation, the Board agreed one of its effectiveness priorities 
in 2024 was to focus its attention on further developing its 
understanding of stakeholder views, particularly those of our 
shareholders.
Our investor relations team leads the day-to-day interactions 
with investors and our key financial and sustainability 
audiences. Our chief executive, finance director and other 
senior executives host regular meetings with current investors, 
as well as potential shareholders, throughout the year. As chair, 
I continued to meet and engage with many of our major 
shareholders throughout 2024. The Board also recognises the 
importance of the AGM as an opportunity for shareholders to 
engage with the Board and provide feedback.
The Board continues to enthusiastically embrace the board-
workforce engagement recommendations contained in the 
UK Corporate Governance Code. Anglo American’s Global 
Workforce Advisory Panel currently comprises 12 employees 
drawn from across our business and is chaired by non-
executive director Marcelo Bastos. To help facilitate the Board’s 
oversight role in the evolution of the organisation’s culture, the 
Panel enables the Board to better understand the views of the 
workforce, and how well the Group’s Purpose, Values and 
desired culture are embedded. In 2024, the Panel met on three 
occasions, one of which was in person in South Africa, and we 
marked the fifth anniversary of our Panel’s establishment and 
effective operation. On behalf of the Board, I thank Panel 
members for their ongoing commitment and look forward to the 
Panel’s continued insights. In addition, during our Board visit to 
Brazil in 2024, the full Board was able to spend time with a wide 
range of employees in informal and formal settings.
Board effectiveness
Each year, the Board undertakes a rigorous review of its 
effectiveness and performance, and that of its committees and 
individual directors. At least every three years this is facilitated 
by an external third party that interviews the directors and 
executive leaders to form an objective opinion on the 
performance of the Board. In 2024, our review was externally 
facilitated. I am pleased to report that the overall conclusion of 
the external review is that the Board and committees continue 
to be effective and function well. The process used and the 
findings from the review are described later in this report. 
▶The outcomes of our Board effectiveness review are described on 
pages 171–172 and our Board site visit is described on pages 173–174.
▶For more information on the Panel and the ways in which we currently 
engage with our key stakeholders 
See pages 175–177
Committee governance
Starting on page 178, each Board committee chair presents 
a report on the activities of their committee during 2024. The 
effective and efficient operation of the committees and their 
interaction with the Board are vital to ensure that all matters 
receive the necessary attention in a timely manner. I am 
grateful to the members and the chairs of those committees 
in particular for their commitment and the work that they do 
throughout the year in this regard.
2025 Annual General Meeting
Our 2025 AGM will again be held as a hybrid meeting and 
shareholders will be welcome to attend, vote, raise questions 
and be heard both physically in the room and via the virtual 
platform. I look forward to engaging with as many of you as 
possible at the AGM, in person or virtually, and would 
encourage you to vote your shares even if you cannot attend 
in person, so that we gain a better understanding of the views 
of our shareholders as a whole.
Stuart Chambers
Chair
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Stuart Chambers in the operation control room at our Minas-Rio operation 
during the Board visit to Brazil in September 2024.

Directors
Stuart Chambers
Chair
Qualifications: BSc (Applied Physics), PhD 
Business Administration, FIChemE
Appointed: 1 September 2017 and as Chair 
on 1 November 2017
Skills and experience
Stuart contributes to Anglo American 
significant global executive and 
boardroom experience across the 
industrial, logistics and consumer 
sectors.
Stuart served as chair of Travis Perkins 
plc from 2017 to 2021, and previously 
chaired ARM Holdings plc and Rexam 
plc until 2016. In his non-executive 
career, Stuart has served on the boards 
of Tesco PLC, Manchester Airport 
Group plc, Smiths Group plc and 
Associated British Ports Holdings plc. 
Stuart’s executive career included 
13 years at Pilkington plc and its 
subsequent parent company Nippon 
Sheet Glass until 2010, in a number of 
executive roles and ultimately as chief 
executive of both companies. Prior to 
that, he gained 10 years of sales 
and marketing experience at Mars 
Corporation, following 10 years at Shell 
as a chemical engineer.
Key external appointments
A Visiting Fellow of Saïd Business 
School, Oxford University. 
Nationality: 
Age:
British
68
Duncan Wanblad
Chief Executive
Qualifications: BSc (Eng) Mech, GDE 
(Eng Management), FREng
Appointed: 19 April 2022 as Chief Executive
Skills and experience
Duncan brings to the Board more than 
30 years of global mining experience 
and a deep understanding of 
Anglo American, its culture and context.
Duncan leads the Executive Leadership 
Team (ELT), having served as a 
member since 2009, and is chair of 
De Beers. From 2016 to 2022, Duncan 
was Group Director – Strategy and 
Business Development, also serving as 
CEO of our Base Metals business from 
2013 to 2019. Until 2022, he chaired 
the Anglo American Foundation.
Between 2009 and 2013, Duncan 
held the position of Group Director – 
Other Mining and Industrial, responsible 
for a global portfolio of mining and 
industrial businesses for disposal or 
turnaround to maximise shareholder 
value. He was appointed CEO of our 
Copper operations in 2008, prior to 
which he served as joint interim CEO 
of Anglo American Platinum in 2007 
(having served on the board since 
2004). From 2004 to 2007, Duncan 
was Executive Director of Projects 
and Engineering at Anglo American 
Platinum. Duncan began his career 
at Johannesburg Consolidated 
Investment Company Limited in 1990. 
Key external appointments
None
Nationality:
Age:
South African
58
John Heasley
Finance Director
Qualifications: BA, CA
Appointed: 1 December 2023 as Finance 
Director
Skills and experience
John brings to Anglo American proven 
financial, strategic and commercial 
expertise, coupled with hands-on 
operational experience of supporting 
sustainable mining through technology.
John is a member of the ELT and is a 
director of De Beers. Prior to joining 
Anglo American in 2023, he was chief 
financial officer and an executive 
director at The Weir Group PLC, the 
FTSE 100 listed global engineering 
company providing engineering 
technologies to the global mining 
industry, a role held since 2016.
Prior to joining Weir in 2008, John 
served as group financial controller of 
Scottish Power plc, following his early 
career in professional services firms in 
audit, mergers and acquisitions, and 
corporate finance roles.
He is a member of the Institute of 
Chartered Accountants of Scotland. 
Key external appointments
None
Nationality:
Age:
British
50
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Ian Tyler 
Senior Independent Director
Qualifications: BCom, ACA
Appointed: 1 January 2022 and as Senior 
Independent Director on 19 April 2022 
Skills and experience
Ian contributes to Anglo American a 
wealth of boardroom and financial 
experience spanning a number of 
industrial sectors, including as chair of 
remuneration and audit committees. 
Ian has previously served as chair of 
Affinity Water, Amey, Vistry Group plc 
(formerly Bovis Homes Group) and of 
Cairn Energy plc, and is a former non-
executive director of BAE Systems plc, 
VT Group plc and Cable & Wireless 
Communications plc, amongst other 
non-executive board roles. Ian’s senior 
executive career was at Balfour Beatty 
plc, a global infrastructure business, 
joining as finance director in 1996 and 
serving as chief executive from 2005 
to 2013. 
Key external appointments
Chair of Grafton Group plc, and a non-
executive director of Synthomer plc. 
Ian also chairs BMT Group Ltd, a 
maritime-orientated consultancy.
Nationality:
Age:
British
64
Magali Anderson
Independent Non-executive Director
Qualifications: Mech Eng
Appointed: 1 April 2023
Skills and experience
Magali brings to Anglo American highly 
relevant experience in capital intensive 
industries from an international executive 
career in operational, commercial and 
business transformation leadership roles, 
and a deep understanding of 
sustainability in its broadest sense.
Until September 2023, Magali was Chief 
Sustainability and Innovation Officer of 
Holcim Group, the Switzerland-based 
global building materials company. She 
joined Holcim in 2016, becoming Chief 
Sustainability Officer in 2019 and adding 
Innovation to her remit in 2021. During 
her Holcim tenure, Magali was a member 
of the advisory boards of industry 
organisations: Business for Nature, the 
MIT Climate and Sustainability 
Consortium, the World Green Building 
Council and the 50L Home Coalition on 
water efficiency; and Co-chair of the 
2050 net zero work for the Global 
Cement and Concrete Association. Prior 
to joining Holcim, Magali spent the 
majority of her career with Schlumberger, 
holding operational line management 
positions including CEO, Angola and 
region head, Europe. Magali started her 
career as a field engineer on offshore oil 
rigs in Nigeria, beginning a 27-year 
career in oil and gas.
Key external appointments
A member of the supervisory board of 
Capitals Coalition, a not-for-profit, 
multi-stakeholder organisation.
Nationality:
Age:
French
57
Ian Ashby
Independent Non-executive Director
Qualifications: B Eng (Mining)
Appointed: 25 July 2017
Skills and experience
Ian contributes to Anglo American 
substantial knowledge of the minerals 
industry across a wide range of 
commodities, combined with global 
operating, major projects and capital 
development experience.
Ian served as President of Iron Ore for 
BHP Billiton between 2006 and 2012, 
when he retired from the company. 
During his 25-year tenure with BHP 
Billiton, Ian held numerous roles in its 
iron ore, base metals and gold 
businesses in Australia, the US and 
Chile, as well as projects roles in the 
corporate office. He began his over 
40-year mining career as an 
underground miner at the Mount Isa 
Mines base metals operations in 
Queensland, Australia. 
Ian has previously served as chair of 
Petropavlovsk plc, and a non-executive 
director of Alderon Iron Ore Corp, 
Nevsun Resources Ltd, New World 
Resources PLC and Genco Shipping & 
Trading and IAMGOLD Corporation 
and in an advisory capacity with Apollo 
Global Management and Temasek.
Key external appointments
Independent director of Suncor 
Energy Inc. 
Nationality:
Age:
Australian
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Sustainability Committee
Nomination Committee
Chair of Committee
Remuneration Committee
Member of Committee

Directors continued
Marcelo Bastos
Independent Non-executive Director
Qualifications: MBA, BSc (Hons) Mech Eng
Appointed: 1 April 2019
Skills and experience
Marcelo contributes to Anglo American 
more than 35 years of operational and 
project experience in the mining 
industry across numerous commodities 
in South America, Australia, Africa and 
south east Asia. He is designated by 
the Board to chair and engage with 
Anglo American’s Global Workforce 
Advisory Panel. 
Marcelo served as chief operating 
officer of MMG between 2011 and 
2017, responsible for the group’s 
copper, zinc, silver, lead and gold 
operations, and sales and marketing. 
In this role, he also led the planning 
and development of the Las Bambas 
copper mine in Peru. Prior to MMG, 
Marcelo served as president and CEO 
of the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance joint 
venture (metallurgical coal), president 
of BHP’s Cerro Matoso nickel operation 
in Colombia, president of nickel 
Americas, and president of Nickel West 
in Australia. He had a 19-year career at 
Vale until 2004 in a range of senior 
executive positions in Brazil. Marcelo is 
a former non-executive director of 
Golder Associates, Oz Minerals Ltd and 
Iluka Resources Ltd.
Key external appointments
Independent non-executive director of 
Aurizon Holdings Ltd and IGO Ltd.
Nationality:
Age:
Brazilian /
Australian
61
Hilary Maxson
Independent Non-executive Director
Qualifications: MBA, B.S. (Applied 
Economics & Management)
Appointed: 1 June 2021
Skills and experience
Hilary contributes to Anglo American 
experience in business, spanning 
finance, the capital markets, energy 
transition and technology, gained 
across her executive career in the 
Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. 
Hilary is CFO of Schneider Electric and 
a member of its executive committee, 
based in Paris. She previously served 
as CFO of their largest business unit, 
Energy Management, having joined 
the company in 2017 as CFO of the 
Building and IT business, situated in 
Hong Kong. Prior to joining Schneider 
Electric, Hilary spent 12 years with the 
AES Corporation in a variety of finance, 
M&A and business development roles, 
based across the US, Cameroon and 
the Philippines, ultimately as CFO for 
Asia. Hilary began her career at Bank 
of America and Citigroup, in New York.
Key external appointments
None
Nationality:
Age:
American
46
Hixonia Nyasulu
Independent Non-executive Director
Qualifications: BA Hons
Appointed: 1 November 2019
Skills and experience
Hixonia contributes to Anglo American 
significant global board experience 
drawn from the natural resources, 
financial services and consumer 
industries. 
Hixonia previously served as senior 
independent director of Vivo Energy plc, 
and a non-executive director on the 
boards of Sasol Ltd, including five years 
as chair, Nedbank Ltd, and Unilever plc. 
She is a former member of the board of 
AGRA and chaired the Africa Enterprise 
Challenge Fund, both not-for-profit 
organisations. Hixonia has also served 
as a member of the South Africa 
advisory board of JPMorgan and on 
the board of the Development Bank 
of Southern Africa. In 2004, Hixonia 
founded Ayavuna Women’s 
Investments (Pty) Ltd, a female-
controlled investment holding company. 
Prior to that, she ran T.H. Nyasulu & 
Associates, a strategy, marketing and 
research company, after starting her 
career at Unilever in South Africa. 
Hixonia was a founder member of the 
Advisory Group formed by the World 
Economic Forum to set up a community 
of global chairs.
Key external appointments
Independent non-executive director 
and vice chair of Olam Agri Holdings 
Pte. Ltd, and a non-executive director 
and senior independent director 
designate of SSE plc.
Nationality:
Age:
South African
70
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Nonkululeko Nyembezi
Independent Non-executive Director
Qualifications: MBA, MSc, BSc
Appointed: 1 January 2020
Skills and experience
Nonkululeko contributes to 
Anglo American great breadth of 
technical and strategic insights with 
a background in engineering and 
extensive experience spanning mining, 
steel, financial services and technology 
in South African and global 
organisations.
Until March 2024, Nonkululeko was 
chair of Macsteel Service Centres SA, 
a privately-held business. She was 
previously chair of JSE Limited and 
was formerly CEO of Ichor Coal N.V. 
She previously served as chair of 
Alexander Forbes Group, as a non-
executive director on the boards of 
Old Mutual plc, Exxaro Resources, 
Universal Coal plc and Denel, and as 
CEO of ArcelorMittal South Africa. In her 
earlier career, Nonkululeko was chief 
officer of M&A for the Vodacom group 
and chief executive officer of Alliance 
Capital, the then local subsidiary of a 
New York-based global investment 
management company.
Key external appointments
Chair of Standard Bank Group.
Nationality:
Age:
South African
64
Anne Wade
Independent Non-executive Director
Qualifications: MS (International Relations 
& Political Economy), BA
Appointed: 1 January 2025
Skills and experience
Anne contributes to Anglo American 
a wealth of buy-side insights from her 
career as a global asset manager, 
with a particular focus on infrastructure 
and raw materials, and extensive 
experience as a non-executive director 
across a number of relevant industries, 
with emphasis on sustainability and 
responsible investing.
Anne spent the majority of her 
executive career in the asset 
management industry, largely with 
Capital Group focused on 
infrastructure investment. During 
her 17-year career with Capital, she 
served as senior vice president and 
director. In her non-executive career, 
Anne has served on the boards of 
Holcim Ltd from 2013 to 2015, John 
Laing Group plc from 2015 to 2021, 
and Summit Materials, Inc from 2016 
until February 2025.
Key external appointments
Chair of Man Group plc.
Nationality:
Age:
American / British
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Audit Committee
Sustainability Committee
Nomination Committee
Chair of Committee
Remuneration Committee
Member of Committee
Appointed to the Board in January 2025

Leadership team
Executive Leadership Team members
Duncan Wanblad
Chief Executive
Member since: October 2009
John Heasley
Finance Director
Member since: December 2023
▶For full biographical details 
of the executive directors 
See page 158
Al Cook
CEO of De Beers 
Qualifications: M.A. Hons (Natural Sciences)
Member since: February 2023
Skills and experience
As CEO of De Beers, Al is responsible for 
its strategy and operations from mines to 
retail stores.
Prior to joining the Group in 2023, Al was 
EVP of exploration and production 
international for Equinor, with responsibility 
for its businesses in 12 countries around 
the world.
Al previously held the role of EVP for global 
strategy and business development at 
Equinor, where he developed a net zero 
strategy and reshaped its portfolio for the 
energy transition. He joined Equinor after 
a 20-year career at BP, which included 
operational roles offshore, leadership of 
the Southern Corridor gas project and 
chief of staff to the CEO. Al is a trustee of 
The Power of Nutrition, an independent 
charitable foundation. He is a Fellow of the 
Geological Society and the Energy 
Institute.
Alison Atkinson
Projects & 
Development Director
Qualifications: BEng (Hons) (Civil Engineering) FREng
Member since: May 2023
Skills and experience
As Projects & Development Director, Alison 
leads Projects, Carbon and Innovation at 
Anglo American. 
Prior to joining Anglo American in 2023, 
Alison was CEO of AWE plc from 2020-23. 
Alison joined AWE in 2005 and fulfilled a 
number of senior roles, delivering multi-
billion dollar infrastructure projects and 
technology programmes. AWE assures, 
designs, manufactures, and assembles 
capabilities and products that support the 
UK's nuclear defence programme. Prior to 
AWE, Alison spent 14 years at Halcrow, 
managing a wide variety of capital 
projects in the UK and overseas in both 
the public and private sectors. 
Alison is a Fellow of the Royal Academy 
of Engineering and a Chartered Civil 
Engineer. She is also a non-executive 
director of Kier Group plc and chair of its 
safety, health and environment 
committee.
Matt Daley
Technical & 
Operations Director
Qualifications: BEng (Mining) Hons, PgDip (Fin)
Member since: January 2023
Skills and experience
As Technical & Operations Director, Matt 
leads our Discovery & Geosciences, 
Engineering & Maintenance, Information 
Management, Mining, Processing, Supply 
Chain, and Safety, Health & Environment 
disciplines. 
Prior to joining Anglo American in 2017 
as Group Head of Mining, Matt was the 
Executive General Manager for Glencore 
Canada and non-executive director on 
the board of PolyMet Mining. He previously 
worked for Xstrata and Minera Alumbrera, 
starting his career with Mount Isa Mines in 
Queensland, Australia.
Matt is a mining engineer with more than 
two decades of underground, open cut, 
smelting, refining, project and commodity 
trading experience around the world. 
Monique Carter
People & 
Organisation Director
Qualifications: BA (Hons), MCIPD
Member since: June 2023
Skills and experience
As People & Organisation Director, 
Monique leads people-related disciplines 
across the Group, including Culture and 
Learning, Performance and Reward, and 
Talent Development. 
Prior to joining Anglo American in 2023, 
Monique served as EVP People & 
Organisation for Novo Nordisk. Her global 
career experience spans engineering, 
chemicals, manufacturing and retail. 
Monique was Group HR Director at GKN, 
following a number of senior HR roles at 
AkzoNobel and ICI.  
Monique is a chartered member of the 
Chartered institute of Personnel and 
Development and on the steering 
committee of The FTSE Women Leaders 
Review.
Ruben Fernandes
Regional Director, 
Americas
Qualifications: MBA, MSc (Metallurgical Engineering)
Member since: March 2019
Skills and experience
As Regional Director for the Americas, 
Ruben is responsible for ensuring safe 
and responsible operations, optimising 
performance, future options and 
commercial value across the Americas, 
including the Group’s operational footprint 
in Brazil, Chile and Peru.
Prior to starting this role in 2023, Ruben 
served as CEO of Base Metals and CEO 
of Anglo American in Brazil. 
Ruben joined Anglo American in 2012, 
and was previously head of mining at 
Votorantim Metals in Brazil. Between 2009 
and 2011, he was COO at Vale Fertilizers 
and CEO of Kaolin Companies – Pará 
Pigments and Cadam – two subsidiaries 
of Vale, between 2007 and 2009, and 
held various analysis, marketing and 
project roles in Vale’s Base Metals 
business which he joined in 1999. 
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Tom McCulley
CEO of Crop Nutrients
Qualifications: B.S. (Accounting)
Member since: October 2022
Skills and experience
As CEO of Crop Nutrients, Tom is 
responsible for the safe delivery of the 
Woodsmith project, aligned with the 
successful development of the market for, 
and premium value of, the mine’s 
polyhalite fertiliser product. 
Prior to starting this role in 2022, Tom 
served as CEO of Anglo American in Peru 
and Group Head of Projects. 
Tom joined Anglo American in 2015 and 
previously held several senior global roles 
at Newmont, including VP of Investment 
and Value Management and VP of 
Discovery and Development Planning and 
Services. Tom began his career at Fluor 
Corporation in international oil & gas and 
mining projects, developing his full project 
lifecycle expertise.
Richard Price
Legal & Corporate 
Affairs Director
Qualifications: LL.B, BA (Hons) 
Member since: May 2017
Skills and experience
As Legal & Corporate Affairs Director, 
Richard leads Legal, Government & 
International Relations, Communications, 
Company Secretarial and Security. He 
also serves as Group Company Secretary 
of Anglo American plc. 
Prior to joining Anglo American in 2017, he 
was a partner at law firm Shearman & 
Sterling, working across EMEA, Asia and 
North America. In private practice, Richard 
acted for clients across the metals, mining, 
energy and financial services sectors, 
assisting with complex financing, 
corporate and compliance matters. 
A champion for diversity, equity and 
inclusion in the legal profession, Richard 
was one of the founders and serves as 
chair of General Counsel for Diversity & 
Inclusion.
Themba Mkhwanazi
Regional Director, 
Africa & Australia
Qualifications: B Eng (Chemical) Hons 
Member since: August 2019
Skills and experience
As Regional Director for Africa & Australia, 
Themba is responsible for ensuring safe 
and responsible operations, optimising 
performance, future options and 
commercial value across Africa and 
Australia. 
Prior to starting this role in 2023, Themba 
served as CEO of Bulk Commodities, 
CEO of Kumba Iron Ore and CEO 
for Anglo American’s Thermal Coal 
business in South Africa.
Themba joined Anglo American in 2014 
and was previously managing director for 
Huntsman Tioxide in South Africa until 
2007 when he was appointed COO of 
Richards Bay Minerals, a joint venture 
between Rio Tinto and BHP. In 2011, he 
was seconded to Rio Tinto’s Australian 
coal business, before becoming regional 
general manager for the Americas. 
Themba is a Vice President of the Minerals 
Council of South Africa. 
Matt Walker
CEO of Marketing
Qualifications: Bsc (Hons), CA
Member since: December 2023
Skills and experience
As CEO of Marketing, Matt is responsible 
for optimising the value of the Group’s 
products in the market through the 
implementation of effective sales and 
trading strategies. 
Prior to taking up this role in 2023, Matt 
was Group Head of Corporate Finance, 
leading capital allocation and integrated 
planning, as well as the M&A transaction 
team. Between 2019 and 2021, he served 
as Group Treasurer responsible for the 
Group’s bank and debt market funding.
Matt joined Anglo American in 2007 and 
has held a number of senior finance and 
other roles across the Group, including as 
CFO of our Copper business in Chile. 
Helena Nonka
Strategy & 
Sustainability Director
Qualifications: M.A. Hons, LL.M
Member since: October 2022
Skills and experience
As Strategy & Sustainability Director, 
Helena leads Business Development, 
Portfolio Management, Social Impact, 
Strategy, and Sustainability disciplines. 
Prior to joining Anglo American in 2022, 
Helena was EVP corporate development 
for Norsk Hydro ASA, leading strategy, 
business development, sustainability,  
technology and innovation, and operating 
model work.
Helena’s global career spans more than 
20 years in the natural resources industry, 
professional services, consulting, and 
academia across Europe, Asia and North 
America, including global head of new 
business for natural resources at SGS and 
several global senior commercial 
leadership roles at Rio Tinto, including 
leading corporate strategy.
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Board governance framework
The Board, through its role in setting the tone 
from the top, provides leadership to the Group 
and is collectively responsible for promoting and 
safeguarding the long-term success of the business. 
The Board is supported by a number of committees, 
to which it has delegated certain powers.
The role of these committees is summarised opposite, and their 
membership, responsibilities and activities during the year are 
detailed on pages 178–223.
Some decisions are sufficiently material that they can only 
be made by the Board as a whole. The schedule of ‘Matters 
Reserved for the Anglo American plc Board’, and the 
committees’ terms of reference, explain which matters are 
delegated and which are retained for Board approval; these 
documents can be found on the Group’s website.
Executive structure
The Board delegates executive responsibilities to the chief 
executive, who is advised and supported by the Executive 
Leadership Team (ELT) and ELT sub-committees on the critical 
business matters required to shape the Group. The ELT 
comprises the chief executive, regional directors and Group 
directors of corporate functions, including the company 
secretary. The names of the ELT members, their roles and 
biographical details appear on pages 162–163.
Board composition
At the date of this report, the Board comprises 11 directors: 
the chair, two executive directors (our chief executive and 
our finance director) and eight independent non-executive 
directors. The roles of our directors are summarised opposite, 
alongside the divisions of responsibility between the chair, the 
executive and non-executive members of the Board.
There were no changes to the composition of the Board in 2024. 
As announced in December, Anne Wade joined the Board as 
an independent non-executive director on 1 January 2025.
The broad range of skills and experience that our Board 
members contribute to the long-term sustainable success of 
the Group are set out on pages 158–161. The Board is 
supported by the legal & corporate affairs director who also 
serves as the Group company secretary.
There is a clear separation of responsibilities at the head of 
the Company between the leadership of the Board (the 
responsibility of the chair) and the executive responsibility for 
leadership of the Company’s business (the responsibility of the 
chief executive).
Independence of the non-executive directors
At the date of this report, almost three-quarters of the Board are 
independent non-executive directors. The Board determines 
all the non-executive directors (other than the chair) to be 
independent of management and free from any business or other 
relationship which could interfere materially with their ability to 
exercise independent judgement. The UK Corporate Governance 
Code (the Code) does not consider a chair to be independent 
due to the unique position the role holds in corporate governance. 
Stuart Chambers met the independence criteria contained in the 
Code when he was appointed as chair of the Board in 2017.
To ensure the continued effectiveness of the Board, the chair and 
the non-executive directors meet without the executive directors 
present several times a year. The chair also meets regularly with 
each of the non-executive directors. The senior independent 
director (SID) engages with the other non-executive directors 
without the chair present, at least annually, to appraise the chair’s 
performance. In 2024, Ian Tyler, as the SID, met with the non-
executive directors on one such occasion.
Time commitment and external appointments
The Nomination Committee conducts an annual review of the 
time commitment expected from each of the non-executive 
directors and affirms that the directors devote the requisite 
time to meet the expectations of their role. In making this 
assessment, the Nomination Committee considers directors’ 
attendance at Board and committee meetings, their external 
positions, and the chair is asked to comment on their individual 
performance as part of the Board’s effectiveness review. 
Overall, a minimum expected time commitment of 30 days per 
annum is set out in the non-executive directors’ letters of 
appointment; however, the SID and committee chairs devote 
more time as required by their roles. The anticipated annual 
time commitment expected from the chair of the Board is the 
equivalent of two to three days per week in the normal course 
of business. Directors are expected to prepare for and attend 
Board and committee meetings as relevant, a full day Board 
strategy meeting, the AGM and at least one operational site visit 
annually.
The Board acknowledges that non-executive directors have 
business interests other than those of the Company. Prior to 
their appointment to the Board, non-executive directors are 
required to declare any directorships, appointments and other 
business interests to the Company in writing. Non-executive 
directors are required to seek the approval of the chair, chief 
executive and Group company secretary, on behalf of the 
Board, before accepting additional significant commitments 
that might be a potential conflict of interest or affect the time 
they are able to devote to their role. New appointments are then 
reported to the full Board.
Currently, only one of the non-executive directors holds more than 
two external board appointments. The Nomination Committee has 
considered these external commitments, taking into account the 
time commitment required for each role, and is satisfied they do 
not impact the individual Board members’ ability to discharge their 
responsibilities fully and effectively.
Executive directors are required to seek approval from the 
Board, following consideration by the Nomination Committee, 
before accepting an external directorship. The Board would 
not normally permit an executive director to hold more than 
one external non-executive directorship in a FTSE 100 
company (or other equivalent publicly quoted company), 
nor the chair role of any such company.
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Roles of the Directors
Chair
Stuart Chambers leads the Board, ensuring it works 
constructively as a team. His main responsibilities include: 
chairing the Board and the Nomination Committee and setting 
their agendas; Board composition and succession planning; 
providing support and counsel to the chief executive and his 
team; promoting the highest standards of integrity and 
governance; facilitating effective communication between 
directors; effective dialogue with shareholders and other 
stakeholders; and acting as ambassador for the Group.
Senior Independent Director (SID)
Ian Tyler serves as the Board’s SID. He acts as a sounding 
board for the chair and as an intermediary between the other 
directors. The SID leads the annual review of the performance 
of the chair and is available to shareholders on matters where 
the usual channels of communication are deemed 
inappropriate.
Independent Non-executive Directors (NEDs)
The role of the NEDs is to support, constructively challenge, 
and provide advice to executive management; effectively 
contribute to the development of the Group’s strategy; 
scrutinise the performance of management in meeting 
agreed goals; and monitor the delivery of the Group’s strategy.
Chief Executive
Duncan Wanblad manages the Group. His main responsibilities 
include: executive leadership; formulation, implementation 
and delivery of the Group’s strategy as agreed by the Board; 
approval and monitoring of business plans; organisational 
structure and senior appointments; business development; 
and stakeholder relations.
Finance Director
John Heasley leads the global finance function and supports 
the chief executive in formulating, implementing and delivering 
the strategy in relation to the financial and operational 
performance of the Group.
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Audit Committee
Oversight of financial 
reporting, audit, internal 
control and risk 
management.
▶For more information
See pages 182–191
Nomination 
Committee
Responsible for Board 
composition, appointment of 
directors and ensuring 
effective succession 
planning for the Board and 
senior management.
▶For more information
See pages 180–181
Executive Leadership Team
Principal executive committee. Responsible for formulating strategy, monitoring Group performance, 
setting targets/budgets and managing the Group’s portfolio.
Remuneration 
Committee
Determines the 
remuneration of 
executive directors, the 
chair and senior 
management, and 
oversees remuneration 
policy for all employees.
▶For more information
See pages 192–223
Sustainability 
Committee
Oversees management 
of sustainability issues, 
including safety, health, 
environment, climate 
change and 
social performance.
▶For more information
See pages 178–179
Board Committees

Board diversity policy statement: gender and 
ethnicity targets
The Board is committed to ensuring that it has the right balance 
of skills, experience and diversity, and reflects the global reach 
of the Group, its employees and major markets. The Board 
strongly supports the targets of the FTSE Women Leaders and 
Parker reviews on gender and ethnic diversity. In support of 
these aims, in leading search processes to appoint new 
directors, the Nomination Committee retains the services of 
executive search firms that are accredited under the UK 
Government’s Standard Voluntary Code of Conduct for 
Executive Search Firms.
At the date of this report, five (45%) of the 11 directors are 
female and two (18%) identify as minority ethnic. Six different 
nationalities are represented, bringing experience from all of 
Anglo American’s major regions. A substantial majority of the 
Board have a nationality or place of origin outside the UK. 
Throughout 2024, the Company continued to meet the targets 
in the UK Listing Rules on having at least 40% female 
representation on its Board, and at least one director from a 
minority ethnic background. 
The Company does not currently meet the UK Listing Rule 
target that at least one of the senior positions on its Board 
(defined under the Listing Rules as the chair, chief executive, 
senior independent director or chief financial officer) is held by 
a woman. Appointments to the Board are made on merit 
following rigorous search processes, ensuring the overall 
composition of the Board and all its committees continues to 
reflect an appropriate mix of capabilities, experience and 
diversity (of gender, ethnicity, nationality, age and 
perspectives). In considering succession plans for these four 
positions, due attention will be given to this target. We are 
confident that future appointments will, as a whole, continue to 
support the Board’s diversity aims.
The broad range of skills and experience and the diversity of our 
Board as at the date of this report are illustrated below. The 
composition of our Board committees, as shown throughout 
this report, reflects the overall broad diverse make-up of our 
Board.
The additional diversity data required under the UK Listing Rules 
for the year ended 31 December 2024 is set out on page 181.
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Gender diversity
Board nationality 
or place of origin
Professional experience
Regional experience
ò Male (55%)
ò Female (45%)
ò British
ò South African
ò American
ò Australian
ò French
ò Brazilian
Balance of independent 
Non-executive and 
Executive Directors
Tenure of the Non-executive 
Directors (including Chair)
ò Independent Non-executive
ò Chair (independent on appointment)
ò Executive
ò 0-3 years
ò 3-6 years
ò 6-9 years
6
5
3
3
2
1
1
1
Mining
45%
Large project management
45%
Construction in natural
resources sector
45%
Finance
64%
Marketing (downstream) 
or commodity trading
55%
Sustainability, including safety, 
health, environment
100%
Digital technology and innovation
45%
Climate change, clean energies, 
decarbonisation
36%
External quoted boardroom 
experience
73%
Previous chief executive
45%
Capital markets, M&A and investor 
perspective
 64% 
North America
82%
Southern Africa
55%
China
55%
South America
45%
Australia 
27%
India
9%
8
1
2
2
5
2
Board composition
Board experience and capabilities

Board operations
Board information and support 
All directors have full and timely access to the information 
required to discharge their responsibilities fully and effectively. 
They have access to the advice and services of the Group 
company secretary and his team, other members of the 
Group’s management and employees, and external advisers. 
Directors may take independent professional advice in the 
furtherance of their duties, at the Company’s expense.
Where a director is unable to attend a Board or committee 
meeting, they are provided with all relevant papers and 
information relating to that meeting and encouraged to discuss 
issues arising with the chair, the respective committee chairs 
and other Board and committee members.
All non-executive directors are provided with access to papers 
for each of the Board’s committees, including those who do 
not serve as members of those committees. Non-executive 
directors regularly attend meetings of the Board’s committees 
they do not serve on, at the invitation of the respective 
committee chair. Each of the committee chairs reports to the full 
Board after each committee meeting on the matters discussed 
at their respective committee meetings.
Board induction and development
The Board recognises the importance of director education and 
ongoing development. Following appointment, and as required, 
all directors receive orientation and development opportunities 
appropriate to their level of experience and knowledge. This 
includes the provision of a comprehensive and formal induction 
programme tailored to the director’s experience and 
background, individual briefings with ELT members and their 
teams to provide newly appointed directors with information 
about the Group’s business, culture and values, meetings with 
external advisers, site visits and other relevant information to 
assist them in effectively performing their duties and 
contributing to Board discussions and decision making.
Throughout the year, the non-executive directors undertake in-
depth briefings with management and subject matter experts 
on specific topics.
In addition to scheduled Board operational site visits, non-executive 
directors are expected to spend time at the Group’s operations 
to meet management and members of the workforce. 
Board and committee meetings in 2024 – frequency and attendance of members
The table below shows the attendance of directors at meetings of the Board and committees during the year. Attendance is expressed 
as the number of meetings attended out of the number eligible to attend. 
Independent
Board 
scheduled(1)
Board 
ad hoc(1)
Board 
Strategy
Audit
Nomination(2)
Remuneration(3)
Sustainability(4)
Stuart Chambers
n/a
6/6
8/8
1/1
—
4/4
—
4/4
Duncan Wanblad
No
6/6
8/8
1/1
—
—
—
4/4
John Heasley
No
6/6
8/8
1/1
—
—
—
—
Magali Anderson
Yes
6/6
8/8
1/1
—
—
—
4/4
Ian Ashby
Yes
6/6
8/8
1/1
—
4/4
5/5
4/4
Marcelo Bastos(5)
Yes
5/6
8/8
1/1
—
4/4
—
3/4
Hilary Maxson
Yes
6/6
8/8
1/1
4/4
4/4
—
—
Hixonia Nyasulu(6)
Yes
6/6
7/8
1/1
—
4/4
5/5
—
Nonkululeko Nyembezi
Yes
6/6
8/8
1/1
4/4
—
—
4/4
Ian Tyler
Yes
6/6
8/8
1/1
4/4
4/4
5/5
—
(1) The number of Board meetings included six scheduled meetings and eight ad hoc meetings, convened to address urgent matters outside of the routine annual Board calendar.
(2) All the independent non-executive directors were invited to attend the Nomination Committee meeting in December, at the invitation of the chair, where the topic of discussion was non-
executive succession planning. Attendance of the non-Nomination Committee members is not reflected in the table above.
(3) The number of Remuneration Committee meetings included four scheduled meetings and one ad hoc meeting to consider executive remuneration.
(4) All the independent non-executive directors have a standing invitation to attend Sustainability Committee meetings, at the invitation of the committee chair. Attendance of the non-committee 
members is not reflected in the table above.
(5) Marcelo Bastos was unable to attend the scheduled Board meeting on 30 April and the Sustainability Committee meeting on 1 May 2024 for medical reasons.
(6) Hixonia Nyasulu was unable to attend one of the ad hoc Board meetings in May 2024 due to the meeting being convened at short notice and conflicting with a longstanding prior commitment. 
Ahead of the meeting, Hixonia confirmed her support for the proposals under consideration.
Highlights
– In May 2024, non-executive directors Ian Ashby and 
Magali Anderson visited our Woodsmith project in 
north east England.
– In July 2024, Marcelo Bastos, non-executive director and 
chair of Anglo American’s Global Workforce Advisory Panel, 
chaired an in-person meeting of the Panel at the Group’s 
corporate office in Johannesburg.
– In September 2024, the Board held one of its scheduled 
meetings at our country office in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and 
visited our Minas-Rio premium iron ore operation.
– Following her appointment as an independent non-executive 
director in January 2025, Anne Wade has commenced a 
tailored and comprehensive onboarding programme, 
including meetings with the Group’s senior leaders and key 
external advisers.
▶Further details of the Board’s visit to Brazil can be found on pages 173–174
▶For more information on how our Board engages with employees, see 
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Board activity
The Board is responsible for the overall conduct of 
the Group’s business, its strategic direction and its 
organisational culture, ensuring these are aligned to 
our Purpose and Values. The chair is responsible for 
setting the agenda. The agenda of matters discussed 
by the Board in 2024 is described and explained below.
The Board is scheduled to meet at least six times a year but 
meets more often when circumstances warrant this. In 2024, 
the Board held six scheduled meetings and eight special 
purpose meetings were convened to address urgent matters 
outside of the routine annual Board calendar. In addition to the 
scheduled Board meetings, the Board dedicates a full meeting 
to the discussion of the Group’s strategy, addressing critical 
short, medium and long-term issues. This augments the 
discussion of strategic topics at every Board meeting. Annually, 
the leaders and regional directors of the Group’s businesses 
present to the Board in some depth on the key aspects of their 
business. In between meetings, the Board receives regular 
updates from the chief executive on operational and business 
performance, and engages with senior management on 
specific topic briefings.
Principal activities during the year
Safety and health
Fatal incidents, total 
recordable injury 
frequency rate, health 
and medical incidents
▶Further reading pages 31–35
Safety is the most critical area of focus for the Board and the first topic discussed at Board 
meetings. The causes of fatal incidents and those causing injury were examined in detail by 
the Sustainability Committee and the findings discussed with the Board. 
Management performance in reducing safety incidents was monitored throughout the year. 
The Board continued to monitor the operational and technical innovation initiatives that have 
the potential to positively impact the Group’s safety performance and make mining safer and 
more sustainable. 
The Sustainability Committee considered operational excellence in safety and how Visible Felt 
Leadership (VFL) is embedded across the business. 
Rigorous and unremitting focus on oversight of safety performance.
People
Inclusion and diversity, 
talent and performance 
management, employee 
engagement
▶Further reading pages 88–91
People are at the heart of the business and the Board is focused on creating an inclusive and 
diverse working environment and culture that encourages and supports high performance and 
innovative thinking.
The Board was updated on progress made on Group initiatives to increase female 
representation and ethnic diversity in the organisation, and ensuring the overall diversity of our 
talent pipeline.
The Board discussed succession plans for senior leadership roles, the health of the Group’s 
talent pipeline and approach to talent management.
The Board was updated on the implementation of the Group’s revamped approach to 
performance leadership, aimed at creating the conditions for delivering a high-performance 
culture at Anglo American.
The Board received feedback on discussions and outcomes of three meetings of the Global 
Workforce Advisory Panel, chaired by one of the independent non-executive directors and 
participated in formal and informal engagements with a wide range of employees during the 
Board’s site visits. 
Considered the health of the succession pipeline for senior leadership. 
Provided input into the topics of discussion for the Global Workforce Advisory Panel.
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Environment
Environmental incidents, 
energy and climate 
change, water availability 
and rehabilitation
▶Further reading pages 62–78
The Board reviewed the steps taken by management to reduce energy and natural resource 
consumption, and key projects and technologies contributing to energy transition.
Climate-related activities, energy efficiency targets and decarbonisation strategies were 
considered during the year by the Board and the Sustainability Committee. The Board discussed 
delivery of the Group’s carbon reduction pathways and progress on achieving our 2030 and 
2040 carbon reduction targets. The Board considered initiatives towards achieving renewable 
energy in the Group’s operations. 
The Board received updates on the refresh of the Group’s Sustainable Mining Plan under way to 
reflect the Group’s future portfolio composition as announced in May 2024.
The Board received updates on the Group’s conformance and disclosure against the Global 
Industry Standard on Tailings Management for the Group’s managed tailings storage facilities, 
the ongoing risk measures and dam safety monitoring. 
After the suspension of production at its Grosvenor mine following a localised ignition event in 
June 2024, the Board received updates on the emergency response and safe evacuation of 
workforce, and the comprehensive engagement with local, regional and national stakeholders. 
The Board approved: 
– Additional project execution capital for the ultra high dense media separation (UHDMS) 
processing technology project at Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine.
– Additional funding (Anglo American’s share) for the remaining construction of the Collahuasi 
desalination plant in Chile.
Socio-political
Social incidents and 
performance, 
government, media, 
investor and stakeholder 
relations
▶Further reading pages 78–84
The Board receives updates on key geopolitical developments in the Group’s operating 
jurisdictions, significant social incidents, and briefings from the Group heads of investor relations 
and of corporate affairs, at meetings throughout the year. Feedback from meetings held 
between executive leaders and institutional investors is communicated to the Board. 
Board members engaged directly with local community representatives during their site visit in 
2024 to Brazil. 
External insights from expert speakers on global geopolitics, and the political and macro-
economic environment in Brazil, were shared with the Board during the year.
The chief executive and business leaders updated the Board on engagement with the 
governments of host countries and on local community dialogue. The Board was briefed by 
management on feedback following the Group’s two sustainability performance updates held 
in 2024.
Economic outlook 
and commodity 
price
Macro-economic 
environment and 
commodity price outlook
▶Further reading pages 20–49
The Board received briefings from internal teams on trends in relevant areas and likely scenarios 
for global economic growth. The Board received regular updates on commodity markets from 
Marketing leadership.
The Board received in-depth briefings from the Strategy team on the Group’s commodity 
price outlook.
Operations
Operational performance 
by each business and 
progress of key projects
▶Further reading pages 112–
144
 
 
 
 
The Board received detailed updates on the operational performance, strategy, safety and 
sustainability performance, people, technological innovation, and key risks of its businesses. 
The Board was updated throughout the year on the progress of the Crop Nutrients Woodsmith 
project, Sishen Koketso UHDMS processing technology project and the PGMs’ Der Brochen 
project.
The Board approved: 
– The acquisition and integration of the contiguous Serra da Serpentina high-quality iron ore 
resource owned by Vale SA into Anglo American’s Minas-Rio mine in Brazil.
– Additional funding for the Mototolo/Der Brochen life-extension project.
Topic and link to pillars of value
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Financial
Key financial measures, 
liquidity and balance 
sheet strength, cost 
improvements, dividend
▶Further reading pages 92–94
The Board monitored financial performance and discussed progress against the annual budget 
and five-year plan. Liquidity strategy and balance sheet strength were reviewed. 
The Board and Audit Committee considered the Group’s dividend policy.
Recommended the 2023 final dividend (approved at the 2024 AGM) and approved the 2024 
interim dividend. 
The Board approved:
– The Group’s 2025 budget, incorporating capital expenditure for critical projects
– A mandate to enable the issuance of bonds in 2024, and the one-year extension of the 
Group’s $4.7 billion revolving credit facility.
Strategy
Portfolio outlook, progress 
on critical tasks and long- 
term strategic pathways
▶Further reading pages 10–91
 
The Board considered strategic issues at every meeting in 2024, and held a full day dedicated 
strategy meeting. The Board discussed progress towards delivery of the Group’s strategic 
priorities of operational excellence, portfolio simplification and growth, supported by a set of 
strategic enablers; customer solutions, reputation, sustainability, technical competencies and 
culture. Asset level strategies were considered by the Board in 2024.
The Board considered accelerated value delivery plans and actively engaged with the progress 
of these plans in accordance with its broader strategic oversight of the Group as it undergoes a 
period of transformational change to create a far more resilient and valuable business that is set 
up to fulfil its full value and growth potential. 
Gave serious consideration to unsolicited and highly conditional combination proposals from 
BHP, reviewing them in detail and unanimously rejecting each in turn.
Key decisions made during the year in support of the Group’s pathways to carbon neutrality.
The Board approved:
– The Group’s critical strategic objectives.
– Plans to implement a number of major structural changes to accelerate delivery against the 
Group’s strategic priorities, and continued oversight of execution of the portfolio strategy. 
– The sale of the entirety of the Group’s steelmaking coal business for up to $4.8 billion in 
aggregate gross cash proceeds.
– Two accelerated bookbuild offerings of Anglo American Platinum shares. 
Board governance 
Reports from committees, 
legislative and regulatory 
compliance, succession 
planning 
▶Further reading pages 
155–223
 
 
 
 
 
Each of the committee chairs reported on their respective meetings. Reports were received on 
the Group’s compliance with relevant legislation and regulation, and any actions needed to 
respond to recent developments. 
The Board received updates on material litigation across the Group. The Audit Committee chair 
provided an update on material whistleblowing reports. 
The Board undertook a rigorous, externally facilitated review of its effectiveness and that of its 
committees and individual directors.
The Board and Nomination Committee reviewed the Board’s composition, diversity and 
succession plans for non-executive and executive directors, and senior leadership.
The Board received updates on regulatory developments, including changes to the UK 
Corporate Governance Code and the new UK listing regime.
Approved the appointment of Anne Wade as a non-executive director and member of the 
Audit and Sustainability committees from 1 January 2025.
The chair and executive directors approved increases to the non-executive directors’ fees 
for 2024.
Agreed Board effectiveness priorities for 2024.
Approved Anglo American’s 2024 Modern Slavery Act statement.
Topic and link to pillars of value
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Board effectiveness in 2024
Each year, the Board undertakes a rigorous review 
of its own effectiveness and performance, and that of 
its committees and individual directors. Undertaking 
regular reviews increases the Board’s effectiveness 
and allows it to identify areas for improvement. 
At least every three years, the review is externally 
facilitated. In 2024, an external review was 
undertaken. The process for how the review was 
conducted and its findings are illustrated on the 
following pages. 
The last externally facilitated Board effectiveness review was 
undertaken in 2021, the results of which were reported in the 
2021 Integrated Annual Report. In 2022 and 2023, the Board 
conducted internal reviews, the details of which were reported 
in the respective Integrated Annual Reports. To allow the Board 
and its committees to judge progress over the past three years, 
the reviews explored similar areas on each occasion.
2024 Board effectiveness review process
The 2024 review was facilitated by Lintstock Ltd. Lintstock is 
an advisory firm that specialises in board reviews. One of the 
Group’s UK companies uses Lintstock’s insider list database 
tool and it has no other connection to the Company or its 
individual directors. The Nomination Committee, on behalf of 
the Board, oversaw the process for appointing Lintstock to 
facilitate the 2024 review.
1. Scoping and tailoring
2. Observation and survey 
completion
3. Interviews
In Q3 2024, Lintstock engaged with 
the chair and company secretary to 
agree the scope and objectives of 
the review. As well as covering core 
aspects of governance, such as 
Board information, composition and 
dynamics, the review considered 
people, strategy and risk areas relevant 
to the performance of the Group. The 
review had a particular focus on the 
priorities for the Board ahead of a 
pivotal year for the business, the 
Board’s strategic alignment, and 
access to external insights.
In December, Lintstock partners 
observed a Board meeting and 
reviewed relevant materials. Board 
members and executives completed 
bespoke surveys assessing the 
performance of the Board and each 
of its committees. Each director also 
completed a self-assessment of their 
own performance.
In January 2025, in-depth interviews 
were conducted by two Lintstock 
partners. In addition to the Board, 
the review team interviewed five 
members of the Executive 
Leadership Team (ELT), as well as the 
lead external audit partner and key 
external advisers, to gain a broader 
perspective of the Board’s work. 
The findings from the survey stage 
enabled Lintstock to focus 
discussions on the priorities for 
each interviewee.
4. Analysis and delivery of reports
5. Board discussion
Lintstock analysed the findings from the surveys and the 
interviews and delivered focused reports documenting the 
findings, including a number of recommendations to 
increase effectiveness. The chair received a report with 
feedback on individual directors’ performance. To 
complement the review process, the chair holds regular 
one-to-one meetings with each of the directors.
In February, Lintstock’s findings were shared with the chair, 
and discussed at a Board meeting. Taking account of the 
findings from the review, the Board considered and 
agreed priority effectiveness areas for 2025. Action plans 
to address the findings of the review will be monitored 
during 2025.
Key findings from the review
The 2024 review affirmed that the Board has provided effective 
stewardship through a significant year for the Company, is 
well-functioning and is well placed to oversee the next phase 
of the Group’s development. The Board benefits from strong 
dynamics and effective engagement with the ELT, and there is 
a high level of interaction between the non-executive directors 
and the business. The site visit to Brazil received excellent 
feedback and will serve as a model for the future. The Board 
believes that meetings are well managed, with high levels of 
participation from all Board members, underpinned by insightful 
reporting from management and strong facilitation by the chair.
The review of the chair’s performance was led by the senior 
independent director (SID) and the results discussed at a 
meeting of the non-executive directors without the chair 
present. The SID had engaged with the executive directors 
separately as part of this review. The directors were unanimous 
in commending the chair on his effective leadership of the 
Board, noting that he fosters an open and supportive culture 
that facilitates the contribution of each member and had 
provided strong and effective leadership during a challenging 
year. It is the directors’ view that the chair continues to have an 
appropriately strong, constructively challenging, and supportive 
relationship with the chief executive and his leadership team. 
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Committee effectiveness in 2024
The committee reviews looked at ways in which they 
could improve their overall effectiveness, their performance, 
and areas they needed to address in 2025. All Board 
committees were believed to be performing well and were 
appropriately constituted.
Audit Committee
The results confirmed that the committee continues to 
operate effectively and is well led by the committee chair 
with appropriate input from the members, and is considered 
to be well placed to discharge new sustainability reporting 
requirements. A focus area for 2025 will be ensuring more 
strategic oversight of assurance activities.
Nomination Committee
The results confirmed that the committee is highly effective, 
transparent and thorough in its oversight of succession 
processes. A focus area for 2025 will be oversight of senior 
leadership development needs.
Remuneration Committee
The results confirmed that the committee was highly effective, 
with inputs from executive and external advisors well-directed 
and constructive, with good consideration given to stakeholder 
views. A resulting focus area for 2025 will be the composition of 
the committee.
Sustainability Committee
The results confirmed that the committee chair is high 
performing, interfaces well with management and has high 
levels of engagement from the members, and an appropriate 
oversight of safety leadership. A focus area for 2025 will be 
the consideration of further external views on areas of 
best practice.
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Ensure that the Board’s focus 
is on the most pressing issues 
that will determine success for 
Anglo American, including the 
key factors influencing the 
delivery of our strategic priorities 
of operational excellence, 
portfolio simplification and 
growth. 
Continue its strong focus 
on people matters as the 
business restructures and 
monitor the impact of the 
changes on the Group’s talent 
pipeline. Further increase Board 
visibility of the future leaders in 
the talent pipeline and their 
development plans.
Continue to enhance the 
Board’s understanding of 
investor perspectives and 
dynamics. Continue to build 
on the successful format of 
bringing key customer insights 
into the boardroom.
Build on the Board’s 
understanding of the strategies 
of industry participants relevant 
to our commodities. Also ensure 
that the Board has continued 
access to expert external insight 
on key geopolitical, industry and 
market developments.
The Board considered strategic 
issues at every meeting in 2024, 
and held a full day dedicated 
strategy meeting. The Board 
discussed progress towards 
delivery of the Group’s strategic 
priorities and oversight of the 
implementation of accelerated 
value delivery plans for its 
portfolio transformation.
The Board focused its energies 
in the year on the health of the 
Group’s talent pipeline and 
exposure to future potential 
leaders. High-potential 
employees presented regularly 
at Board and committee 
meetings, and gained additional 
exposure through one-to-one 
in-depth specific topic briefings 
with non-executive directors, 
and in more informal settings 
during the Board’s site visit.
The chair and chief executive 
updated the Board at each 
meeting and throughout the 
year on engagements with the 
Company’s investors. The Board 
welcomed the opportunity for 
the AGM to engage with retail 
shareholders. 
The chief executive updated the 
Board on engagements with the 
Group’s customers, and further 
opportunities will be developed 
in 2025.
There was a greater focus on 
providing external insights to 
the Board during strategic 
discussions at Board meetings. 
Expert external speakers 
provided insights in macro-
economic and geopolitical 
trends during the year.
Senior leaders presented 
updates to the Board on 
geopolitics and macro-
economic trends.
Evolve the Board’s focus from 
the making of strategic choices 
to strategy implementation 
and supporting executive 
management in execution of 
the Group’s strategy.
Following the re-organisation 
of the ELT in 2023, continue 
the Board’s focus on senior 
leadership succession, and 
increase visibility of high- 
potential employees and future 
leaders in the Group’s talent 
pipeline.
Building on the increased 
Board-community engagement 
in 2023, focus the Board’s 
attention on further developing 
its understanding of stakeholder 
views, particularly the Group’s 
customers and investors.
Continue to maximise 
opportunities for the Board 
to obtain greater external 
perspectives, particularly in the 
areas of macro-economic, 
industry and geopolitical trends.
Areas identified for action
Actions taken in 2024

The Board’s visit to Brazil in 2024
Undertaking regular site visits allows the Board 
to gain a deeper understanding of the Group’s 
operations and culture, and affords Board members 
the opportunity to meet and engage with a diverse 
cross-section of employees and local stakeholders to 
appreciate, at first-hand, their interests and concerns. 
The Board usually meets at least once a year at one of the 
Group’s major operations. In 2024, the full Board and members 
of the ELT visited our operations in the Brazilian state of Minas 
Gerais. The Board were able to engage with local leaders and 
employees, and to experience the impact of the work being 
done through our sustainability and social programmes in the 
communities around our operation. 
During the trip, the Board visited our country office in Belo 
Horizonte where they held one of their scheduled Board 
meetings and spent time with employees in an informal setting 
to understand their perspectives. The chair, chief executive, 
regional director Americas, and CEO of Brazil met with the 
governor of Minas Gerais, and as part of the visit, the chair 
hosted an evening event for the Board to engage with the 
Brazil executive committee.
The Board also dedicated a significant amount of time learning 
about Anglo American’s social and sustainability work being 
undertaken in the communities around our operations in Brazil. 
In the municipality of Conceição do Mato Dentro, the Board 
experienced first-hand a range of our social and sustainability 
programmes in action, each of which is part of our Sustainable 
Mining Plan, which is built around three global sustainability 
pillars – healthy environment, thriving communities, and trusted 
corporate leader. 
In Conceição do Mato Dentro the Board visited a local artisanal 
cheese producer, supported by Anglo American’s Crescer 
Program (Grow Programme), designed to promote the 
socio-economic development of the communities around 
our operations. 
The Board also spent time at the Science Station, a cultural 
heritage and learning hub run by Anglo American, and met with 
the mayor of Conceição do Mato Dentro, who hosted them on a 
tour of the 18th century Matriz Church, which has been restored 
and refurbished with help from investment by Anglo American.
While in Conceição do Mato Dentro, Board members also had 
an opportunity to meet with local community members – being 
hosted by families who participate in our voluntary resettlement 
programme – and to learn more about how Anglo American 
fosters partnerships in the community to create shared value.
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The Board at the Science Station, which has a 25,000 square metre plant nursery dedicated to producing seedlings native to the local area. 

Site visits afford rich opportunities for 
Board members, particularly non-executive 
directors, to gain insights into the operating 
environments of our businesses that 
cannot be fully captured in Board 
presentations. The visits foster stronger 
relationships between the Board, our local 
leaders and employees, and allow direct 
interaction with community representatives, 
allowing the Board to assess how we are 
perceived by host communities.”
Richard Price
Legal & corporate affairs director
Members of the Board and ELT in the operation control room during their 
Minas-Rio site visit.
(Left to right) head of technical Cristiano Cobo and corporate 
affairs manager Thomas Nemes from our operations in Brazil, along with 
chief executive Duncan Wanblad, non-executive director Marcelo Bastos, 
senior independent director Ian Tyler, and non-executive director Ian Ashby, 
at the historic 18th-century Matriz Church in Conceição do Mato Dentro.
Site visit to Minas-Rio
A focus of the Board visit was to spend time at our premium 
iron ore operation at Minas-Rio – one of the world’s largest iron 
ore operations – which in 2024 celebrated 10 years since its 
first shipment.
As one of Anglo American’s strategic priorities, operational 
excellence is a hallmark of our Minas-Rio operation. The fully 
integrated premium iron ore export operation includes the mine, 
the beneficiation plant, a 529km pipeline and a dedicated 
export facility at the Port of Açu – the largest deep-water and 
private industrial port complex in Latin America. 
The site visit also included tours of the cutting-edge operational 
control room, geotechnical dam and environmental monitoring 
centre, as well as seeing the progress being made on a new, 
state-of-the-art filtration plant, which will help to reduce the 
total waste from the tailings dam by up to 85% and has 
numerous other sustainability benefits for the operation, 
including a longer lifespan for the dam.
While on site, the Board and ELT members also had the 
opportunity to hold roundtable conversations with site-based 
employees, on topics such as safety, operational excellence, 
innovation, sustainability, inclusion and diversity, and the future 
of the mining sector.
As part of the visit, the Board’s Sustainability Committee held 
one of its scheduled meetings at the Science Station.
Projects & development director Alison Atkinson (left) and non-executive director 
Hilary Maxson with a family member during their visit to a home involved in the 
Minas-Rio voluntary resettlement programme.
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Stakeholder engagement
How the Board has engaged
The Board is committed to ensuring collaboration and 
partnering with a broad range of stakeholders, both 
directly and indirectly through reports from senior 
management. Stakeholder considerations form part of 
discussions at Board meetings and decision making 
takes into account potential impacts on our stakeholders, 
as described in our Section 172 statement on page 25 
of the Strategic Report. How the Board interacts directly 
with certain of its key stakeholders is illustrated below. 
For further information on reflecting stakeholder views in 
the Board’s decision making, please see page 24.
Creating shared value
Investors
Employees and unions
Communities
Suppliers and contractors
Civil society (NGOs, faith 
groups and academia)
Customers
Governments and 
multilateral institutions
Industry associations
Global Workforce Advisory Panel 
The purpose of Anglo American’s Global Workforce Advisory 
Panel (the Panel) is to give employees more of a ‘voice’ in the 
boardroom so their views can be better understood and 
considered when decisions are being made about the future 
of the business. The Panel affords valuable opportunities for 
the Board to understand how the Group’s culture, Purpose 
and Values are embedded into the organisation. The Panel 
operates alongside Anglo American’s existing employee 
engagement mechanisms, such as employee engagement 
surveys and director interaction with employees. In 2024, we 
marked the fifth anniversary of the Panel’s establishment and 
its effective operation.
Composition of the Panel
The Panel is currently made up of 12 employees, drawn from 
across the Group from each geography and is chaired by 
Marcelo Bastos, one of the Board’s independent non-executive 
directors. Panel members are nominated by senior leaders in 
their part of the business using agreed criteria set out in its 
terms of reference and selected to ensure representatives, 
throughout the organisation, are appropriately balanced 
across the areas of gender, ethnicity, age and seniority. New 
Panel members undertake an induction to ensure a clear 
understanding of their role and to support them in being 
effective employee representatives. The Panel is supported by 
the Group’s Company Secretarial and People & Organisation 
teams. Panel members meet at least twice a year with the 
Panel chair. 
Panel meetings and discussions in 2024 
The Panel met on three occasions in 2024, in March, July and 
October. The first meeting of the year was held virtually over 
two sessions, to accommodate members in different global 
time zones. The second meeting was held in person at the Group’s 
corporate office in Johannesburg. The third was a short informal 
meeting held virtually. 
Topics for discussion in 2024 included: feedback on the 
Group’s 2024 performance targets, our new performance 
leadership and reward approach, and colleague experiences 
of inclusion and diversity in the workplace. Panel feedback 
was also sought on the Group’s strategy acceleration and 
ongoing portfolio simplification. 
Panel members are provided with briefings in advance on 
topics for discussion at Panel meetings and asked to actively 
engage with the workforce populations in their part of the 
business, in order to provide feedback with their collective 
views at Panel meetings. 
At the Panel’s in-person engagement in 2024, in addition to the 
formal meeting, members engaged in pre- and post-meeting 
activities, including internally facilitated team effectiveness 
training, and an educational site visit focusing on sustainability. 
Panel members had the opportunity to engage at an informal 
event with the Panel chair, and senior leaders in the Group. 
The Panel is scheduled to meet at least twice in 2025, and we 
anticipate one of these meetings taking place in person.
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Members of the Global Workforce Advisory Panel in conversation with 
non-executive director Marcelo Bastos, the chair of the Panel.

Being part of the Panel is a great responsibility 
that we take on with commitment. As workforce 
representatives, we bring our colleagues’ voices to 
the boardroom, while the Panel chair ensures the 
messages reach the Board. It is truly gratifying to be 
part of a company that values this two-way bridge, 
ensuring that colleagues’ perspectives are an 
integral part of the business strategy.”
Pia Garcia
Pia is vice president SHE, IRM & Permitting for Copper Peru, and 
has been a Panel member since its establishment in 2019
Board and Panel feedback 
Following each Panel meeting, Marcelo Bastos discussed the 
key themes with the Board chair and chief executive. At three 
Board meetings in 2024, Marcelo provided his reflections from 
Panel engagements and discussed the key themes with the full 
Board. The key messages from each meeting were shared and 
discussed with the ELT. Marcelo provided his reflections and 
insights at one ELT meeting in 2024. Marcelo shares feedback 
from the Board meeting discussions with the Panel at its 
following meeting. Topics for discussion at Panel meetings 
are proposed equally by Panel members, the Panel chair, 
members of the Board, and management.
In 2024 we celebrated the fifth anniversary of 
our Panel’s establishment. The dedication and 
contributions from past and present members 
have been instrumental in shaping the Panel into 
a dynamic and effective forum for colleague 
engagement. Their efforts have facilitated the 
connection between our Board and the Group’s 
global workforce, ensuring meaningful dialogue.”
Marcelo Bastos
Independent non-executive director and Panel chair
Board engagement with employees
In addition to feedback from the Panel, the Board interacted 
with employees of varying levels of seniority during the year, 
during Board and director site visits to operations and 
corporate  offices. 
In May 2024, non-executive directors Ian Ashby and Magali 
Anderson visited our Woodsmith project in north east England. 
During the visit Magali facilitated a roundtable discussion with 
a  group of female colleagues based at Woodsmith focusing on 
gender diversity in the resources sector. 
Non-executive directors Hixonia Nyasulu and Marcelo Bastos meet employees 
at our office in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
In September 2024, the full Board and members of the ELT 
visited our operations in Brazil. During the visit the Board spent 
time with employees in informal and more formal settings, both 
at our country office and at our operations. While on site, the 
Board and ELT members held roundtable conversations with 
site-based employees, from a range of backgrounds and 
experience levels, on topics such as safety, operational 
excellence, innovation, sustainability, inclusion and diversity, 
and the future of the mining sector. Board members also had 
an opportunity to engage with our Panel representative in 
Brazil,  who participated in one of the site-based roundtable 
discussions.
Community engagement
Anglo American is committed to delivering a lasting positive 
contribution to local communities, beyond the life of our mines. 
Our Social Way engagement commitment to local 
accountability that forms part of our Sustainable Mining Plan 
are at the heart of how we engage with local communities. 
We aim to always engage proactively, meaningfully and 
respectfully with all of our stakeholders in relation to impacts 
and risk and to maximise socio-economic development 
opportunities. 
The Board’s Sustainability Committee receives a report on 
social performance and community issues at each meeting. 
The Board is also updated via presentations from business 
leaders and visits operations, which affords opportunities for 
direct engagement with local community representatives. 
During our Board’s visit to Brazil in September 2024, Board 
members engaged directly with local community members, 
being hosted by families who participate in our voluntary 
resettlement programme.
▶For more information on Board site visits 
See pages 173–174
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Investor engagement
The Group has an active engagement programme with its key 
financial audiences, including investors and sell-side analysts, 
as well as potential shareholders. The Group’s investor relations 
team manages the interactions with these audiences through 
roadshow meetings, presentations including at the time of the 
interim and final results and twice yearly sustainability updates, 
as well as regular attendance at industry conferences organised 
mainly by investment banks for their institutional investor base. 
During the year, the management team, with support from 
the Board, made the decision to accelerate the delivery of 
our strategic priorities of operational excellence, portfolio 
simplification, and growth as being in the best interest of our 
shareholders, and we announced a portfolio transformation 
implementing a number of major structural changes to unlock 
inherent value in the portfolio. 
The chief executive, finance director and Group head of 
investor relations hosted meetings throughout the year with 
investors, including multiple interactions with the Company’s 
largest shareholders. The chair and senior independent 
director also hosted a number of meetings with major 
shareholders during the year. 
Key topics covered during the year include market outlooks, 
financial and operating performance, the delivery of cost savings 
targets, progress and timing on our portfolio simplification, and 
updates on our growth projects in copper and premium iron ore, 
including the pause of the Woodsmith project, as well as 
sustainability and governance matters. The focus of sustainability 
discussions included climate change, water, nature and 
biodiversity, human rights and safety, as well as the potential 
impact of the portfolio simplification on our Sustainable Mining 
Plan targets. 
In addition to roadshows and industry events, the investor 
relations and management teams meet with investors and sell-
side analysts regularly throughout the year for ad hoc discussions. 
Significant concerns raised by shareholders in relation to the 
Company and its affairs are communicated to the Board. 
The Board receives regular briefings from the Group head of 
investor relations and analysts’ reports are circulated to the 
directors. Feedback from meetings held between executive 
management, or the investor relations team, and institutional 
shareholders, is also communicated to the Board. 
Annual General Meeting 
The Board values the AGM as an opportunity for all 
shareholders, but in particular its retail shareholders, to raise 
questions and comments to the Board. Shareholders were 
invited to submit their questions in advance of the AGM and 
also offered the opportunity to ask questions during the meeting 
both in person and electronically. The Company’s 2024 AGM 
was held in a hybrid format. Voting levels at the 2024 AGM were 
approximately 65%, with generally less than 2% being votes 
withheld. All resolutions submitted to the meeting in 2024 were 
passed with at least 85% of votes in favour.
Investor engagements in 2024
January
CE and FD investor meetings 
(following investor update call)
Chair investor meetings 
(following investor update call)
Closed period
ESG investor meetings (virtual)
February
Q4 2023 Production Report 
2023 full year results
Investor roadshows: London 
(virtual and in-person)
Conferences: BMO Global Metals 
& Mining
March
Investor roadshows: London 
(virtual and in-person) and 
South Africa
Conferences: Exane Basic 
Materials
April
Q1 Production Report 
Sustainability Performance update
UBS London Mining Tour 
Investor roadshows: London 
AGM
May
Announced the accelerated 
delivery of our strategic priorities 
CE and FD investor meetings
Chair investor meetings
Nature Action 100 investor 
meeting (virtual)
ESG investor meetings (virtual)
June
CE and FD investor meetings 
(on the delivery of our 
accelerated strategy)
Conferences: RBC Global 
Mining & Materials
Investor roadshows: 
North America
ESG investor meetings (virtual)
July
Closed period 
Q2 Production Report 
2024 interim results 
Investor roadshows: London 
(virtual and in-person)
August
Investor roadshow: South Africa
ESG investor meetings (virtual)
September
Investor roadshows: London 
(virtual and in-person), and North 
America 
Conferences: Goldman Sachs 
Global Mining Conference & 
Deutsche Copper Conference 
(virtual) 
Climate Action 100+ investor 
meeting (virtual)
ESG investor meetings (virtual)
October
Investor roadshows: Frankfurt, 
Paris and Edinburgh 
Q3 Production Report 
Sustainability performance 
update
ESG investor meetings (virtual)
November
ESG investor meetings (virtual) 
December
Investor roadshows: Melbourne 
and Sydney
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Sustainability Committee report
Role and responsibilities
The Committee oversees, on behalf of the Board, material 
management policies, processes, and strategies designed to 
manage safety, health, environment, climate change-related and 
socio-political risks and opportunities, to achieve compliance with 
sustainable development responsibilities and commitments 
and strive to be a global leader in sustainable mining. 
The Committee is responsible for reviewing the causes of any 
fatal or significant sustainability incidents and ensuring 
learnings are shared across the Group. 
The Committee’s terms of reference are available to view online.
▶For more information
Visit angloamerican.com/about-us/governance
Committee discussions in 2024
The Committee met four times in 2024, with attendance 
as described on page 167. At each meeting, the Committee 
reviews detailed reports covering the Group’s performance, 
risks and opportunities across a range of sustainability areas, 
including: safety; health and wellness; socio-political trends; 
human rights; climate change; and environmental and social 
performance. Significant safety, social, health and environmental 
incidents are reviewed at each meeting, as are the results from 
operational risk reviews and operational risk assurance.
The Committee seeks to address the fundamental root causes 
of all fatal incidents occurring across Anglo American.
In 2024, three members of the workforce lost their lives at the 
Group’s managed operations. The preliminary observations 
from each of these fatal incidents were reported to the next 
Committee meeting following their occurrence, noting the 
factors surrounding the incidents, mitigation steps being taken 
and the process for formal investigation. Following completion 
of the independent investigations, findings were presented to 
the Committee and the learnings shared internally. 
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Committee members
Ian Ashby – Chair
Magali Anderson
Marcelo Bastos
Stuart Chambers
Nonkululeko Nyembezi 
Duncan Wanblad
Anne Wade (from 1 January 2025)
▶For further detail on biographies and Board 
experience: pages 158–161
Business regional directors, Group directors of strategy & 
sustainability, technical & operations, projects & 
development, and legal & corporate affairs, and the 
Group heads of safety and sustainability also participate 
in meetings of the Committee. Other members of senior 
management are invited to attend when necessary. Other 
non-executive directors regularly attend Committee 
meetings at the invitation of the chair.
Sustainability is at the heart of how 
we do business and embedded in the 
Group’s strategy. The Committee is 
instrumental in overseeing how 
Anglo American manages its most 
salient sustainability issues, including 
providing guidance to the Board to 
inform decision making."
Ian Ashby
Committee chair
Directors listening to social relationship and engagement manager 
Rosane Amaro during the Board’s visit to a family involved in the Minas-Rio 
voluntary resettlement programme.

In addition to the Committee’s standing agenda items, 
the following matters were discussed during 2024:
– Operational excellence in safety and how Visible Felt 
Leadership (leadership time in field) is embedded across 
the business
– Updates on the pathways to reduce the Group’s 
Scope 3 emissions, with the Committee updated throughout 
the year on progress against our Scopes 1 and 2 carbon 
reduction targets
– Climate change trends and the evolution of the climate-
related disclosure landscape
– Nature and biodiversity: progress towards achieving our 
commitment to deliver net-positive impact on biodiversity
– Water management: risks and opportunities relating to water 
management, and the achievement of sustainability targets
– Sustainable Mining Plan: progress on delivery of our 
commitments, and updates on the refresh of the plan to 
reflect Anglo American’s future portfolio composition
– The Anglo American Social Way – assessment results and 
progress on implementation across the Group
– Indigenous Peoples’ rights and cultural heritage 
management in the Group
– Human rights trends and updates on the most salient human 
rights issues across Anglo American
– Updates on the Group’s conformance and disclosure 
against the Global Industry Standard on Tailings 
Management
– The management of physical climate change risks 
and resilience across the Group
– The management of land access, displacement and 
resettlement across the Group
– Partnerships to sustainably improve public road safety 
around Group operations
– Review of annual bonus and incentive plan measures 
proposed to the Remuneration Committee in relation 
to safety, health and environment (SHE).
– Legacy SHE risks and liabilities
– Anglo American’s 2023 Sustainability Report and 2023 
Climate Change Report
– Outcome of the 2023 external audit of the Group’s safety 
and sustainability data and scope of the 2024 external 
assurance process
– Committee effectiveness.
In 2024, the Committee held one of its four meetings outside the 
UK – at the Science Station, a cultural heritage and learning hub 
run by Anglo American, in Conceição do Mato Dentro, Minas 
Gerais during the Board’s visit to Brazil. The Committee chair also 
visited our Woodsmith project in north east England in May 2024.
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Stuart Chambers planting a sapling during the Board visit to Brazil, accompanied by (left to right) sustainability development co-ordinator Claudiana Souza, 
environmental analyst Josimar Gomes and corporate affairs manager Thomas Nemes from Anglo American in Brazil.

Nomination Committee report
Role and responsibilities
The role of the Nomination Committee is to assist the Board in 
regularly reviewing its composition and those of its committees, 
to lead the process for Board appointments, and ensure effective 
succession planning for the Board and senior management.
The Committee’s terms of reference are available to view online.
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Committee discussions in 2024
The Committee met four times in 2024, with full attendance 
by the members as described on page 167. Discussions 
at the meetings covered the responsibilities outlined above, 
with particular focus on non-executive succession planning.
The following matters were considered during 2024:
– The composition, structure and size of the Board and its 
committees, and the leadership needs of the organisation
– Non-executive director succession planning
– Recommending to the Board the appointment of 
Anne Wade as a non-executive director and member 
of the Audit and Sustainability committees
– The time commitment expected from the non-executive 
directors to meet the expectations of their role
– Recommending that the Board support the election or 
re-election of each of the directors standing at the Annual 
General Meeting in 2024
– Oversight of succession planning, and the development of 
a diverse talent pipeline, for executive leadership
– Overseeing the onboarding of an external search consultancy to 
facilitate Board director recruitment.
– Overseeing the appointment of an external provider to 
conduct the 2024 externally facilitated Board performance 
review.
The findings of the externally facilitated 2024 Board and 
committee effectiveness review are set out on pages 171–172.
Process used in relation to non-executive Board appointment
In 2024, as part of the Board’s ongoing cycle of refreshment, the 
Nomination Committee led a search process to recruit a new non-
executive director, to ensure the composition of the Board reflected 
an appropriate mix of capabilities, experience, diversity and 
perspectives required in the near and longer term.
Russell Reynolds Associates, an external executive search 
consultancy with no other relationship to Anglo American or its 
individual directors, was appointed by the Committee in 2023 
to facilitate and support Board succession planning. Russell 
Reynolds Associates undertook a full and comprehensive 
onboarding and familiarisation process to enhance their 
understanding of the Board’s requirements. They are 
accredited under the UK Government’s Standard Voluntary 
Code of Conduct for Executive Search Firms.
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Committee members
Stuart Chambers – Chair
Ian Ashby
Marcelo Bastos
Hilary Maxson
Hixonia Nyasulu 
Ian Tyler
▶For further detail on biographies and Board 
experience: pages 158–161
The chief executive, and the Group directors of people & 
organisation, and legal & corporate affairs also participate 
in meetings of the Committee, when relevant to do so. 
Other non-executive directors may attend Committee 
meetings at the invitation of the chair.
The Committee plays a vital role in 
ensuring the composition of the Board, 
and the leadership needs of the 
organisation, reflect an appropriate 
mix of capabilities, experience, 
diversity and perspectives required to 
sustain the Group’s long-term success 
as we transform our portfolio.”
Stuart Chambers
Chair

Prior to the search commencing, the Nomination Committee 
agreed the skills and experience it considered necessary for the 
role. A longlist of gender and ethnically diverse candidates was 
then identified and discussed with the Committee to agree 
a shortlist to be interviewed. Shortlisted candidates were 
interviewed by members of the Committee and other Board 
members, as relevant.
Following conclusion of the formal process, the Committee 
concluded that Anne Wade had the requisite skills, attributes 
and capabilities to take on the role as a non-executive director, 
and agreed to recommend Ms Wade’s appointment to the 
Board for approval. As announced in December 2024, 
Ms Wade’s appointment was approved by the Board with 
effect from 1 January 2025. 
Board and executive management diversity
The Board’s statement on its approach to gender and ethnicity 
targets, including how it meets the diversity targets set out in 
the UK Listing Rules, can be found on page 166. The additional 
numerical data on the diversity of the Board and executive 
management, in the format prescribed by UK Listing Rule 
6.6.6R(10), is set out below as at 31 December 2024. The 
underlying data was collected directly from the Board and ELT. 
The definition of executive management for these purposes is 
the Anglo American ELT (the executive committee and most 
senior executive body below the Board). 
Information on the Group’s policy on inclusion and diversity, 
their aims, details of the gender balance of senior management 
and their direct reports, and performance against our targets 
can be found in the People section on page 37. The definition of 
senior management for these purposes, in accordance with the 
UK Corporate Governance Code, is the ELT and those reporting 
to the ELT.
Gender identity
Number of Board 
members
Percentage of the 
Board
Number of senior 
positions on the 
Board(1) 
Number in
 executive
 management(2)
Percentage of 
executive
 management(2)
Men
6
 60% 
4
9
 75% 
Women
4
 40% 
0
3
 25% 
Ethnic background
Number of Board 
members
Percentage of the 
Board
Number of senior 
positions on the 
Board(1) 
Number in 
executive
 management(2)
Percentage of 
executive 
management(2)
White British or other White (including minority white groups)
8
 80% 
4
10
 83 %
Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups
0
 0% 
0
1
 8 %
Asian/Asian British
0
 0% 
0
0
 0 %
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
2
 20% 
0
1
 8 %
Other ethnic group
0
 0% 
0
0
 0 %
Not specified/prefer not to say
0
 0% 
0
0
 0 %
(1) Senior positions are defined under UK Listing Rule 6.6.6R(9)(a) as the chair, the chief executive, the senior independent director, or the chief financial officer.
(2) In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.6.6R(10), executive management for these purposes is the Anglo American Executive Leadership Team (the executive 
committee or most senior executive body below the Board). The Group company secretary is a member of the ELT.
(3) The numerical data above is set out as at 31 December 2024. With the appointment to the Board of Anne Wade on 1 January 2025, female representation on the 
Board increased from four to five (45% of the Board) with effect from that date.
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Audit Committee report
Role and responsibilities
– Monitoring the integrity of the annual and interim 
financial statements
– Making recommendations to the Board concerning the 
adoption of the annual and interim financial statements
– Overseeing the Group’s relations with the external auditor
– Reviewing the independence, effectiveness and objectivity 
of the external auditor
– Reviewing and monitoring the effectiveness of the Group’s 
risk management and internal control mechanisms
– Approving the terms of reference of the internal audit 
function and assessing its effectiveness
– Approving the internal audit plan and reviewing regular 
reports from the Group head of risk and assurance on 
effectiveness of the internal control system
– Receiving reports from management on the principal risks 
of the Group. Details of the principal risks are contained 
on pages 98-103
– Reviewing the going concern assumptions
– Overseeing completion of the viability statement
– Reviewing the effectiveness of the Group’s Code of 
Conduct and the arrangements to counter the risk of bribery 
and corruption.
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Committee members
Hilary Maxson* – Chair
Nonkululeko Nyembezi
Ian Tyler*
Anne Wade* (from 1 January 2025)
*Audit Committee members deemed to have recent and 
relevant financial experience in accordance with the UK 
Corporate Governance Code. The Committee as a whole 
has competence relevant to the sector. 
▶For further detail on biographies and Board 
experience: pages 158–161
The chair, the chief executive, the finance director, the 
Group head of finance and performance management, 
the head of financial reporting, the Group head of risk and 
assurance, and the legal & corporate affairs director also 
participate in meetings of the Committee.
The Audit Committee remains vigilant 
in ensuring the Committee continued 
to monitor the integrity of our financial 
reporting, assessed the effectiveness 
of our risk management framework 
and our internal controls. In particular, 
it focused on assessing the Group’s 
principal risks ensuring they continue 
to remain appropriate during a period 
of strategic change.” 
Hilary Maxson
Committee chair

Fair, balanced and understandable 
A key requirement of our financial statements is for the report to 
be fair, balanced, understandable and provide the information 
necessary for shareholders to assess the Group’s and Parent 
Company’s position and performance, business model and 
strategy. The Audit Committee and the Board are satisfied 
that the 2024 Integrated Annual Report meets this requirement, 
as appropriate weight has been given to both positive and 
negative developments in the year.
In justifying this statement, the Audit Committee has considered 
the robust processes which operate in creating the 2024 
Integrated Annual Report, including:
– Review and approval of management’s assessment of the 
risk of misstatement in financial reporting
– Clear guidance and instruction provided to all contributors
– Regular updating of accounting policies and proactive 
responses to accounting developments
– Effective month-end procedures alongside a robust internal 
control environment around financial reporting 
– Revisions to regulatory reporting requirements are provided 
to contributors and monitored on an ongoing basis
– Early-warning meetings focused on accounting matters are 
conducted between management of each business, Group 
functions, the Group finance team and the external auditor 
in advance of the year end reporting process
– A thorough process of review, evaluation and verification 
of the inputs from businesses is undertaken to ensure the 
accuracy and consistency of information presented in the 
2024 Integrated Annual Report
– External advisers provide advice to management and the 
Audit Committee on best practice with regard to the creation 
of the 2024 Integrated Annual Report
– A meeting of the Audit Committee was held in February 
2025 to review and recommend  the draft 2024 Integrated 
Annual Report to the Board for final approval. This review 
included the significant accounting matters explained in the 
notes to the consolidated financial statements
– The Audit Committee considered the conclusions of the 
external auditor over the key audit matters that contributed 
to their audit opinion, specifically impairment charges and 
impairment reversals and environmental restoration and 
decommissioning obligations. 
The Committee conducts a detailed review of management’s 
disclosure to ensure they meet the  fair, balanced and 
understandable criteria.  This includes scrutinising the language 
used and presentation of information.  The Committee actively 
questions management on their disclosure, seeking clarification 
and justifications for the inclusion or exclusion of certain 
information.  This process ensures that all disclosures are 
transparent and comprehensive.  Feedback from the Audit 
Committee is used to refine and improve the disclosures, 
ensuring that they evolve to meet the highest standards of 
fairness, balance and understandability.
Committee discussions in 2024
The Committee met four times in 2024, with full attendance as 
described on page 167. Throughout the course of 2024, and 
consistent with prior years, the Committee paid particular 
attention to the valuation of assets, one-off transactions, tax 
matters, financial controls and the Group’s liquidity position. 
In addition, there were in-depth discussions on ad hoc topics 
as requested by the Audit Committee; for example marketing, 
cyber risk and control, artificial intelligence technology risk, 
marketing governance and compliance, dividend policy, 
pensions funding and exposures, and sustainability reporting 
governance and assurance. The Committee reviewed the 
system of internal control and risk management.
The Audit Committee acknowledges the recently introduced 
Minimum Standard: Audit Committees and the External Audit 
by the Financial Reporting Council which will come into effect 
for reporting periods beginning after 1 January 2025. The 
Committee has carefully considered its guidelines and 
principles in preparation for its implementation. We are 
committed to meeting the requirements of the Minimum 
Standard and will provide updates on our progress in future 
reports. The Audit Committee remains dedicated to maintaining 
high standards of audit quality and corporate governance. 
An externally facilitated effectiveness review of the Committee was 
undertaken. Further details of the outcome can be found on pages 
171-172.
The key topics discussed by the Committee during 2024 are set 
out on the following pages.
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—Impairment and impairment 
reversals of assets
The value of mining operations 
is sensitive to a range of 
characteristics unique to each 
asset. Management is required 
to apply judgement in the 
estimation of Ore Reserves, 
and price and production 
forecasts which drive cash 
flow projections.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee exercises oversight over the impairment review process. The Committee 
assessed the identification of impairment and impairment reversal indicators, the impact of 
climate change on commodity prices and exchange rate assumptions, the review of changes 
in the valuation of cash generating units (CGUs) and associated sensitivity analysis, and the 
appropriateness of disclosures made within the 2024 Integrated Annual Report on key sources 
of estimation uncertainty. 
For CGUs where the Group is pursuing an active divestment plan and for which at least 
indicative offers have been received the Committee considered the recoverable amount of 
the asset with reference to the fair value of the consideration included in either signed sales 
agreements or, if relevant, indicative offers received. Part of this assessment considered the 
likelihood of any transaction completing under the terms and for the value proposed by the 
respective potential purchaser. 
The Committee paid particular attention to the impact of climate change on the Group’s 
impairment analysis. In addition to the linkage to commodity prices, the impact of carbon 
pricing through carbon cost assumptions was considered for the operations where a valuation 
was prepared together with the consistency of climate-related assumptions to the Group’s 
wider climate strategy. The Committee reviewed and approved the associated climate-related 
impairment disclosure. 
During 2024, the most significant assets considered were the following:
Natural Diamonds, De Beers 
Following a full impairment of the goodwill balance at 31 December 2023 the CGUs within the 
De Beers business are no longer aggregated for impairment testing purposes.
The annual impairment assessment for the Natural Diamonds CGU indicated a lower valuation 
than in 2023, primarily driven by lower prices reflecting a reduction in forecast consumer 
demand and resulted in an impairment charge of $2.9 billion to bring the carrying value into 
line with the recoverable amount. 
The valuation continues to be sensitive to changes in foreign exchange rates and consumer 
demand, impacting prices. The Committee concluded that the impairment charge recorded 
at 31 December 2024 was appropriate and carefully considered and approved the 
proposed disclosure.
Woodsmith, Crop Nutrients
At 30 June 2024, a slowdown in the project development profile and the resultant impact on 
capital expenditure was identified as an indicator of impairment and the carrying value of the 
CGU was assessed, resulting in an impairment charge of $1.6 billion. The valuation remains 
inherently sensitive to changes in economic and operational assumptions, in particular the 
forecast polyhalite price and discount rate.
The Committee considered the valuation scenarios presented by management and approved 
the conclusions of the assessment and the proposed disclosure. 
The Committee considered the key input assumptions as at 31 December 2024 including the 
movements in the latest Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report and were comfortable 
with the conclusion that this did not represent an impairment or reversal trigger.
Steelmaking Coal and Nickel CGUs
The Committee considered the impact of the various signed sales agreements for the 
Steelmaking Coal and Nickel businesses on the carrying value of the relevant CGUs. The 
Committee was satisfied that the valuations included in these agreements were an appropriate 
reflection of the fair value of the relevant CGUs as at 31 December 2024. The resultant 
impairment charge of $0.2 billion for the Moranbah-Grosvenor CGU (Steelmaking Coal) was 
considered appropriate by the Committee and the related disclosures were approved. The 
Committee considered the fair value for the Nickel CGUs to be materially in line with their 
carrying amounts. 
Kolomela, Kumba
At 31 December 2024 revisions to the forecast production profile in the latest Life of Asset Plan 
were considered to be an indicator of impairment reversal and the carrying value of the CGU 
was assessed, resulting in a full reversal of $0.2 billion. The Committee considered the valuation 
scenarios presented by management and approved the conclusions reached.
For each of the CGUs noted above the Committee considered disclosures and was satisfied 
they were appropriate. Particular attention was paid to the significant judgements and 
estimates made in the course of each assessment and the related disclosures.
Significant accounting issues considered by the Audit Committee in 
relation to the Group’s financial statements
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Other
In addition to the assets noted above, the Committee was updated on the valuation drivers of 
assets that had either previously been impaired and therefore are considered to have an 
inherent risk of either further impairment or impairment reversal or where other events had 
prompted a more detailed assessment. 
An annual assessment of the valuation of CGUs containing goodwill and indefinite life 
intangible assets was undertaken. The Committee was satisfied with the conclusions reached 
and disclosure given. Impairment reviews were undertaken and considered by the Committee 
for certain other smaller CGUs of the Group with the Committee satisfied with the conclusions 
reached and where applicable the immaterial impairment charges recognised. 
The Committee gave careful consideration to whether there were indicators of impairment or 
impairment reversal for other previously impaired assets and was satisfied no other indicators 
were identified.
— Assets held for sale and 
discontinued operations
Following the strategy 
announcement in May 2024. 
The Group commenced its plan 
to deliver accelerated portfolio 
changes. When assessing the 
status of the portfolio 
transformation judgement was 
required as to whether any of 
the business proposed for 
separation qualifies as assets 
held for sale or discontinued 
operations.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee considered the requirements of IFRS 5 in respect of each of the businesses 
proposed for separation as to whether the sale of each business was highly probable and 
available for immediate sale at 31 December 2024. 
Steelmaking Coal 
The Moranbah-Grosvenor (MG) joint operations and Jellinbah associate have been classified 
as held for sale as regulatory approvals and conditions precedent to the sales are not 
considered substantive. However, due to increased complexity around pre-emptive rights 
and required changes to the legal structure of the business the remaining Steelmaking Coal 
business did not meet the held for sale criteria for accounting purposes at the balance 
sheet date. 
The Committee reviewed and were satisfied that management’s assessment and conclusion 
in respect of the Steelmaking Coal businesses was appropriate. The Committee also agreed 
that since the businesses classified as held for sale do not represent a separate major line of 
business or geographical area of operation the Steelmaking Coal business did not qualify as 
a discontinued operation for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Other businesses
The Committee considered the held for sale criteria against the other businesses impacted 
by the transformation strategy and were satisfied that whilst management remains committed 
to the divestment of these businesses, there is still uncertainty around the terms of any 
divestments, the legal structure of such arrangements and regulatory approvals thereon. As 
such, the Committee approved that as at 31 December 2024 it is not appropriate to include 
these businesses as held for sale
The Committee considered disclosures in respect of the held for sale judgements and was 
satisfied they were appropriate.
— Taxation
The Group’s tax affairs are 
governed by complex domestic 
tax legislations, international 
tax treaties between countries 
and the interpretation of both 
by tax authorities and courts. 
Given the many uncertainties 
that could arise from these 
factors, judgement is often 
required in determining the tax 
that is due. Advice is received 
from independent experts 
where required.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Group head of tax provided the Committee with updates throughout the year on 
various tax matters, including relevant international and domestic tax policy updates, the 
implementation and operational outcomes of the tax risk governance framework, the impact 
of international events and trends on the global tax environment and the future of resource 
taxation, the status of tax audits, tax reporting, and the status of uncertain tax positions. While 
all these matters are inherently judgemental, no significant issues arose during 2024. 
Significant accounting issues considered by the Audit Committee in 
relation to the Group’s financial statements
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—Provision for restoration, 
rehabilitation and 
environmental costs
The estimation of 
environmental restoration and 
decommissioning liabilities is 
inherently uncertain, given the 
long time periods over which 
these expenditures will be 
incurred, and the potential for 
changes in regulatory 
frameworks and industry 
practices over time.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee reviewed the update provided by management on estimates of environmental 
and decommissioning liabilities, which are based on the work of external consultants and 
internal experts. 
The Committee considered the changes in liability assumptions, including discount rates, and 
other drivers of movements in the amounts provided on the balance sheet and concluded that 
the provisions recorded as at 31 December 2024 appropriately reflected these updates.
— Special items, remeasurements 
and one-off transactions
The Group’s criteria for 
recognising a special item or 
remeasurement involves the 
application of judgement in 
determining whether an item, 
owing to its size or nature, 
should be separately disclosed 
in the income statement.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee reviewed each of the items classified as special items or remeasurements in the 
financial statements, and the related disclosures, to ensure that the separate disclosure of 
these items was appropriate. 
— Alternative performance 
measures (APMs)
APMs are used around the 
Group when discussing and 
assessing the Group’s reported 
financial performance, financial 
position and cash flows. 
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee reviewed each of the APMs proposed for inclusion in the 2024 Annual report. 
It carefully considered and deemed appropriate management’s proposed inclusion of 
operating free cash flow and cash conversion as new APMs being reflective of how business 
performance is monitored and communicated. 
— Retirement benefits
The estimation of retirement 
benefits requires judgement 
over the estimation of scheme 
assets and liabilities. Areas of 
judgement include 
assumptions for discount and 
inflation rates and life 
expectancy. Changes in the 
assumptions used would affect 
the amounts recognised in the 
financial statements.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee reviewed the assumptions behind the calculations of the asset and liability 
positions of the Group’s pension and medical plans and concluded that the amounts recorded 
as at 31 December 2024 appropriately reflected these updates.
In addition, the Committee reviewed the funding levels of the plans, any additional funding 
being provided to the plans and the overall expense recognised for the year. The Committee 
assessed the appropriateness of the Group’s overall risk management approach to retirement 
benefits and was comfortable the recent purchases of insurance policies to settle pension 
liabilities related to the De Beers UK pension scheme during the year and the Tarmac B, Tarmac 
UK and Anglo UK pension schemes in January 2025 (the ‘buy-ins’) were aligned with this 
approach and appropriately disclosed.
— Legal matters
A provision is recognised 
where, based on the Group’s 
legal views and, in some cases, 
independent advice, it is 
considered probable that an 
outflow of resources will be 
required to settle a present 
obligation that can be 
measured reliably. This requires 
the exercise of judgement. The 
Committee was updated by 
the legal & corporate affairs 
director on the status of legal 
matters over the course of 
the year.
Response of the Audit Committee
During the year the Committee considered developments with the Kabwe case including with 
respect to the class certification application which was rejected by the court in December 2023 
but is currently on appeal. The litigation is still subject to significant uncertainty, and it was 
concluded that it is not currently possible to make a reasonable estimate of the outcome, 
quantum or timing of any potential future determination.
Various other legal matters were reviewed and the Committee considered management’s 
assessment that there were no individually material provisions required with respect to ongoing 
legal matters and that the disclosures made in respect of contingent liabilities were 
appropriate. The Committee endorsed management’s proposal.
Significant accounting issues considered by the Audit Committee in 
relation to the Group’s financial statements
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— Accounting standards and 
best practice guidance
The impact of new accounting 
standards, and any elections 
made in their application, 
involves judgement to ensure 
their adoption is managed 
appropriately.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee received updates on new accounting standards (none of which had a material 
impact on the Group or Company) and the latest guidance and best practice examples issued 
by relevant regulators. The Committee ensured that appropriate enhancements had been 
made to disclosures where relevant.
The Committee received updates on developments in environmental, social and governance 
reporting, including the publication of the International Sustainability Standards Board’s first 
standards and considered the appropriateness of management’s plans to conform with these 
standards in due course. 
The Committee received updates on government consultations regarding UK corporate reform 
which are anticipated to bring wide-ranging changes to the corporate regulatory landscape.
— Going concern basis of 
accounting in preparing the 
financial statements 
The ability of the Group to 
continue as a going concern 
requires judgement in the 
estimation of future cash flows 
and compliance with debt 
covenants in future years.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee assessed the forecast levels of net debt, headroom on existing borrowing 
facilities and compliance with debt covenants. This analysis covered a period of least 
12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements, and considered a range of 
downside sensitivities linked to the Group’s principal risks, including a reduction in commodity 
prices, potential operational incidents and variation in timing of the Group’s divestments. The 
Committee concluded it was appropriate to adopt the going concern basis.
Significant accounting issues considered by the Audit Committee in 
relation to the Group’s financial statements
Liquidity management
— Liquidity and debt
Reviewing the application of 
the debt strategy, funding and 
capital structure and the 
Group’s forecast cash position. 
Judgement is required in the 
estimation of future cash flows 
and their impact on financing 
plans and contingencies.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee received regular updates on the profile of the Group’s debt maturities and 
liquidity headroom, continued capital expenditure requirements, free cash flow generation and 
dividend payments.
The Committee reviewed management’s debt capital markets and banking plans for 
2025, in the context of strategy-defined targets, to ensure the continued sufficiency of 
financing facilities.
— Payment of the dividend
Reviewing management’s 
recommendation to the Board 
regarding the level of dividend 
to be paid for 2024, based on 
the payout-ratio-driven 
dividend policy.
Response of the Audit Committee
During 2024, the Committee reviewed the proposals for payments of dividends, in accordance 
with the payout-ratio-driven dividend policy based on 40% of underlying earnings. Taking into 
account the Group’s liquidity position, the Committee endorsed the proposal by management, 
and recommended to the Board for approval, the payments of the 2023 final dividend and the 
2024 interim dividend.
— Viability statement
The viability statement, and the 
underlying process to analyse 
various scenarios that support 
the development of the viability 
statement, are found on pages 
95–96.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee reviewed the time period over which the assessment is made, along with the 
scenarios that are analysed, the potential financial consequences and assumptions made in 
the preparation of the statement.
The Committee concluded that the scenarios analysed were sufficiently severe but plausible 
and the time period of the viability statement was appropriate.
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Risk assurance
— Risk management
The Group’s risk profile and the 
process by which risks are 
identified and assessed.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee assessed the Group’s risk profile, in particular the principal risks (see pages 
98–103). The Committee discussed the key risks, the mitigation plans in place and the 
appropriate executive management responsibilities. The Committee also considered the 
process by which the risk profile is generated, the changes in risk definitions and how the risks 
aligned with the Group’s risk appetite. Following discussion and challenge, the risk profile 
was approved.
— Various risk matters
The Committee oversees the 
implementation of work to 
mitigate a variety of key risks.
Response of the Audit Committee
During the course of 2024, the Committee reviewed work to mitigate information technology 
risk, cyber risk, artificial intelligence risk, and marketing and trading risks. The Committee evaluated 
the work being performed, progress made and provided challenge to satisfy itself that these risks 
were being adequately managed.
— Ethical business conduct
The Committee monitors the 
effectiveness of, and 
compliance with, the Group’s 
Code of Conduct. The 
Committee also reviews the 
Group’s whistleblowing 
arrangements and procedures.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee reviewed the ongoing work to enhance the effectiveness of ethical business 
conduct and compliance across the Group. The Committee received reports on bullying and 
harassment investigations, anti-corruption initiatives and the Action for Integrity campaign. The 
Committee considered the activities undertaken to strengthen Code of Conduct and Group 
policy governance such as implementing a new policy management system, launching a new 
online training module on the Code of Conduct and implementation of the 2024 Compliance 
Management Programme.
— Mineral Resources and Ore 
Reserves statements 
The year-on-year changes to 
Mineral Resources and Ore 
Reserves for operations and 
projects across the Group.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee reviewed the significant year-on-year changes, satisfying itself that 
appropriate explanations existed. The Committee also reviewed the ongoing improvements 
in the process to estimate and report Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves.
— Internal audit work
Reviewing the results of internal 
audit work and the 2024 plan.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee received reports on the results of internal audit work. The Committee discussed 
areas where control improvement opportunities were identified and reviewed the progress in 
completion of agreed management actions.
The Committee reviewed the proposed 2025 internal audit plan, assessing whether the plan 
addressed the key areas of risk for the business units and Group. The Committee approved the 
plan, having discussed the scope of work and its relationship to the Group’s risks.
— External audit
Reviewing the results of 
the external audit work, 
evaluating the quality of 
the external audit and 
consideration of management 
letter recommendations.
Response of the Audit Committee
The Committee reviewed the planning report from PwC in July 2024 and approved the final 
audit plan and fee, having given due consideration to the audit approach, materiality level and 
audit risks. The Committee received updates during the year on the audit process, including 
how the auditor had challenged the Group’s assumptions on the accounting issues noted in this 
report. In February 2025, the Committee reviewed the output of the external audit work that 
contributed to the auditor’s opinion. The Committee evaluated the partner rotation and decided 
to appoint Sonia Copeland as the lead partner, succeeding Mark King at the conclusion of 
2024 reporting.
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Ensuring the independence and effectiveness of the 
external auditor
Anglo American’s Group policy on External Auditor 
Independence incorporates the requirements of the FRC’s 
revised Ethical Standard published in 2019. 
A key factor that may impair an auditor’s independence is a 
lack of control over non-audit services provided by the external 
auditor. The external auditor’s independence is deemed to be 
impaired if the auditor provides a service that:
– Results in the auditor acting as a manager or employee 
of the Group
– Puts the auditor in the role of advocate for the Group
– Creates a mutuality of interest between the auditor 
and the Group.
Anglo American addresses this issue through the 
following measures:
– Services performed by PwC are permitted non-audit 
services. The permitted non-audit services mirrors the 
'Whitelist’ included in the FRC’s revised Ethical Standard
– Prior approval by the Audit Committee of non-audit services 
where the cost of the proposed service exceeds or is 
expected to exceed $100,000
– Disclosure of the extent and nature of non-audit services.
Anglo American’s approach to the provision of non-audit 
services is contained within its policy on External Auditor 
Independence.
Non-audit work is only undertaken where there is commercial 
sense in using the auditor without jeopardising auditor 
independence; for example, where the service is related 
to the assurance provided by the auditor or benefits from 
the knowledge the auditor has of the business.
Non-audit fees represented 17% of the 2024 audit fee of 
$15.8 million. A more detailed analysis is provided on page 310.
Other safeguards
– The external auditor is required to adhere to a rotation policy 
based on best practice and professional standards in the UK. 
The standard period for rotation of the audit engagement 
partner and any key audit partners is five years. The audit 
engagement partner, Mark King, was appointed in 2020 and 
will rotate off at the end of the 2024 audit in accordance with 
this requirement.
– Any PwC partner designated as a key audit partner of 
Anglo American will rotate off the audit after no more than 
five years and shall not be employed by Anglo American 
in a key management position unless a period of at least 
two years has elapsed since the conclusion of the last 
relevant audit.
– The external auditor is required to assess periodically 
whether, in their professional judgement, they are 
independent of the Group.
– The Audit Committee ensures that the scope of the auditor’s 
work is sufficient and that the auditor is fairly remunerated. 
The Committee agreed an audit fee of $15.8 million 
(2023: $16.2 million) for statutory audit services in the year.
– The Audit Committee has primary responsibility for making 
recommendations to the Board on the appointment, re-
appointment and removal of the external auditor.
– The Audit Committee has the authority to engage 
independent counsel and other advisers as they determine 
necessary to resolve issues on the auditor’s independence.
– An annual assessment is undertaken of the auditor’s 
effectiveness through a structured questionnaire and input 
from all businesses and Group functions covering all aspects 
of the audit process. The Audit Committee members also 
participate in this assessment, which evaluates audit 
planning, execution, communications and reporting. The 
assessment identifies strengths and areas for improvement, 
which are discussed with the auditor and action plans 
agreed. The Committee reviewed the measures taken by 
PwC to support audit quality, including their significant focus 
on robust challenge and appropriate scepticism in respect of 
management’s assumptions. The evaluation of the external 
audit concluded that the external auditor was independent, 
objective and effective in the delivery of the audit.
Anglo American confirms compliance during the year with the 
provisions of the Competition and Markets Authority Order on 
mandatory tendering and audit committee responsibilities.
Conclusions of the Audit Committee for 2024
The Committee has satisfied itself that the external auditor’s 
independence was not impaired.
The Committee held meetings with the external auditor, in the 
absence of management, on two occasions, and the chair of 
the Audit Committee held regular meetings with the lead audit 
engagement partner during the year.
Consideration given to the appointment of the 
external auditor
Following the conclusion of a formal tender process in 2019, 
Anglo American appointed PwC as its external auditor with 
effect from and including the year ending 31 December 2020. 
The Audit Committee’s assessment of the external auditor’s 
performance and independence underpins its 
recommendation to the Board to propose to shareholders the 
re-appointment of PwC as auditor until the conclusion of the 
AGM in 2026. Resolutions to authorise the Board to re-appoint 
and determine the remuneration of PwC will be proposed at the 
AGM on 30 April 2025.
Audit partner rotation
The external auditor must rotate the audit engagement partner 
for the Company every five years.
After a thorough review process conducted by the Audit 
Committee in collaboration with the finance director, Sonia 
Copeland was chosen as the new audit partner. The Audit 
Committee approved her appointment with effect from the 
beginning of the 2025 financial year. 
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Risk management
Risk management is the responsibility of the Board and is 
integral to the achievement of the Group’s objectives. The 
Board establishes the system of risk management, setting risk 
appetite and maintaining the system of internal control to 
manage risk within the Group. The robust process of identifying 
and evaluating the principal and emerging risks was in place 
during 2024 and up to the date of this report. The Group’s 
system of risk management and internal control is monitored 
by the Audit Committee under delegation from the Board. 
The Board confirms that it has completed a robust assessment 
of the Company’s emerging and principal risks.
The system of risk management is designed to ensure 
awareness of risks that threaten the achievement of objectives. 
The controls that mitigate those risks are identified so that 
assurance can be provided on the effectiveness of those 
controls. Our risk management approach seeks to embed a 
culture of risk awareness that supports development of 
strategic and operational objectives, and decision making in 
accordance with Anglo American’s Values, objectives and risk 
appetite. As a part of the risk culture journey, risk culture 
assessments were included in the 2024 internal audit plan, and 
will continue in 2025.
The process for identification and assessment of the principal 
risks combines a top-down and bottom-up approach. At the 
operations level, a process to identify risks that prevent the 
achievement of objectives is undertaken. Detailed analysis 
of the material risks at each location is performed to ensure 
management understanding of the risk and controls that 
reduce likelihood of occurrence and impact should the risk 
materialise. These operational risk profiles contribute to the 
assessment of risks at the business level. Executive 
management at each business assesses risks that threaten 
achievement of the business objectives and the status of 
controls, or actions, that mitigate those risks. At the Group 
level, risks are identified through assessment of global factors 
affecting the industry and the Group specifically, as well as 
the risks arising from the business assessments. Consideration 
is given to the views and interests of Anglo American 
stakeholders. Materiality of risk is determined through 
assessment of the various impacts that may arise and 
likelihood of occurrence. An exception relates to those risks 
deemed catastrophic in nature, where the focus of assessment 
is on impact and status of internal controls, given the very low 
likelihood of occurrence. When considering the impact of any 
risk, we assess safety, environmental, financial, legal or 
regulatory, social and reputational consequences.
Regular reports on the status of risks and controls are presented 
to executive management teams throughout the year. The 
Audit Committee reviews reports on the overall Anglo American 
risk profile on two occasions during the year and conducts in-
depth reviews of specific risks during its meetings over the 
course of the year. Each principal risk is assigned to either the 
Board or the relevant Board committees to oversee executive 
management actions in response to that risk. The Audit 
Committee reviews that oversight process on an annual basis.
Details of the principal risks are provided on pages 98–103.
Risk appetite
We define risk appetite as “the nature and extent of risk that 
Anglo American is willing to accept in relation to the pursuit of 
its objectives”. Each principal risk is assessed as to whether it is 
operating within the limit of appetite for the Group. This is based 
on review of the external factors influencing that risk, the status 
of management actions to mitigate or control the risk and the 
potential impact should the risk materialise. For risks operating 
beyond the limit of appetite, a change in strategy may be 
required. For risks operating within, but approaching the limit of 
appetite, specific management actions may be required to 
ensure the risk remains within the limit of appetite.
Risk management and the system of internal control
Controls either reduce the likelihood or impact of any risk, while 
the identification of material controls – i.e. those controls that 
have the most influence in mitigating a risk – is an important 
input for audit planning.
The system of internal control operates on a collaborative ‘three 
lines’ approach, with operating management owning and 
managing risks and controls on a day-to-day basis, and 
business or functional management fulfilling a second line role 
through frequent oversight of implementation of controls, and 
providing complementary expertise, support and challenge 
relating to the management of risk. 
A centrally managed internal audit department provides the 
third line role by reviewing the design and operating 
effectiveness of the internal control framework, which includes 
the work performed by the first and second lines management 
teams. External assurance providers sit outside the three lines 
roles but provide additional assurance to satisfy legislative and 
regulatory expectations, or requests from management or the 
Board to complement internal sources of assurance.
The above is reflected in the Anglo American Risk and 
Assurance Governance (RAG) Model and work has continued 
in 2024 together with the respective functions and operations 
to embed this further. The combined assurance calendar 
developed in 2023 continued to be enhanced and used to 
develop the combined 2025 assurance plan for the second 
and third lines. For the first time the development of the second 
line assurance plan was formally approved in line with the 
requirements of the non-financial delegations of authority 
framework which came into effect on 1 January 2024.
Internal audit operated in all the Group’s managed businesses 
in 2024, reporting its work to executive management and the 
Audit Committee on a regular basis. The internal audit 
department’s mandate and annual audit coverage plans were 
approved by the Audit Committee.
The scope of internal audit work covers the broad spectrum 
of risk to which the Group is exposed. The audit of controls 
associated with major operating/technical risks was 
undertaken by utilising external technical experts as well as 
relevant internal experts from the Technical & Operations 
function, the results of which were shared with the Sustainability 
and Audit committees. 
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In determining its opinion that the internal financial controls 
and internal control and risk management environment was 
effective during 2024, the Audit Committee considered the 
following factors:
– The results of internal audit work, including the response 
of management to completion of actions arising from 
audit work
– The key risk areas of judgement and estimation 
uncertainty within financial reporting and mitigating actions 
taken by management
– The output of risk management work
– The output of external audit work and other 
assurance providers 
– Issues identified by management or reported through 
whistleblowing arrangements, and the results of 
investigations into allegations of breaches of our values 
and business principles.
Reviewing the effectiveness of the system of risk 
management and internal control
The Board, through the Audit Committee, fulfils its responsibility 
in reviewing the effectiveness of the system of risk 
management and internal control through review of reports 
submitted over the course of the year covering the risk 
management process, adequacy of the internal control 
environment, consideration of risk appetite, in-depth reviews 
of specific risks and the results of external audit work. The 
Sustainability Committee also reviews safety and sustainability 
risks in detail and reports its findings to the Board.
Reviewing the effectiveness of internal audit
The Committee assesses the work of internal audit on a regular 
basis through the receipt of reports on the progress of the 
internal audit plan and issues arising and through its annual 
effectiveness review. The resources of internal audit are also 
monitored to ensure appropriate expertise and experience. 
The Committee met with the Group head of risk and assurance, 
in the absence of management on two occasions during 2024. 
Furthermore, the chair of the Committee held regular one-to-
one meetings with the Group head of risk and assurance. 
Whistleblowing programme
The Group operates a multilingual whistleblowing facility which 
uses a reporting platform provided by a third-party service 
provider. The whistleblowing programme is called YourVoice 
and continues to facilitate confidential and anonymous 
reporting of a wide range of concerns about potentially 
unethical, unlawful or unsafe conduct or practices that conflict 
with our Values and Code of Conduct.
The YourVoice channel is available to our employees in our 
managed operations as well as to all external stakeholders, 
such as suppliers, community members and members of the 
public affected by our operation.
During 2024, we received 1,376 reports through the YourVoice 
channel, a similar number to the 1,400 reports received in 2023.
1,430 allegations were closed during this reporting period, 
which include intakes from prior years. 22% of the 2024 
allegations closed were substantiated or partially 
substantiated. 
All YourVoice reports are thoroughly assessed and investigated 
by a dedicated team across the Group, following a 
standardised investigation framework. While appropriate 
actions were taken against substantiated allegations in line 
with our policies, resulting in 175 sanctions (including 85 exits 
from the organisation), there were no significant points of note 
from these investigations.
Steps are taken to address the risks of procurement fraud. 
These include educating employees and suppliers on 
procurement policies and ethical standards, implementing 
strong internal controls such as segregation of duties and 
approval thresholds, using technology and automation to 
detect anomalies, promoting ethical procurement practices, 
and encouraging whistleblowing to report suspicious activities. 
The Ethics Compliance and Investigation team continues to 
enhance awareness and training to reinforce our code of 
conduct values and the Whistleblowing channel. The promotion 
of the channel involves multiple Group-wide and local 
initiatives, other relevant Group-wide initiatives, such as the 
Action for Integrity month campaign and issuance of relevant 
policies and programmes.
The current process also facilitates the opportunity to take 
early remedial action and enables management to address 
any systemic issues identified. For this purpose, protocols have 
been agreed with the Group’s senior management for early 
involvement and support in sensitive investigation cases, such 
as alleged fraud, bullying, harassment, safety and others with 
the potential for significant reputational damage. 
The Audit Committee is responsible for monitoring and 
advancing the programme on a continuous basis.
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Directors’ remuneration report
Role and responsibilities
– Establishing and developing the Group’s general policy 
on executive and senior management remuneration
– Determining specific remuneration packages for the 
Board chair, executive directors, members of the Executive 
Leadership Team and other senior management
– Input and oversight on the reward policy for the 
broader workforce
– Engaging with shareholders and other stakeholders 
regarding executive remuneration.
The Committee’s terms of reference are available to 
view online.
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Changes to Remuneration Committee membership
There were no changes to Remuneration Committee 
membership in 2024.
Committee discussions and focus areas in 2024
– Approval of incentive results for the 2023 annual 
bonus and vesting levels of the 2021 LTIP
– Setting of incentive targets for the 2024 annual bonus 
and LTIP
– Consideration of remuneration arrangements in the context 
of the Anglo American transformation strategy
– Approval of remuneration arrangements for Executive 
Leadership Team members
– Updates on broader employee pay
– Review of the updated 2024 UK Corporate Governance 
Code and new guidelines issued by shareholders and proxy 
advisory bodies.
Key areas of focus for 2025
– Development of a new directors’ remuneration policy to 
ensure that it continues to support the business in the context 
of the new transformation strategy being implemented and 
consultation with shareholders to be put forward for 
shareholder approval at the 2026 AGM
– Assessment of 2024 incentive outcomes, including for 
the 2024 annual bonus and 2022 LTIP award
– Setting of incentive targets for 2025, including the 2025 
annual bonus and 2025 LTIP award
– Continued focus on embedding ESG priorities into executive 
pay outcomes
– Review of corporate governance in relation to remuneration 
issues, remuneration market trends and any implications for 
the Group.
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Committee members
Ian Tyler – Chair
Ian Ashby
Hixonia Nyasulu 
▶For further detail on biographies and Board 
experience: pages 158–161
The chair of the board, chief executive, people & 
organisation director, the Group head of performance & 
reward, and external advisers also attend meetings at the 
invitation of the Committee chair.
The management team has 
delivered remarkable results for our 
shareholders during 2024, and the 
entire Board recognises the team’s 
extraordinary efforts, laying the 
groundwork for shareholder value 
creation over the longer term. In this 
context the Committee considers 
the outcomes to be relatively muted, 
and looks forward to these efforts 
being appropriately rewarded in 
future years.”
Ian Tyler
Chair

Remuneration Committee chair’s introduction
Dear Shareholders
A key role of the Remuneration Committee is to ensure that 
the remuneration arrangements for executive directors and 
Executive Leadership Team members support and 
encourage the delivery of the Company’s strategy, both in 
the short and longer term, to deliver shareholder value in a 
fair and responsible manner. The remuneration must be 
proportionate to and supported by the performance achieved 
and returns to you as shareholders in the context of the cyclical 
nature of the sector.
2024 has been an extraordinary year, during which the 
management team has delivered remarkable results for the 
long-term benefit of shareholders, with Anglo American’s Total 
Shareholder return (TSR) at 24% compared with the FTSE 100 
Index of 10% and negative 12% for the FTSE 350 Mining Index. 
The team has successfully driven the first, significant stages of 
our major transformation, taken effective action on operational 
stability, and delivered material cost savings. The entire Board 
recognises the extraordinary efforts of the management team 
in this respect, laying the groundwork for shareholder value 
creation over the longer term. In this context the Committee 
considers the outcomes to be relatively muted and looks 
forward to these efforts being appropriately rewarded 
in future years. 
Decision making
The Committee has taken into consideration: company 
performance, which includes financial performance; health 
and safety; and the personal achievements of each 
executive director linked to the Group’s strategic priorities, 
when making decisions on pay. We also continue to consider 
the shareholder experience and shareholder views, pay for 
the wider workforce, and wider societal expectations. As a 
Committee, we continue to strive to make decisions that strike 
a balance between incentivising the management team into 
the future, rewarding strong performance and being equitable 
in the broader context. To avoid conflicts of interest, no 
executive director is present when their pay is discussed; 
likewise, the chair is not present in the meeting when his 
remuneration is discussed.
2024 outcomes 
Safety, health and environment 
We continue to make progress towards our goal of zero harm, 
recording our lowest ever injury rate in 2024. However, it is 
deeply saddening that three colleagues died during the year 
following two accidents underground at our PGMs business in 
South Africa. 
We are highly focused on safety and strive continuously to 
create a workplace where everyone returns home safely. 
The tragic loss of three colleagues during 2024 reinforces the 
importance of incentivising safety performance appropriately 
and meaningfully through our variable pay structures. 
The Committee is in no doubt that in order to create an 
environment in which we can reach our goal of zero fatalities, 
we must continue to incentivise operational excellence in 
safety, by targeting key risk areas, reducing accident 
frequency and severity, and increasing our leadership visibility. 
The 2024 annual bonus included measures related to TRIFR, 
delivery of planned work and leadership time in the field, and 
these will remain important measures of safety performance 
into 2025. In order to enhance our focus on driving safety 
excellence, a new measure related to critical action closure will 
be introduced into the annual bonus for 2025.
The Committee continues to feel strongly that fatalities must be 
reflected in executive pay outcomes and therefore continues 
to apply a safety deductor. The Committee has determined 
that it is appropriate to apply a 15% deduction to annual bonus 
payouts for the executive directors for 2024. The Committee 
considers that this outcome provides an appropriate balance 
of rewarding the broader performance against the safety 
measures within the bonus, while recognising the 
unacceptable losses of life.
Financial performance
Against a backdrop of an unpredictable macro environment, 
both economically and politically, and with a weakening iron 
ore price and cyclically low PGMs and diamond prices, 
Anglo American delivered a stable operational and cost 
performance that protected margins and delivered stronger 
free cash flow. Combined with the strategic progress being 
made with the portfolio and a committed $1.8 billion of cost 
savings, Anglo American delivered a far stronger return for 
shareholders in 2024, with a Total Shareholder Return (TSR) for 
the year of 24% compared with the FTSE 100 Index of 10% 
and a negative 12% TSR for the FTSE350 Mining Index.
Group underlying EBITDA for the year has decreased by 15% 
to $8.5 billion, reflecting 10% lower prices, albeit at a healthy 
EBITDA margin of 30%, reflecting the focus on operational 
excellence. 
Annual bonus outcomes
With the underlying financial performance described, the 
financial measures within the annual bonus paid out at 64% 
of maximum. This was driven by the full vesting of the Group 
Cumulative Sustaining Attributable Free Cash Flow measure 
and partial vesting of the EPS at fixed and actual price/FX 
measures. Certain adjustments have been made to the targets 
to reflect the impact of disposals, corporate transactions and 
other exceptional events during the year. Please see page 206 
for further details.
Performance against our health and environment targets was 
strong, with these measures paying out at 100% for 2024. 
Delivery against our safety measures was also strong, although 
the application of the 15% safety deductor against the whole 
bonus reflects our recognition that we are not yet where we 
need to be in our ongoing drive for zero fatalities.
Bonus outcomes for the executive directors after the safety 
deductor were at 66.1% of maximum for the chief executive 
and 67.0% of maximum for the finance director.
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2022 LTIP outcomes
The shareholder experience over the three-year performance 
period was mixed, with strong performance in 2022 and a 
more challenging year in 2023, followed by a year of superior 
shareholder returns and significant transformation driven by 
management in 2024. In this context, the overall vesting level 
of the 2022 LTIP award of 24.5% is felt by the Committee to be 
low, but we recognise that the measures are designed to 
reflect shareholder experience over the full period. 
TSR measures:
– Shareholders have seen a TSR outcome of -2.1%(1), 
positioning us below the FTSE 100 median TSR of 11.2% 
and below the Euromoney/S&P Global Mining Index TSR 
of 26.6%
– The total TSR weighting within the LTIP is 50%, 17% is 
based on performance against the FTSE 100 and the 
remaining 33% is based on TSR performance against the 
Euromoney/S&P Global Mining Index, with vesting of zero for 
both measures. In total, 0% of the LTIP has therefore vested 
based on TSR performance.
Financial measures:
– 15% of the award was dependent on return on capital 
employed (ROCE). The Committee has assessed ROCE on 
an average basis (i.e. the average of 2022, 2023 and 2024 
performance) in line with changes made as part of our 2023 
policy review, as opposed to final year (2024) performance 
which was the original basis of measurement; this leads to a 
vesting level of 94.8%. Had the previous, final year approach 
been applied, the vesting level of the ROCE element would 
have been 25% and in recognition of this, as well as the need 
to align management with the broader shareholder 
experience, the Committee has decided that this element 
should be reduced by 15%, leading to a vesting level of 
80.5% for ROCE
– 15% of the award was based on Group Cumulative 
Sustaining Attributable Free Cash Flow and this element 
of the award will lapse, with zero vesting driven by the lower 
commodity prices over the past two years in particular.
ESG measures:
– 6% of the award was based on renewable energy projects. 
The threshold for this measure has not been delivered, 
largely due to unexpected issues with the Envusa project, 
with a solar project at Mogalakwena ultimately not being 
viable from a business and financial perspective, resulting 
in 0% vesting for this measure.
– The 6% of the award based on social responsibility and the 
number of jobs supported off site for each job on site vested 
at 100%. By the end of 2024, we had supported 157,199 
jobs through socio-economic development programmes 
since the launch of our Sustainable Mining Plan in 2018. In 
2024, we supported 2.9 jobs off site for every job on site 
(2023: 2.4).
– 8% of the LTIP is focused on achieving a reduction in rolling 
three-year average freshwater in water stressed operations. 
The Group average Freshwater Withdrawals for the 
performance period corresponded to a 10.7% reduction 
over the baseline, which exceeded target. As a result, the 
Water Reduction measure vested at 80%. 
Considering the performance across the different elements of 
the scorecard, the 2022 LTIP award therefore vested at 24.5% 
of maximum. 
Overall assessment of 2024 outcomes
The remuneration policy sets out to incentivise in-year 
financial, SHE and operational performance, and delivery 
of the longer term strategy, whilst taking into account the 
shareholder experience. Having considered the 2024 
outcomes through these various lenses, the Committee 
believes that they are fair and reasonable.
Fairness and wider workforce pay
We care deeply about our workforce and continue to prioritise 
their safety and well-being. Throughout the year we remained 
committed in this respect, and our people will continue to be 
front of mind as we go into 2025. 
Workforce engagement on remuneration 
Anglo American’s Global Workforce Advisory Panel (the Panel) 
currently comprises 12 employees drawn from across our 
business, and is chaired by non-executive director Marcelo 
Bastos. The Panel’s purpose is to give the workforce more 
of a ‘voice’ in the boardroom so their views can be better 
understood and considered when decisions are being made 
about the future of the business. This includes how the 
Committee takes on board the views of the wider workforce 
in making decisions on executive remuneration. The Panel 
operates alongside Anglo American’s existing employee 
engagement mechanisms, such as regular employee 
engagement surveys and director interaction with employees.
In 2024, the Panel met on three occasions, one of which was in 
person in South Africa, when our approach to rewarding 
performance was discussed. 
In addition to feedback from the Panel, the Board members 
engaged in pre- and post-meeting activities, including 
internally facilitated team effectiveness training, and an 
educational site visit focusing on sustainability. Panel members 
had the opportunity to engage at an informal event with the 
Panel chair, and senior leaders in the Group.
CEO pay ratio
The CEO pay ratio compares the chief executive’s 
remuneration to the pay for an employee at the median, lower 
quartile and upper quartile of our UK employee population 
(including De Beers and Crop Nutrients employees). 
The median CEO pay ratio for 2024 is 39:1, compared to 35:1 
for 2023. The increase compared to the prior year is largely a 
result of the higher payout of the 2024 annual bonus of 66.1% 
compared to 38.3% for 2023, which makes up a significant 
proportion of the chief executive’s remuneration package. 
Further details on the CEO pay ratio can be found on page 
220.
Leadership framework
In 2024, the Anglo American Leadership Framework was 
developed with the Company’s leadership teams and 
implemented across the Group. 
The realisation of the Company’s strategy is in part reliant on 
a culture that drives high performance, enabled by strong 
capable leadership. Together with our Purpose and Values, the 
Leadership Framework sets out the behaviours that we expect 
all of our people leaders to role model and be accountable for, 
which will support the delivery of our long-term strategic goals. 
It applies to all colleagues from our Executive Leadership Team 
to supervisory levels who lead people and are accountable for 
the performance of others – whether indirectly or directly. 
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(1) Based on three-month average prices as at the end of 2024, in line 
with the TSR calculation methodology for LTIP awards.

Looking ahead
New remuneration policy
In 2025, we will consult with shareholders on the development 
of the next remuneration policy, a policy which will be of 
critical importance in supporting the transformation of 
Anglo American. The policy will be put to a shareholder vote 
at the AGM in 2026.
Salaries
The Committee approved a 2.5% increase to the executive 
directors’ salaries for 2025, in line with the 2.5% awarded to 
the Group’s UK-based employees. 
Implementation of incentives in 2025
Performance measures attached to the 2025 annual bonus 
and LTIP awards are in line with the terms of the 2023 policy 
and are designed to drive delivery of both financial returns 
and the priorities within our Sustainable Mining Plan. The 
overall performance framework remains broadly the same for 
2025. As noted above, in order to enhance focus on leading 
measures of safety performance, a new measure related to 
critical action closure will be included in the 2025 annual 
bonus, subject to a TRIFR underpin. The 2025 LTIP ESG 
measures will focus on (i) on continued progress with Tailings 
management; and (ii) on a new measure related to gender 
representation at senior levels. Further details of these 
performance conditions can be found in the implementation 
report that begins on page 199. 
Conclusion 
In what has been another busy year, underpinned by 
organisational change across the Group, I am pleased with 
the engagement of both the Committee and the management 
team throughout 2024, reinforcing our shared commitment of 
ensuring the remuneration arrangements for our executive 
directors and Executive Leadership Team support delivery of 
the Company’s strategy, in order to deliver shareholder value 
and provide outcomes to management. 
I look forward to engaging with shareholders throughout 2025 
as we develop the next remuneration policy to support the 
future of Anglo American, building on the significant progress 
made over the last 12 months.
Ian Tyler
Chair, Remuneration Committee
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At a glance
This section provides a summary of the key information presented 
across the remuneration report. This includes an overview of the 
2023 policy, performance and remuneration outcomes, as well as 
how our remuneration is linked to strategy.
Summary of our remuneration structure 
Summary of 2023-26 remuneration policy components
Link to strategy
Key features
Fixed pay 
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
Salary
Recruitment and retention 
of high-calibre executives
– Reviewed annually by Remuneration Committee 
– Increases based on Group performance, individual 
performance, levels of increase for the broader UK population 
and inflation 
Benefits
– Include car-related benefits, medical insurance, personal-
taxation and financial advice, among others 
Pension
Aligned with the wider workforce
– 15% of salary
Annual bonus 
One-year performance
Two-year vesting 
Three-year vesting 
– Maximum bonus award of 210% of salary 
– Outcome based on financial, SHE, strategic and personal 
measures, subject to a safety deductor
– 50% of bonus is paid in cash following determination 
of performance
– Cash bonus subject to malus and clawback
Cash
Rewards delivery of strategic 
priorities and financial success
Deferred shares
Encourages sustained 
performance in line with 
shareholder interests
– 50% of bonus is deferred into shares (Bonus Shares)
– One-third of Bonus Shares will vest after two years, with the 
remaining Bonus Shares vesting after a further one year 
– Bonus Shares are subject to malus and clawback 
LTIP 
Three-year 
performance
Two-year 
holding
Encourages long-term 
shareholder return and 
accomplishment of longer term 
strategic objectives
– Shares granted with a face value of 350% of salary 
– Shares vest after a three-year performance period 
and released after a further two-year holding period 
– Vesting based on measures linked to strategic priorities 
– LTIP award is subject to malus and clawback 
Shareholding guidelines
In-post 
To align with long-term 
shareholder interests
– Chief executive: 400% of salary 
– Finance director: 300% of salary
Post employment 
To align with long-term 
shareholder interests 
– Lower of the in-post requirement at the time of cessation 
and the actual shareholding at cessation 
– To be held for two years post-employment
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Incentive performance metrics – financial measures
Underlying EPS◊
Three-year shareholder return
Group attributable ROCE◊
$1.60/share
(2.1)%
19.4%
(1) 2024 values reflects ROCE performance based on average over the three-year LTIP performance period (2022, 2023 & 2024). 
2023 value reflects ROCE performance in 2023.
2025 Implementation table
Key remuneration element
Implementation
Performance metrics
Salary
Duncan Wanblad 
John Heasley
£1,385,800 (2.5% increase effective 1 January 2025)
£830,250 (2.5% increase effective 1 January 2025)
Car allowance
Duncan Wanblad
John Heasley
£36,912
£34,562
Pension
15% of base salary (aligned to wider UK workforce)
Annual bonus
Maximum of 210% of salary
50% paid out as cash
17% paid out as shares deferred for 2 years
33% paid out as shares deferred for 3 years
34% EPS
16% SAFCF
20% SHE
16% Strategic
14% Individual
LTIP
350% of salary 
3-year performance period with 2-year post-vesting holding period
50% TSR
15% ROCE
15% SAFCF
20% ESG
Key performance metrics for 2025
Metrics
Pillars of value
Rationale
Annual Bonus 
weighting
LTIP 
weighting
Safety and zero harm
Safety and health
– Workforce safety is the Group’s first and most 
important value
10%
Environmental footprint
Environment
– Reduction in the Group’s environmental footprint 
based on four pillars of ecological health (land, air, 
water and nature)
10%
Underlying EPS◊
Financial
– Links reward to delivery of in-year underlying equity 
returns to shareholders
34%
Sustaining attributable
free cash flow◊
Financial
– Incentivises cash generation for use either as 
incremental capital investment, for capital returns 
to shareholders or debt reduction
16%
TSR
Financial
– Creates a direct link between executive pay and 
shareholder value
– Measure is split between comparison against sector 
index (S&P Global Mining Index) and comparison 
against local peers (constituents of FTSE 100 index)
50%
Group attributable ROCE◊
Financial
– ROCE promotes disciplined capital allocation by 
linking reward to investment return over the 
performance period
15%
Sustaining attributable 
free cash flow
Financial
– Incentivises cash generation for use either as 
incremental capital investment, for capital returns 
to shareholders or debt reduction
15%
Gender representation
Inclusion & Diversity – Gender representation at Band 5 and above by the 
end of 2027
10%
Tailings – GISTM
Environment
– Objective 1 & 2 facilities: Progress vs plan to achieved 
ALARP and validation of conformance
10%
Total
70%(1)
100%
(1) 30% of annual bonus dependent on achievement of strategic and individual goals.
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$1.60/share
$2.42/share
2024
2023
(2.1)%
19.0%
2024
2023
19.4%
16%
2024
2023
(1)

Executive directors’ shareholdings
Requirement
Shareholding as at 31 Dec 2024
Duncan Wanblad 
400%
851%
John Heasley
300%
159%
nnn  Shareholding requirement  
nnn  Shareholding as 31 December 2024
Executive directors are expected to build up and hold a percentage of their salary in shares (400% for the chief executive, 300% for other executive directors) within 
five years of being appointed. 
As at 31 December 2024, Duncan Wanblad’s executive director shareholdings exceeded the required levels. John Heasley will be expected to meet the requirement 
of 300% of salary by 1 December 2028.
▶For more information
See pages 214–215
2024 pay outcomes £’000
John Heasley
nnn   Fixed      nnn   Bonus paid      nnn   LTIP paid
Duncan Wanblad 
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£1,005
£1,139
0
2024
2023
£1,886
£1,814
£1,878
£1,046
£622
£638
2024
2023
400%
851%
300%
159%
£85

Directors’ remuneration policy
2023 executive directors’ remuneration policy
The 2023 remuneration policy was set out in the 2022 Annual 
Report and was presented for shareholder approval at the 
AGM held on 26 April 2023. This policy was approved with 
95.92% support. It is intended that this policy will apply until 
the Company’s 2026 AGM.
▶The full remuneration policy can be found in the 2022 Annual Report 
available on our Group website
www.angloamerican.com/annual-report-2022
How our remuneration policy addresses UK Corporate 
Governance Code provision 40 principles
The 2023 remuneration policy was designed taking into 
consideration the principles of provision 40 of the UK 
Corporate Governance Code.
The table below outlines how the policy addresses each of 
those principles:
Principle
How this is addressed in the 2023 remuneration policy
Clarity
Our remuneration structure is clearly defined, and 
performance-based elements, including metrics 
and vesting schedules are clearly disclosed.
Simplicity
Our remuneration elements are well-understood 
and in line with market standards.
Risk
Our policy limits the risk of unfair or excessive 
remuneration and supports long term sustainable 
decision making through the following measures: 
– Clearly defined limits on the maximum 
opportunities of incentive awards
– Operation of deferral on annual bonus awards 
– Operation of a post-vesting holding period for 
LTIP awards
– The Committee has discretionary powers to 
adjust formulaic outcomes of incentive awards 
to ensure payouts are aligned to Group 
performance and the experience of key 
stakeholders
– Robust malus and clawback provisions on 
all incentives
– Discretion to reduce LTIP awards on grant to 
protect against potential ‘windfall gains’.
Predictability
The policy has defined limits which can be used 
to determine potential values. Scenario charts are 
presented in the policy to illustrate potential 
payout scenarios.
Proportionality
Payouts under incentive awards are linked to the 
fulfilment of performance measures that support 
the Group’s long-term strategy. Deferral and 
annual grants ensure long-term alignment with 
shareholders. 
The Committee’s powers of discretion ensure 
incentive outcomes are reflective of Company 
performance. 
Alignment to 
culture
Focus on share ownership and long-term 
sustainable performance is reflected in the policy. 
LTIP performance measures support a long term 
focus for executives, including in relation to our 
sustainability objectives. 
Payouts for a significant portion of both the annual 
bonus and LTIP are dependent on the achievement 
of ESG and SHE measures, which underlines the 
importance of safety and sustainability to the 
Group strategy.
Summary of policy and statement of implementation of 
policy in 2025
The following pages provide a summary of the key elements of 
our directors’ remuneration policy. The last column of the table 
states how the remuneration policy will be applied for 2025. 
For 2025, there are no significant changes in the structure of 
the remuneration package for directors compared to last year.
Performance measures
Performance measures for 2025 are set out in the table below. 
The annual bonus targets for 2025 are considered by the 
Board to be commercially sensitive; they will be disclosed in 
the 2025 annual report on remuneration. Specific details of the 
individual and strategic performance targets for 2025 will also 
be included in the 2025 report.
In line with the policy, 50% of the annual bonus will be linked to 
financial performance with the remaining 50% based on 
safety, health and environment measures (20%), strategic 
measures (16%) and personal measures (14%). 
In 2025, the structure of the LTIP will continue to include a 50% 
weighting on relative TSR. Financial measures based on ROCE 
and SAFCF remain unchanged and continue to account for 
15% each and the remaining 20% will be focused on ESG, with 
two measures included for 2025. 
At Anglo American, our vision is to promote an inclusive and 
diverse environment where every colleague is valued and 
respected for who they are and has the opportunity to fulfil 
their potential. To recognise this priority, gender representation 
is a new ESG measure for the 2025 LTIP, and aligns with our 
gender representation goals. 
The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management 
(GISTM) continues to be a key priority for the business. In 2025, 
the GISTM measure proposed will be a continuation of the 
2024 measure. Tailings management forms part of the Group’s 
principal risks and compliance with GISTM seeks to improve 
safety and performance of the tailings facilities, reducing this 
risk. As a member of the International Council on Mining and 
Metals (ICMM) that expects its members to demonstrate their 
levels of conformance to GISTM, the Tailings measure has 
considered the required pathways towards conformance 
across the various tailings’ storage facilities. 
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2023 remuneration policy table
Key aspects of the remuneration policy for executive directors
Basic salary
To recruit and retain high 
calibre executives 
 
Basic salary levels are reviewed 
annually by the Committee, 
taking account of factors 
including the Group’s 
performance, individual 
performance, market practice 
at other companies of a similar 
size and complexity as well as 
at other companies in the 
mining sector, levels of increase 
for the wider workforce and 
inflation.
The Committee considers the 
impact of any basic salary 
increase within the context of 
the total remuneration 
package.
Salary increases for executive 
directors will normally at most 
be in line with the increase 
awarded to the Company’s 
wider UK workforce. 
There may be occasions when 
the Committee may award a 
higher annual increase, 
including (but not limited to):
– Where there is a change in 
role or responsibility
– An executive director’s 
development or performance 
in role (e.g. to align a new 
appointment’s salary with 
the market over time)
– Where there is a significant 
change in the size and/or 
complexity of the Group.
Executive directors received a 2.5% increase 
in salary for 2025. This increase is in line with 
the increase for the Company’s UK 
employees.
The salaries for the executive directors are 
therefore:
– Duncan Wanblad – £1,385,800
– John Heasley – £830,250
Annual bonus
To encourage and 
reward delivery of the 
Group’s strategic 
priorities for the 
relevant year.
To ensure, through the 
deferral of a portion into 
shares, that longer term 
focus is encouraged 
and in line with 
shareholder interests.
   
    
    
    
    
The annual bonus is awarded 
based on a combination of 
measures, determined by the 
Committee each year to ensure 
continued alignment with the 
Group’s financial goals, 
strategic priorities and business 
needs.
50% of the annual bonus 
earned will be deferred into 
awards/shares under the Bonus 
Share Plan (BSP), vesting 17% 
after two years and 33% after 
three years.
Vesting of BSP shares is subject 
to continued employment. 
Dividends or dividend 
equivalents are paid on Bonus 
Shares.
Malus and clawback provisions 
apply as described below.
The maximum annual bonus 
opportunity is 210% of salary in 
respect of a financial year.
The bonus earned at threshold 
performance is normally up to 
25% of the maximum. 
Performance below threshold 
results in zero payout.
The Committee has discretion 
to adjust the bonus outcome if 
it is not deemed to reflect the 
underlying performance of the 
Group or the experience of key 
stakeholders during the 
performance period.
Performance measures for the 
annual bonus for each year 
must meet the following criteria:
– Minimum 50% financial 
measures
– Minimum 15% SHE measures
– Maximum 20% personal 
measures
– Remainder of the award to 
be linked to strategic 
measures.
The maximum annual bonus opportunity for 
each of the executive directors remains at 
210% of salary.
The performance measures for the 2025 
award will be as follows:
– EPS (34% weighting) – Half on 
performance at actual prices and FX, and 
half on performance at fixed prices and FX
– SAFCF (16%) – Sustaining attributable free 
cash flow at fixed prices and FX
– SHE measures (20%) – Safety objectives 
focused on critical action closure (subject 
to a TRIFR underpin), planned 
maintenance, Visible Felt Leadership (VFL) 
and environmental footprint improvement
– Strategic measures (16%) and individual 
measures (14%). 
The Committee may reduce the bonus 
outcome in the event of one or more fatalities, 
taking into consideration all relevant facts 
and circumstances including the number of 
fatalities, the cause of such fatalities, any 
repeat failures in safety and the number of 
high potential incidents.
Targets are deemed to be commercially 
sensitive and will be disclosed in next year’s 
annual report.
Operation
Opportunity/performance measures
Implementation for 2025
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Long Term Incentive Plan 
(LTIP) To encourage and 
reward the achievement of 
long-term sustainable 
shareholder returns and the 
delivery of financial/strategic 
priorities. To align executive 
director interests to 
shareholder interests.               
Conditional awards of shares 
or nil-cost options are granted 
annually, with a performance 
period of normally at least 
three years.
Any awards that vest are 
subject to a holding period 
so that the overall LTIP time 
horizon normally is at least 
five years.
Vested awards may not 
generally be sold during the 
holding period, other than to 
cover tax liabilities arising on 
vesting.
Dividend equivalents accrue 
over the vesting period and are 
payable in respect of awards 
that vest.
Malus and clawback provisions 
apply as described below.
The maximum annual LTIP 
opportunity is 350% of salary in 
respect of a financial year.
The Committee reviews the 
executive directors’ LTIP award 
sizes annually, prior to grant, to 
ensure they are appropriate. 
This includes consideration of 
the share price at the time of 
grant in comparison to prior 
years and the Committee may 
reduce award sizes where it 
judges that there has been a 
material decline in the share 
price and that a downward 
adjustment would be 
appropriate in the 
circumstances.
For each performance element, 
threshold performance would 
normally not exceed 25% 
vesting of the element, rising on 
a broadly straight-line basis to 
100% for achieving stretch 
targets.
Performance below threshold 
results in zero vesting.
Performance measures 
attached to each award should 
be linked to the Group’s 
strategic priorities and may 
include, but are not limited to, 
TSR, ROCE, SAFCF and other 
strategic or ESG objectives.
The Committee has discretion 
to adjust the vesting outcome if 
it is not deemed to reflect the 
underlying performance of the 
Group or the experience of key 
stakeholders during the 
performance period.
The maximum LTIP opportunity for each of 
the executive directors remains at 350% of 
salary.
The performance measures for the 2025 LTIP 
will be as follows:
– TSR vs S&P Global Mining Index (33% 
weighting) – 25% vesting for TSR equal to 
Index; 100% for Index performance +6% 
per annum
– TSR vs FTSE 100 (17%) – 25% vesting for 
TSR equal to median performance; 100% 
vesting for TSR equal to 80th percentile 
performance
– ROCE (15%) – 25% vesting for 12% return; 
100% vesting for 20% return
– SAFCF (15%) – Sustaining attributable free 
cash flow at actual prices and FX 
– Gender representation (10%) – Gender 
representation at band 5 and above by the 
end of 2027. 25% vesting for 35% 
representation and 100% vesting for 37%
– Tailings (10%) – Objective 1 & 2 facilities: 
Progress vs plan to ALARP and maintain 
conformance. 25% vesting for 85% 
compliance and 100% vesting for >=95%
Operation
Opportunity/performance measures
Implementation for 2025
All-employee share 
plans
To encourage eligible 
employees to build up a 
shareholding in the 
Company.
Executive directors are eligible 
to participate in applicable all-
employee share plans on the 
same basis as other eligible 
employees in the relevant 
country they work in. In the UK, 
these currently comprise the 
Company’s Save As You Earn 
(SAYE) scheme and Share 
Incentive Plan (SIP) on identical 
terms to other UK employees.
In line with the award limits 
applicable to the share plan, on 
the same basis that apply to 
other eligible employees.
SIP free, partnership and matching schemes 
continue to be operated for 2025.
The SAYE scheme also continues to be 
operated for 2025.
Operation
Opportunity/performance measures
Implementation for 2025
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Pension
To provide a market 
competitive level of 
pension provision, taking 
account of the provisions 
for the wider workforce, 
to attract and retain 
high- performing 
executive directors.
 
Executive directors participate 
in defined contribution pension 
arrangements.
Executive directors may request 
a pension allowance to be paid 
in place of defined contribution 
arrangements.
Executive directors appointed 
prior to December 2022 had 
the choice for contributions 
which may not be paid to a UK-
registered pension scheme as a 
result of applicable limits (either 
annual allowance or lifetime 
allowance) to be treated as if 
paid to an unregistered 
unfunded retirement benefit 
scheme (UURBS). 
With effect from December 
2022, the UURBS was closed to 
new members. As a result, 
executive directors are no 
longer eligible to join this 
scheme. Instead any pension 
contributions outside of 
applicable limits may be paid as 
a cash equivalent.
Maximum pension contribution 
or cash allowance is aligned 
with the contribution levels 
available for all of the wider UK 
workforce (currently 15% of 
salary).
The pension contribution for executive 
directors for 2025 will be 15% of base salary.
Other benefits
To provide market  
competitive benefits.
 
Benefits include (but are not 
limited to):
– 28 days’ leave, with 
encashment of any 
accumulated leave in excess 
of 20 days
– Car and/or travel related 
benefits 
– Medical insurance (family)
– Death and disability 
insurance
– Directors’ liability insurance
– Limited personal taxation 
and financial advice
– Club membership
– Other ancillary benefits, 
including attendance at 
relevant public events.
The Committee may introduce 
other benefits if it is considered 
appropriate to do so.
The Company reimburses all 
necessary and reasonable 
business expenses and may 
pay the tax costs on benefit 
provisions.
The Committee reserves the 
discretion to award certain 
situation-specific benefits (such 
as relocation) either on a one-
off or ongoing basis. 
The value of benefits is set at 
a level which the Committee 
considers to be appropriate, 
taking into account the overall 
cost to the Company, individual 
circumstances, benefits 
provided to the wider workforce 
and market practice.
No changes to benefits operated for 2025.
Operation
Opportunity/performance measures
Implementation for 2025
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Malus and clawback
Awards under the annual bonus (including both cash 
and deferred bonus awards under the BSP) and LTIP are 
subject to malus and clawback provisions over the following 
time periods:
Malus
Clawback
Annual bonus
To such time as 
payment is made
Up to two years 
following payment
Deferred bonus
To such time as the 
award vests
Up to two years 
following vesting
LTIP
To such time as the 
award vests
Up to two years 
following vesting
Clawback may be applied in the circumstances below. Malus 
may be applied in the circumstances below, as well as in other 
exceptional circumstances, at the Committee’s discretion.
– Material misstatement in results
– Misconduct
– Material failing in risk management
– Error in calculation.
No malus and clawback provisions were applied in 2024.
Shareholding guidelines
Executive directors are expected to build up and retain a 
holding in shares in the Company with a value of four times 
basic salary in respect of the chief executive and three times 
basic salary in respect of other executive directors. The 
Committee takes into consideration achievement against 
these in-post guidelines when making grants under the 
Company’s various incentive plans.
Executive directors who step down from the Board will normally 
be required to continue to hold the lower of the in-post 
requirement or their actual shareholding at the point 
of stepping down. 
The Committee retains discretion to allow exceptions to 
these guidelines in exceptional circumstances. Full disclosure 
will be included in the relevant annual report should this 
discretion be utilised.
Non-executive director fee policy
The full remuneration policy for our non-executive directors 
(NEDs) is outlined in the 2022 directors’ remuneration report. 
The policy does not set limits for individual fees, but provides 
that the maximum annual aggregate basic fees for all NEDs 
(excluding the chair) should not exceed £1.25 million.
Chair of the Board and non-executive director fees: 
implementation for 2025
For 2025, the Board chair’s, NEDs’ and senior independent 
director’s base fees were increased by 2.5%, in line with the 
increase for executive directors and the increase for the wider 
UK workforce. The remaining Board committee chair and 
membership fees are unchanged. The 2025 fees are shown in 
the table below.
Determining the fees paid to NEDs is a matter for the Board, 
with the NEDs abstaining; therefore, increases were approved 
by the chair and the executive directors. The Board chair’s 
increase was approved by the Remuneration Committee. No 
directors were involved in any decision as to their own fees. 
Role
2025 Fee (£’000)
2024 Fee (£’000)
Board chair fee
857
836
NED base fee
108.1
105.5
Senior independent director
38.3 (additional to base fee)
37.4 (additional to base fee)
Chair of Audit, Remuneration or Sustainability committees
40 (additional to base fee)
40 (additional to base fee)
Audit, Remuneration or Sustainability committee membership
20 (each committee membership)
20 (each committee membership)
Nomination Committee membership
12.5
12.5
Designated NED to chair Global Workforce Advisory Panel
20  
20 
(1) Includes service on any Board committees.
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Annual report on directors’ remuneration
Audited information
Under schedule 8 of the Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (accounting and reports) Regulations 2008 
(as amended), elements of this section of the report have been audited. The areas of the Accounts and Reports subject 
to audit are indicated in the headings. 
Executive director remuneration in 2024 (audited)
The table below sets out the remuneration paid to the executive directors for 2024 (and 2023).
Single total figure of remuneration for executive directors
Total 
basic 
salary(1)
£’000
Benefits 
in kind
£’000
Annual 
bonus
– cash 
and
Bonus 
Shares
£’000
LTIP(2)(3)
award 
vesting
£’000
Pension(4)
£’000
Other(5)(6)
£’000 Withholding(7)
Total
£’000
Total
fixed
remuneration
£’000
Total
variable
remuneration
£’000
Executive directors
Duncan Wanblad
 
1,352  
206  
1,878  
622  
328  
5  
—  
4,391  
1,886  
2,505 
Duncan Wanblad (2023)
 
1,300  
210  
1,046  
638  
304  
5  
—  
3,503  
1,814  
1,689 
John Heasley
 
810  
88  
1,139  
—  
107  
525  
(24)  
2,645  
1,005  
1,641 
John Heasley (2023)
 
68  
8  
—  
—  
9  
2,078  
—  
2,163  
85  
2,078 
(1) 2023 salaries, benefits in kind and pension for John Heasley are pro-rated for the period in year served as a director (1 December 2023 to 31 December 2023). 
(2) The 2022 LTIP vesting level was confirmed by the Remuneration Committee at its meeting on 17 February 2025. As the awards are due to vest after sign-off of this 
report, an average share price between 1 October 2024 and 31 December 2024, of £23.87, was used to calculate the value and will be trued up in the 2025 report. 
The LTIP values shown include dividend equivalent amounts of £90,089 for Duncan Wanblad. The values of LTIP awards that vested in 2024 have been restated 
using the share price at vesting of £17.37, see page 211 for further details. 
(3) For the 2022 LTIP vesting in 2025, between grant and valuation of the award for single figure purposes, the share price decreased from £41.22 to £23.87. For the 
2022 LTIP, 0% of the value disclosed in the single figure is therefore attributable to share price. For the 2021 LTIP vesting in 2024, the value disclosed in the 2023 
Annual Report was based on the three-month average share price up to 31 December 2023 of £20.98. The value has been restated above based on the share 
price at the date of vesting of £17.37. For this award, the share price decreased from £29.28 at grant to £17.37 at vesting, equating to a decrease in value of each 
vesting share of £11.91. The proportion of the value disclosed in the single figure attributable to share price growth is 0%. No discretion has been exercised by the 
Committee in relation to the 2022 and 2021 LTIP vestings as a result of share price movements over the vesting periods.
(4) Pension figures includes value of notional return on UURBS balances where applicable. Where pension is received as cash allowance, cash allowance in lieu of 
pension contributions is 13.2%.
(5) For Duncan Wanblad and John Heasley, ‘Other’ includes the value of free and matching shares awarded under the SIP based on the value of shares at grant. 
Awards are not subject to performance in line with the scheme terms as applicable for all employees. 
(6) For John Heasley, 2024 ‘Other’ includes a cash payment of £366,710 and the value of shares awarded (£157,161) under the Non-cyclical award plan to 
compensate the cash bonus and shares forfeited as a result of joining Anglo American. See page 198 of the 2023 Annual Report and page 212 of this report for 
further details. 
(7) As detailed on page 198 of the 2023 Annual Report, John Heasley received replacement shares awarded under the Non-cyclical award plan, to compensate the 
shares forfeited as a result of joining Anglo American. In April 2024, the number of shares that vested under the first tranche of the award was reduced from 26,774 
to 25,659 shares, to align with the vesting levels disclosed by his previous employer. The value of this reduction is shown under ‘Withholding’ and is reflected in the 
total remuneration for 2024. 
Basic salaries for 2024
The basic salaries for 2024 were as follows (in £’000s):
Duncan Wanblad
£1,352
Paid in 2024
(2023: £1,300 – full year equivalent salary)
John Heasley 
£810
Paid in 2024
(2023: £810 – full year equivalent salary)
Benefits in kind (audited)
Benefits for executive directors are set out below. During the 
year, executive directors may receive benefits including travel 
and car related benefits, accommodation, tax advice, club 
membership, death and disability insurance, directors’ liability 
insurance, medical insurance and other ancillary benefits. 
2024 Benefits
Duncan 
Wanblad
John 
Heasley
Travel related benefits (£’000)
140
42
Tax advice (£’000)
16
1
Accommodation (£’000)
43
32
Other (£’000)(1)
7
12
(1) Benefits relating to the provision of medical insurance, professional 
membership fees and other ancillary benefits.
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Annual bonus outcomes for 2024 (audited)
The maximum annual bonus opportunity is 210% of salary in 
respect of a financial year. 50% of the total 2024 annual bonus 
is payable in cash, with 50% deferred into shares. One-third of 
the deferred shares will vest after two years; the remaining 
two-thirds will vest after three years. The bonus deferred as 
shares is not subject to further performance but is subject to 
continued employment.
50% of each executive director’s bonus outcome was 
assessed against financial targets. 11% was assessed against 
strategic measures and a further 20% was assessed on 
Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) measures, with the 
remaining 19% being assessed against the achievement of 
individual objectives. 
Strategic and SHE objectives are shared by the executive 
directors, with individual objectives being tailored for their 
specific roles. The key individual performance measures are 
assessed against the overall operational and financial 
performance of the business. 
In 2024, it was deeply saddening that three colleagues lost 
their lives in the year, following two accidents underground 
at our PGMs business South Africa. With these tragic events 
occurring, it is a stark reminder that keeping our people safe 
must be at the forefront of everything we do in order to reduce 
the number of fatalities to zero.
As a result of the three fatalities that have occurred during the 
year, the Committee judged that there will be a 15% reduction 
to 2024 executive director bonus outcomes. This reduction 
was determined following consideration by the Committee, 
taking into account full details of the incidents. 
Discretion
Aside from the utilisation of discretion to apply the safety 
deductor and the application of certain adjustments to the 
targets as described on the following page, the Committee 
did not make any discretionary adjustments to the 2024 
bonus outcomes. 
Summary of 2024 annual bonus outcome
Financial 
metrics (50%)
SHE metrics
(20%)
Strategic 
metrics (11%)
Personal 
metrics (19%)
Total payout 
pre-safety 
deductor (%)
Payout after 
15% safety 
deductor
(%)(1)
Annual bonus 
value 
Duncan Wanblad
 31.8% 
 20.0% 
 10.0% 
 16.0% 
 77.8% 
 66.1% 
£1,877,563
John Heasley
 31.8% 
 20.0% 
 10.0% 
 17.0% 
 78.8% 
 67.0% 
£1,139,330
(1) Safety deductor applied on a multiplicative basis against overall annual bonus outcomes.
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Annual bonus performance assessment for 2024 (audited)
The financial element of the 2024 annual bonus is measured 
against underlying EPS and sustaining attributable free cash 
flow measures. 
The EPS elements of the award accounted for 34% of the total 
annual bonus, split equally between EPS measured at fixed 
prices and FX rates and EPS measured at actual prices and 
FX rates. The fixed price and FX rate EPS portion is designed to 
reflect Group operational performance, excluding the impact 
of variations in price and currency. Both target ranges are 
illustrated in the financial performance table, with 25% vesting 
for performance at threshold. SAFCF, measured at fixed prices 
and FX rates, accounted for 16% of the total annual bonus.
With the underlying financial performance described, the 
financial measures within the annual bonus paid out at 64% 
of maximum. This was driven by the full vesting of the Group 
Cumulative Sustaining Attributable Free Cash Flow measure 
and partial vesting of the EPS at fixed and actual price/FX 
measures. Certain adjustments have been made to the targets 
to reflect the impact of disposals, corporate transactions and 
other exceptional events during the year.
Performance against our SHE targets was strong, with these 
measures paying out at 100% for 2024. The measures are 
largely leading in nature and designed to support 
strengthened safety outcomes in future years, which supports 
our ongoing drive for zero fatalities.
Following the announcement of the accelerated portfolio 
changes, a review of the shared strategic and individual 
objectives was undertaken, to ensure the executive directors 
were appropriately measured on the shift in priorities for the 
year associated with the transformation. As a result, the 
Committee approved a new measure relating to the 
transformation work in H2 2024, and amendments to specific 
deliverables in relation to the announced divestments. 
The changes resulted in a re-weighting of the shared strategic 
and individual objectives from 10% and 20% of the total award 
to 11% and 19% respectively. 
The shared strategic objectives (11%) reflected the Group’s 
strategic priorities for the year, incorporating a combination 
of quantitative and qualitative metrics. Following the end of 
the year, the Committee made a detailed assessment of 
performance, leading to the evaluations shown in the tables 
below.
The 19% of the annual bonus weighted to individual 
performance measures focused on the critical deliverables 
for each executive director. The following tables detail the 
achievement against these objectives.
Financial performance
Metric
Threshold (25%)
Maximum 
(100%)
Achievement
Weighting
Outcome
EPS at actual prices and FX rates(1)
$1.32/share
$1.97/share
$1.60/share
 17.0% 
 9.7% 
EPS at fixed prices and FX rates(1)
$1.48/share
$1.81/share
$1.53/share
 17.0% 
 6.1% 
SAFCF at fixed prices and FX rates
$0.67 bn
$1.0 bn
$1.38 bn
 16.0% 
 16.0% 
Total
 50.0% 
31.8%
(1) Targets have been adjusted to reflect the impact of disposals, corporate transactions and other exceptional events during the year. The original targets have been 
adjusted from $1.48 (threshold) to $2.23 (maximum) for EPS at actual prices and $1.67 (threshold) to $2.04 (maximum) for  EPS at fixed prices respectively.
. 
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SHE performance
Metric
Metric type
Achievement
Weighting
Outcome
Total recordable injury frequency rate 
(TRIFR) – improvement of 15% on 
prior three-year Group average
Safety
Managed operations achieved a record performance, with a TRIFR 
of 1.57, a 12% improvement compared to 2023 and exceeding the 
stretch target. This is a sustained and strong outcome during a 
period of significant change for Anglo American, supported by a 
continued focus on leaders spending time in the field, increased 
planned work and driving an open reporting culture.
 2.5% 
 2.5% 
Planned work – % of maintenance 
work planned and scheduled
Operations
The Group has demonstrated steady performance in 2024 by 
achieving 75% at the Group level. A strong commitment from all 
businesses has led to an increase in equipment availability and 
fewer exposures to unplanned events, thereby enhancing safety.
 7.5% 
 7.5% 
Leadership Time in Field – three high 
quality visible felt leadership (VFL) 
per week by all in scope band 4–6 
operational employees
Operations
Businesses have consistently achieved and exceeded the stretch 
target for VFLs. This continues to foster a culture of open 
conversations that role models the behaviours we want to instil in 
all our people through a process that sets clear expectations, 
shows care and respect and builds trust to empower personal 
ownership of safety. 
Ecological Health – improvement in 
footprint intensity – expressed as the 
sum of metrics for Land, Air, Nature 
and Water
Environment
Targets have been met across the four target areas, delivering full 
vesting for this measure.
 10% 
 10% 
Total
 20% 
 20% 
Shared strategic performance
Metric
Metric type
Achievement
Weighting
Outcome
Transformation
– H1 2024 – Embed Future Fit: 
Deploy new organisation 
structures & accountabilities; 
operate within budget cost & 
headcount; develop succession 
plans for key roles; deliver gender 
diversity target (33% among EOR) 
by end-2025; embed a frugal, 
accountable culture with 
commensurate leadership 
behaviours
– H2 2024 – Accelerated Strategy: 
Accelerate strategy execution 
during H2 2024; set up the 
organisation to effectively deliver 
on the divestments; progress the 
work to simplify our organisation 
model in line with the simpler 
portfolio.
Portfolio
– New organisation structures deployed and succession plans for 
key roles developed during H1 2024. EoR female representation 
of 34%. Leadership Framework developed and launched 
– Updated organisation design developed following accelerated 
strategy announcement in May 2024. Culture and business 
model workstreams progressed as per plan.
 7% 
 6% 
Cost-out to enhance business 
competitiveness
– Re-set the cost base of the 
Business in line with December 
2023 market communication, 
reduce costs by $0.8 bn Capex; 
$500 m Corporate; $500 m 
Business Opex; develop framework 
to deliver a further reduction of 
$0.8 bn in run rate by end-2025 
(subject to timing of closing of 
divestments)
Portfolio
– Run rate cost and capex savings exceeded target. $1.3 bn run 
rate cost savings delivered in 2024 are $0.3 bn ahead of plan.  
Plans in place to deliver full $1.8 bn run rate savings by end 
2025.
 4% 
 4% 
Total
 11% 
 10% 
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Personal performance
Duncan Wanblad
Percentage weighting
2024 
outcome
Financial
50%
 31.8% 
SHE
20%
 20.0% 
Strategic
11%
 10.0% 
Personal 
19%
 16.0% 
Total
100%
 77.8% 
Safety deductor
A percentage reduction from overall bonus outcome on a multiplicative basis
 15% 
Overall result
 66.1% 
Details of personal objectives
Achievement
Outcome
Produce to plan (4%)
– Group-CuEq production within 5% of 
plan. 
– FY production –5% versus plan.
 3% 
Excellence in capital allocation (3%)
– Centralise Projects function; improve 
capital allocation via systematic stage-
gating; improve on-time/on-budget 
delivery of projects execution.
– Projects function centralised. Review and baselining of projects portfolio 
complete, resulting in material reduction in capital requirements and reduction in 
central overlays. Improvements in on time/on-budget project delivery.
 2% 
Further portfolio simplification (5%)
– Progress the divestment of 
Anglo American Platinum, Steelmaking 
Coal, Nickel and De Beers as per 
execution plan.
– Transactions progressed as per execution plan, with risk of De Beers separation 
delay due to market conditions.
 4% 
Deliver growth – Woodsmith (4%)
– Define a syndication path forward by 
the end of 2024.
– Progress studies to optimise the business 
case.
– Successfully slowdown construction to 
match 2024 and 2025 spending 
request.
– Syndication workstream in progress, impacted by project slowdown. Optimisation 
studies progressing as per plan. Construction slowdown completed.
 4% 
Deliver growth – Collahuasi (3%)
– Finalise pre-feasibility A phase of the 
integrated growth studies and 
commence pre-feasibility B phase.
– Studies progressing to plan.
 3% 
Overall individual performance
19% total weighting
 16% 
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Percentage weighting
2024 
outcome
Financial
50%
 31.8% 
SHE
20%
 20.0% 
Strategic
11%
 10.0% 
Personal
19%
 17.0% 
Total
100%
 78.8% 
Safety deductor
A percentage reduction from overall bonus outcome on a multiplicative basis
 15% 
Overall result
 67.0% 
Details of personal objectives
Achievement
Outcome
Deliver Functional Excellence (5%)
– Deliver solutions for management 
accounting outcomes and tax 
compliance (Pillar 2), and further the 
readiness of the Group for compliance 
with non-financial reporting and 
attestation of associated controls.
– Pillar 2 reporting on track. Work well progressed for future controls attestation 
across financial and non-financial controls
 4% 
Other Operating Cost Management (5%)
– Establish Group management 
information and meeting cadence to 
allow focused performance 
management of other operating costs.
– Delivered re-designed Group Management Accounting information and 
streamlined processes across reporting and performance.
 5% 
Personal (4%)
– Establish a strong personal network and 
profile across Anglo American and 
ensure a high-performing and inclusive 
culture across the finance community.
– Quickly established as a strong financial leader and strategic partner. 
Significantly strengthened the financial focus across the organisation, driving 
tangible value creation.
 3% 
Create Financial Value (5%)
–  Deliver $200 m of value through 
projects which either improve below the 
line (i.e. below EBITDA) financial 
performance and/or net debt.
– Value delivery above $200 m target.
 5% 
Overall individual performance
19% total weighting
 17% 
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2022 LTIP award vesting (audited)
In 2022, Duncan Wanblad received an LTIP grant of 90,978 
conditional shares, which was the first LTIP grant awarded 
following his appointment as chief executive. 
Vesting of 2022 LTIP conditional share awards was therefore 
subject to:
– The Group’s TSR performance relative to:
– Euromoney Global Mining Index (from 1 January 2022 to 
31 July 2023) and S&P Global Mining Index (from 1 August 
2023 to 31 December 2024)
– FTSE 100 constituents over the three-year period to 
31 December 2024
– Group attributable ROCE to 31 December 2024
– Group cumulative sustaining attributable FCF at actual price 
and FX rates over the three-year period to 31 December 
2024
– Renewable energy projects 
– Number of off-site jobs supported for each on-site job
– Freshwater reduction in water stressed operations.
Shareholders have seen a TSR outcome of -2.1%, positioning 
us below the FTSE 100 median TSR of 11.2% and below the 
S&P Global Mining Index TSR of 26.6%, resulting in zero vesting 
for this element.
As part of the last Policy review, we changed the operation of 
the ROCE performance metric within LTIP awards granted 
from 2023, whereby ROCE is measured on an average basis 
over the three-year performance period. This change reflected 
the Committee’s strong belief that in the context of the nature 
of the impact of commodity price cycles on performance, 
ROCE is best measured and rewarded for over the long term 
(rather than based on a single year’s performance) and the 
change received strong support from shareholders.
The 2022 LTIP award was granted prior to this change and 
ROCE performance is therefore, technically, to be assessed 
based on final year (2024) performance. After careful 
consideration, the Committee has chosen to assess ROCE 
performance for the 2022 LTIP award on an average basis as 
opposed to final year (2024) performance. 
This gives a vesting outcome of 94.8% against the ROCE 
measure. Had the previous, final year approach been applied, 
the vesting level of the ROCE element would have been 25% 
and in recognition of this, as well as the need to align 
management with the broader shareholder experience, the 
Committee has decided that this element should be reduced 
by 15%, leading to a vesting level of 80.5% for this element. The 
Committee believes that this revised outcome more fairly 
reflects management’s performance and contribution during 
the performance period, particularly in relation to the delivery 
of the new strategy which is positioning Anglo American well 
for future success and has been positively received by 
shareholders.
The cumulative cash flow measure vested at 0%, largely driven 
by prices. 
8% of the LTIP is focused on achieving a reduction in rolling 
three-year average freshwater in water stressed operations. 
The Group average Freshwater Withdrawals for the 
performance period corresponded to a 10.7% reduction over 
the baseline, which exceeded target. As a result, this measure 
vested at 80%.
6% of the award was based on renewable energy projects. 
The threshold for this measure has not been delivered, largely 
due to unexpected issues with the Envusa project, resulting in 
a 0% vesting for this measure.
The 6% of the LTIP for social responsibility and the number of 
jobs supported off site for each job on site also vested at 100%. 
By the end of 2024, we had supported 157,199 jobs through 
socio-economic development programmes since the launch of 
our Sustainable Mining Plan in 2018. In 2024, we supported 2.9 
jobs off site for every job on site job (2023: 2.4).
The LTIP awards will therefore vest at 24.5% of maximum. 
Discretion
The Committee applied a discretionary adjustment to the 
vesting of the ROCE element of the 2022 LTIP, as described 
above. No further discretionary adjustments were made to the 
LTIP targets or outcomes. 
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Performance assessment for 2022 LTIP awards
Measure
Weighting
Threshold performance
(25% vesting)
Stretch performance
(100% vesting)
Actual
performance
Vesting
outcome
S&P Global Mining Index TSR(1)(2)
 33% 
Index performance 
(26.6%)
Index +6% p.a. 
(48.8%)
 (2.1%) 
 —% 
FTSE 100 constituents TSR(3)
 17% 
Median TSR 
performance (11.2%)
80th percentile TSR 
performance 
(58.0%)
 (2.1%) 
 —% 
Group attributable ROCE(4)
 15% 
 12% 
 20% 
 19.4% 
 80.5% 
Group sustaining attributable free cash 
flow (cumulative)
 15% 
$7.7 bn
$11.6 bn
~$5.1 bn
 —% 
Water reduction
 8% 
 8.5% 
 11.5% 
 10.7% 
 80% 
Renewable energy projects
 6% 
150 MW
250 MW
0 MW
 —% 
Number of off-site jobs supported for each on-site job
 6% 
2 jobs
2.5 jobs
2.9 jobs
 100% 
(1) The Euromoney (EMIX) Global Mining Index ceased on 31 July 2023. In July 2023, the Remuneration Committee approved the replacement of the EMIX Global 
Mining Index with the S&P Global Mining Index from the date of cessation to the end of the performance period.
(2) 25% of the award will vest if Anglo American’s TSR performance is equal to the Index (threshold). 100% of the award will vest if Anglo American’s TSR performance 
is equal to or above the Index + 6% p.a. (stretch). Between threshold and stretch, vesting will be applied on a straight-line basis by reference to Anglo American’s 
TSR performance relative to the Index and Index + 6% p.a. 
(3) 25% of the award will vest if, based on its TSR performance, Anglo American is ranked at the median of the comparator group (threshold). 100% of the award will 
vest if, based on its TSR performance, Anglo American is ranked at or above the upper quintile of the comparator group (stretch). Between threshold and stretch, 
vesting will be applied on a straight-line basis by reference to Anglo American’s ranking relative to the median and upper quintile ranking of the comparator group. 
With 93 constituents the median rank is 47, and upper quintile rank is 19.4; Anglo is ranked 62.
(4) As outlined on page 210, the three-year average Group attributable ROCE across the performance period (2022, 2023 and 2024) was 19.4%, resulting in a vesting 
outcome of 94.8%. The Committee has applied a 15% reduction to the vesting outcome, resulting in an overall vesting of 80.5% for the ROCE measure.
Total outcome of the 2022 LTIP 
Number of 
shares 
granted
Number of 
shares 
vesting at 
24.5%
Dividend 
equivalents 
on vested 
value
Value based 
on vesting at 
24.5%(1)
Total value(1)
Duncan Wanblad
 
90,978  
22,289 
£90,089
£532,161
£622,249
(1) As the awards are due to vest after publication of this report, an average share price between 1 October 2024 and 31 December 2024, of £23.87, was used to 
calculate the value and will be trued up in the 2025 report. 
Restatement of value of 2021 LTIP
Number of
shares vesting
Dividend
equivalents
value
2023 
estimated 
value(1)
 (ex dividends)
2023 
estimated total 
value
Actual value
of award at
vesting(2)
 (ex dividends)
Restated 2021 
LTIP value
Duncan Wanblad
 
27,645 
£158,339
£580,109
£738,448
£480,063
£638,402
(1) 2023 estimated value uses three-month average share price up to 31 December 2023 of £20.98 as stated in the 2023 Annual Report.
(2) The share price on vesting was £17.37.
Pension (audited)
The pension contribution amounts in the table below should be 
read in conjunction with the following information:
– The total amounts of pension contributions treated as having 
been paid into the UURBS for the executive directors are:
– Duncan Wanblad – £198,804
– Contributions treated as being paid into the UURBS earn a 
fixed return of 5.125%. The total return earned in 2024 was 
£124,912 for Duncan Wanblad.
– As at 31 December 2024, the total balance due to executive 
directors in relation to the UURBS was £2,666,129. 
– Retirement benefits can only be drawn from the UURBS if 
a member has attained age 55 and has left Group service.
– As detailed in the 2023 remuneration policy, the UURBS was 
closed to new members and future executive directors are 
not eligible to join the scheme. As such, John Heasley is not 
a participant of the UURBS.
Total pension for 2024
Duncan 
Wanblad
John 
Heasley
DC contribution (£’000)
 
£4  
— 
UURBS contribution (£’000)
 
£199  
— 
UURBS Notional Increase (£’000)
 
£125  
— 
Pension allowance (£’000)
 
— 
£107
Total (£’000)
 
£328  
£107 
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External directorships
Executive directors are not permitted to hold external 
directorships or offices without the prior approval of the Board. 
If approved, they may each retain the fees payable from only 
one such appointment.
Until 31 August 2024, John Heasley held a voluntary role as 
non-executive director and honorary treasurer of the Royal 
Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO), a charitable organisation, 
for which he did not not receive a fee.
Payments for past directors (audited)
Former executive directors
In addition to retirement benefits, the Company provides six 
former executive directors with private medical insurance 
arrangements. The total annual cost to the Company is 
£14,943. 
The Committee continues to meet these longstanding 
commitments, but no new commitments have been made 
during the year or will be made in future.
Stephen Pearce
Stephen Pearce stepped down from the Board on 1 December 
2023. He remained an employee of the Company to facilitate 
a smooth transition for the finance director until 29 February 
2024. 
The details of his salary, pension and benefits for that period 
are outlined on page 199 of the 2023 directors’ remuneration 
report. In addition, Stephen Pearce received a pro-rated bonus 
for 2024 up to his date of cessation of employment of 29 
February 2024. The value of the bonus is £208,224, to be paid 
fully in cash.
Remuneration arrangements for the appointment of 
John Heasley (audited)
John Heasley was appointed as finance director and joined the 
Board on 1 December 2023. As outlined on page 198 of the 
2023 Annual Report, his remuneration package included 
compensation for incentives forfeited from his previous 
employer.
As part of these incentive arrangements, the Committee 
agreed to buy out the 2023 annual bonus that he would have 
received, calculated by reference to his previous employer’s 
disclosed performance against the relevant objectives, as well 
as the original opportunity level. The awards are outlined 
below:
Cash bonus
In April 2024, John Heasley received, following the publication 
of his previous employer’s 2023 annual report and accounts, a 
cash payment of £366,710 in respect of the cash portion (70% 
of the total) of the annual bonus.
Share awards
On 15 April 2024, John Heasley was granted an award over 
7,264 Anglo American shares (with a grant value of £157,161) 
to compensate for the Deferred Bonus Shares (30% of the 
total) which would have been granted in respect of the 
forfeited 2023 annual bonus. The award will vest in full in April 
2027, which aligns to the vesting date and terms that would 
have been applied by his previous employer. 
As detailed on page 198 of the 2023 Annual Report, John 
Heasley received replacement shares awarded under the 
Non-cyclical award plan, to compensate the shares forfeited 
as a result of joining Anglo American. In April 2024, the number 
of shares that vested under the first tranche of the award was 
reduced from 26,774 to 25,659, to align with the vesting levels 
disclosed by his previous employer.
Payments for loss of office (audited) 
Stephen Pearce
In addition to the payments for past directors outlined opposite, 
Stephen Pearce also received the following payments in 2024:
– On cessation of employment (for the period between 
1 March 2024 and 31 May 2024), Stephen Pearce received 
payments in lieu of notice, paid in monthly instalments, as per 
his service agreement. The value of the payments in lieu of 
notice was £293,481.
– Stephen Pearce also received a payment of £38,205 for 
unused holiday days at his date of cessation of employment.
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Other director remuneration in 2024 (audited) 
Non-executive director remuneration 
The table below sets out the remuneration paid to the NEDs in 
2024. Fees shown include any additional fees paid in respect 
of chairing or being a member of one of the Board’s 
committees or acting as the senior independent director.
Fees for the chair and NEDs are reviewed annually.
Role
Fee (£’000)
Chair fee
836(1)
NED base fee
105.5
Senior independent director
37.4 (additional to base fee)
Chair of Audit, Remuneration or 
Sustainability committees
40 (additional to base fee)
Audit, Remuneration or Sustainability 
committee membership
20 (each committee 
membership)
Nomination Committee membership
12.5
Designated NED to chair Global 
Workforce Advisory Panel
20
(1)  Includes service on any Board committees.
Chair of the board non-monetary benefits 
In line with the remuneration policy for our non-executive 
directors, additional benefits may be introduced and/or 
provided if considered appropriate.
Private medical cover is offered to all UK employees, including 
executive directors and members of the Executive Leadership 
Team. Given the time commitment to the Group and the 
associated travel requirements, the Committee considered 
and deemed it appropriate that the provision of medical cover 
should be extended as a non-monetary benefit for the chair of 
the board in 2024 to maintain a competitive benefits offering.
Full disclosure of non-monetary benefits provided to 
non-executive directors can be viewed in the single figure 
table below.
Single-total figure of remuneration for non-executive directors
Total fees 
2024
£'000 
Non-monetary 
benefits 2024
£'000(2)(3)
Total 
2024
£'000
Total fees 
2023
£'000
Non-monetary 
benefits 2023
£'000(3)
Total 
2023
£'000
Non-executive directors
Stuart Chambers
836
19
855
804
5
809
Magali Anderson(1)(4)
125
8
133  
91 
3
94
Ian Ashby(4)
178
10
188
174
4
178
Marcelo Bastos(4)
158
7
165
147
11
158
Hilary Maxson(4)
158
5
163
154
4
158
Hixonia Nyasulu(4)
138
13
151
134
12
146
Nonkululeko Nyembezi(4)
145
14
159
141
15
156
Ian Tyler(4)
215
1
216  
206  
1  
207 
(1) Magali Anderson joined the Board on 1 April 2023; her 2023 fees are a part-year figure.
(2) Stuart Chambers’ benefits in kind figure includes the provision of medical cover provision in 2024. 
(3) NED non-monetary benefits include reimbursements for travel and accommodation expenses during the year as well as the settlement of tax relating to 
the reimbursement. 
(4) For 2023, the Company previously omitted non-monetary benefits from the disclosure, due to an administrative oversight. These have been included within 
the 2023 taxable non-monetary benefits figure cited above. 
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Scheme interests granted during 2024 (audited)
The table below summarises the BSP, NCA and LTIP share 
awards granted to executive directors during 2024. 
The BSP award granted in 2024 was granted in the form of 
forfeitable shares and is included in the applicable total annual 
bonus values as set out in the applicable single figure table. 
The LTIP is granted in the form of conditional shares and 
vesting is dependent on the Group’s performance over 2024–
2026 based on the performance metrics detailed. 
The non-cyclical award is granted in the form of conditional 
shares.
Summary of conditional share awards and options granted in 2024
Type of 
award
Performance
measure
Vesting schedule
Performance
period end
Director
Basis of award
Number of
shares 
awarded
Face value
at grant(1)(2)
Bonus 
Share Plan
Duncan Wanblad
50% of bonus
30,198  
£523,078 
LTIP share
awards
TSR vs.
S&P
Global Mining
Index (33%)
25% for TSR
equal to the Index;
100% for the Index
+6% p.a. or above
31/12/2026
Duncan Wanblad
325% of salary
253,671
£4,393,988
John Heasley
325% of salary
151,977  £2,632,485 
TSR vs.
FTSE 100
constituents
(17%)
25% for TSR
equal to median;
100% for 80th percentile
or above
Balanced
Scorecard
50%
ROCE (15%)
25% for 12%;
100% for 20%
SAFCF at actual prices and FX 
rates (15%)
Greenhouse gas reduction 
(10%)
25% for 0.4 MtCO2e reduction 
100% for 1.34 MtCO2e 
reduction
Tailings – Objective 1 (5%)
Full conformance to Global 
Industry Standard on Tailings 
Management (GISTM)
25% for 85% vs plan
100% for >=95% vs plan
Tailings – Objective 2 (5%)
Full conformance to Global 
Industry Standard on Tailings 
Management (GISTM) based 
on self-assessment and third 
party verification initiated.
25% for 80% vs plan
100% for >=95% vs plan
Non-
cyclical 
awards
 
—  
—  
— 
John Heasley
Replacement 
award
7,264
£157,161
(1) The face values of the BSP and LTIP awards have been calculated using a grant share price of £17.32. This share price has been calculated based on the average 
closing share prices between 26 February 2024 and 1 March 2024. As receipt of the LTIP awards is conditional on performance, the actual value of these awards 
may be nil. Vesting outcomes will be disclosed in the remuneration report for 2026. 
(2) The face values of the non-cyclical awards for John Heasley have been calculated using a grant share price of £21.63. This share price has been calculated based 
on the average closing share prices between 8 April and 12 April 2024. The awards were granted to compensate the incentives forfeited as a result of joining 
Anglo American as detailed on page 198.
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Total interests in shares (audited)
The table below summarises the total interests of the 
directors (including any share interests held by connected 
persons) in shares of Anglo American plc as at 31 December 
2024. These include beneficial and conditional interests.
Executive director shareholding requirements
As per the 2023 remuneration policy, within five years of 
being appointed, the chief executive is expected to hold 
interests in shares to a value of four times basic salary, and 
other executive directors are expected to hold shares to a 
value of three times salary. For the purposes of calculating 
progress against the shareholding requirement, the following 
shares are included:
– Beneficially owned shares 
– Vested incentive shares in a holding period
– In-flight BSP shares on a net of tax basis
– In-flight NCA shares which are not subject to performance 
measures on a net of tax basis
– SIP shares.
LTIP share awards with performance conditions are not 
included. 
At the date of preparation of this report, Duncan Wanblad has 
met his shareholding requirements and has net shareholdings 
(including Bonus Shares) equal to 851% of basic salary. John 
Heasley has net shareholdings equal to 159% of basic salary. 
Under the policy, John Heasley is expected to meet his 
shareholding requirement of three times salary by 1 December 
2028. These holdings are calculated using the average share 
price between 1 October and 31 December 2024 of £23.87.
Differences from 31 December 2024 to 19 February 2025 
Duncan Wanblad and John Heasley’s interests increased by 
20 and 24 shares respectively during the period between 
31 December 2024 to 19 February 2025, as a result of the 
acquisition of shares under the SIP. Their total holdings 
therefore increased to 1,012,145 and 243,156 respectively. 
There have been no other changes in the interests of the 
directors in shares between 31 December 2024 and 
19 February 2025.
Shares in Anglo American plc at 31 December 2024
Conditional
(no performance conditions)
Conditional 
(with performance conditions)
Directors
Beneficial
Within a
holding 
period
NCA
BSP Bonus 
Shares
SIP
SAYE 
(options over 
shares)
LTIP
NCA
Total
Duncan Wanblad
388,912
50,402
66,955
6,887
—
498,969
—
1,012,125
John Heasley
—
13,574
7,264
—
78
1,726
151,977
68,513
243,132
Stuart Chambers
22,537
—
—
—
—
—
—
22,537
Magali Anderson
1,875
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,875
Ian Ashby(1) 
7,699
—
—
—
—
—
—
7,699
Marcelo Bastos
3,048
—
—
—
—
—
—
3,048
Hilary Maxson
500
—
—
—
—
—
—
500
Hixonia Nyasulu
2,564
—
—
—
—
—
—
2,564
Nonkululeko Nyembezi
5,275
—
—
—
—
—
—
5,275
Ian Tyler
701
—
—
—
—
—
—
701
(1) Included in the beneficial interests of Ian Ashby are shares held via unsponsored ADRs.
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Fairness
Introduction
This dedicated fairness section incorporates disclosures that 
demonstrate the Committee’s belief that our remuneration 
structures are fair and appropriate.
Workforce engagement on remuneration
The Committee takes into account a wide range of internal and 
external considerations when making decisions on executive 
remuneration, including engaging with relevant stakeholders. 
Anglo American’s Global Workforce Advisory Panel (the Panel) 
met on three occasions during the year. The Panel’s purpose is 
to give the workforce more of a ‘voice’ in the boardroom so 
their views can be better understood and considered when 
decisions are being made about the future of the business, 
including how the Committee takes aboard the views of the 
wider workforce in making decisions on executive 
remuneration. The Panel operates alongside Anglo American’s 
existing employee engagement mechanisms, such as regular 
employee engagement surveys and director interaction with 
employees.
▶For more information on our People and workforce culture
See pages 88-91
▶For more information on the operation of the Panel and the ways 
in which we currently engage with our workforce culture
See pages 175-176
MyShare 
MyShare is a global employee share plan designed to 
facilitate employee share ownership, create greater equity 
in wealth creation opportunities across the wider global 
workforce and enhance employee engagement. The plan 
enables employees to share in the success of the Company 
and encourage employees to act as owners. It operates 
alongside our existing all-employee share ownership plans, 
including SIP and SAYE in the UK and the ESOPs in South 
Africa, promoting share ownership for all employees across the 
globe.
The MyShare offering consists of two elements:
– An annual award of free shares of £1,000 to all eligible 
employees
– The opportunity to participate in a purchase and match 
scheme through the deduction of a portion of their salary. 
Individuals can purchase up to £150 worth of shares per 
month. The Company matches all share purchases on a 
1 to 1 basis.
Free shares and matched shares carry a two-year vesting 
period before they are released to individuals. 
In September 2024, the annual grant of free shares was 
made to all eligible employees. In total, awards were made to 
13,018 employees across participating countries. 
For the 2024 cycle of the related purchase and match scheme, 
the total take-up was 26% of participants eligible to enrol, 
which is an increase from 15% in 2023. The feedback received 
from employees continues to be positive. 
Remuneration arrangements elsewhere in the Group
The remuneration arrangements for the executive directors 
outlined on pages 200-202 are broadly aligned with those for 
other executives serving on the Executive Leadership Team, 
although opportunity levels vary. The arrangements are also 
broadly aligned with the arrangements for the wider workforce, 
dependent on seniority within the business. For further details 
of the cascade of pay elements through employee population, 
please see the table below.
Consideration of the views of the wider workforce and 
shareholders
In reviewing and developing the 2023 remuneration policy, 
the Committee took into account:
– The internal context for remuneration policy design at 
Anglo American, including the remuneration arrangements 
that apply for other employee groups
– Developments in the governance landscape for executive 
remuneration in UK-listed companies
– The views of shareholders.
As a standing item in the annual agenda, the Committee 
reviews in detail how the remuneration arrangements for the 
executive directors compare to those other members of the 
Executive Leadership Team, to ensure an appropriate balance 
between internal alignment and line of sight to an executive’s 
own areas of responsibility. A further standing item presents 
the Committee with information on wider employee pay. The 
Committee welcomes feedback on the remuneration policy, 
which the Company facilitates through the wider engagement 
of employees on corporate matters as described elsewhere in 
this report (see pages 175-176). In addition, many of the 
Company’s employees are shareholders, through the global 
employee share ownership arrangements, and many of them, 
like other shareholders, are able to express their views on 
directors’ remuneration at each general meeting.
Leadership framework
In 2024, the Anglo American Leadership Framework was 
developed with the Company’s leadership teams and 
implemented across the Group. 
The realisation of the Company’s strategy is in part reliant on a 
culture that drives high performance, enabled by strong 
capable leadership. Together with our Purpose and Values, the 
Leadership Framework sets out the behaviours all of our 
people leaders are expected to role model and be 
accountable for, which will enable the delivery of our long-term 
strategic goals. It applies to all colleagues from our Executive 
Leadership Team to supervisory levels who lead people and 
are accountable for the performance of others – either 
indirectly or directly. 
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Living wage
Anglo American has been an accredited Living Wage 
employer in the UK since 2014 via the Living Wage 
Foundation. In January 2023, we strengthened our 
commitment by receiving global Living Wage certification with 
the Fair Wage Network, formalising our status as a committed 
global employer. The Fair Wage Network is a trusted 
organisation that has developed an online database that 
covers Living Wage reference values for every country in the 
world and is considered an expert in this field. 
A Living Wage analysis forms part of our annual pay review 
process so that we continue to pay workers above living wage 
thresholds for the localities in which they operate. 
Additionally, we are an active member of the Business Fights 
Poverty ‘Living Wage Peer Circle’, which is a forum to 
collaborate, engage and share Living Wage insights with peers 
from across multiple industries. 
Cascade of pay elements through employee population
The following table represents the cascade of our 
remuneration elements across our UK employee population. 
Our key SHE and ESG commitments flow through to the 
incentives for all eligible employees. The annual bonus scheme 
outcomes for all eligible employees are determined by team-
based goals that include SHE measures, financial metrics 
and critical strategic measures. All eligible employees are 
incentivised to work collectively on key priorities in these areas, 
and are subject to a safety deductor. The LTIP awards granted 
to management and senior management include the 
performance measures applicable to our executive directors, 
which for 2025 include ESG measures relating to Gender 
representation and Tailings.
Population
Remuneration 
element
Details
All UK 
employees
Salary
Salaries are determined based on the role and market rates; regular benchmarking exercises are taken to 
ensure salaries remain competitive against the market.
We are an accredited Living Wage employer and all employees are paid at least the Real Living Wage.
Pension
All employees are able to participate in the Company’s Defined Contribution scheme. 
Benefits
All employees are eligible to participate in our range of benefits ranging from private medical coverage, 
occupational health services, and life assurance to a range of well-being and shopping benefits.
SAYE
All employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s SAYE scheme, which encourages employee share 
ownership and the opportunity to share in the value created in the Company.
SIP
All employees who have been in employment for three months or more are eligible to participate in the 
Company’s SIP scheme of partnership and matching shares. The Company matches the number of partnership 
shares bought on a 1:1 basis.
All employees are also eligible to receive discretionary annual awards of free shares.
Annual Bonus
Our UK permanent employees are eligible to participate in our annual bonus scheme. Whilst performance for 
the bonus is determined on a team basis, ensuring that everyone is working towards the company’s collective 
goals, leaders have the ability to differentiate bonus outcomes by a maximum of +/- 20% based on a holistic 
view of what individuals have delivered and how they have delivered.
Management 
and senior 
management
LTIP
LTIP performance measures for the management population are the same as those for the executive directors, 
providing appropriate alignment. The LTIP ensures the focus of the decision-making population is on long-term 
value creation.
Executive 
directors and 
Executive 
Leadership 
Team 
members
Shareholding 
requirements
The executive director shareholding requirements ensure greater alignment with interests of shareholders. 
Executive Leadership Team members are also subject to a shareholding requirement.
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Gender pay gap
Introduction
Inclusion and Diversity is a priority for us and as part of this, 
closing our Gender Pay Gap continues to be a focus. Creating 
a workplace where women are fully recognised for their 
significant contribution is something we strive for. 
We value women in every part of our organisation and aim to 
create environments where women can thrive as part of our 
wider diversity and inclusion approach. We know that our 
business will be better performing and sustainable long-term 
where women can reach their full potential.
We had renewed focus on gender diversity in 2024, agreeing 
stretching targets for gender representation sponsored by 
our Executive Leadership Team. Along with policies which 
support women in our workplaces, ensuring fair and equitable 
practices to support and develop women is key to ensuring 
fair representation in leadership roles and throughout our 
organisation. We continue to measure and address issues 
which are barriers to women’s progression.
During 2023 and early 2024, we underwent a reorganisation, 
during which we monitored women’s representation to ensure 
we maintain a strong gender balance. In April 2024 we 
maintained this balance, with women making up 55% of our 
UK HQ employees, the same as in 2023. 
By focusing on areas such as talent acquisition, development, 
succession planning and mentoring, we have continued to 
see an increase in women’s representation across our 
management population. We surpassed our target to achieve 
33% female representation across our Executive Committee 
and those that report to it, with 37% female representation in 
2024. This has increased significantly from 18% in 2017 when 
UK gender pay gap legislation took effect. 
As we continue to make progress, we are designing even 
better ways to support and enable women’s development 
from early careers programmes through to senior leadership 
initiatives. Along with ensuring that we continually improve the 
everyday lived experience of women, this will allow everyone in 
our inclusive workplace to be themselves and perform at their 
very best.
Summary
Anglo American Services (UK) Limited is the UK company 
that employs the majority of Anglo American’s UK workforce 
and is predominantly engaged in the provision of head office 
corporate services to Anglo American’s global operations. The 
following sets out the information required by the UK regulation 
for Anglo American Services (UK) Limited, as at 5 April 2024. 
Our mean UK hourly pay gap of 31% is down 1.43% from 2023 
representing improvement in closing the gap in addition to the 
fall of 6.6% in 2023. While there has been improvement, the 
gap remains primarily a function of the representation of men 
in the most senior management roles in our UK head office, as 
shown most clearly in the quartile analysis. On a global basis, 
our gender pay gap(1) of c.14.2% reflects the far greater 
balance across the full breadth of our business activities and 
is an improvement on 16.4% for 2023.
(1) Weighted average gender pay gap of the basic pay of those employees in 
Australia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Singapore, South Africa and the UK who are 
subject to the Anglo American Group-wide reward structures.
Hourly pay
Anglo American is a global mining business, headquartered 
in the UK, and the majority of the senior leadership team is 
UK-based. The gaps shown below are largely attributable to 
the fact that more men than women are working in more highly 
paid, senior roles.
At the snapshot date of 5 April 2024, Anglo American Services 
(UK) Ltd comprised of:
– A UK workforce of 458 employees, of which 45% were men 
and 55% were women
– Despite the restructure, there has been an improvement in 
gender balance year-on-year. Still the senior management 
population was made up of a substantially higher proportion 
of men (63%) than women (37%)
– A 31% mean and 24% median UK hourly pay gap 
(2023: 32% mean and 23% median). 
Hourly pay gap ratios
The table below ranks Anglo American’s 458 UK employees’ 
hourly pay from lowest to highest and then splits the number 
of employees into equally sized groups. 
This chart shows that there has been a marginal decrease in 
the lower quartile with increases in the remaining quartiles of 
pay for women since 2023. Proportionally there remains 
more male employees than female employees in the higher 
pay quartiles.
Hourly pay quartiles
Hourly pay quartiles
2024 
Percentage 
males 
in Quartile
2024 
Percentage 
females 
in Quartile
2023 
Percentage 
males 
in Quartile
2023 
Percentage 
females 
in Quartile
Lower
 25% 
 75% 
 25% 
 75% 
Lower Middle
 45% 
 55% 
 46% 
 54% 
Upper Middle
 44% 
 56% 
 45% 
 55% 
Upper
 64% 
 36% 
 65% 
 35% 
Proportion of employees awarded a bonus for 2024
Anglo American’s UK performance pay schemes operate 
irrespective of gender, with the majority of UK employees 
eligible to receive variable bonus pay during the year. 2024 
saw 89% of male and 90% of female employees receive 
a bonus.
% awarded a bonus
2024
2023
Male
 89% 
 85% 
Female
 90% 
 86% 
The population for which bonus pay relates to was 463, 
reflecting the different rules for the statutory reporting of hourly 
rate and bonus figures.
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Bonus pay gap
The factors driving the bonus pay gap are the same as for 
the hourly pay gap shown in metrics 1 and 2, being the 
imbalanced gender composition across the more senior roles 
in our UK headquarters. Variable performance pay structures 
for the most senior employees differ from those of the wider 
workforce, thereby further widening the gap. The continuing 
trend of a decreasing mean and median bonus pay gap for 
2024 reflects the increasing proportion of female employees 
in more senior roles recognising there will be a lag given the 
vesting period for bonuses.
Bonus pay gap
2024
2023
Mean
 49% 
 64% 
Median
 36% 
 53% 
The UK Gender Pay Gap requirement
The UK Gender Pay Gap reporting requirement is a 
regulation under The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap 
Information) Regulations 2017 that is designed to provide 
public transparency in relation to the difference between 
men’s and women’s earnings within a company. 
This regulation came into effect on 6 April 2017 and all UK 
registered companies that employ, in the UK, 250 or more 
people are required to disclose the specifically defined 
information by 4 April 2025. The source data for the required 
information must be at the ‘snapshot date’ of 5 April 2024. 
Anglo American is confident that it complies with the UK’s 
Equal Pay legislation, which governs the right to equal pay 
between men and women for equal work.
Remuneration disclosures
10-year remuneration and returns
The TSR chart shows the Group’s TSR performance against the 
performance of the FTSE 100 index from 1 January 2015 to 
31 December 2024. The FTSE 100 index was chosen as this is 
a widely recognised broad index of which Anglo American has 
been a long-term constituent. In comparison to the FTSE 100, 
the Company’s TSR performance over this period is positive.
TSR is calculated in US dollars, and assumes all dividends are 
reinvested. The TSR level shown as at 31 December each year 
is the average of the closing daily TSR levels for the five-day 
period up to and including that date.
The table opposite shows the total remuneration earned by 
the incumbent chief executive over the same 10-year period, 
along with the proportion of maximum opportunity earned in 
relation to each type of incentive.
The total amounts are based on the same methodology as for 
the single figure table for executive directors on page 204 of 
this report.
Value of a hypothetical $100 investment
10-year TSR performance
Anglo American
FTSE 100 Index
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
0
100
200
300
400
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10-year CEO remuneration
Financial year ending
31 
December 
2015
31 
December 
2016
31 
December 
2017
31 
December 
2018
31 
December 
2019
31 
December 
2020
31 
December 
2021
31 
December 
2022
31 
December 
2023
31 
December 
2024
Duncan Wanblad
Total remuneration
(single figure, £’000)
4,393
3,503(1)
4,391
Annual bonus (% of maximum)
 42.6% 
 38.3% 
 66.1% 
LTIP (% of maximum)
 62.2% 
 40.3% 
 24.5% 
Mark Cutifani
Total remuneration
(single figure, £’000)
3,462
3,996
6,693
15,636
10,745
9,331
11,928
5,134
Annual bonus (% of maximum)
36.5%
87.5%
76.9%
63.4%
58%
 54.6% 
 75.2% 
 42.6% 
LTIP (% of maximum)
 50.0% 
 —% 
 50.0% 
 100% 
 92.5% 
 83.8% 
 90.0% 
 62.2% 
(1)  Duncan Wanblad’s 2023 total remuneration figure has been restated with updated LTIP value based on actual share price at vesting and as outlined on page 211.
CEO pay ratio
The table shows our CEO pay ratio for 2024 based on our total 
UK population, and the methodology used for the calculation. 
At 39:1, the CEO pay ratio at the median has increased from 
the median ratio of 35:1 (restated) in 2023. This is as a result of 
the following: 
– In line with our executive director remuneration strategy, our 
chief executive pay comprises a higher proportion of 
incentive pay compared to the wider employee population. 
The chief executive’s total remuneration has increased from 
£3.5 million to £4.4 million in 2024. This is largely due to the 
higher payout of the 2024 annual bonus of 66.1% compared 
to 38.3% in 2023.
–  Although the LTIP vesting outcome is lower compared to 
2023, the vesting relates to the first grant of LTIPs awarded 
to the chief executive following his appointment to the 
Board (which were at a higher level than he was eligible for 
in his previous role). This, alongside a rise in share price in 
2024, has partly offset the lower vesting outcome of the 
LTIP award. 
The total remuneration of the median employee has increased 
from £101,277 to £113,308. This is due in part to the increased 
bonus pay-outs for 2024 across the bonus eligible population.
Option A has been used to calculate the ratio, being the most 
comprehensive methodology of the three prescribed methods. 
This methodology uses the full-time equivalent pay and 
benefits data for all UK employees during the year and 
compares the single-figure number for employees at the 25th, 
50th and 75th percentiles against the chief executive at the 
snapshot date of 31 December 2024, the last day of the 
financial year. 
The salary, benefits and share plan data has been taken on 
a full-time equivalent basis, however, the annual bonus and 
LTIP values have been taken on an estimated basis. All other 
elements were calculated in line with the methodology used for 
the chief executive.
The employee at the 50th percentile does not participate in 
a long-term incentive plan and does not receive all benefits 
applicable to the chief executive. Therefore, the ratio is not 
a direct comparison with the total remuneration of the chief 
executive. Having reviewed the reasons for the change in 
the median pay ratio, the Company is satisfied that the ratio 
is appropriate.
Financial year ending
Method
used
25th
percentile
Median
percentile
75th
percentile
2024
Option A
64:1
39:1
22:1
2023(1)
Option A
58:1
35:1
19:1
2022
Option A
122:1
72:1
41:1
2021
Option A
225:1
141:1
79:1
2020
Option A
188:1
126:1
74:1
2019
Option A
205:1
133:1
60:1
(1) 2023 numbers have been restated in line with the updated LTIP value based 
on actual share price at vesting as outlined on page 211.
CEO pay ratio
Salary
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
25th percentile employee
£53,274
£47,520
£41,738
£44,761
£45,039
£41,706
Median percentile employee
£80,834
£83,838
£70,637
£60,029
£64,080
£54,810
75th percentile employee
£86,486
£107,555 £110,452
£99,176
£91,350
£108,200
CEO pay ratio
Total remuneration
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
25th percentile employee
£68,148
£60,088
£58,523
£53,027
£49,805
£52,301
Median percentile employee
£113,308
£101,277
£98,541
£84,452
£74,193
£80,811
75th percentile employee
£199,626
£189,059
£173,168
£150,876
£126,812
£178,416
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Change in directors’ remuneration compared to 
UK employees
The following table sets out the directors’ basic salary, benefits 
and annual bonus amounts between 2024 and 2020 and the 
year-on-year changes. We show the average change in each 
element for UK-based Anglo American Services (UK) Ltd and 
Anglo American Technical & Sustainability Services Ltd 
employees below Executive Leadership Team level (this 
excludes the De Beers and crop nutrients businesses’ 
employees). This population is being used, as Anglo American 
plc does not have any direct employees. The chosen 
population is considered to be the most relevant employee 
comparator group, given the Group-wide nature of roles 
performed at the corporate head office.
The results show that the average UK employee salary has 
increased; the comparable salaries for employees who have 
been employed for both years show a 6% rise from 2023. 
This is due to a combination of promotions and a 4% salary 
increase having been applied for all employees. Benefits have 
increased by 7% on a like-for-like basis. Bonus levels for 
employees on a like-for-like basis have increased by 62%. 
2024(1)
Salaries/fees
2024(2)
Benefits
2024
Bonus
2023(1)
Salaries/fees
2023(2)
Benefits
2023
Bonus
2022(1)
Salaries/fees
2022(2)
Benefits
2022
Bonus
2021(1)
Salaries/fees
2021(2)
Benefits
2021
Bonus
2020(1)
Salaries/fees
2020(2)
Benefits
2020
Bonus
Executive directors
Duncan Wanblad
£’000
 1,352 
206
1,878 1,300
210 1,046 1,250
179 1,117
0
0
0
0
0
0
% change
 4% 
 (2%) 
 79% 
 4% 
 17% 
 (6%) 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
John Heasley(3)
£’000
810
88
1,139
810
98
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
% change
 —%  (11%) 
 —% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
 –% 
Non-executive directors(4)
Stuart Chambers(5)
£’000
836
19
0
804
5
0
773
8
0
714
9
0
700
7
0
% change
 4%  256% 
 —% 
 4% 
 —% 
 —% 
 8%  (12%) 
 —% 
 2% 
 18% 
 —% 
 —% 
 46% 
 —% 
Magali Anderson(6)
£’000
125
8
0
121
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
% change
 3%  108% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
Ian Ashby
£’000
178
10
0
174
4
0
170
0
0
145
0
0
145
0
0
% change
 2%  137% 
 —% 
 2% 
 —% 
 —% 
 17% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 10% 
 —% 
 —% 
Marcelo Bastos
£’000
158
7
0
147
11
0
130
0
0
113
0
0
105
0
0
% change
 7%  (37%) 
 —% 
 13% 
 —% 
 —% 
 15% 
 —% 
 —% 
 8% 
 —% 
 —% 
 2% 
 —% 
 —% 
Hilary Maxson
£’000
158
5
0
154
4
0
132
0
0
105
0
0
0
0
0
% change
 3% 
 13% 
 —% 
 17% 
 —% 
 —% 
 25% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
Hixonia Nyasulu
£’000
138
13
0
134
12
0
130
0
0
113
0
0
100
0
0
% change
 3% 
 14% 
 —% 
 3% 
 —% 
 —% 
 15% 
 —% 
 —% 
 13% 
 —% 
 —% 
 11% 
 —% 
 —% 
Nonkululeko Nyembezi £’000
145
14
0
141
15
0
137
0
0
120
0
0
115
0
0
% change
 3% 
 (4%) 
 —% 
 3% 
 —% 
 —% 
 15% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
Ian Tyler 
£’000
215
1
0
206
1
0
183
0
0
0
0
0
145
0
0
% change
 4%  (20%) 
 —% 
 13% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 —% 
 4% 
 —% 
 —% 
UK employees
£’000
115
27
59
112
26
63
111
24
77
105
21
98
106
19
92
% change(7)
 6% 
 7% 
 62% 
 9% 
 25% 
 (4%) 
 6% 
 18%  (16%)
 6% 
 28% 
 42% 
 5% 
 11% 
 7% 
(1) The Chair and NED base fees increased in 2024 by 4%. The SID fee increased by 15%. 
(2) Benefits for UK employees comprise pension and car allowances (where applicable), these being the most material.
(3) John Heasley joined the Board on 1 December 2023; 2023 values shown represent his full-year equivalent remuneration for comparability.
(4) Non-executive director benefit figures relate to non-monetary benefits received in relation to travel and accommodation expenses during the year, as well as 
the settlement of tax in relation to the reimbursements. These benefits were not previously reported due to an administration oversight and have been included in 
the 2023 benefits figures onwards. Prior year figures have not been updated, hence, the percentage change is not applicable where the prior year was zero. 
Please see page 213 for further details. 
(5) Stuart Chambers’ 2024 benefit figure includes the provision of medical insurance. This non-monetary benefit was introduced in 2024, hence, the large percentage 
increase in 2024. Please see page 213 for further details.
(6) Magali Anderson joined the Board on 1 April 2023; 2023 values are full-year equivalents for comparability.
(7) Annual salary increase for UK employees was 2%, 3%, 8% and 4% for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively; increases shown include pay uplifts from 
promotions. 
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Distribution statement for 2024
The table below sets out the total expenditure on employee reward over 2024, compared to profit generated by the Company 
and the dividends received by investors. Underlying earnings are shown, as this is one of the Group’s key measures of 
performance, while employee numbers help put the payroll costs of employees into context.
Distribution statement
2024
2023
Underlying earnings(1)
$m
1,937
2,932
% change
 
(34) 
(51)
Dividends payable for year to company shareholders
$m
1,026
1,564
% change
 
(34) 
(56)
Distributions payable for year to non-controlling interests
$m
542
957
% change
 
(43) 
(39)
Payroll costs for all employees
$m
3,998
4,096
% change
(2)
6
Share buybacks
$m
—
—
% change
 
— 
—
Employee numbers
’000
54
58
% change
(7)  
2 
(1) See page 241 for details on how underlying earnings are calculated.
Results of AGM shareholder votes on remuneration aspects
Number of votes
Vote
For
Against
Abstain
2023 Annual Report on Remuneration (at 2024 AGM)
831,120,003
32,374,463
8,752,536
 (96.25%) 
 (3.75%) 
2023 Remuneration Policy (at 2023 AGM)
867,857,873
36,937,576
19,226,745
 (95.92%) 
 (4.08%) 
External advisers and fees
Advisers
Fees for 
Committee
assistance
Deloitte LLP
Appointed by the Committee as external advisors from November 2020 following a competitive tender process. 
Support during 2024 includes attendance and advice at Remuneration Committee meetings as well as other 
advice on matters related to remuneration policy and implementation.
The Committee is comfortable that the Deloitte engagement team that provides remuneration advice to the 
Committee does not have connections with the Company or its directors that may impair its independence. The 
Committee reviewed the potential for conflicts of interest and judged that there were appropriate safeguards 
against such conflicts. The Committee is satisfied that the advice received was objective and independent.
Other services provided to the Company
Corporate tax advisory services; risk advisory services including cyber, governance and ethics; financial advisory 
services in relation to transformation, mergers and acquisitions and capital restructuring; legal managed 
services; and consulting services including, human capital, enterprise and legal technology, operational and 
strategy and management consulting.
£157,850
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Directors’ service agreements
The terms of employment are set out in the executive 
directors’ service agreements which are rolling contracts with 
no fixed term. Notice periods for both executive directors are 
12 months.
The dates of the executive directors’ service agreements are 
set out below.
Date of appointment
Duncan Wanblad
19 April 2022
John Heasley
1 December 2023
The chair and NEDs are appointed by the Company under 
letters of appointment and do not have service agreements. 
The dates of appointment for each NED are set out below.
Date of appointment
Stuart Chambers
1 September 2017
Magali Anderson
1 April 2023
Ian Ashby
25 July 2017
Marcelo Bastos
1 April 2019
Hilary Maxson
1 June 2021
Hixonia Nyasulu
1 November 2019
Nonkululeko Nyembezi
1 January 2020
Ian Tyler
1 January 2022
The Company’s policy on termination is consistent with 
provisions relating to termination of employment in the 
executive directors’ service agreements and with provisions 
in the incentive plan rules. Also set out are the key terms 
relating to change in control, where there is no termination. 
There are no provisions for enhanced payments in the event 
of a change in control of the Company.
Non-executive directors
All NEDs have letters of appointment with the Company 
and are expected to serve for an initial period of three years, 
subject to annual re-appointment by shareholders. The 
Company chair’s appointment may be terminated by either 
side giving six months’ notice. All other NEDs have a notice 
period of one month. The appointment letters for the chair and 
NEDs provide that no compensation is payable on termination, 
other than any accrued fees and expenses.
Remuneration Committee in 2024
Membership
The Committee comprised the independent NEDs listed on 
page 192 as at 31 December 2024.
External advisers to the Committee
The table on the previous page details the external advisers to 
the Committee and the fees paid for services provided during 
2024. The fees for external advisers are charged on a time 
and expenses basis and are in accordance with the terms 
and conditions set out in each relevant engagement letter. 
Deloitte is one of the founding members of the Remuneration 
Consulting Group. 
The Committee is satisfied that the Deloitte engagement team, 
which provides remuneration advice to the Committee, does 
not have connections with Anglo American plc or its directors 
that may impair its independence. The Committee reviewed 
the potential for conflicts of interest and judged that there were 
appropriate safeguards against such conflicts.
Approval
This directors’ remuneration report has been approved by the 
Board of directors of Anglo American plc.
Signed on behalf of the Board of directors.
Ian Tyler
Chair, Remuneration Committee
19 February 2025
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Statement of directors’ responsibilities 
The directors are responsible for preparing the Integrated 
Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance 
with applicable law and regulation.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for 
each financial year. Under that law the directors have prepared the 
Group financial statements in accordance with UK-adopted 
International Accounting Standards and the Parent Company financial 
statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted 
Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards, 
comprising FRS 101 “Reduced Disclosure Framework”, and 
applicable law).
Under company law, directors must not approve the financial 
statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view 
of the state of affairs of the Group and Parent Company and of the 
profit or loss of the Group for that period. In preparing the financial 
statements, the directors are required to:
– Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
– State whether applicable UK-adopted International Accounting 
Standards have been followed for the Group financial statements 
and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 101 
have been followed for the Parent Company financial statements, 
subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the 
financial statements
– Make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable 
and prudent
– Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless 
it is inappropriate to presume that the Group and Parent Company 
will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Group 
and Parent Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the 
prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The directors are also responsible for keeping adequate accounting 
records that are sufficient to show and explain the Group’s and Parent 
Company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any 
time the financial position of the Group and Parent Company and 
enable them to ensure that the financial statements and the Directors’ 
Remuneration Report comply with the Companies Act 2006.
The directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the 
Parent Company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom 
governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements 
may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Directors’ confirmations
for the year ended 31 December 2024 
The directors consider that the Integrated Annual Report and accounts, 
taken as a whole, is fair, balanced and understandable and provides 
the information necessary for shareholders to assess the Group’s and 
Parent Company’s position and performance, business model and 
strategy.
We confirm that, to the best of our knowledge:
– the Group financial statements, which have been prepared in 
accordance with UK-adopted international accounting standards, 
give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and 
profit of the Group
– the Parent Company financial statements, which have been 
prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Accounting 
Standards, comprising FRS 101, give a true and fair view of the 
assets, liabilities and financial position of the Parent Company and
– the Strategic Report includes a fair review of the development and 
performance of the business and the position of the Group and 
Parent Company, together with a description of the principal risks 
and uncertainties that it faces.
By order of the Board
Duncan Wanblad  
John Heasley
Chief Executive 
 
Finance Director
19 February 2025 
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Financial statements 
and other financial 
information
Contents
Independent auditors’ report to the members of 
Anglo American plc
226
Primary statements
Consolidated income statement
234
Consolidated statement of comprehensive 
income
234
Consolidated balance sheet
235
Consolidated cash flow statement
236
Consolidated statement of changes in equity
237
Notes to the financial statements
Financial performance
1.  Operating profit from subsidiaries and joint 
operations
238
2.  Financial performance by segment
239
3.  Earnings per share
241
4.  Net finance costs
242
5.  Income tax expense
242
6.  Dividends
245
Significant items
7.  Significant accounting matters
246
8.  Impairment and impairment reversals
250
9.  Special items and remeasurements
253
Capital base
10. Capital by segment
255
11. Intangible assets
256
12. Property, plant and equipment
257
13. Capital expenditure
258
14. Investments in associates and joint 
ventures
259
15. Financial asset investments
261
16. Provisions for liabilities and charges
261
17. Deferred tax
263
Working capital
18. Inventories
265
19. Trade and other receivables
266
20. Trade and other payables
266
Net debt and financial risk management
21. Net debt
267
22. Borrowings
268
23. Leases
270
24. Financial instruments and derivatives
272
25. Financial risk management
276
Equity
26. Called-up share capital and consolidated 
equity analysis
279
27. Non-controlling interests
280
Employees
28. Employee numbers and costs
282
29. Retirement benefits
283
30. Share-based payments
288
Unrecognised items and uncertain events
31. Events occurring after end of year
289
32. Commitments
289
33. Contingent assets and liabilities
289
Group structure
34. Assets and liabilities held for sale
291
35. Acquisitions and disposals
292
36. Basis of consolidation
293
37. Related undertakings of the Group
295
Other items
38. Related party transactions
310
39. Auditor’s remuneration
310
40. Accounting policies
311
Financial statements of the Parent Company
320
Summary by operation
323
Key financial data
325
Exchange rates and commodity prices
326
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Independent auditors’ report to the 
members of Anglo American plc
Report on the audit of the financial statements
Opinion
In our opinion:
– Anglo American plc’s Group financial statements and Parent 
Company financial statements (the “financial statements”) give 
a true and fair view of the state of the Group’s and of the Parent 
Company’s affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of the Group’s loss 
and the Group’s cash flows for the year then ended;
– the Group financial statements have been properly prepared in 
accordance with UK-adopted international accounting standards 
as applied in accordance with the provisions of the Companies 
Act 2006;
– the Parent Company financial statements have been properly 
prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted 
Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards, 
including FRS 101 “Reduced Disclosure Framework”, and applicable 
law); and
– the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the 
requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
We have audited the financial statements, included within the 
Integrated Annual Report 2024 (the “Annual Report”), which comprise: 
the Consolidated and Parent Company balance sheets as at 
31 December 2024; the Consolidated income statement, the 
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income, the Consolidated 
cash flow statement and the Consolidated and Parent Company 
statements of changes in equity for the year then ended; and the notes 
to the financial statements, comprising material accounting policy 
information and other explanatory information.
Our opinion is consistent with our reporting to the Audit Committee.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards 
on Auditing (UK) (“ISAs (UK)”) and applicable law. Our responsibilities 
under ISAs (UK) are further described in the Auditors’ responsibilities for 
the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We believe 
that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate 
to provide a basis for our opinion.
Independence
We remained independent of the Group in accordance with the ethical 
requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements 
in the UK, which includes the FRC’s Ethical Standard, as applicable to 
listed public interest entities, and we have fulfilled our other ethical 
responsibilities in accordance with these requirements.
To the best of our knowledge and belief, we declare that non-audit 
services prohibited by the FRC’s Ethical Standard were not provided.
Other than those disclosed in note 39, we have provided no non-audit 
services to the Parent Company or its controlled undertakings in the 
period under audit.
Our audit approach
Context
During the year, the Group announced the acceleration of its value 
delivery strategy which included plans to divest or demerge its 
Steelmaking Coal, Nickel, Anglo American Platinum and De Beers 
businesses. By the end of the year, the Group had progressed on its 
strategy to focus on copper, premium iron ore and crop nutrients. Our 
audit considered how these events impacted the financial statements 
and our audit risk assessment. In particular, we focussed on the 
judgements associated with the presentation of businesses subject to 
demerger or disposal.
Overview
Audit scope
– Our audit included full scope audits, audit of specific account 
balances or specified procedures at each of the Group’s eleven in 
scope businesses, joint ventures and associates (“components”).
– Taken together, the components at which audit work was performed 
accounted for 96% of consolidated revenue, 90% of consolidated 
loss before tax (on an absolute basis) and 94% of consolidated profit 
before tax, special items and remeasurements (on an absolute basis).
Key audit matters
– Assessment of impairment and impairment reversals for intangible 
assets, property, plant and equipment (Group) and investments in 
subsidiaries (Parent Company)
– Judgements associated with the classification of assets as held for 
sale and discontinued operations (Group)
– Provisions for environmental restoration and decommissioning (Group)
Materiality
– Overall Group materiality: $350 million (2023: $400 million) based 
on approximately 4.8% of the Group’s three year-average 
consolidated profit before tax, special items and remeasurements.
– Overall Parent Company materiality: $300 million (2023: 
$300 million) based on approximately 1% of the Parent Company’s 
total assets.
– Performance materiality: $260 million (2023: $300 million) (Group) 
and $225 million (2023: $225 million) (Parent Company).
The scope of our audit
As part of designing our audit, we determined materiality and assessed 
the risks of material misstatement in the financial statements.
Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in the auditors’ professional 
judgement, were of most significance in the audit of the financial 
statements of the current period and include the most significant 
assessed risks of material misstatement (whether or not due to fraud) 
identified by the auditors, including those which had the greatest effect 
on: the overall audit strategy; the allocation of resources in the audit; 
and directing the efforts of the engagement team. These matters, and 
any comments we make on the results of our procedures thereon, were 
addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a 
whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a 
separate opinion on these matters.
This is not a complete list of all risks identified by our audit.
Judgements associated with the classification of assets as held for 
sale and discontinued operations (Group) is a new key audit matter 
this year. Otherwise, the key audit matters below are consistent with 
last year.
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Key audit matter
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Assessment of impairment and impairment reversals for intangible 
assets, property, plant and equipment (Group) and investments in 
subsidiaries (Parent Company)
As at 31 December 2024, the Group has intangible assets of 
$940 million (2023: $1,479 million) and property, plant and equipment 
of $40,844 million (2023: $43,949 million). All of these asset categories 
require review for indicators of impairment, and where relevant, 
impairment reversal. 
The determination of whether an impairment or impairment reversal 
indicator exists can be judgemental. Management must determine the 
recoverable amount when impairment indicators or indicators of 
impairment reversal are identified. 
Goodwill and assets that are deemed to have indefinite useful lives 
are required to be tested for impairment at least annually. As at 
31 December 2024, the Group had goodwill of $219 million 
(2023: $270 million) and indefinite useful life intangible assets of 
$240 million (2023: $496 million), predominantly associated with 
brands in the De Beers business. 
The determination of the recoverable amount, being the higher of 
value-in use (“VIU”) and fair value less costs of disposal (“FVLCD”), 
requires judgement and estimation on the part of management in 
identifying and then determining the recoverable amounts for the 
relevant cash generating units (“CGUs”).
The fair value less cost of disposal is estimated with reference to the 
share price of listed subsidiaries, to signed sales agreements or 
indicative offers where relevant and available for CGUs in the process 
of divestment and discounted cashflows for other assets.
Where a discounted cash flow model has been used, estimation 
uncertainty is considered to be significant due to the long lives of the 
majority of assets and uncertainty in the quantum and timing of cash 
flows, including the uncertain impact of climate change on the Group’s 
operations, as described in note 7 to the financial statements. 
As the assumptions underpinning forecast cash flows are derived from 
observable data available to a market participant as required under 
IFRS, they are not necessarily aligned with a 1.5C scenario.
Impairment indicators were identified in the year for Moranbah-
Grosvenor (Steelmaking Coal). Indicators for impairment reversal were 
identified for Kolomela (Kumba). Impairment, and impairment reversal, 
indicators were also identified for certain other assets for which 
immaterial impairment amounts were recorded.
In addition, an indicator of impairment at the Woodsmith (Crop 
Nutrients) CGU was identified as at 30 June 2024, which resulted in 
an impairment being recognised of $1.6 billion. There were no further 
indicators for impairment identified at 31 December 2024.
Management’s analysis over those CGUs with indicators for 
impairment determined that an impairment loss during the year had 
occurred within the Moranbah-Grosvenor CGU of $0.2 billion. An 
impairment reversal was recognised within the Kolomela CGU of 
$0.2 billion. 
Separately, the Group holds goodwill or indefinite useful life intangible 
assets associated with the Natural Diamonds (De Beers) CGU, 
Los Bronces – Chagres (Copper Chile) CGU and Platinum Group 
Metals segment and so annual impairment tests were performed for 
these assets. Management’s analysis over those assets determined 
that an impairment loss was required at the Natural Diamonds 
(De Beers) CGU of ($2.9 billion).
Refer to notes 7 and 8 for management conclusions and the Audit 
Committee’s views on page 184. 
For all material finite-lived intangible assets and property, plant and 
equipment, we undertook the following to test management’s 
assessment for indicators of impairment/impairment reversal: 
– we understood management’s processes and evaluated the design 
and implementation of controls in respect of the impairment 
indicator assessment process; 
– we assessed the appropriateness of management’s identification of 
the Group’s CGUs; and 
– we evaluated and challenged management’s assessment and 
judgements in respect of impairment/impairment reversal indicators, 
including ensuring that the impact of climate change, and continued 
commodity price and foreign exchange volatility, were appropriately 
considered in management’s impairment indicator assessment and 
conclusions. 
Where detailed cash flow models were prepared, our procedures 
included: 
– verifying the integrity of formulae and the mathematical accuracy of 
management’s valuation models; 
– consideration of the impact of the latest life of asset plan assumptions 
and ensuring that the valuation model reflects the latest plans and, 
where relevant, sufficient value has been attributed to residual reserves 
and resources to the extent this would be undertaken by a third party 
market participant. This included assessing the competence and 
objectivity of management’s internal technical experts in preparing the 
plan as well as reviewing the supporting information underpinning the 
internal expert’s report, where appropriate; 
– assessing the reliability of management’s forecast capital and 
operating expenses with reference to comparing budgeted results 
with actual performance in prior periods; 
– with the support of our valuations experts, assessing the discount 
rate used in each model and whether it fell within a reasonable 
range taking into account external market data. Our assessment of 
discount rates also included consideration of country and asset 
specific risks and challenging management to ensure that these had 
been appropriately captured in either the discount rate or underlying 
cash flow forecasts; 
– benchmarking management’s forecast commodity price and foreign 
exchange assumptions against our own collated consensus data to 
assess whether they fell within an external analyst range. Specifically 
in respect of De Beers, we engaged our economics experts to 
challenge and assess the appropriateness of the methodology and 
assumptions used in deriving forecast diamond prices; 
– challenging and verifying that the cash flow forecasts appropriately 
captured and considered the impact of carbon emissions on price, 
mine plan costs and cost of capital, where material; 
– verifying that costs and benefits of the implementation of projects to 
mitigate physical climate risk were appropriately included in cash 
flow forecasts, where such costs and benefits have been 
incorporated into the approved life of asset plan; 
– assessing whether the assumptions had been determined and 
applied on a consistent basis, where relevant, across the Group; and 
– assessing the disclosure made over the impairment charges and 
sensitivities within note 8 to the financial statements and challenging 
management where any inconsistencies were noted.
Where signed sales agreements were utilised as a basis for 
determining the recoverable amount, our procedures included: 
– examining key terms and timelines in the executed agreements; 
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Key audit matter
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
At 31 December 2024, the Parent Company holds investments in 
subsidiaries amounting to $33,257 million (2023: $33,113 million). 
Investments in subsidiaries are accounted for at historical cost less 
accumulated impairment. Judgement is required to assess if 
impairment indicators exist and where indicators are identified, if the 
investment carrying value is supported by the recoverable amount. 
In forming this assessment, management compares the underlying 
net assets of the investments to their carrying amount and any other 
relevant facts and circumstances, including the impact of any 
impairments recorded in the Group financial statements. 
Refer to note 1 to the Parent Company’s financial statements.
– assessing management’s allocation of the total consideration within 
the relevant agreements to the individual CGUs; 
– understanding the various elements of the total consideration as set 
out in the agreements, including any deferred consideration and 
consideration that is contingent on future events; and 
– with the support of our valuations experts, evaluating the key 
assumptions utilised in the determination of the fair value of the total 
consideration. This included price assumptions, discount rates and 
disposal costs. 
Based on the procedures performed, we noted no material issues 
arising from our work. 
In respect of investments in subsidiaries in the Parent Company, 
we undertook the following to test management’s assessment for 
indicators of impairment: 
– evaluated and challenged management’s assessment and 
judgements, including ensuring that consideration had been given 
to the results of the Group’s impairment assessment in respect of 
intangible assets and property, plant and equipment; 
– verified the mathematical accuracy of management’s assessment 
including that the net assets of the subsidiaries being assessed 
agreed to the respective subsidiary balance sheet at 31 December 
2024; and 
– examined management’s assessment of other internal and external 
impairment indicators, including considering the market 
capitalisation of the Group with reference to the carrying value of 
investments in subsidiaries in the Parent Company to identify other 
possible impairment indicators. 
Based on the procedures performed, we noted no material issues 
arising from our work.
Judgements associated with the classification of assets as held 
for sale and discontinued operations (Group)
As a result of the Group’s announcement to accelerate its strategy and to 
divest or demerge the Steelmaking Coal, Nickel, Anglo American Platinum 
and De Beers businesses, judgement was required as to whether any of 
the business should be classified as held for sale and, where applicable, 
presented as discontinued operations at 31 December 2024. 
This judgement requires management to consider whether the 
carrying amount of a non-current asset (or disposal group) will be 
recovered principally through a sales transaction rather than 
continuing use. For this to be the case, the asset (or disposal group) 
must be available for immediate sale in its present condition and its 
sale must be highly probable. 
Where the Group intends to distribute a disposal group to its 
shareholders, management must assess whether the assets are 
available for available for immediate distribution in their present 
condition and the distribution must be highly probable. This includes 
consideration of the likelihood of significant changes to the distribution 
and the probability of shareholder approval. 
The Group has determined that the investment in Jellinbah, as well 
as the Moranbah-Grosvenor and Peace River Coal disposal groups 
(all within the Steelmaking Coal business) meet the criteria to be 
presented as held for sale. As such, the Group has recognised assets 
held for sale of $2,530 million (2023: $nil) and liabilities of $363 million 
(2023: $nil) as at 31 December 2024. 
As the disposal groups identified as being classified as held for sale are 
not considered to represent a separate major line of business or 
geographical location, management has not presented discontinued 
operations. 
Refer to notes 7 and 34 for management’s conclusions and the Audit 
Committee’s views on page 185.
Where management has plans to sell an asset (or disposal group), 
we undertook the following procedures: 
– inquired with management as to the status of the transaction; 
– examined minutes of the Board of Directors; 
– examined key terms, timelines, and conditions precedent in the 
executed agreements; 
– evaluated the nature and progress of each condition precedent, 
including review of communications where relevant with 
counterparties and regulators; 
– considered the disposal units against the requirements for a sale 
to be “highly probable” and available for immediate sale; and
– assessed the disclosure made over the judgements made within 
note 7 to the financial statements and challenging management 
where any inconsistencies were noted. 
Based on the procedures performed, we noted no material issues 
arising from our work.
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Provisions for environmental restoration and 
decommissioning (Group)
The Group has provisions for environmental restoration and 
decommissioning of $2,537 million as at 31 December 2024 
(2023: $2,801 million).
The calculation of these provisions requires management to estimate 
the quantum and timing of future costs, taking into account the unique 
nature of each site, the long timescales involved and the potential 
associated obligations. These calculations also require management 
to determine an appropriate rate to discount future costs to their net 
present value. 
Management reviews the environmental restoration and 
decommissioning obligations at each reporting period, using experts 
to provide support in its assessment where appropriate. This review 
incorporates the effects of any changes in local regulations, mining 
disturbance and rehabilitation activities that have taken place during 
the year, and management’s anticipated approach to restoration and 
rehabilitation. 
The Group continues to refine designs and all material costs of 
conformance with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings 
Management (‘GISTM’) have been recorded within decommissioning 
and environmental restoration provisions. 
Refer to note 16 for management’s conclusions and the Audit 
Committee’s views on page 186.
We assessed management’s process for the review of environmental 
restoration and decommissioning provisions and, for those estimates 
we consider to be material, performed detailed testing in respect of the 
cost estimates. 
We validated the existence of legal and/or constructive obligations 
with respect to the provision and considered whether the intended 
method of restoration and rehabilitation was appropriate. We 
evaluated the competence and objectivity of management’s experts 
who produced cost estimates. We read correspondence between 
management and management’s experts, as well as with mining 
regulatory bodies, where applicable, and also held meetings with the 
experts, where relevant, to understand their methodology and inputs. 
We considered whether any risks associated with climate change 
impacted either the timing or extent of remediation activities. 
For certain of the Group’s environmental restoration and 
decommissioning provisions, we engaged our own internal experts to 
assess the work performed by management’s expert. This assessment 
included a review of any potential contingent liabilities which are not 
provided for, and identification of any other potential costs requiring 
recognition or disclosure that could be material. 
In assessing the appropriateness of cost estimates, we focused on 
validating that costs underpinning the accounting provision represent 
management’s and the experts’ best estimate of expenditure, based 
on the current extent of mine disturbance as well as any risk 
adjustments included in the estimate. In respect of claims that have 
been made by regulatory authorities or government bodies regarding 
closure estimates, we met with legal counsel, where relevant, to assess 
the probable outcomes in relation to ongoing claims and exposure and 
areas where legal requirements are open to interpretation. We 
assessed the timing of the cash flows and discount rates applied to 
calculate the present value of estimated costs by comparing the rates 
applied by management to the yields on government bonds with 
maturities approximating the timing of cash flows for each territory 
and currency. 
Specifically in relation to the Group’s conformance with GISTM, we 
obtained the assessments performed by management to ensure cost 
estimates had been included for any material expenditure required 
with respect to the tailings facilities. 
We validated the integrity of formulae and mathematical accuracy of 
management’s calculations.
Based on the procedures performed, we noted no material issues 
arising from our work.
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How we tailored the audit scope
We tailored the scope of our audit to ensure that we performed 
enough work to be able to give an opinion on the financial statements 
as a whole, taking into account the structure of the Group and the 
Parent Company, the accounting processes and controls, and the 
industry in which they operate.
The Group is organised into eight reportable segments – De Beers, 
Copper, Platinum Group Metals, Iron Ore, Steelmaking Coal, Nickel, 
Manganese and Crop Nutrients, as well as a Corporate function. Each 
segment is further divided into businesses which align to discrete 
country or joint venture operations. We have identified each business 
as a component, with each component typically representing a 
consolidation of a number of discrete country operations.
The Group’s accounting processes for managed operations are 
structured around a local finance function at each component, which 
is supported by the Group’s central functions including: i) one of the 
Group’s three shared service centres in South Africa, Brazil or Australia; 
and ii) with the exception of De Beers and Steelmaking Coal, the 
Group’s Marketing business in Singapore where the majority of the 
Group’s commodity sales are transacted and processed. Each 
component reports to the Group through an integrated consolidation 
system.
Based on our risk and materiality assessments, we determined which 
components required an audit of their complete financial information 
having consideration to the relative significance of each component 
to the Group, locations with significant inherent risks and the overall 
coverage obtained over each material line item in the consolidated 
financial statements.
We scoped in nine components requiring an audit of their complete 
financial information. In addition, one component was scoped in for an 
audit of specific account balances and one component was scoped in 
for specified procedures.
Recognising that not every operation or business in a component is 
included in our Group audit scope, we considered as part of our Group 
audit oversight responsibility what audit coverage had been obtained 
in aggregate by our component teams by reference to operations or 
businesses at which audit work had been undertaken. For other 
components where we did not undertake audit procedures, the Group 
team performed targeted risk assessment analytics.
Where the work was performed by component audit teams or at a 
central function, we determined the level of involvement we needed 
to have in the audit work at those components to be able to conclude 
whether sufficient appropriate audit evidence had been obtained as 
a basis for our opinion on the Group financial statements as a whole.
The Group audit team visited component teams and local operations 
in South Africa, Singapore and Chile during the 2024 audit. We also 
visited the Woodsmith project in the United Kingdom. This is in addition 
to site visits to component teams and local operations in South Africa, 
Singapore and Brazil in the prior year. Furthermore, our oversight 
procedures included the issuance of formal, written instructions to 
component auditors setting out the work to be performed at each 
location and regular communication throughout the audit cycle 
including regular component calls through video conferencing, review 
of component auditor workpapers and participation in audit clearance 
meetings.
Taken together, the components where we performed our audit work 
accounted for 96% of consolidated revenue, 90% of consolidated loss 
before tax (on an absolute basis) and 94% of consolidated profit 
before tax, special items and remeasurements (on an absolute basis). 
This was before considering the contribution to our audit evidence 
from performing audit work at the Group level, including 
disaggregated analytical review procedures and our evaluation of 
entity level controls, which covers a significant portion of the Group’s 
smaller and lower risk components that were not directly included in 
our Group audit scope.
The financial statements of the Parent Company are prepared using 
the same accounting processes as the Group’s central functions and 
were audited by the Group audit team.
The impact of climate risk on our audit
Climate change is one of the Group’s principal risks. As part of our 
audit, we made enquiries of management to understand its process 
to assess the extent of the potential impact of climate change risks on 
the Group and its financial statements. Management has explained 
how it has considered the impact of climate change on the financial 
statements, including specifically in respect of cash flow projections for 
impairment testing, in note 7 to the financial statements. This includes 
its consideration of risks and opportunities that could impact the 
financial statements. 
We used our knowledge of the Group to consider the risk assessment 
performed by management, including its assessment of the strategic 
and financial resilience of the Group’s portfolio under various 
scenarios. Management remains committed to achieving its previously 
stated 2040 climate ambitions. During 2022, management engaged 
the Carbon Trust to conduct an independent assessment to provide 
external verification regarding the alignment of the Group’s Scope 1 
and 2 ambitions with a well-below 2° scenario. As a result of this 
assessment, and recognising that with forecasts of any type there is a 
margin of error, management has confidence that capital deployment 
in accordance with the Group’s operational carbon neutrality 
ambitions is capital aligned with a contribution to achieving the goals 
of the Paris Agreement. For financial statement reporting purposes, as 
detailed in note 7, no specific climate scenario is used when 
determining asset valuations as no single scenario is representative of 
management’s best estimate of the likely assumptions that would be 
used by a market participant when valuing the Group’s assets. The 
forecasts for determining asset valuations also include an adjustment 
for the cost of unabated future Scope 1 and 2 emissions irrespective 
of whether each jurisdiction currently has a carbon tax or similar regime 
in place. 
We considered management’s financial statement reporting risk 
assessment in respect of climate change, focusing on those areas 
considered to be most heavily impacted such as management’s 
impairment assessment over non-current assets. Whilst the impact is 
uncertain, we particularly considered the impact of both physical and 
transition risks arising due to climate change, as well as related 
opportunities and climate targets made by the Group, including any 
incremental capital expenditure and/or operating costs, on the 
recoverable value of the Group’s assets. 
The Group has set climate targets, which include a commitment to be 
carbon neutral (Scopes 1 and 2) by 2040. Whilst a pathway has been 
set out to achieve this commitment, further project studies are required 
to determine how specific categories of emissions can be managed 
effectively. As a result, not all costs and benefits associated with the 
projects that will be required to achieve this commitment are included 
in forward looking estimates including those used to determine the 
recoverable amount of the Group’s assets. However, this is factored 
into asset valuations through the application of a carbon cost as 
described above. Where the Group has a high degree of confidence 
that projects supporting the achievement of these targets are 
technically feasible, the related costs and benefits are included in the 
relevant Life of Asset Plan and relevant forward looking estimates. 
The useful lives of the Group’s mines are reassessed annually and 
changes could impact depreciation charges and timing of mine 
restoration activities. Based on the current life of asset plans there were 
no indications that useful lives had been materially impacted by 
climate change. Our work on impairment is further described in the 
relevant Key Audit Matter. We have also read the disclosures made in 
relation to climate change, in the other information within the Annual 
Report, and considered their consistency with the financial statements 
and our knowledge from our audit.
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Materiality
The scope of our audit was influenced by our application of materiality. We set certain quantitative thresholds for materiality. These, together with 
qualitative considerations, helped us to determine the scope of our audit and the nature, timing and extent of our audit procedures on the 
individual financial statement line items and disclosures and in evaluating the effect of misstatements, both individually and in aggregate on the 
financial statements as a whole.
Based on our professional judgement, we determined materiality for 
the financial statements as a whole as follows:
Financial statements – Group
Financial statements – Parent Company 
Overall materiality
$350 million (2023: $400 million).
$300 million (2023: $300 million).
How we determined it
approximately 4.8% (2023: 3.4%) of the Group’s three 
year-average consolidated profit before tax, special 
items and remeasurements
approximately 1% (2023: 1%) of the Parent Company’s 
total assets
Rationale for benchmark applied
Profit before tax, special items and remeasurements is 
used as the materiality benchmark. The directors use 
this measure as they believe that it reflects the 
underlying performance of the Group. We consider that 
it is most appropriate to calculate materiality based on 
a three-year average of profit before tax, special items 
and remeasurements to respond to longer-term trends 
in commodity markets and to dampen the impact of 
short-term price volatility. We used judgement to cap 
our materiality at $350 million.
We considered total assets to be an appropriate 
benchmark for the Parent Company, given that it is 
the ultimate holding company and holds material 
investments in subsidiary undertakings. We used 
judgement to cap our materiality at $300 million.
For each component in the scope of our Group audit, we allocated 
a materiality that is less than our overall Group materiality. The range 
of materiality allocated across components was $60 million to 
$110 million.
We use performance materiality to reduce to an appropriately low 
level the probability that the aggregate of uncorrected and undetected 
misstatements exceeds overall materiality. Specifically, we use 
performance materiality in determining the scope of our audit and the 
nature and extent of our testing of account balances, classes of 
transactions and disclosures, for example in determining sample sizes. 
Our performance materiality was 75% (2023: 75%) of overall 
materiality, amounting to $260 million (2023: $300 million) for the 
Group financial statements and $225 million (2023: $225 million) for 
the Parent Company financial statements.
In determining the performance materiality, we considered a number 
of factors – the history of misstatements, risk assessment and 
aggregation risk and the effectiveness of controls – and concluded 
that an amount at the upper end of our normal range was appropriate.
We agreed with the Audit Committee that we would report to them 
misstatements identified during our audit above $17.5 million (Group 
audit) (2023: $20 million) and $15 million (Parent Company audit) 
(2023: $15 million) as well as misstatements below those amounts 
that, in our view, warranted reporting for qualitative reasons.
Conclusions relating to going concern
Our evaluation of the directors’ assessment of the Group's and the 
Parent Company’s ability to continue to adopt the going concern 
basis of accounting included:
– Obtaining and examining management’s base case forecast 
and downside scenarios, which include pricing and production 
downsides alongside a significant operational incident and 
considering variation in timing of the Group divestments, and 
checking that the forecasts have been subject to board review 
and approval;
– Considering the historical reliability of management forecasting for 
cash flow and net debt by comparing budgeted results to actual 
performance;
– Checking the key inputs into the models, such as commodity prices 
and production forecasts, to ensure that these were consistent with 
our understanding and the inputs used in other key accounting 
judgements in the financial statements;
– Performing our own independent sensitivity analysis to understand 
the impact of changes in cash flow and net debt on the resources 
available to the Group;
– Checking the covenants applicable to the Group’s borrowings and 
examining whether management’s assessment supports ongoing 
compliance with those covenants; and
– Reading management’s paper to the Audit Committee in respect of 
going concern, and agreeing the forecasts set out in this paper to 
the underlying base case cash flow model.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any 
material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually 
or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's and the 
Parent Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period 
of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are 
authorised for issue.
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the 
directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the 
preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
However, because not all future events or conditions can be predicted, 
this conclusion is not a guarantee as to the Group's and the Parent 
Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
In relation to the directors’ reporting on how they have applied the UK 
Corporate Governance Code, we have nothing material to add or 
draw attention to in relation to the directors’ statement in the financial 
statements about whether the directors considered it appropriate to 
adopt the going concern basis of accounting.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect 
to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Reporting on other information
The other information comprises all of the information in the Annual 
Report other than the financial statements and our auditors’ report 
thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information. Our 
opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other 
information and, accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion or, 
except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in this report, any form 
of assurance thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our 
responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider 
whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the 
financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or 
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otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify an 
apparent material inconsistency or material misstatement, we are 
required to perform procedures to conclude whether there is a material 
misstatement of the financial statements or a material misstatement of 
the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we 
conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, 
we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report based on 
these responsibilities.
With respect to the Strategic report and Directors' report, we also 
considered whether the disclosures required by the UK Companies Act 
2006 have been included.
Based on our work undertaken in the course of the audit, the 
Companies Act 2006 requires us also to report certain opinions and 
matters as described below.
Strategic report and Directors’ report
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit, 
the information given in the Strategic report and Directors' report for 
the year ended 31 December 2024 is consistent with the financial 
statements and has been prepared in accordance with applicable 
legal requirements.
In light of the knowledge and understanding of the Group and Parent 
Company and their environment obtained in the course of the audit, 
we did not identify any material misstatements in the Strategic report 
and Directors' report.
Directors’ Remuneration
In our opinion, the part of the Directors' remuneration report to be 
audited has been properly prepared in accordance with the 
Companies Act 2006.
Corporate governance statement
The Listing Rules require us to review the directors’ statements in 
relation to going concern, longer-term viability and that part of the 
corporate governance statement relating to the Parent Company’s 
compliance with the provisions of the UK Corporate Governance Code 
specified for our review. Our additional responsibilities with respect to 
the corporate governance statement as other information are 
described in the Reporting on other information section of this report.
Based on the work undertaken as part of our audit, we have concluded 
that each of the following elements of the corporate governance 
statement, included within the Directors' report is materially consistent 
with the financial statements and our knowledge obtained during the 
audit, and we have nothing material to add or draw attention to in 
relation to:
– The directors’ confirmation that they have carried out a robust 
assessment of the emerging and principal risks;
– The disclosures in the Annual Report that describe those principal 
risks, what procedures are in place to identify emerging risks and an 
explanation of how these are being managed or mitigated;
– The directors’ statement in the financial statements about whether 
they considered it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of 
accounting in preparing them, and their identification of any material 
uncertainties to the Group’s and Parent Company’s ability to 
continue to do so over a period of at least twelve months from the 
date of approval of the financial statements;
– The directors’ explanation as to their assessment of the Group's and 
Parent Company’s prospects, the period this assessment covers and 
why the period is appropriate; and
– The directors’ statement as to whether they have a reasonable 
expectation that the Parent Company will be able to continue in 
operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due over the period of its 
assessment, including any related disclosures drawing attention to 
any necessary qualifications or assumptions.
Our review of the directors’ statement regarding the longer-term 
viability of the Group and Parent Company was substantially less in 
scope than an audit and only consisted of making inquiries and 
considering the directors’ process supporting their statement; checking 
that the statement is in alignment with the relevant provisions of the UK 
Corporate Governance Code; and considering whether the statement 
is consistent with the financial statements and our knowledge and 
understanding of the Group and Parent Company and their 
environment obtained in the course of the audit.
In addition, based on the work undertaken as part of our audit, we have 
concluded that each of the following elements of the corporate 
governance statement is materially consistent with the financial 
statements and our knowledge obtained during the audit:
– The directors’ statement that they consider the Annual Report, taken 
as a whole, is fair, balanced and understandable, and provides the 
information necessary for the members to assess the Group’s and 
Parent Company's position, performance, business model and 
strategy;
– The section of the Annual Report that describes the review of 
effectiveness of risk management and internal control systems; and
– The section of the Annual Report describing the work of the Audit 
Committee.
We have nothing to report in respect of our responsibility to report 
when the directors’ statement relating to the Parent Company’s 
compliance with the Code does not properly disclose a departure from 
a relevant provision of the Code specified under the Listing Rules for 
review by the auditors.
Responsibilities for the financial statements and the audit
Responsibilities of the directors for the financial statements
As explained more fully in the Statement of directors' responsibilities, 
the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial 
statements in accordance with the applicable framework and for 
being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. The directors are also 
responsible for such internal control as they determine is necessary to 
enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from 
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for 
assessing the Group’s and the Parent Company’s ability to continue as 
a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going 
concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the 
directors either intend to liquidate the Group or the Parent Company or 
to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 
financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, 
whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that 
includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of 
assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in 
accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement 
when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are 
considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could 
reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users 
taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with 
laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our 
responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in 
respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our 
procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is 
detailed below.
Based on our understanding of the Group and industry, we identified 
that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations 
related to the failure to comply with environmental regulations, health 
and safety regulations and anti-bribery and corruption laws, and we 
considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material 
effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and 
regulations that have a direct impact on the financial statements such 
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as the Companies Act 2006 and applicable tax legislation in the 
jurisdictions in which the Group has material operations. We evaluated 
management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent 
manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override 
of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to 
posting inappropriate journal entries and management bias in 
accounting estimates. The Group engagement team shared this risk 
assessment with the component auditors so that they could include 
appropriate audit procedures in response to such risks in their work. 
Audit procedures performed by the Group engagement team and/or 
component auditors included:
– Understanding and evaluating the design and implementation of 
controls designed to prevent and detect irregularities and fraud;
– Inquiry of management, Internal Audit and the Group’s legal 
advisors regarding their consideration of known or suspected 
instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud;
– Identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries 
posted with unusual account combinations; and
– Challenging assumptions and judgements made by management 
in respect of significant accounting judgements and estimates, and 
assessing these judgements and estimates for management bias.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. 
We are less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance 
with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and 
transactions reflected in the financial statements. Also, the risk of not 
detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of 
not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate 
concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, 
or through collusion.
Our audit testing might include testing complete populations of certain 
transactions and balances, possibly using data auditing techniques. 
However, it typically involves selecting a limited number of items for 
testing, rather than testing complete populations. We will often seek 
to target particular items for testing based on their size or risk 
characteristics. In other cases, we will use audit sampling to enable 
us to draw a conclusion about the population from which the sample 
is selected.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial 
statements is located on the FRC’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/
auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditors’ 
report.
Use of this report
This report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and only for 
the Parent Company’s members as a body in accordance with 
Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and for no other 
purpose. We do not, in giving these opinions, accept or assume 
responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to whom this 
report is shown or into whose hands it may come save where expressly 
agreed by our prior consent in writing.
Other required reporting
Companies Act 2006 exception reporting
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, 
in our opinion:
– we have not obtained all the information and explanations we 
require for our audit; or
– adequate accounting records have not been kept by the Parent 
Company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received 
from branches not visited by us; or
– certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are 
not made; or
– the Parent Company financial statements and the part of the 
Directors' remuneration report to be audited are not in agreement 
with the accounting records and returns.
We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.
Appointment
Following the recommendation of the Audit Committee, we were 
appointed by the members on 5 May 2020 to audit the financial 
statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 and subsequent 
financial periods. The period of total uninterrupted engagement is 
five years, covering the years ended 31 December 2020 to 
31 December 2024.
Other matter
The company is required by the Financial Conduct Authority Disclosure 
Guidance and Transparency Rules to include these financial 
statements in an annual financial report prepared under the structured 
digital format required by DTR 4.1.15R - 4.1.18R and filed on the 
National Storage Mechanism of the Financial Conduct Authority. This 
auditors’ report provides no assurance over whether the structured 
digital format annual financial report has been prepared in 
accordance with those requirements.
Mark King (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
London
19 February 2025
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233

Consolidated income statement
for the year ended 31 December 2024
2024
2023
US$ million
Note
Before special
items and
remeasurements
Special items and
remeasurements
(note 9)
Total
Before special
items and
remeasurements
Special items and
remeasurements
(note 9)
Total
Revenue
2  
27,354  
(64)  
27,290 
 
30,656  
(4)  
30,652 
Operating costs
 
(22,342)  
(5,176)  
(27,518)  
(24,100)  
(2,648)  
(26,748) 
Operating (loss)/profit
1, 2  
5,012  
(5,240)  
(228)  
6,556  
(2,652)  
3,904 
Non-operating special items
9  
—  
(79)  
(79)  
—  
(100)  
(100) 
Net income from associates and joint ventures
2, 14  
134  
—  
134 
 
378  
—  
378 
(Loss)/profit before net finance costs and tax
 
5,146  
(5,319)  
(173)  
6,934  
(2,752)  
4,182 
Investment income
 
426  
—  
426 
 
427  
—  
427 
Interest expense
 
(1,172)  
—  
(1,172)  
(990)  
—  
(990) 
Other net financing gains/(losses)
 
36  
(41)  
(5)  
7  
(31)  
(24) 
Net finance costs
4  
(710)  
(41)  
(751)  
(556)  
(31)  
(587) 
(Loss)/profit before tax
 
4,436  
(5,360)  
(924)  
6,378  
(2,783)  
3,595 
Income tax (expense)/credit
5  
(1,762)  
(102)  
(1,864)  
(2,337)  
86  
(2,251) 
(Loss)/profit for the financial year
 
2,674  
(5,462)  
(2,788)  
4,041  
(2,697)  
1,344 
Attributable to:
Non-controlling interests
27  
737  
(457)  
280 
 
1,109  
(48)  
1,061 
Equity shareholders of the Company
 
1,937  
(5,005)  
(3,068)  
2,932  
(2,649)  
283 
(Loss)/earnings per share (US$)
Basic
3  
1.60  
(4.13)  
(2.53)  
2.42  
(2.19)  
0.23 
Diluted
3  
1.60  
(4.13)  
(2.53)  
2.40  
(2.17)  
0.23 
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
for the year ended 31 December 2024
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
(Loss)/profit for the financial year
 
(2,788)  
1,344 
Items that will not be reclassified to the income statement (net of tax)(1)
Remeasurement of net retirement benefit obligation
 
(46)  
(53) 
Net revaluation loss on equity investments
 
(17)  
(40) 
Items that have been or may subsequently be reclassified to the income statement (net of tax)(1)
Net exchange differences:
Net loss (including associates and joint ventures)
 
(469)  
(938) 
Cumulative loss transferred to the income statement on disposal of foreign operations
 
—  
9 
Fair value movement on cash flow hedges:
Net revaluation gain/(loss) (including associates and joint ventures)
 
134  
(11) 
Other comprehensive loss for the financial year (net of tax)
 
(398)  
(1,033) 
Total comprehensive (loss)/income for the financial year (net of tax)
 
(3,186)  
311 
Attributable to:
Non-controlling interests
 
185  
850 
Equity shareholders of the Company
 
(3,371)  
(539) 
(1) Tax amounts are shown in note 5C. 
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Primary statements

Consolidated balance sheet 
as at 31 December 2024
US$ million
Note
 
2024 
 
2023 
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Intangible assets
11  
940  
1,479 
Property, plant and equipment
12  
40,844  
43,949 
Environmental rehabilitation trusts
16, 24  
151  
108 
Investments in associates and joint ventures
14  
587  
1,066 
Financial asset investments 
15  
292  
391 
Inventories
18  
1,192  
847 
Trade and other receivables 
19  
432  
467 
Deferred tax assets 
17  
294  
262 
Derivative financial assets
24  
116  
238 
Pension asset surplus and other non-current assets
 
358  
410 
Total non-current assets
 
45,206  
49,217 
Current assets
Inventories
18  
5,247  
6,387 
Trade and other receivables
19  
3,228  
4,516 
Current tax assets
 
266  
170 
Derivative financial assets
24  
186  
118 
Financial asset investments
15  
36  
48 
Cash and cash equivalents
21  
8,167  
6,088 
Total current assets
 
17,130  
17,327 
Assets classified as held for sale
34  
2,530  
— 
Total assets
 
64,866  
66,544 
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
20  
(6,092)  
(6,511) 
Short term borrowings
21, 22  
(2,019)  
(1,740) 
Provisions for liabilities and charges
16  
(740)  
(684) 
Current tax liabilities
 
(191)  
(326) 
Derivative financial liabilities
24  
(191)  
(94) 
Total current liabilities
 
(9,233)  
(9,355) 
Non-current liabilities
Trade and other payables
20  
(190)  
(189) 
Medium and long term borrowings
21, 22  
(16,191)  
(15,172) 
Royalty liability
24  
(478)  
(578) 
Retirement benefit obligations
29  
(503)  
(531) 
Deferred tax liabilities
17  
(6,061)  
(5,580) 
Derivative financial liabilities
24  
(740)  
(648) 
Provisions for liabilities and charges
16  
(2,574)  
(2,874) 
Total non-current liabilities
 
(26,737)  
(25,572) 
Liabilities directly associated with assets classified as held for sale
34  
(363)  
— 
Total liabilities
 
(36,333)  
(34,927) 
Net assets
 
28,533  
31,617 
EQUITY
Called-up share capital
26  
734  
734 
Share premium account
 
2,558  
2,558 
Own shares
26  
(6,188)  
(6,275) 
Other reserves
 
(13,088)  
(12,820) 
Retained earnings
 
36,744  
40,860 
Equity attributable to equity shareholders of the Company
 
20,760  
25,057 
Non-controlling interests
27  
7,773  
6,560 
Total equity
 
28,533  
31,617 
The financial statements of Anglo American plc, registered number 03564138, were approved by the Board of directors on 19 February 2025 
and signed on its behalf by:
Duncan Wanblad  
 
 
John Heasley
Chief Executive 
 
 
 
Finance Director
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235

Consolidated cash flow statement
for the year ended 31 December 2024
US$ million
Note
 
2024 
 
2023 
Cash flows from operating activities
(Loss)/profit before tax
 
(924)  
3,595 
Net finance costs including financing special items and remeasurements
4  
751  
587 
Net income from associates and joint ventures
14  
(134)  
(378) 
Non-operating special items
9  
79  
100 
Operating (loss)/profit
1  
(228)  
3,904 
Revenue and operating special items and remeasurements
9  
5,240  
2,652 
Cash element of special items
 
(331)  
(89) 
Depreciation and amortisation
1  
3,072  
2,685 
Share-based payment charges
 
189  
175 
(Decrease)/increase in provisions and net retirement benefit obligations
 
(204)  
25 
Decrease in inventories
 
779  
2 
Decrease/(increase) in operating receivables
 
989  
(384) 
Increase/(decrease) in operating payables
 
19  
(785) 
Other adjustments
 
(163)  
(70) 
Cash flows from operations
 
9,362  
8,115 
Dividends from associates and joint ventures
14  
315  
379 
Dividends from financial asset investments
 
—  
3 
Income tax paid
 
(1,574)  
(2,001) 
Net cash inflows from operating activities
 
8,103  
6,496 
Cash flows from investing activities
Expenditure on property, plant and equipment
13  
(5,532)  
(5,876) 
Cash flows used in derivatives related to capital expenditure
13  
(1)  
(3) 
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment
13  
13  
16 
Investments in associates and joint ventures
14  
(62)  
(15) 
Expenditure on intangible assets
 
(80)  
(133) 
Net disposal/(issuance) of financial asset investments
15  
6  
(63) 
Interest received and other investment income
 
378  
377 
Net cash outflow on acquisitions
 
—  
(10) 
Net cash inflow on disposals
35  
177  
210 
Other investing activities
 
(34)  
(63) 
Net cash used in investing activities
 
(5,135)  
(5,560) 
Cash flows from financing activities
Interest paid
 
(851)  
(701) 
Cash flows used in derivatives related to financing activities
21  
(479)  
(605) 
Dividends paid to Company shareholders
6  
(1,026)  
(1,564) 
Distributions paid to non-controlling interests
27  
(549)  
(978) 
Proceeds from issuance of bonds
 
2,853  
1,950 
Proceeds from other borrowings
 
2,442  
1,113 
Capital repayment of lease obligations
 
(412)  
(309) 
Repayments of bonds and borrowings
 
(3,463)  
(1,650) 
Purchase of shares by Group companies 
 
(135)  
(274) 
Movements in non-controlling interests
27  
965  
— 
Other financing activities
 
(185)  
(205) 
Net cash used in financing activities
 
(840)  
(3,223) 
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
 
2,128  
(2,287) 
Cash and cash equivalents at start of year
21  
6,074  
8,400 
Cash movements in the year
 
2,128  
(2,287) 
Effects of changes in foreign exchange rates
 
(68)  
(39) 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
21  
8,134  
6,074 
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Primary statements

Consolidated statement of changes in equity 
for the year ended 31 December 2024
US$ million
Total share
capital(1)
Own
shares(2)
Retained
 earnings
Cumulative 
translation 
adjustment 
reserve
Other 
reserves 
(note 26)
Total equity 
attributable
to equity
shareholders
of the
Company
Non-
controlling
 interests(3)
Total equity
At 1 January 2023
 
3,292    
(6,272)   
42,368  
(12,659)  
589  
27,318  
6,635    
33,953 
Profit for the year
 
—    
—    
283  
—  
—  
283  
1,061 
 
1,344 
Other comprehensive loss
 
—    
—    
(45)  
(730)  
(47)  
(822)  
(211)  
(1,033) 
Dividends
 
—    
—    
(1,564)  
—  
—  
(1,564)  
(957)  
(2,521) 
Equity settled share-based payment schemes
 
—    
272    
(137)  
—  
25  
160  
(3)  
157 
Treasury shares purchased(4)
 
—    
(275)   
—  
—  
—  
(275)  
— 
 
(275) 
Change in ownership interest in subsidiaries
 
—    
—    
(38)  
—  
—  
(38)  
37 
 
(1) 
Other
 
—    
—    
(7)  
—  
2  
(5)  
(2)  
(7) 
At 31 December 2023
 
3,292    
(6,275)   
40,860  
(13,389)  
569  
25,057  
6,560 
 
31,617 
(Loss)/profit for the year
 
—    
—    
(3,068)  
—  
—  
(3,068)  
280 
 
(2,788) 
Other comprehensive (loss)/income
 
—    
—    
(42)  
(382)  
121  
(303)  
(95)  
(398) 
Dividends
 
—    
—    
(1,026)  
—  
—  
(1,026)  
(542)  
(1,568) 
Equity settled share-based payment schemes
 
—    
185    
3  
—  
(37)  
151  
3 
 
154 
Treasury shares purchased(4)
 
—    
(98)   
—  
—  
—  
(98)  
— 
 
(98) 
Change in ownership interest in subsidiaries
 
—    
—    
31  
—  
(14)  
17  
1,570 
 
1,587 
Other
 
—    
—    
(14)  
—  
44  
30  
(3)  
27 
At 31 December 2024
 
3,292    
(6,188)   
36,744  
(13,771)  
683  
20,760  
7,773 
 
28,533 
(1) Includes share capital and share premium.
(2) Own shares comprise shares of Anglo American plc held by the Company, its subsidiaries and employee benefit trusts (note 26).
(3) During the year, the Group sold approximately 11.9% of its holding in Anglo American Platinum, and transferred 15% of its holding in Minas-Rio. Refer to note 27 for further details. 
(4) Shares purchased by controlled trusts and subsidiaries.
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 Notes to the financial statements
Financial performance
Profit attributable to equity shareholders 
decreased to a $3,068 million loss (2023: $283 
million profit). Underlying earnings decreased by 
34% to $1.9 billion (2023: $2.9 billion).
The 2024 financial performance was primarily 
impacted by unfavourable price environments, as 
the Group basket price fell 10%. Strong cost savings 
performance across the Group helped broadly 
maintain the Group’s EBITDA margin at 30%, and 
resulted in a total EBITDA of $8.5 billion for the 
period. As a consequence, underlying earnings were 
$1.9 billion (2023: $2.9 billion). 
Despite lower earnings, management actions to 
support the release of $1.8 billion of working 
capital, as well as two accelerated bookbuild 
offerings in Anglo American Platinum, partly offset 
by restructuring costs associated with our 
organisational change programme, ensured that 
net debt remained flat in 2024 at $10.6 billion. 
Loss attributable to equity shareholders
$3.1 bn 
(2023: profit of $0.3 bn)
The following disclosures provide further information about the drivers of the Group’s financial performance in the year. This 
includes analysis of the respective contribution of the Group’s reportable segments along with information about its operating 
cost base, net finance costs and tax. In addition, disclosure on earnings per share and the dividend is provided.
1. Operating profit from subsidiaries and joint operations
Overview
US$ million
Note
 
2024 
2023
Revenue before special items and remeasurements
 
27,354  
30,656 
Operating costs:
Employee costs
28  
(3,747)  
(3,839) 
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
 
(2,954)  
(2,623) 
Amortisation of intangible assets
 
(118)  
(62) 
Third-party commodity purchases(1)
 
(3,289)  
(4,488) 
Consumables, maintenance and production input costs
 
(6,976)  
(7,464) 
Logistics, marketing and selling costs
 
(2,766)  
(2,749) 
Royalties
 
(774)  
(971) 
Exploration and evaluation
 
(269)  
(319) 
Net foreign exchange (losses)/gains
 
(42)  
45 
Other operating income
 
192  
190 
Other operating expenses
 
(1,599)  
(1,820) 
Operating profit before special items and remeasurements
 
5,012  
6,556 
Revenue special items and remeasurements
9  
(64)  
(4) 
Operating special items and remeasurements
9  
(5,176)  
(2,648) 
Operating (loss)/profit
 
(228)  
3,904 
(1) Third-party commodity purchases principally relate to the purchase of concentrate (POC) at Platinum Group Metals and purchases from joint operation partners within De Beers. 
Royalties exclude items which meet the definition of income tax on profit and which have been accounted for as taxes. Exploration and evaluation 
excludes associated employee costs. The full exploration and evaluation expenditure (including associated employee costs) is presented in the 
table below:
Operating profit before special items and remeasurements is stated after charging:
US$ million
 
2024 
2023
Exploration expenditure
 
(118)  
(145) 
Evaluation expenditure
 
(183)  
(197) 
Research and development expenditure
 
(78)  
(147) 
Accounting policy
See note 40C for the Group’s accounting policy on revenue and exploration and evaluation expenditure.
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Financial performance
2. Financial performance by segment
Overview
The Group’s operating segments are aligned to those businesses that are evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker in deciding 
how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Operating segments with similar economic characteristics are aggregated into 
reportable segments. 
The Group aggregates the following operating segments into reportable segments: 
– Kumba Iron Ore and Iron Ore Brazil are aggregated into Iron Ore.
– Copper Chile, Copper Peru and Sakatti are aggregated into Copper.
Shipping revenue related to shipments of the Group’s products is shown within the relevant operating segment. Revenue from other marketing 
and trading activities from shipping, energy solutions and other ancillary products within the Marketing business is presented within the ‘Corporate 
and other’ segment, which also includes unallocated corporate costs and exploration costs.
The disclosures in this note include certain Alternative Performance Measures (APMs). For more information on the APMs used by the Group, 
including definitions, please refer to page 334.
Segment results
 
2024 
US$ million
Group 
revenue
Underlying 
EBITDA
Depreciation
and
amortisation
Underlying 
EBIT
Net finance 
costs and 
income tax 
expense
Non-
controlling 
interests
Underlying 
earnings
Copper
 
7,572 
 
3,805  
(1,001)  
2,804  
(1,261) 
 
(207)  
1,336 
Iron Ore
 
6,573 
 
2,655  
(520)  
2,135  
(543) 
 
(482)  
1,110 
Platinum Group Metals
 
5,962 
 
1,106  
(438)  
668  
(183) 
 
(129)  
356 
De Beers
 
3,292 
 
(25)  
(324)  
(349)  
5 
 
56  
(288) 
Steelmaking Coal(1)
 
3,519 
 
924  
(444)  
480  
(124) 
 
—  
356 
Nickel
 
646 
 
92  
(12)  
80  
46 
 
—  
126 
Manganese
 
359 
 
116  
(85)  
31  
(29) 
 
(2)  
— 
Crop Nutrients
 
188 (2)
 
(34)  
(1)  
(35)  
8 
 
—  
(27) 
Corporate and other
 
471 
 
(179)  
(350)  
(529)  
(528) 
 
25  
(1,032) 
 28,582 
 
8,460  
(3,175)  
5,285  
(2,609) (3)
 
(739)  
1,937 
Less: associates and joint ventures(1)
 (1,228) 
 
(376)  
103  
(273)  
137 
 
2  
(134) 
Subsidiaries and joint operations
 27,354 
 
8,084  
(3,072)  
5,012  
(2,472) 
 
(737)  
1,803 
Reconciliation:
Net income from associates and joint ventures
 
134 
 
134 
Special items and remeasurements
 
(64) 
 
(5,319) 
 
(5,005) 
Revenue
 27,290 
Loss before net finance costs and tax
 
(173) 
Loss attributable to equity shareholders of the Company
 
(3,068) 
2023
US$ million
Group 
revenue
Underlying 
EBITDA
Depreciation
and
amortisation
Underlying 
EBIT
Net finance 
costs and 
income tax 
expense
Non-
controlling 
interests
Underlying 
earnings
Copper
 
7,360 
 
3,233  
(782)  
2,451  
(1,127) 
 
(225)  
1,099 
Iron Ore
 
8,000 
 
4,013  
(464)  
3,549  
(987) 
 
(770)  
1,792 
Platinum Group Metals
 
6,734 
 
1,209  
(354)  
855  
(226) 
 
(181)  
448 
De Beers
 
4,267 
 
72  
(324)  
(252)  
(113) 
 
51  
(314) 
Steelmaking Coal
 
4,153 
 
1,320  
(498)  
822  
(138) 
 
—  
684 
Nickel
 
653 
 
133  
(71)  
62  
3 
 
—  
65 
Manganese
 
670 
 
231  
(86)  
145  
(77) 
 
(2)  
66 
Crop Nutrients
 
225 (2)
 
(60)  
(1)  
(61)  
(14) 
 
—  
(75) 
Corporate and other
 
440 
 
(193)  
(210)  
(403)  
(447) 
 
17  
(833) 
 32,502 
 
9,958  
(2,790)  
7,168  
(3,126) (3) 
 
(1,110)  
2,932 
Less: associates and joint ventures
 (1,846) 
 
(717)  
105  
(612)  
233 
 
1  
(378) 
Subsidiaries and joint operations
 30,656 
 
9,241  
(2,685)  
6,556  
(2,893) 
 
(1,109)  
2,554 
Reconciliation:
Net income from associates and joint ventures
 
378 
 
378 
Special items and remeasurements
 
(4) 
 
(2,752) 
 
(2,649) 
Revenue
 30,652 
Profit before net finance costs and tax
 
4,182 
Profit attributable to equity shareholders of the Company
 
283 
(1) No income has been recognised from the Jellinbah associate after the agreement of the disposal transaction in November 2024 when the associate was reclassified as an asset held for sale. 
See notes 14 and 34 for further details.
(2) Group revenue in respect of Crop Nutrients principally relates to revenue from its associate, The Cibra Group, a fertiliser distributor based in Brazil.
(3) Comprises net finance costs of $741 million (2023: $593 million) and income tax expense of $1,868 million (2023: $2,533 million).
The segment results are stated after elimination of inter-segment interest and dividends and include an allocation of corporate costs.
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Financial performance
2. Financial performance by segment continued
Further information
Group revenue by product
Segments predominantly derive revenue as follows – Copper: copper concentrate and cathodes; Iron Ore: iron ore; Platinum Group Metals: 
platinum group metals and nickel; De Beers: rough and polished diamonds; Steelmaking Coal: steelmaking coal; Nickel: nickel; Manganese: 
manganese ore. Revenue reported within Corporate and other includes net margins from marketing and trading activities in the Group’s energy 
solutions activities, shipping services provided to third parties and sale of ancillary products. See note 40C for the Group’s accounting policy on 
revenue recognition.
Other revenue principally relates to iridium, gold, ruthenium and molybdenum. The revenue analysis below includes the Group’s share of revenue 
in equity accounted associates and joint ventures up to the point of being classified as held for sale (see note 34) excluding special items and 
remeasurements. See note 14. 
2024
2023
US$ million
Revenue from 
contracts with 
customers
Revenue from 
other sources
Group 
revenue
Revenue from 
contracts with 
customers
Revenue from 
other sources
Group
 revenue
Copper
 
7,008  
(60)  
6,948 
 
6,824  
86  
6,910 
Iron ore
 
5,810  
(356)  
5,454 
 
6,548  
606  
7,154 
Platinum
 
1,765  
11  
1,776 
 
1,723  
8  
1,731 
Palladium
 
1,249  
8  
1,257 
 
1,681  
9  
1,690 
Rhodium
 
1,148  
3  
1,151 
 
1,509  
22  
1,531 
Diamonds
 
3,262  
30  
3,292 
 
4,198  
69  
4,267 
Steelmaking coal
 
2,774  
505  
3,279 
 
3,155  
755  
3,910 
Thermal coal(1)
 
200  
53  
253 
 
213  
169  
382 
Nickel
 
1,045  
30  
1,075 
 
1,046  
47  
1,093 
Manganese ore
 
—  
359  
359 
 
—  
670  
670 
Shipping
 
1,541  
—  
1,541 
 
1,115  
—  
1,115 
Other
 
1,899  
298  
2,197 
 
1,770  
279  
2,049 
 
27,701  
881  
28,582 
 
29,782  
2,720  
32,502 
Reconciliation:
Less: Revenue from associates and joint ventures
 
—  
(1,228)  
(1,228)  
—  
(1,846)  
(1,846) 
Special items and remeasurements
 
—  
(64)  
(64)  
—  
(4)  
(4) 
Revenue
 
27,701  
(411)  
27,290 
 
29,782  
870  
30,652 
(1) For the year ended 31 December 2024, thermal coal represents 1% of Group revenue and comprises sales volumes of 14.2Mt. These arise from transitional marketing support provided to 
Thungela Resources, purchases from other third parties included within the Marketing business’ energy solutions activities, and secondary product sales from the Steelmaking Coal business.
Revenue from other sources for subsidiaries and joint operations loss of $411 million (2023: gain of $870 million) comprises net fair value losses 
relating to derivatives of $151 million (2023: net fair value gains of $880 million), net fair value losses relating to provisionally priced contracts of 
$196 million and revenue remeasurements losses of $64 million (2023: loss of $6 million and loss of $4 million respectively). Derivative net losses 
include both financial derivatives and the net margin arising on contracts for the physical sale and purchase of third-party material (third-party 
sales) where these contracts are accounted for as derivatives prior to settlement and are entered into to generate a trading margin.
Group revenue by destination
The Group’s geographical analysis of segment revenue is allocated based on the customer’s port of destination. Where the port of destination 
is not known, revenue is allocated based on the customer’s country of domicile.
2024
2023
US$ million
%
US$ million
%
China
 
9,428 
 34% 
 
9,891 
 30% 
India
 
1,754 
 6% 
 
2,275 
 7% 
Japan
 
3,005 
 11% 
 
3,783 
 12% 
Other Asia
 
4,566 
 16% 
 
5,710 
 18% 
South Africa
 
523 
 2% 
 
833 
 3% 
Other Africa
 
1,195 
 4% 
 
1,403 
 4% 
Brazil
 
689 
 2% 
 
923 
 3% 
Chile
 
989 
 3% 
 
882 
 3% 
Other South America
 
45 
—
 
63 
—
North America
 
1,159 
 4% 
 
1,230 
 4% 
Australia
 
102 
—
 
103 
—
United Kingdom(1)
 
1,739 
 6% 
 
1,902 
 6% 
Other Europe
 
3,388 
 12% 
 
3,504 
 10% 
 
28,582 
 100% 
 
32,502 
 100% 
(1) United Kingdom is Anglo American plc’s country of domicile.
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Financial performance
3. Earnings per share
Overview
The disclosures in this note include certain Alternative Performance Measures (APMs). For more information on the APMs used by the Group, 
including definitions, please refer to page 334.
US$
 
2024 
 
2023 
(Loss)/earnings per share
Basic
 
(2.53)  
0.23 
Diluted
 
(2.53)  
0.23 
Underlying earnings per share
Basic
 
1.60  
2.42 
Diluted
 
1.60  
2.40 
Headline earnings per share
Basic
 
0.72  
2.06 
Diluted
 
0.72  
2.05 
Further information
The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share is based on the following data:
(Loss)/profit attributable to 
equity shareholders of the 
Company
Underlying earnings
Headline earnings
 
2024 
 
2023 
 
2024 
 
2023 
 
2024 
 
2023 
Earnings (US$ million)
Basic and diluted earnings
 
(3,068)  
283 
 
1,937  
2,932 
 
875  
2,496 
Weighted average number of shares (million)
Basic number of ordinary shares outstanding
 
1,212  
1,214 
 
1,212  
1,214 
 
1,212  
1,214 
Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares
 
—  
6 
 
—  
6 
 
—  
6 
Diluted number of ordinary shares outstanding
 
1,212  
1,220 
 
1,212  
1,220 
 
1,212  
1,220 
The weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue is the weighted number of shares in issue throughout the year, and excludes shares 
held by employee benefit trusts and Anglo American plc shares held by Group companies.
In the year ended 31 December 2024, basic loss per share is equal to diluted loss per share as all potential ordinary shares are anti-dilutive. In the 
year ended 31 December 2024 there were 329,554 (2023: 345,152) share options that were potentially dilutive but not included in the 
calculation of diluted earnings because they were anti-dilutive.
Headline earnings, a Johannesburg Stock Exchange defined performance measure, is reconciled from profit attributable to equity shareholders 
of the Company as follows, and the reconciling items below are shown gross and net of tax and non-controlling interests:
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
Gross
Net
Gross
Net
(Loss)/profit attributable to equity shareholders of the Company
 
(3,068) 
 
283 
Special items and remeasurements
 
5,005 
 
2,649 
Underlying earnings for the financial year
 
1,937 
 
2,932 
Revenue remeasurements
 
(64)  
(34)  
(4)  
(3) 
Operating special items – restructuring
 
(295)  
(227)  
(142)  
(131) 
Other operating special items 
 
(100)  
(91)  
—  
— 
Operating remeasurements 
 
(49)  
(40)  
(86)  
(82) 
Non-operating special items – remeasurement of deferred consideration
 
(21)  
(14)  
(17)  
(14) 
Other non-operating special items
 
(7)  
97 
 
8  
6 
Financing special items and remeasurements 
 
(41)  
(41)  
(31)  
(31) 
Tax special items and remeasurements 
 
—  
(772)  
—  
(183) 
Other reconciling items 
 
81  
60 
 
(4)  
2 
Headline earnings for the financial year 
 
875 
 
2,496 
Other reconciling items principally comprise of impairments and write-off of assets in De Beers and Platinum Group Metals (2023: principally 
comprise of adjustments relating to business combinations in prior years partially offset by impairments in De Beers).
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Financial performance
4. Net finance costs
Overview
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Investment income
Interest income from cash and cash equivalents
 
344  
345 
Interest income from associates and joint ventures
 
7  
15 
Net interest income on defined benefit arrangements 
 
25  
24 
Other interest income
 
50  
43 
Investment income
 
426  
427 
Interest expense
Interest and other finance expense
 
(1,450)  
(1,322) 
Lease liability interest expense
 
(83)  
(62) 
Net interest cost on defined benefit arrangements
 
(42)  
(42) 
Unwinding of discount relating to provisions and other liabilities
 
(89)  
(79) 
 
(1,664)  
(1,505) 
Less: Interest expense capitalised
 
492  
515 
Interest expense
 
(1,172)  
(990) 
Other net financing gains/(losses)
Net foreign exchange gains/(losses)
 
58  
(51) 
Other net fair value (losses)/gains
 
(22)  
58 
Other net financing gains before special items and remeasurements
 
36  
7 
Financing remeasurements
 
(41)  
(31) 
Other net financing losses
 
(5)  
(24) 
Net finance costs
 
(751)  
(587) 
Further information
Interest income recognised on financial assets at amortised cost is $186 million (2023: $183 million) and interest expense recognised on financial 
liabilities at amortised cost is $984 million (2023: $769 million).
Interest expense capitalised predominantly relates to US dollar denominated borrowings which were capitalised at a weighted average interest 
rate of 7.3% (2023: 7.1%).
Revaluation of deferred consideration balances are classified as special items and remeasurements only when the original gain or loss on 
disposal or acquisition has been classified as a special item.
5. Income tax expense
Overview
2024
(Loss)/profit
before tax
US$ million
Tax (charge)
/credit
US$ million
Effective 
tax rate
Calculation of effective tax rate (statutory basis)
 
(924)  
(1,864) 
 (201.7%) 
Adjusted for:
Special items and remeasurements
 
5,360  
102 
Associates’ and joint ventures’ tax and non-controlling interests 
 
108  
(106) 
Calculation of effective tax rate (underlying)
 
4,544  
(1,868) 
 41.1% 
The underlying effective tax rate was 41.1% for the year ended 31 December 2024. This is higher than the underlying effective tax rate of 38.5% 
for the year ended 31 December 2023. The underlying effective tax rate in 2024 was mainly impacted by the relative level of profits arising in the 
Group’s operating jurisdictions.
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Financial performance
5. Income tax expense continued
Uncertainty and changes to tax regimes can materialise in any country in which we operate and the Group has no control over political acts, 
actions of regulators, or changes in local tax regimes. Global and local economic and social conditions can have a significant influence on 
governments’ policy decisions and these have the potential to change tax and other political risks faced by the Group.
In line with our published Tax Strategy, the Group actively monitors tax developments at a national level, as well as global themes and 
international policy trends, on a continuous basis, and has active engagement strategies with governments, regulators and other stakeholders 
within the countries in which the Group operates, or plans to operate, as well as at an international level. This includes global tax reforms such as 
those being agreed through the OECD’s Digitalisation of the Economy Project which seeks to reallocate taxing rights for large profitable groups 
(‘Pillar 1’) and has already effectively implemented a minimum effective tax rate of 15% on profits of large multinational groups in each country in 
which they operate (‘Pillar 2’).
The Group continues to review proposals and announced legislation to evaluate the potential impact and is engaging with policymakers in efforts 
to ensure that guidance and any required additional legislation is aligned to the stated policy objectives and that the Group is well placed to 
comply. The Pillar 2 rules applied to the Group from 1 January 2024 onwards, and the Group has put in place procedures to ensure compliance.
The disclosures in this note include certain Alternative Performance Measures (APMs). For more information on the APMs used by the Group, 
including definitions, please refer to page 334.
A. Analysis of charge for the year
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
United Kingdom tax
 
110  
165 
South Africa tax
 
425  
585 
Chile tax
 
561  
415 
Peru tax
 
215  
317 
Brazil tax
 
138  
77 
Other overseas tax
 
142  
265 
Prior year adjustments
 
(201)  
(76) 
Current tax
 
1,390  
1,748 
Deferred tax
 
372  
589 
Income tax expense before special items and remeasurements
 
1,762  
2,337 
Special items and remeasurements tax (note 9)
 
102  
(86) 
Income tax expense
 
1,864  
2,251 
Current tax includes royalties which meet the definition of income tax and are in addition to royalties recorded in operating costs.
Current tax includes Pillar 2 taxes of $nil.
The Group has applied the mandatory temporary exception under IAS 12 Income Tax in relation to the accounting for deferred taxes related to 
Pillar 2 income taxes.
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Financial performance
5. Income tax expense continued
B. Factors affecting tax charge for the year
The reconciling items between the United Kingdom corporation tax rate and the income tax expense are:
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
(Loss)/profit before tax
 
(924)  
3,595 
Less: Net income from associates and joint ventures
 
(134)  
(378) 
(Loss)/profit before tax (excluding associates and joint ventures)
 
(1,058)  
3,217 
Tax calculated at United Kingdom corporation tax rate of 25% (2023: 23.5%)
 
(265)  
756 
Tax effects of:
Items non-deductible/taxable for tax purposes
 
76  
61 
Temporary difference adjustments
Current year losses and temporary differences not recognised
 
487  
523 
Recognition of losses and temporary differences not previously recognised
 
(82)  
(96) 
Utilisation of losses and temporary differences not previously recognised
 
(9)  
(25) 
Write-off of losses and temporary differences previously recognised
 
21  
33 
Other temporary differences
 
(20)  
105 
Special items and remeasurements
Functional currency remeasurements (note 9)
 
159  
(119) 
Other special items and remeasurements
 
1,284  
687 
Other adjustments
Withholding taxes
 
86  
108 
Effect of differences between local and United Kingdom tax rates
 
430  
396 
Prior year adjustments
 
(73)  
(76) 
Other adjustments
 
(230)  
(102) 
Income tax expense
 
1,864  
2,251 
The special items and remeasurements reconciling charge of $1,443 million (2023: $568 million) relates to the net tax impact of total special 
items and remeasurements before tax calculated at the United Kingdom corporation tax rate less the associated tax recorded against these 
items and tax special items and remeasurements.
Included within withholding taxes for the year ended 31 December 2024 is a charge of $15 million (2023: $2 million) due to a reassessment 
of future dividend distributions.
Associates’ and joint ventures’ tax included within net income from associates and joint ventures for the year ended 31 December 2024 is 
a charge of $106 million (2023: $196 million). Excluding special items and remeasurements, this remains a charge of $106 million 
(2023: $196 million).
C. Tax amounts included in other comprehensive income
The Consolidated statement of comprehensive income includes a tax charge relating to an embedded derivative, recognised directly in OCI that 
will not be reclassified to the income statement, of $20 million (2023: credit of $18 million on remeasurement of net retirement benefit obligations). 
D. Tax amounts recognised directly in equity 
In 2024, deferred tax of $20 million was credited directly to equity (2023: charge of $6 million) mainly in relation to share-based payments.
Accounting judgement
The Group’s tax affairs are governed by complex domestic tax legislations, international tax treaties between countries and the interpretation of 
these by tax authorities and courts. Given the many uncertainties that could arise from these factors, judgement is often required in determining 
the tax that is due. Where management is aware of potential uncertainties, and where it is judged not probable that the taxation authorities would 
accept the uncertain tax treatment, a provision is made following the appropriate requirements set out in IFRIC 23 Uncertainty Over Income Tax 
Treatments, and determined with reference to similar transactions and, in some cases, reports from independent experts.
Accounting policy
See note 40G for the Group’s accounting policy on tax.
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Financial performance
6. Dividends
 
2024 
 
2023 
Proposed final ordinary dividend per share (US cents)
 
22  
41 
Proposed final ordinary dividend (US$ million)
 
268  
500 
These financial statements do not reflect the proposed final ordinary dividend as it is still subject to shareholder approval.
Dividends paid during the year are as follows:
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Final ordinary dividend for 2023 – 41 US cents per ordinary share (2022: 74 US cents per ordinary share)
 
503  
905 
Interim ordinary dividend for 2024 – 42 US cents per ordinary share (2023: 55 US cents per ordinary share)
 
523  
659 
 
1,026  
1,564 
As at the dividend record date, there are forecasted to be 1,220,323,552 (2023: 1,219,991,762) dividend bearing shares in issue.
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Significant items
Special items and remeasurements are a net 
charge of $5.0 billion and include impairment 
charges of $1.6 billion at the Woodsmith project 
(Crop Nutrients) and $2.9 billion at the De Beers 
Natural Diamonds CGU and restructuring costs 
linked to strategic change programmes across 
the Group of $0.3 billion. 
During 2024, the significant accounting judgements and 
estimates made by management included:
– The assessment of impairment and impairment 
reversal indicators
– The estimation of recoverable amount for impairment testing
– Classification of disposal groups as held for sale
Special items and remeasurements loss
$5.0 bn
(2023: $2.6 bn)
7. Significant accounting matters
Management necessarily makes judgements and estimates that can 
have a significant impact on the financial statements. The significant 
judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty that affect the 
results for the year ended 31 December 2024 are set out below. These 
relate to: the impairment and impairment reversal of assets and the 
classification of disposal groups as held for sale and discontinued 
operations. In addition to these items, information about other 
judgements and estimates determined by management is provided, 
where applicable, in the relevant note to the financial statements. The 
Group also considers the impact of climate change on judgements 
and estimates. Although not a key judgement or estimate in itself, 
climate change potentially impacts a number of judgements and 
estimates made by the Group, particularly where these are reliant on 
longer term forecasts.
Significant accounting judgements and estimates
Impairment and impairment reversal of assets
Significant accounting judgement – identification of impairment and 
impairment reversal indicators 
The Group assesses at each reporting date whether there are any 
indicators that its assets and cash generating units (CGUs) may be 
impaired, or that an impairment reversal is required for previously 
impaired assets and CGUs (other than goodwill). Assets which have 
previously been impaired are generally carried on the balance sheet 
at a value close to their recoverable amount at the last assessment 
date. Therefore in principle any change in operational assumptions or 
economic parameters could result in further impairment or impairment 
reversal if an indicator is identified. The assessment considers a wide 
range of potential indicators, including revisions to forecast operating 
performance, changes to capital projects, the impact of external 
factors such as tax rates for relevant geographies and both the 
Group’s internal long term economic forecasts and external market 
data. Judgement is required to determine whether the updates 
represent significant changes in the service potential of an asset or 
CGU, and are therefore indicators of impairment or impairment 
reversal. Particular judgement may be required to determine whether 
multiple changes are linked to the same underlying factor and hence 
should be assessed together, for example where inflationary pressures 
lead to offsetting increases in both forecast revenues and costs. The 
Group uses quantitative data and sensitivity analysis using discounted 
cashflow models to inform these judgements where relevant.
For certain previously impaired assets where an impairment or 
impairment reversal trigger has not been identified at 
31 December 2024, it is reasonably possible that an impairment 
or reversal trigger, and hence a potential material adjustment to 
the carrying value, may arise within the next twelve months. Further 
information about these assets is provided below:
Woodsmith
The Woodsmith polyhalite project is currently under construction and 
has recognised previous impairments of $1.7 billion prior to the start of 
2024, which remain eligible for potential impairment reversal. During 
the year, a full impairment assessment was undertaken (see note 8) 
due to the announced project development slowdown which resulted 
in a further impairment charge of $1.6 billion recognised at 30 June 
2024. The valuation remains inherently sensitive to changes in 
economic and operational assumptions, in particular the forecast 
polyhalite price and discount rate. The Group has reassessed key input 
assumptions as at 31 December 2024 including a consideration of the 
movements in the latest Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report. 
Given detailed technical reviews are ongoing, the Group believes the 
assumptions for these key inputs used in the valuation prepared at 30 
June 2024 remain appropriate at 31 December 2024 and hence no 
further indicators of impairment or reversal have been identified.
Minas-Rio
The Minas-Rio CGU includes the Minas-Rio iron ore mine and the 
Ferroport joint venture, which provides port services to ship the mine’s 
production. The CGU has been previously impaired, of which 
$5.7 billion remains eligible for potential reversal. The valuation is 
inherently sensitive to changes in economic and operational 
assumptions, particularly the iron ore price and the BRL/USD exchange 
rate. The Group has reviewed operational and macroeconomic 
developments in the year, and concluded that there are no indicators 
of impairment or impairment reversal.
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Significant items
7. Significant accounting matters continued
Significant accounting estimate – estimation of recoverable amount
Where indicators of impairment or impairment reversal are identified 
(or at least annually for goodwill and indefinite life assets), or prior to 
when assets are classified as held for sale, the Group performs 
impairment reviews to assess the recoverable amount of the relevant 
operating assets. The recoverable amount is assessed with reference 
to fair value less costs of disposal, as this is higher than the value in use 
model for the Group’s assets. The fair value less cost of disposal is 
estimated with reference to the share price of listed subsidiaries, to 
signed sales agreements or indicative offers where relevant and 
available for CGUs in the process of divestment and discounted 
cashflows for other assets. The expected future cash flows used in 
these models are inherently uncertain and could materially change 
over time. They may be significantly affected by a number of factors 
including Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources, together with 
economic factors such as commodity prices, exchange rates, discount 
rates and estimates of production costs and future capital expenditure. 
Where discounted cash flow models based on management’s 
assumptions are used, the resulting fair value measurements are 
considered to be at level 3 in the fair value hierarchy, as defined in 
IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement, as they depend, to a significant 
extent, on unobservable valuation inputs.
Cash flow projections are based on financial budgets and Life of Asset 
Plans or, for non-mine assets, an equivalent appropriate long term 
forecast, incorporating key assumptions as detailed below: 
– Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources 
Ore Reserves and, where considered appropriate, Mineral 
Resources are incorporated in projected cash flows, based on Ore 
Reserves and Mineral Resources statements and exploration and 
evaluation work undertaken by appropriately qualified persons. 
Mineral Resources are included where management has a high 
degree of confidence in their economic extraction, despite 
additional evaluation still being required prior to meeting the 
required confidence to convert to Ore Reserves. Risk adjustments 
are applied to the inclusion of these Mineral Resources where 
appropriate. For further information, refer to the unaudited Ore 
Reserves and Mineral Resources Report 2024. 
– Commodity and product prices 
Commodity and product prices are based on latest internal 
forecasts, benchmarked with external sources of information such 
as the range of available analyst forecasts and for the short term, 
spot prices where applicable. In estimating the forecast cash flows, 
management also takes into account the expected realised price 
from existing contractual arrangements. Price forecasts are made 
with reference to the impact of climate change on supply and 
demand fundamentals for each commodity but are not aligned to 
any particular emissions scenario. 
– Foreign exchange rates 
Foreign exchange rates are based on latest internal forecasts, 
benchmarked with external sources of information for relevant 
countries of operation or directly from external forecasts.
– Discount rates 
Cash flow projections used in fair value less costs of disposal 
impairment models are discounted based on real post-tax discount 
rates, assessed annually. Adjustments to the rates are made for any 
risks that are not reflected in the underlying cash flows, including the 
risk profile of the individual asset and country risk. 
– Operating costs, capital expenditure and other operating factors 
Operating costs and capital expenditure are based on the most 
recently approved financial budgets. Cash flow projections beyond 
the budget period are based on Life of Asset Plans, as applicable, 
and internal management forecasts. Cost assumptions incorporate 
management experience and expectations, as well as the nature 
and location of the operation and the risks associated therewith 
(for example, the grade of Ore Reserves varying significantly over 
time and unforeseen operational issues). Underlying input cost 
assumptions are consistent with related output price assumptions. 
Other operating factors, such as the timelines of granting licences 
and permits, are based on management’s best estimate of the 
outcome of uncertain future events at the balance sheet date. 
Where an asset has potential for future development through capital 
investment, to which a market participant would attribute value, and 
the costs and economic benefits can be estimated reliably, this 
development is included in the recoverable amount (with appropriate 
risk adjustments). 
For CGUs where the Group is pursuing an active divestment plan and 
for which at least indicative offers have been received, the Group will 
assess the recoverable amount of the asset with reference to the fair 
value of the consideration included in either signed sales agreements 
or, if relevant, indicative offers received. Part of this assessment will 
consider the likelihood of any transaction completing under the terms 
and for the value proposed by the respective potential purchaser. 
Where such sales agreements are used, the resulting fair value 
measurements are considered to be at level 3 in the fair value 
hierarchy, as defined in IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement, as they 
depend to a significant extent on unobservable valuation inputs.
Significant estimate – sensitivity disclosures
The recoverable amounts of the following assets are considered to 
be significant accounting estimates as a material impairment or an 
impairment reversal could arise within the next twelve months due to 
a realistic change in assumptions:
– De Beers
– Woodsmith
Key input and sensitivity information for these assets is provided in 
note 8.
Significant accounting judgement – classification of disposal groups 
as held for sale and discontinued operations
The Group’s accounting policy for disposal groups held for sale is 
detailed in note 40I.
Areas of particular judgement in respect of the held for sale 
classification during the year ended 31 December 2024 were as 
follows:
Steelmaking Coal
The Moranbah-Grosvenor (MG) joint operations and Jellinbah associate 
have been classified as held for sale following agreement of the 
respective sales agreements as regulatory approvals and conditions 
precedent to the sales are not considered substantive. The relevant 
assets and liabilities are therefore considered to be available for 
immediate sale as at 31 December 2024. However, for the remaining 
Steelmaking Coal (SMC) business that is subject to a separate Share 
Purchase Agreement, changes to the legal structure of the business are 
required which can only occur following the MG completion. Furthermore, 
there is increased complexity around pre-emptive rights that could cause 
potential changes to the timing and structure of the sale. Therefore, as a 
result of the uncertainties and interdependencies around this business, 
this has resulted in the conclusion that the remaining SMC business did 
not meet the held for sale criteria for accounting purposes at the balance 
sheet date.
As Moranbah-Grosvenor and Jellinbah by themselves do not represent 
a separate major line of business or geographical area of operation, the 
Steelmaking Coal business was recognised as part of the continuing 
operations of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2024. Should 
the remainder of the SMC business have met the criteria as held for sale 
the results of the SMC segment (refer to note 2) would have been 
classified as discontinued operations and the assets and liabilities 
classified as held for sale at 31 December 2024 would have increased 
by $1.5 billion and $0.7 billion respectively. 
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Significant items
7. Significant accounting matters continued
Other
As at 31 December 2024, other businesses impacted by the planned 
divestments as part of the wider implementation of the accelerated 
strategy announced earlier in the year, including Platinum, De Beers 
and Nickel have been assessed against the held for sale criteria as per 
the Group's accounting policy. Whilst management remains 
committed to the divestment or demerger of these businesses, there is 
still uncertainty around the terms of any divestments or demergers, the 
legal structure of such arrangements and regulatory approvals 
thereon. As such, as at 31 December 2024 these businesses did not 
meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale. 
Climate change
Tackling climate change is the defining challenge of our time and 
understanding and addressing the implications of climate change for 
our business is embedded in our strategy. The Group’s response to 
climate change is implemented at an asset-level through the Group’s 
Sustainable Mining Plan and related Life of Asset Plans.
Climate change potentially impacts judgements and estimates made 
when preparing the Group’s financial statements. Potential impacts 
arise in three principal areas; physical risk such as extreme weather 
events or long term changes in climate patterns, transition risk as 
demand shifts between commodities and the Group’s climate 
ambitions as the financial impact of climate targets is reflected in 
operational decisions and cost structures.
The estimation of recoverable amounts for the Group’s non-current 
assets is currently the only judgement or estimate which is materially 
impacted by climate change. Further information about this estimate, 
together with additional information in other areas which may be 
impacted in the medium to long term, is provided below: 
Judgement/Estimate
Physical 
Risk
Transition 
Risk
Estimation of recoverable amounts
↥
↟
Useful economic lives of non-current assets
_
↥
Net realisable value of inventory
_
_
Measurement of rehabilitation and 
decommissioning provisions
↥
↥
↟ Significant impact on judgement/estimate 
↥ Moderate impact on judgement/estimate
— Limited impact on judgement/estimate
Estimation of recoverable amounts
Physical risk 
The cashflow forecasts used to determine the recoverable amount of 
the Group’s assets reflect our current best-estimate of the impact of 
material physical risks. The most significant impacts generally relate to 
managing either an excess or scarcity of water resources and the 
resulting impact on production levels. Cashflow forecasts also include 
the costs (and benefits) of risk mitigation actions included in the Life of 
Asset Plan, such as water purchases and the cost of new infrastructure. 
These forecasts may be revised in future periods as the Group 
continues its programme of detailed site-specific monitoring and 
assessments.
Transition risk 
Transition risk may impact the recoverable amount of the Group’s 
assets as forecast commodity prices are a key input in the discounted 
cashflow models which are used to calculate the recoverable amount. 
The Group’s discounted cashflow models are prepared on a fair value 
less cost of disposal basis, which requires input assumptions to be 
determined from the perspective of a market participant. While the 
Group has confirmed the strategic and financial resilience of its 
portfolio under a 1.5°C scenario as part of its Task Force on Climate-
Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) reporting, this scenario is not 
used for financial reporting purposes as it is not representative of 
management’s best estimate of the likely assumptions that would be 
used by a market participant when valuing the Group’s assets. 
The Group has not performed a full assessment of the implications of 
any resilience scenario on asset valuations used for financial reporting 
purposes. While there is a wide range of possible transition impacts for 
each level of warming depending on the assumptions made, we 
anticipate that prices for the majority of the Group’s commodities 
would be higher than existing forecasts in the short and medium term 
under a 1.5°C scenario, driven by growing investment in infrastructure 
associated with the transition to a low carbon economy while carbon 
prices are also likely to be higher than existing forecasts.
In the longer term, the more rapid decarbonisation of the steel value 
chain under a 1.5°C scenario through higher steel recycling rates and 
technological change would be expected to lead to lower benchmark 
prices for both iron ore and steelmaking coal, although we anticipate 
that for iron ore this may largely be offset by higher product premiums 
for the Group’s high quality lump and high grade pellet-feed products 
given these are particularly well-suited to less carbon intensive 
steelmaking technologies. The valuation of the Group’s steelmaking 
coal assets is less sensitive to changes in the long term price than other 
operations given the remaining asset lives.
Increased demand for battery electric vehicles in a 1.5°C scenario may 
also pose a downside risk to demand for the PGM-containing catalytic 
converters used in internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, although 
this is expected to be partly offset by hybrids, which require similar 
quantities of PGMs, and in the longer term, fuel cell electric vehicles. 
The recoverable amount of the Group’s PGM assets is currently 
significantly in excess of their accounting carrying values, which makes 
these carrying values less sensitive to changing valuation input 
assumptions than other assets. 
Climate ambitions and targets
The Group has a number of climate targets, which are disclosed on 
pages 70–75.
When preparing valuation models on a fair value less cost of disposal 
basis the Group generally assumes that any purchaser would retain 
similar climate targets and ambitions. The Group therefore includes the 
cost and commercial benefits of achieving its emissions reduction 
ambitions and targets once the Group has a high degree of 
confidence that a project is technically feasible and it is included in the 
Life of Asset Plan, which typically aligns with the related capital project 
being internally approved. This is consistent with the approach taken 
for other key assumptions such as forecasted operating costs and 
capital expenditures as outlined above. 
Some projects relating to the Group’s climate targets and ambitions 
are not included in the Life of Asset Plans, generally because it is not 
yet possible to reliably estimate the costs and benefits or technical 
feasibility has not been demonstrated. While the costs and benefits of 
such projects are not included in cashflow forecasts (other than study 
costs within the next five years), the Group includes an adjustment 
within the forecast for the cost of unabated future Scope 1 and 2 
emissions irrespective of whether each jurisdiction currently has a 
carbon tax or similar regime in place. When new emissions reduction 
projects are included in the Life of Asset Plan, the valuation impact of 
including the related project’s cost is therefore offset by the removal of 
the cost of the emissions. 
Carbon prices are used both as an input into our commodity price 
forecasts and in our forecast carbon cost for each operation. Carbon 
costs included in the valuation of each asset are based on the forecast 
carbon price per tonne/CO2e, multiplied by estimated Scope 1 and 2 
emissions for the relevant operation. Short term carbon prices are 
incorporated based on currently enacted legislation (where relevant). 
Short term carbon prices for jurisdictions without currently enacted 
legislation and long term prices for all jurisdictions are based on the 
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Significant items
7. Significant accounting matters continued
latest internal views of what a market participant would assess, formed 
with reference to external forecasts. Separate carbon prices are used for 
each region in which the Group operates. These internal prices range 
between $0 and $128 per tonne (2024 real basis) by 2030. 
The Group has an ambition to reduce its Scope 3 emissions by 50% 
(against a 2020 baseline) by 2040. The Group has signed a number 
of agreements with steel producers to explore how the Group’s high 
quality iron ore and steelmaking coal products can facilitate the 
decarbonisation of the steel value chain. The financial cost of these 
agreements is incurred centrally and is not expected to be material to 
the Group. It is therefore not included in asset-level valuation models.
Useful economic lives of non-current assets 
Physical risk
Physical risk is not expected to have a material impact on the useful 
economic lives of the Group’s assets based on the risk assessments 
conducted to date, given the risk mitigation strategies in place. 
Transition risk 
Transition risk may impact the useful economic lives of the Group’s 
mining properties if changing commodity prices extend or reduce the 
period in which resources can be extracted from an orebody 
economically. This would in turn impact the depreciation charge. 
The depreciation charge relating to mining properties is $867 million. 
Considering the alignment of the Group’s portfolio to future-enabling 
products, we believe any impact of transition risk is not likely to be 
material. 
The useful economic lives of other assets are generally shorter and 
therefore less exposed to transition risk than mining properties.
Climate ambitions and targets
Any impact is not currently expected to be material as new 
technologies will be phased in as existing equipment or other 
infrastructure naturally come to the end of their life. The introduction 
of dual-fuelled LNG vessels into the Group’s shipping fleet has not 
significantly impacted asset lives as vessels have previously been 
leased for relatively short periods of up to two years. 
Net realisable value of inventory
Physical risk
Any impact is not currently expected to be material.
Transition risk 
Transition risk could result in the recognition of an impairment if falling 
commodity prices mean that the net realisable value is lower than the 
production cost at which inventory balances are generally recorded. 
Notwithstanding this, the majority of the Group’s inventory is expected 
to be used within one year and is therefore less exposed to transition 
risk, which will principally impact prices in the medium and long term. 
The Group’s long term inventory balances principally relate to the Iron 
Ore and Nickel reportable segments. These commodities are future-
enabling for a more sustainable world and hence the carrying value of 
related inventory is less likely to be impacted by climate change. 
Climate ambitions and targets
Any impact is not currently expected to be material.
Measurement of rehabilitation and decommissioning provisions
Physical risk
Physical risk may impact the cost of rehabilitating the Group’s sites, for 
example higher average rainfall may impact the water management 
strategies required for the tailings storage facilities. Changing weather 
patterns may also lead to increased rates of soil erosion and reduced 
vegetation rates. Cashflow forecasts include the Group’s current best 
estimate of the impact of such changes. 
Transition risk 
Transition risk may impact the useful economic lives of the Group’s 
mines and hence the present value of rehabilitation and 
decommissioning provisions by changing the period over which the 
future costs are discounted. The Group has reviewed the sensitivity of 
its provisions to changing asset lives and concluded that this does not 
represent an area of material estimation uncertainty. 
Climate ambitions and targets
Any impact is not expected to be material.
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Significant items
8. Impairment and impairment reversals
Overview
The Group has recognised the following impairments as special items in the year ended 31 December 2024:
 
2024
2023
US$ million
Before tax
Tax
Non-
controlling 
interests
Net
Before tax
Net
Impairments
De Beers (Diamonds)
 
(2,882)  
486  
360  
(2,036)  
(1,601)  
(1,558) 
Woodsmith (Crop Nutrients)
 
(1,554)  
—  
—  
(1,554)  
—  
— 
Barro Alto (Nickel)
 
—  
—  
—  
— 
 
(779)  
(544) 
Moranbah-Grosvenor (Steelmaking Coal)
 
(226)  
68  
—  
(158)  
—  
— 
Other(1)
 
(277)  
12  
40  
(225)  
(40)  
(40) 
Impairments recognised as special items
 
(4,939)  
566  
400  
(3,973)  
(2,420)  
(2,142) 
Impairment reversals
Kolomela (Kumba)
 
217  
(57)  
(74)  
86 
 
—  
— 
Steelmaking Coal(2)
 
104  
(5)  
—  
99 
 
—  
— 
Impairment reversals recognised as special items
 
321  
(62)  
(74)  
185 
 
—  
— 
Net impairments recognised as special items
 
(4,618)  
504  
326  
(3,788)  
(2,420)  
(2,142) 
(1) Other includes exploration assets within De Beers and other operations within Corporate (2023: Codemin (Nickel)). 
(2) Steelmaking Coal reversals relate to Capcoal and Peace River Coal.
Further information 
Additional information is provided for each of the Group’s assets where an impairment or impairment reversal has been recorded. Additional 
sensitivity disclosures are also provided for CGUs or groups of CGUs containing the most significant goodwill balances and for other assets where 
the recoverable amount is considered to be a significant estimate (see note 7). 
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
Impairments
Impairment 
reversals
Impairments
Allocated as:
Intangible assets
 
(481)  
— 
 
(1,438) 
Property, plant and equipment
 
(4,563)  
321 
 
(1,044) 
Other
 
(9)  
— 
 
(10) 
Total
 
(5,053)  
321 
 
(2,492) 
Recognised before tax:
As special items
 
(4,939)  
321 
 
(2,420) 
Within operating costs before special items
 
(114)  
— 
 
(72) 
Total
 
(5,053)  
321 
 
(2,492) 
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8. Impairment and impairment reversals continued
Impairments and impairment reversals recorded
De Beers (Diamonds)
Overview
Following a full impairment of the goodwill balance at 31 December 
2023, the CGUs within the De Beers business are no longer 
aggregated for impairment testing purposes. 
The De Beers business is separated into the Natural Diamonds CGU 
and other CGUs, including Element Six, Lightbox and De Beers 
Jewellers. The Natural Diamonds CGU contains an indefinite life brand 
and therefore an annual impairment assessment is required.
The recoverable amount of De Beers Natural Diamonds CGU was 
assessed as at 31 December 2024 and an impairment of $2.9 billion 
($2.0 billion after tax and non-controlling interest) was recorded to 
bring the carrying value in line with the recoverable amount of 
$4.1 billion, calculated using a discount rate of 8% (2023: 7.5%). 
The impairment has been allocated primarily to property, plant and 
equipment: $2.5 billion and intangibles assets: $0.4 billion.
Changes in 2024
The reduction in the recoverable amount is primarily driven by lower 
prices than previous forecasts reflecting a reduction in forecast 
consumer demand and lower diamond content assumptions due to 
forecast changes in consumer trends. This reflects macroeconomic 
uncertainty mainly in China where there has been a general fall in 
demand for luxury goods, as well as the strengthening of the US dollar 
against consumer country currencies which has had an adverse 
impact on demand in US dollar terms. Management has updated its 
best estimates for the timing of differentiation between lab grown and 
natural diamonds, which although has already started, will now take 
longer to embed. Management has also increased its assumption for 
the residual impact on the natural diamond market in the medium to 
long term. 
The model continues to incorporate the financial impact of revised 
contractual terms relating to De Beers’ longstanding mutually 
beneficial relationship with the Government of the Republic of 
Botswana (negotiations were successfully concluded on 3 February 
2025) and remain substantively aligned with the prior year 
assumptions. 
Inputs to the valuation
The following are key inputs in the consumer demand forecast which in 
turn drives forecast prices: 
– It is still assumed that lab grown diamonds (LGD) will become clearly 
established as a product distinct from natural diamonds. The model 
forecasts a bifurcation between lab grown and natural diamond 
product offerings which, given the price differential between the 
products has started, but will take time to fully embed, with an 
increased residual impact on the natural diamond market in the 
medium to long term, compared to the prior year. 
– The model assumes real GDP growth, weighted by the markets in 
which the business operates, of 3% (2023: 3.3%) over the next five 
years and starting from a lower base in 2024.
– The external foreign exchange medium term forecast against the US 
dollar in our end consumer markets is annual US dollar depreciation 
of 1.3% against the Chinese renminbi, 2.9% against the Japanese 
yen and 1.4% against the euro compared to 2024 actual average 
rates. The US dollar is forecasted to appreciate by 0.2% against the 
Indian rupee.
– It is assumed that due to changes in consumer preferences, there 
will be a shift towards branded jewellery. Whilst this would generate 
future category growth for Natural Diamonds, the diamond content 
per dollar spent is expected to be lower.
Forecast producer currencies are also a key input to the model as the 
forecasts impact operating costs in US dollar terms. In the medium 
term, it is assumed that the Southern African producer currencies 
exchange rates depreciate by 2% for the Botswana pula and 1.8% for 
the South African rand per annum against the US dollar compared to 
the 2024 actual rates. Thereafter, purchasing power parity is assumed 
against the US dollar. 
Sensitivities 
The valuation remains sensitive to reasonably possible changes in the 
key inputs. Sensitivities are presented below on the basis that all other 
assumptions remain constant, although in reality changes may not 
occur independently of each other: 
– A 0.5 percentage point increase or decrease in consumer countries 
GDP growth rate results in a change in the impairment charge of 
$0.6 billion. 
– A 5% appreciation or depreciation of the US dollar against consumer 
countries’ currencies results in a change in the impairment charge of 
$0.3 billion. 
– A 5% appreciation or depreciation of producer country currencies 
against our assumed US dollar results in a change in the impairment 
charge of $0.7 billion.
– A 1 year delay in bifurcation of natural diamonds and lab grown 
diamonds or a 1 percentage point increase in the long term LGD 
residual impact would result in an increase in the impairment charge 
of $0.2 billion. 
– A 0.5% change in the discount rate would result in a change in the 
impairment charge of $0.2 billion. 
$3.1 billion remains eligible for reversal in future periods.
Woodsmith (Crop Nutrients)
The Woodsmith project was previously impaired as at 31 December 
2022, of which $1.7 billion remains eligible for reversal. During the year, 
the Group announced a slowdown in the development of the project in 
order to support balance sheet deleveraging within the context of 
broader portfolio simplification. This slowdown and the resultant 
impact on the production schedule and capital expenditure was 
identified as an indicator of impairment at 30 June 2024. This resulted 
in an impairment of $1.6 billion ($1.6 billion after tax) to bring the 
carrying value in line with the recoverable amount of $0.9 billion. The 
impairment was allocated primarily to property, plant and equipment. 
The valuation is inherently sensitive to changes in economic and 
operational assumptions and there is a wide range of potential 
outcomes given the early stage of project development:
– The June model used a long term forecast price for polyhalite of $199/
tonne (2024 real basis), which is calculated using a probabilistic 
average of a number of pricing methodologies (including a blend 
substitution approach) due to the immaturity of the existing polyhalite 
sector and the pricing uncertainty that this brings. This long term forecast 
price was the same as the price used in the 2022 model, adjusted for 
inflation. If prices were increased or decreased by $10/tonne throughout 
the model, the valuation would change by $0.4 billion.
– The June model used a discount rate of 9.58%, which is also 
unchanged from the 2022 model and included a development 
stage premium. If the discount rate were reduced by 0.5 percentage 
points, the valuation would increase by $0.4 billion. 
– The June model assumed first saleable production occurs in 2030 
(2022 model: 2027) subject to ongoing development activities and 
completion of critical studies with a measured future ramp-up to 
13 Mt p.a. (2022 model: 13 Mt p.a.). If first production were delayed 
by a further six months with no changes to the ramp-up profile or 
other assumptions, the valuation would decrease by $0.3 billion. 
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Significant items
8. Impairment and impairment reversals continued
Capital expenditure is expected to be $0.3 billion in 2025 and nil in 
2026. The forecast for subsequent years was based on the latest 
internal estimates. Any changes to forecast capital expenditure have 
a direct impact on the recoverable amount of the asset (assuming all 
other inputs remain the same) given the nearer term nature of 
the expenditure.
There were no further triggers for impairment or reversal identified at 
31 December 2024.
Moranbah-Grosvenor (Steelmaking Coal)
The Moranbah-Grosvenor CGU within the Steelmaking Coal segment 
has previously been impaired, of which $0.1 billion remains eligible for 
reversal. The signing of the sales agreement and reclassification of the 
CGU to held for sale were considered to be triggers for impairment and  
therefore a valuation model was completed with reference to the 
signed Share and Asset Purchase Agreement (SAPA), which provided 
an indicative fair value. 
The valuation as at 31 December 2024 resulted in an impairment of 
$0.2 billion ($0.2 billion after tax) against property, plant and 
equipment to bring the carrying value of the disposal group to $1.8 
billion. The SAPA included elements of deferred consideration, 
including price-linked contingent consideration and consideration 
linked to the Grosvenor mine restart. For the purposes of the 
impairment valuation these elements of the consideration were 
discounted at rates between 7.1% and 11.6% depending on the risk 
profile of the payments. For the valuation of the price-linked 
consideration, the model uses forecast steelmaking coal prices that fall 
within the last quartile of the analyst price range throughout the model. 
The Grosvenor restart consideration was valued based on 
management's best estimate of the timing of the mine's restart. In 
addition to the CGU valuation, an immaterial write-down of property, 
plant and equipment was recognised for the physical damage caused 
by the Grosvenor fire. 
The valuation is not materially sensitive to reasonably possible 
changes in key assumptions. 
Kolomela (Kumba)
At 31 December 2024, following revisions to the forecast production 
profile in the latest Life of Asset Plan, the valuation of the Kolomela 
mine was assessed, and the previous impairment has been reversed to 
the carrying value of $0.9 billion that would have been determined had 
no impairment loss previously been recognised, resulting in a gain of 
$0.2 billion ($0.1 billion after tax and non-controlling interests), 
calculated using a discount rate of 9.3%. 
The latest valuation is inherently sensitive to changes in economic and 
operational assumptions. The model uses forecast iron ore prices that 
fall within the analyst range throughout the model. The price in the 
model from 2029 onwards falls within the last quartile of the analyst 
price range of $85/tonne to $92/tonne (Platts 62% CFR reference 
basis, 2024 real basis). The model uses a forecast for the average 
South African rand to US dollar nominal exchange rate which falls 
within the analyst range of 17 ZAR/$ to 20 ZAR/$. 
The carrying value of the CGU is not materially sensitive to reasonably 
possible changes in key assumptions. 
Other
Impairments of $277 million (2023: $40 million) relate to individually 
immaterial amounts in the Corporate and other, and De Beers (2023: 
Nickel) reportable segments. These amounts are not materially 
sensitive to reasonably possible changes in key assumptions.
2023
Impairments and impairment reversals recorded 
De Beers 
At 31 December 2023, following revisions to price forecasts due to 
lower customer demand, the valuation of De Beers was assessed and 
an impairment of $1.6 billion ($1.6 billion after tax and non-controlling 
interest) was recorded against goodwill and property, plant and 
equipment to bring the carrying value in line with the recoverable 
amount of $7.6 billion for the De Beers Group, calculated using a 
discount rate of 7.5%. 
Barro Alto
At 31 December 2023, following changes in the long term cost profile, 
an impairment of $0.8 billion ($0.5 billion after tax and non-controlling 
interest) was recorded against property, plant and equipment.
Accounting judgements
Impairment testing involves a number of significant accounting 
judgements and estimates, which are set out in note 7.
CGU assessment 
As set out in note 7, the Group regularly assesses each of its cash 
generating units (CGUs) for indicators of impairment or impairment 
reversal. The Group applies judgement when allocating its assets to 
CGUs, which are defined as the smallest group of assets that generate 
cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from 
other assets or groups of assets. Where an operation is vertically 
integrated so that each activity/process feeds into the next one until 
a final product is produced, particular judgement may be required to 
determine whether there is an active market for any intermediate 
product. 
The Group’s platinum group metals mining, smelting and processing 
business is considered to be a single CGU on the basis that there is 
only an active market for the final refined product and hence none of 
the preceding stages in the production process would be capable of 
generating independent cash inflows. 
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Significant items
9. Special items and remeasurements
Overview
2024
2023
US$ million
Before tax
Tax
Non-
controlling 
interests
Net
Net
Revenue remeasurements
 
(64)  
4  
26  
(34)  
(3) 
Impairments
 
(4,939)  
566  
400  
(3,973)  
(2,142) 
Impairment reversals
 
321  
(62)  
(74)  
185 
 
— 
Restructuring costs
 
(295)  
37  
31  
(227)  
(131) 
Other operating special items
 
(214)  
38  
25  
(151)  
— 
Operating remeasurements
 
(49)  
6  
3  
(40)  
(82) 
Operating special items and remeasurements
 
(5,176)  
585  
385  
(4,206)  
(2,355) 
Disposals of businesses and investments
 
(77)  
6  
11  
(60)  
(29) 
Adjustments relating to business combinations
 
(14)  
—  
—  
(14)  
(26) 
Adjustments relating to former operations
 
12  
104  
6  
122 
 
(22) 
Non-operating special items
 
(79)  
110  
17  
48 
 
(77) 
Financing special items and remeasurements
 
(41)  
—  
—  
(41)  
(31) 
Tax special items and remeasurements
 
—  
(801)  
29  
(772)  
(183) 
Total
 
(5,360)  
(102)  
457  
(5,005)  
(2,649) 
Special items
Special items are those items of financial performance that, due to their 
size and nature, the Group believes should be separately disclosed on 
the face of the income statement. The Group classifies subsequent 
adjustments to items classified as special items on initial recognition in 
subsequent periods as special items. These items, along with related 
tax and non-controlling interests, are excluded from underlying 
earnings, which is an Alternative Performance Measure (APM). For 
more information on the APMs used by the Group, including definitions, 
please refer to page 334.
– Operating special items are those that relate to the operating 
performance of the Group and principally include impairment 
charges and reversals, and restructuring costs relating to significant 
reorganisation programmes.
– Non-operating special items are those that relate to changes in the 
Group’s asset portfolio. This category principally includes profits and 
losses on disposals of businesses and investments or closure of 
operations, adjustments relating to business combinations, and 
adjustments relating to former operations of the Group, such as 
changes in the measurement of deferred consideration receivable 
or provisions recognised on disposal or closure of operations in prior 
periods. This category also includes charges relating to Black 
Economic Empowerment (BEE) transactions.
– Financing special items are those that relate to financing activities 
and include realised gains and losses on early repayment of 
borrowings, and the unwinding of the discount on material 
provisions previously recognised as special items.
– Tax special items are those that relate to tax charges or credits 
where the associated cash outflow or inflow is anticipated to be 
significant due to its size and nature, principally including resolution 
of tax enquiries.
Remeasurements
Remeasurements are items that are excluded from underlying 
earnings in order to reverse timing differences in the recognition of 
gains and losses in the income statement in relation to transactions 
that, whilst economically linked, are subject to different accounting 
measurement or recognition criteria. Remeasurements include mark-
to-market movements on derivatives that are economic hedges of 
transactions not yet recorded in the financial statements, in order to 
ensure that the overall economic impact of such transactions is 
reflected within the Group’s underlying earnings in the period in which 
they occur. When the underlying transaction is recorded in the income 
statement, the realised gains or losses are recorded in underlying 
earnings within either revenue, operating costs or net finance costs, 
as appropriate. If the underlying transaction is recorded in the balance 
sheet, for example capital expenditure, the realised amount remains in 
remeasurements on settlement of the derivative.
– Revenue remeasurements, presented within revenue from other 
sources, include gains and losses on unsettled derivatives relating 
to revenue.
– Operating remeasurements include unrealised gains and losses 
on derivatives relating to operating costs or capital expenditure 
transactions. They also include the reversal through depreciation 
and amortisation of a fair value gain or loss, arising on revaluation 
of a previously held equity interest in a business combination.
– Financing remeasurements include unrealised gains and losses on 
financial assets and liabilities that represent economic hedges, 
including accounting hedges, related to financing arrangements.
– Tax remeasurements include foreign exchange impacts arising in 
US dollar functional currency entities where tax calculations are 
generated based on local currency financial information and hence 
tax is susceptible to currency fluctuations.
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Significant items
9. Special items and remeasurements continued
Revenue remeasurements
The loss of $64 million ($34 million after tax and non-controlling 
interests) (2023: loss of $3 million) relates to remeasurements on 
derivatives presented in revenue from other sources. For further details 
see note 2. 
Operating special items
Impairments 
Impairments of $4,939 million ($3,973 million after tax and non-
controlling interests) recognised for the year ended 31 December 2024 
primarily relate to impairments on Natural Diamonds (De Beers) of 
$2,882 million ($2,036 million after tax and non-controlling interests) 
and Crop Nutrients of $1,554 million ($1,554 million after tax and non-
controlling interests).
Further information on significant accounting matters relating to 
impairments is provided in note 8.
2023
Impairments of $2,142 million recognised for the year ended 
31 December 2023 primarily related to impairments within De Beers: 
$1,558 million and Barro Alto (Nickel): $544 million.
Impairment reversals
Impairment reversals of $321 million ($185 million after tax and 
non-controlling interests) recognised for the year ended 
31 December 2024 relate to impairment reversals recognised 
in Kumba and Steelmaking Coal.
Further information on significant accounting matters relating to 
impairment reversals is provided in note 8.
2023
There were no impairment reversals recognised for the year ended 
31 December 2023. 
Restructuring costs
Restructuring costs associated with an organisational change 
programme of $295 million ($227 million after tax and non-controlling 
interests) have been recognised for the year ended 
31 December 2024 (2023: $131 million).
Other operating special items
Other operating special items of $214 million recognised for the year 
ended 31 December 2024 ($151 million after tax and non-controlling 
interests) primarily relate to individual asset write-offs. 
2023
There were no other operating special items recognised for the year 
ended 31 December 2023. 
Operating remeasurements
Operating remeasurements reflect a loss of $49 million ($40 million 
after tax and non-controlling interests) (2023: $82 million) which 
principally relates to a $52 million (2023: $82 million) depreciation and 
amortisation charge arising due to the fair value uplift on the Group’s 
pre-existing 45% shareholding in De Beers, which was required on 
acquisition of a controlling stake in 2012.
Non-operating special items
Disposals of businesses and investments
The $77 million loss ($60 million after tax and non-controlling interests) 
relates to transaction costs associated with divestments across the Group. 
2023
The $29 million loss related to the disposal of Kroondal (Platinum 
Group Metals). 
Adjustments relating to business combinations
The $14 million loss ($14 million after tax and non-controlling interests) 
(2023: $26 million) relates to adjustments in respect of business 
combinations in prior years.
Adjustments relating to former operations
The net gain of $12 million ($122 million after tax and non-controlling 
interests) (2023: loss of $22 million) principally relates to foreign 
exchange movements on balances related to former operations 
(2023: principally related to Rustenburg and Union (Platinum Group 
Metals). The Rustenburg consideration was received in full in March 2023).
Financing special items and remeasurements
Financing special items and remeasurements comprise a net fair value 
loss of $41 million (2023: $31 million) in respect of fair value 
adjustments in relation to cross currency and interest rate swap 
derivatives and the related bonds.
Tax associated with special items and remeasurements
Tax associated with special items and remeasurements includes 
a tax remeasurement charge of $159 million (2023: credit 
of $119 million) principally arising on Brazilian deferred tax, a tax on 
special items and remeasurement credit of $699 million (2023: credit 
of $267 million) and a tax special items charge of $642 million, the 
most significant of which relates to deferred tax adjustments arising 
from the planned Platinum demerger (2023: charge of $300 million, 
principally related to deferred tax reassessment at Nickel, following 
impairment).
Of the total tax charge of $102 million (2023: credit of $86 million), 
there is a net current tax credit of $20 million (2023: charge of 
$34 million) and a net deferred tax charge of $122 million (2023: credit 
of $120 million).
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Capital base
We have a value-focused approach to capital allocation with clear 
prioritisation: maintain asset integrity; pay dividends to our shareholders 
while ensuring a strong balance sheet. Discretionary capital is then 
allocated based on a balanced approach.
Value-disciplined capital allocation throughout the cycle is 
critical to protecting and enhancing our shareholders’ capital, 
given the long term and capital intensive nature of our 
business.
The Group uses attributable return on capital employed 
(ROCE) to monitor how efficiently assets are generating profit 
on invested capital for the equity shareholders of the 
Company. Attributable ROCE is an Alternative Performance 
Measure (APM). For more information on the APMs used by 
the Group, including definitions, please refer to page 334.
Attributable ROCE decreased to 12% (2023: 16%). 
Attributable underlying EBIT decreased to $3.8 billion 
(2023: $5.4 billion), reflecting the impact of lower realised 
prices for the Group’s products and challenging diamond 
market conditions. Average attributable capital employed 
decreased to $31.7 billion (2023: $33.2 billion), primarily due 
to De Beers, Woodsmith and Steelmaking Coal impairments. 
Attributable ROCE %
 
2024 
2023
Copper
 23 
 20 
Iron Ore
 20 
 34 
Platinum Group Metals
 10 
 15 
De Beers
 (6) 
 (3) 
Steelmaking Coal
 15 
 27 
Nickel
 14 
 6 
Manganese
 16 
 81 
Crop Nutrients
n/a
n/a
Corporate and other
n/a
n/a
 12 
 16 
10. Capital by segment
The disclosures in this note include certain Alternative Performance Measures (APMs). For more information on the APMs used by the Group, 
including definitions, please refer to page 334.
Capital employed by segment
Capital employed is the principal measure of segment assets and liabilities reported to the Executive Leadership Team. Capital employed is 
defined as net assets excluding net debt, vessel lease contracts that are priced with reference to a freight index, the debit valuation adjustment 
attributable to derivatives hedging net debt and financial asset investments.
Capital employed
US$ million
 
2024 
2023
Copper
 
13,877  
14,309 
Iron Ore
 
9,644  
9,044 
Platinum Group Metals
 
5,167  
5,175 
De Beers
 
4,909  
7,257 
Steelmaking Coal
 
3,106  
3,364 
Nickel
 
588  
588 
Manganese
 
210  
141 
Crop Nutrients
 
947  
1,309 
Corporate and other
 
553  
1,240 
Capital employed
 
39,001  
42,427 
Reconciliation to Consolidated balance sheet:
Net debt
 
(10,623)  
(10,615) 
Net debt transferred to held for sale
 
(16)  
— 
Variable vessel leases excluded from net debt (see note 21)
 
(179)  
(637) 
Debit valuation adjustment attributable to derivatives hedging net debt
 
22  
3 
Financial asset investments
 
328  
439 
Net assets
 
28,533  
31,617 
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Capital base
10. Capital by segment continued
Non-current assets by location
Intangible assets,
Property, plant and equipment
Total non-current assets
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
 
2024 
 
2023 
South Africa 
 
10,222  
10,352 
 
11,106  
10,986  
Botswana
 
867  
2,025 
 
876  
2,031  
Other Africa 
 
633  
844 
 
638  
848  
Brazil
 
8,334  
7,112 
 
9,063  
7,817  
Chile
 
8,834  
8,253 
 
8,955  
8,330  
Peru
 
8,740  
8,654 
 
8,742  
8,693  
Other South America 
 
—  
— 
 
1  
1  
North America 
 
263  
630 
 
300  
642  
Australia and Asia 
 
1,456  
4,357 
 
1,533  
4,838  
United Kingdom(1)
 
2,345  
3,102 
 
2,465  
3,291  
Other Europe 
 
90  
99 
 
90  
99  
Non-current assets by location 
 
41,784  
45,428 
 
43,769  
47,576  
Unallocated assets 
 
1,437  
1,641  
Total non-current assets 
 
45,206  
49,217  
(1) United Kingdom is Anglo American plc’s country of domicile.
Total non-current assets by location primarily comprise intangible assets, property, plant and equipment and Investments in associates and 
joint ventures.
 11. Intangible assets
Overview
Intangible assets comprise goodwill acquired through business combinations, brands, contracts and other non-mining assets.
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
Brands
Contracts 
and other 
intangibles 
Goodwill
Total
Brands
Contracts 
and other 
intangibles 
Goodwill
Total
Net book value
At 1 January
 
496  
713  
270  
1,479 
 
517  
640  
1,671  
2,828 
Acquired through business combinations
 
—  
—  
—  
— 
 
—  
—  
50  
50 
Additions
 
—  
79  
—  
79 
 
—  
191  
—  
191 
Amortisation charge for the year
 
—  
(131)  
—  
(131)  
—  
(76)  
—  
(76) 
Impairments
 
(256)  
(175)  
(50)  
(481)  
(21)  
(27)  
(1,390)  
(1,438) 
Transfers to held to sale
 
—  
(3)  
—  
(3)  
—  
—  
—  
— 
Currency movements
 
—  
(2)  
(1)  
(3)  
—  
(15)  
(61)  
(76) 
At 31 December
 
240  
481  
219  
940 
 
496  
713  
270  
1,479 
Cost
 
517  
1,384  
1,689  
3,590 
 
517  
1,258  
1,732  
3,507 
Accumulated amortisation and impairment
 
(277)  
(903)  
(1,470)  
(2,650)  
(21)  
(545)  
(1,462)  
(2,028) 
Brands, contracts and other intangibles include $404 million (2023: $822 million) relating to De Beers, principally comprising assets 
that were recognised at fair value on acquisition of a controlling interest in De Beers in August 2012. At 31 December 2024, $240 million 
(2023: $496 million) of intangible assets that are deemed to have indefinite useful lives relating to the De Beers brand. 
Further information
Goodwill relates to the following cash generating units (CGUs) or groups of CGUs:
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Copper Chile
 
124  
124 
Platinum Group Metals
 
95  
96 
Other
 
—  
50 
 
219  
270 
Accounting judgements and estimates
Goodwill and brands are tested at least annually for impairment by assessing the recoverable amount of the related CGU or group of CGUs. 
Management believe that any reasonably possible change in a key assumption, on which the recoverable amount of goodwill allocated to the 
Los Bronces – Chagres CGU (Copper Chile) and Platinum Group Metals is based, would not cause the carrying values to exceed their 
recoverable amounts. Further details about how the recoverable amounts have been determined are set out in notes 7 and 8. 
Accounting policy
See note 40D for the Group’s accounting policies on intangible assets.
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12. Property, plant and equipment
Overview
Property, plant and equipment comprises the physical assets that make up the Group’s operations. These include acquired mineral rights, 
capitalised waste stripping and mine development costs, processing plants and infrastructure, vehicles and other equipment.
2024
Owned and leased assets
US$ million
Mining 
properties 
– Owned
Land and 
buildings 
– Owned
Land and 
buildings 
– Right-of-
use assets
Plant and 
equipment 
– Owned
Plant and 
equipment 
– Right-of-
use assets
Capital 
works in 
progress
Total
Net book value
At 1 January 
 
11,529  
5,601  
443  
16,006  
934  
9,436  
43,949 
Additions
 
1,460  
98  
67  
17  
367  
5,313  
7,322 
Depreciation charge for the year
 
(867)  
(202)  
(55)  
(1,576)  
(327)  
—  
(3,027) 
Impairments
 
(1,614)  
(31)  
(38)  
(213)  
(1)  
(2,799)  
(4,696) 
Impairment reversals
 
99  
41  
—  
93  
—  
88  
321 
Revaluation of shipping leases
 
—  
—  
—  
—  
(355)  
—  
(355) 
Disposals
 
(3)  
(2)  
(4)  
(17)  
—  
(40)  
(66) 
Transfer to assets held for sale
 
(952)  
(52)  
(11)  
(570)  
(2)  
(490)  
(2,077) 
Reclassifications
 
1,096  
170  
22  
2,120  
(22)  
(3,386)  
— 
Currency movements
 
(231)  
(21)  
(3)  
(129)  
(4)  
(139)  
(527) 
At 31 December 
 
10,517  
5,602  
421  
15,731  
590  
7,983  
40,844 
Cost
 
24,688  
7,107  
709  
34,667  
1,299  
12,454  
80,924 
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
 (14,171)  
(1,505)  
(288)  (18,936)  
(709)  
(4,471)  (40,080) 
 
2023 
Owned and leased assets
US$ million
Mining 
properties 
– Owned
Land and 
buildings 
– Owned
Land and 
buildings 
– Right-of-
use assets
Plant and 
equipment 
– Owned
Plant and 
equipment 
– Right-of-
use assets
Capital 
works in 
progress
Total
Net book value
At 1 January 
 
10,032  
1,655  
464  
13,999  
312  
14,663 
 
41,125 
Additions
 
307  
12  
53  
258  
536  
6,162 
 
7,328 
Depreciation charge for the year
 
(859)  
(147)  
(52)  
(1,437)  
(240)  
— 
 
(2,735) 
Impairments
 
(283)  
(310)  
(11)  
(268)  
(34)  
(138) 
 
(1,044) 
Revaluation of shipping leases
 
—  
—  
—  
—  
362  
— 
 
362 
Disposals
 
(20)  
(11)  
—  
(88)  
(1)  
(1) 
 
(121) 
Reclassifications
 
2,825  
4,453  
—  
3,689  
—  (10,967) 
 
— 
Currency movements
 
(473)  
(51)  
(11)  
(147)  
(1)  
(283) 
 
(966) 
At 31 December
 
11,529  
5,601  
443  
16,006  
934  
9,436 
 
43,949 
Cost
 
25,913  
7,052  
682  
35,130  
1,471  
11,381 
(1)
 
81,629 
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
 (14,384)  
(1,451)  
(239)  (19,124)  
(537)  
(1,945) (1)  
 (37,680) 
(1) Prior year restated to reflect the impact of leased vessels which were returned at the end of the lease.
Additions include $492 million (2023: $515 million) of net interest expense incurred on borrowings which fund the construction of qualifying 
assets that have been capitalised during the year, principally for the Woodsmith project in the UK (2023: Quellaveco copper project in Peru and 
Woodsmith project in the UK). 
Depreciation includes $2,954 million (2023: $2,623 million) of depreciation within operating profit, $39 million (2023: $68 million) of depreciation 
arising due to the fair value uplift on the pre-existing 45% shareholding in De Beers which has been included within operating remeasurements 
(see note 9), and $7 million (2023: $44 million) of pre-commercial production depreciation on assets used in capital projects which has been 
capitalised.
The impairment charge for the year relates principally to De Beers and Crop Nutrients reportable segments. 
Disposals includes disposals of assets and businesses.
Accounting judgements and estimates
Impairment testing
Impairment testing involves a number of significant accounting judgements and estimates, which are set out in note 7.
Depreciation 
Depreciation is calculated with reference to the Group’s best estimate of useful economic lives of assets. Useful economic lives of mining 
properties are generally limited to the expected life of the related orebody. The life of the orebody, in turn, is estimated on the basis of the Life of 
Asset Plan. Where an asset is not dependent on the life of a related orebody, management applies judgement in estimating the remaining useful 
economic life of the asset. Climate change may impact the useful economic lives of the Group’s mining properties if changing commodity prices 
extend or reduce the period in which resources can be extracted from an orebody economically. 
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Capital base
12. Property, plant and equipment continued
Deferred stripping
In certain mining operations, rock or soil overlying a mineral deposit, known as overburden, and other waste materials must be removed to access 
the orebody. The process of removing overburden and other mine waste materials is referred to as stripping.
The Group defers stripping costs onto the balance sheet where they are considered to improve access to ore in future periods. Where the amount 
to be capitalised cannot be specifically identified because stripping activities and production occur simultaneously, the amount to be capitalised 
is calculated based on the waste moved in excess of the life of mine average for the component. Determining the average strip ratio for the mine 
is an accounting estimate. The identification of components is an area of judgement, reflecting the design of each mine. Both accounting 
judgements and estimates are made with reference to the Life of Asset Plan. 
Accounting policy
See note 40D for the Group’s accounting policies on property, plant and equipment.
13. Capital expenditure
The disclosures in this note include certain Alternative Performance Measures (APMs). For more information on the APMs used by the Group, 
including definitions, please refer to page 334.
Capital expenditure by segment
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Copper
 
1,598  
1,684 
Iron Ore
 
945  
909 
Platinum Group Metals
 
1,013  
1,108 
De Beers
 
536  
623 
Steelmaking Coal
 
468  
619 
Nickel
 
74  
91 
Crop Nutrients
 
834  
641 
Corporate and other
 
22  
59 
Capital expenditure 
 
5,490  
5,734 
Reconciliation to Consolidated cash flow statement:
Cash flows used in derivatives related to capital expenditure
 
(1)  
(3) 
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment 
 
13  
16 
Direct funding for capital expenditure received from non-controlling interests 
 
30  
129 
Expenditure on property, plant and equipment 
 
5,532  
5,876 
Direct funding for capital expenditure from non-controlling interests related to the Quellaveco project was fully drawn in April 2023. No Mitsubishi 
funding for the coarse particle recovery project was received in 2024 as the full amount of the committed shareholder facility was received in 2023.
Capital expenditure by category
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Growth projects
 
1,155  
1,330 
Life-extension projects
 
636  
598 
Stay-in-business
 
2,699  
2,902 
Development and stripping
 
1,013  
920 
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment
 
(13)  
(16) 
 
5,490  
5,734 
Growth projects and life-extension projects capital expenditure includes the cash flows from derivatives related to capital expenditure and is net 
of direct funding for capital expenditure received from non-controlling interests.
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14. Investments in associates and joint ventures
Overview
Investments in associates and joint ventures represent businesses the Group does not control, but instead exercises significant influence or joint 
control. These include (within the respective businesses) the joint ventures Ferroport (port operations in the Iron Ore segment) and Samancor 
(manganese mining in the Manganese segment) and the associate Jellinbah (steelmaking coal production in the Steelmaking Coal segment). 
The Group’s other investments in associates and joint ventures arise primarily in the Platinum Group Metals segment and Crop Nutrients segment.
The disclosures in this note include certain Alternative Performance Measures (APMs). For more information on the APMs used by the Group, 
including definitions, please refer to page 334.
On 2 November 2024, the Group agreed the sale of its 33.3% minority interest in Jellinbah Group Pty Ltd (Jellinbah), an associate that owns a 
70% interest in the Jellinbah East and Lake Vermont steelmaking coal mines in Australia, to Zashvin Pty Limited (Zashvin). The Jellinbah associate 
met the criteria to be classified as held for sale on signing the sales agreement. In accordance with the requirements of the accounting standard, 
the investment value of $298 million was transferred to assets held for sale and the Group ceased recognition of its share of income from the 
associate from the date of the agreement. See note 34 for further details.
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
Associates
Joint ventures
Total
Associates
Joint ventures
Total
At 1 January
 
456  
610  
1,066 
 
416  
640  
1,056 
Net income/(loss) from associates and joint ventures
 
165  
(31)  
134 
 
248  
130  
378 
Dividends received
 
(253)  
(62)  
(315)  
(203)  
(184)  
(387) 
Investments in equity and capitalised loans
 
—  
62  
62 
 
4  
11  
15 
Impairments
 
—  
—  
— 
 
(10)  
—  
(10) 
Transfer to assets held for sale
 
(298)  
—  
(298)  
—  
—  
— 
Other movements
 
—  
(33)  
(33)  
2  
(2)  
— 
Currency movements
 
(30)  
1  
(29)  
(1)  
15  
14 
At 31 December
 
40  
547  
587 
 
456  
610  
1,066 
Further information
The Group’s total investments in associates and joint ventures include long term loans of $124 million (2023: $125 million), which in substance 
form part of the Group’s net investment. These loans are not repayable in the foreseeable future.
The Group’s share of the results of associates and joint ventures is as follows:
Income statement
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Group revenue
 
1,228  
1,846 
Operating costs (before special items and remeasurements)
 
(955)  
(1,234) 
Associates’ and joint ventures’ underlying EBIT
 
273  
612 
Net finance costs 
 
(31)  
(37) 
Income tax expense 
 
(106)  
(196) 
Non-controlling interests 
 
(2)  
(1) 
Net income from associates and joint ventures
 
134  
378 
Balance sheet
US$ million
Associates
Joint ventures
Total
Non-current assets
 
72  
895  
967 
Current assets
 
89  
437  
526 
Current liabilities
 
(75)  
(165)  
(240) 
Non-current liabilities
 
(46)  
(620)  
(666) 
Net assets as at 31 December 2024
 
40  
547  
587 
Net assets as at 31 December 2023
 
456  
610  
1,066 
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Capital base
14. Investments in associates and joint ventures continued
Further information
The Group’s share of the results of associates and joint ventures is as follows:
 
2024 
US$ million
Group 
revenue
Underlying 
EBITDA
Underlying 
EBIT
Share of net 
income
Dividends 
received
Ferroport
 
103  
72  
64  
44  
49 
Samancor
 
359  
116  
31  
—  
10 
Jellinbah(1)
 
553  
247  
237  
158  
247 
Other
 
213  
(59)  
(59)  
(68)  
9 
 
1,228  
376  
273  
134  
315 
 
2023 
US$ million
Group 
revenue
Underlying 
EBITDA
Underlying 
EBIT
Share of net 
income
Dividends 
received
Ferroport
 
105  
82  
74  
50  
55 
Samancor
 
670  
231  
145  
66  
127 
Jellinbah
 
779  
373  
360  
244  
198 
Other
 
292  
31  
33  
18  
7 
 
1,846  
717  
612  
378  
387 
Aggregate investment
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Ferroport
 
244  
290 
Samancor
 
215  
147 
Jellinbah(1)
 
—  
415 
Other
 
128  
214 
 
587  
1,066 
(1)
 On 2 November 2024, the Group entered into a binding sales agreement with Zashvin Pty Limited in relation to the sale of its 33.3% minority interest in Jellinbah Group Pty Ltd. No income has 
been recognised from the date of the agreement when the associate was reclassified as an asset held for sale. See note 34 for further details.
Accounting judgements
Impairment 
No indicators of impairment were identified for the Group’s material investments in associates and joint ventures during 2024. The key 
assumptions used in determining the recoverable amounts, and the classification of Jellinbah as held for sale are set out in note 7. 
Accounting policy
See note 40I for the Group’s accounting policy on associates and joint arrangements, which includes joint ventures.
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15. Financial asset investments
Overview
Financial asset investments include three categories. Financial assets at amortised cost principally comprise loans to and deposits with third 
parties including the Group’s associates and joint ventures. Assets classified at fair value through other comprehensive income principally 
comprise investments in equities of other companies. Financial assets held at fair value through profit or loss comprise financial assets that do not 
meet the criteria to be classified under either of the other two categories.
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
Financial 
assets at 
amortised cost
At fair value 
through 
profit or loss
At fair value
through other 
comprehensive 
income
Total
Financial 
assets at 
amortised cost
At fair value 
through 
profit or loss
At fair value 
through other 
comprehensive 
income
Total
At 1 January
 
234  
73  
132  
439 
 
226  
35  
167  
428 
Additions
 
—  
1  
4  
5 
 
—  
6  
50  
56 
Interest receivable
 
4  
4  
—  
8 
 
6  
2  
—  
8 
Net loans (repaid)/advanced
 
(17)  
(21)  
—  
(38)  
(1)  
39  
—  
38 
Disposals
 
—  
(3)  
(6)  
(9)  
—  
—  
(5)  
(5) 
Fair value and other movements
 
(47)  
(9)  
(19)  
(75)  
—  
(9)  
(76)  
(85) 
Currency movements
 
(2)  
—  
—  
(2)  
3  
—  
(4)  
(1) 
At 31 December
 
172  
45  
111  
328 
 
234  
73  
132  
439 
Current
 
—  
36  
—  
36 
 
17  
31  
—  
48 
Non-current
 
172  
9  
111  
292 
 
217  
42  
132  
391 
Accounting policy
See note 40D for the Group’s accounting policies on financial asset investments.
16. Provisions for liabilities and charges
Overview
US$ million
Environmental 
restoration
Decommissioning
Employee 
benefits
Onerous 
contracts
Legal
Restructuring
Other
Total
At 1 January
 
(1,888)  
(913)  
(180)  
(23)  
(229)  
(54)  
(271)  
(3,558) 
Additional provisions charged to income 
statement
 
(132)  
(12)  
(94)  
(18)  
(41)  
(237)  
(47)  
(581) 
Changes in discount rate
 
60  
31  
—  
—  
—  
—  
—  
91 
Capitalised
 
(8)  
(55)  
—  
—  
(9)  
—  
(116)  
(188) 
Unwinding of discount
 
(55)  
(26)  
(3)  
(1)  
—  
—  
—  
(85) 
Amounts applied
 
65  
21  
63  
5  
50  
143  
28  
375 
Unused amounts reversed
 
75  
29  
11  
13  
45  
17  
34  
224 
Transfer to held for sale
 
31  
90  
51  
—  
—  
—  
—  
172 
Currency movements
 
108  
42  
14  
3  
32  
6  
31  
236 
At 31 December
 
(1,744)  
(793)  
(138)  
(21)  
(152)  
(125)  
(341)  
(3,314) 
Current
 
(113)  
(24)  
(121)  
(9)  
(24)  
(120)  
(329)  
(740) 
Non-current
 
(1,631)  
(769)  
(17)  
(12)  
(128)  
(5)  
(12)  
(2,574) 
Further information
Environmental restoration
The Group has an obligation to undertake restoration, rehabilitation and environmental work when environmental disturbance is caused by the 
development or ongoing production of a mining property. A provision is recognised for the present value of such costs, based on management’s 
best estimate of the legal and constructive obligations incurred. Changes in legislation could result in changes in provisions recognised. It is 
anticipated that the majority of these costs will be incurred over a period in excess of 20 years. 
Decommissioning
Provision is made for the present value of costs relating to the decommissioning of plant or other site restoration work. It is anticipated that the 
majority of these costs will be incurred over a period in excess of 20 years.
The pre-tax, real discount rates that have been used in calculating the environmental restoration and decommissioning liabilities as at 
31 December 2024, in the principal currencies in which these liabilities are denominated and with matching maturities to the timelines are 
as follows: US dollar: 2.0%–2.2% (2023: 1.7%–1.9%); South African rand: 4.9%–5.0% (2023: 4.9%–5.0%); Australian dollar: 1.9%–2.4% 
(2023: 1.5%–1.8%); Chilean peso: 2.0%–2.9% (2023: 2.2%–2.6%); and Brazilian real: 7.0%–7.1% (2023: 5.5%–5.9%). 
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Capital base
16. Provisions for liabilities and charges continued
Movements in environmental restoration and decommissioning provisions resulted in a net credit of $77 million within operating profit (2023: net 
charge of $219 million). In addition, the Group is required to provide guarantees in several jurisdictions in respect of environmental restoration and 
decommissioning obligations. These have not resulted in the recognition of any additional liabilities.
At 31 December 2024, deferred tax assets (before offsetting) of $541 million (2023: $557 million) have been recognised within the financial 
statements in respect of environmental restoration and decommissioning liabilities.
Decommissioning and environmental restoration provisions also includes management's best estimates of all material costs of conformance with 
Global Industry Standard for Tailing Management (GISTM). Although the Group targets conformance with Anglo American equivalent standards 
for independently managed operations, there is no constructive obligation in respect of GISTM where the partner is not an ICMM member, unless 
a public commitment has been made by that partner.
Employee benefits
Provision is made for statutory or contractual employee entitlements where there is significant uncertainty over the timing or amount of 
settlement. It is anticipated that these costs will be incurred when employees choose to take their benefits.
Onerous contracts
Provision is made for the present value of certain long term contracts where the unavoidable cost of meeting the Group’s obligations is expected 
to exceed the benefits to be received. 
Other
Other provisions relate to social commitments and other claims and liabilities.
Environmental rehabilitation trusts
The Group makes contributions to controlled funds that were established to meet the cost of some of its restoration and environmental 
rehabilitation liabilities in South Africa. The funds comprise the following investments, which with the exception of some cash balances, are held in 
unit trusts:
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Equity
 
88  
76 
Bonds
 
44  
14 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
19  
18 
 
151  
108 
These assets are primarily denominated in South African rand. Where not held in a unit trust, cash and cash equivalents are held in short term 
fixed deposits or earn interest at floating inter-bank rates. Bonds held in unit trusts earn interest at a weighted average fixed rate of 4.3% 
(2023: 10.0%) for an average period of four years (2023: eight years). 
These funds are not available for the general purposes of the Group (see note 24). All income from these assets is reinvested to meet specific 
environmental obligations. These obligations are included in provisions as stated above.
Accounting judgements and estimates
Environmental restoration and decommissioning provisions
The recognition and measurement of environmental restoration and decommissioning provisions requires judgement and is based on 
assumptions and estimates, including the required closure and rehabilitation costs, the timing of future cash flows, and the discount rates applied. 
Future cash flows used to determine environmental restoration and decommissioning provisions are risk adjusted to reflect potential changes in 
relation to the key assumptions made in the mine closure plan. Discount rates applied to determine environmental restoration and 
decommissioning provisions represent a market assessment of the time value of money only, i.e. a risk-free rate. These rates are calculated on 
a real basis with reference to the yield for government bonds of the appropriate currency and duration. The Group has considered reasonably 
possible changes to discount rates and if the discount rates at 31 December 2024 were decreased by 1.0%, then the total environmental 
restoration and decommissioning provisions would increase by $0.5 billion. Increase in discount rates by 1.0% would decrease the total 
restoration and decommissioning provisions by $0.3 billion.
The Group considers the impact of climate change on environmental restoration and decommissioning provisions, specifically the timing of future 
cash flows, and has concluded that it does not currently represent a key source of estimation uncertainty. Changes to legislation, including in 
relation to climate change, are factored into the provisions when the legislation becomes enacted.
Accounting policy
See note 40D for the Group’s accounting policy on environmental restoration and decommissioning obligations.
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Capital base
17. Deferred tax
Overview
The movement in net deferred tax liabilities during the year is as follows:
US$ million
 
2024 
2023
At 1 January
 
(5,318)  
(5,051) 
Charged to the income statement
 
(494)  
(469) 
Charged to statement of comprehensive income
 
(19)  
— 
Credited to equity
 
20  
13 
Currency movements
 
44  
189 
At 31 December
 
(5,767)  
(5,318) 
Further information
Where there is a right of offset of deferred tax balances within the same tax jurisdiction, IAS 12 Income Taxes requires these to be presented after 
such offset in the Consolidated balance sheet. The closing deferred tax balances before this offset are as follows:
US$ million
 
2024 
2023
Deferred tax assets before offset
Tax losses
 
786  
706 
Post employment benefits
 
22  
— 
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances
 
178  
240 
Other temporary differences(1)
 
681  
638 
 
1,667  
1,584 
Deferred tax liabilities before offset
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation
 
(4,176)  
(4,410) 
Fair value adjustments
 
(339)  
(548) 
Withholding tax
 
(340)  
(22) 
Other temporary differences(2)
 
(2,579)  
(1,922) 
 
(7,434)  
(6,902) 
(1)  Other temporary differences include $541 million (2023: $557 million) of deferred tax assets related to environmental restoration and decommissioning provisions.
(2)  Other temporary differences primarily arise in relation to functional currency differences and deferred stripping costs.
The closing deferred tax balances after offset are as follows:
US$ million
 
2024 
2023
Deferred tax assets
 
294  
262 
Deferred tax liabilities
 
(6,061)  
(5,580) 
 
(5,767)  
(5,318) 
The amount of deferred tax charged to the Consolidated income statement is as follows:
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation
 
177  
(252) 
Fair value adjustments
 
159  
67 
Tax losses
 
61  
(92) 
Provisions
 
36  
(123) 
Other temporary differences
 
(927)  
(69) 
 
(494)  
(469) 
Deferred tax charged to the income statement includes a charge of $159 million (2023: credit of $119 million) relating to deferred tax 
remeasurements, a deferred tax on special items and remeasurement credit of $633 million (2023: credit of $301 million) and a deferred tax 
special items charge of $596 million (2023: charge of $300 million). 
Deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that the business has forecast taxable profits against which the assets can be recovered. While 
the Group is in an overall net deferred tax liability (2023: liability) position, some deferred tax assets remain unrecognised in jurisdictions where 
no taxable profits are forecast and no right of offset against the Group's deferred tax liabilities exists.
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Capital base
17. Deferred tax continued
The Group has the following temporary differences for which no deferred tax assets have been recognised:
2024
2023 (restated)(1)
US$ million
Tax losses 
– revenue
Tax losses 
– capital
Other 
temporary 
differences
Total
Tax losses 
– revenue
Tax losses 
– capital
Other 
temporary 
differences
Total
Expiry date
Less than five years
 
175  
—  
190  
365 
 
155  
—  
139  
294 
Greater than five years
 
621  
—  
839  
1,460 
 
864  
—  
898  
1,762 
No expiry date
 
12,634  
2,056  
9,929  
24,619 
 
9,767  
2,394  
5,982  
18,143 
 
13,430  
2,056  
10,958  
26,444 
 
10,786  
2,394  
7,019  
20,199 
(1)  The 2023 comparative figures have been restated to exclude $612 million of other temporary differences.
No deferred tax has been recognised in respect of temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, branches, associates and 
interests in joint ventures and joint operations where the Group is in a position to control the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences and 
it is probable that such differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future. The aggregate amount of temporary differences associated with 
such investments in subsidiaries, branches, associates and interests in joint ventures and joint operations is represented by the contribution of 
those investments to the Group’s retained earnings and amounted to $13,012 million (2023: $20,969 million).
Accounting judgements and estimates
Recognition of deferred tax
In accordance with the requirements of IAS 12 Income Taxes, the Group reassesses the recognition and recoverability of deferred tax assets at 
the end of each reporting period. The assessment of deferred tax balances includes giving due consideration to the expected manner of recovery 
of the carrying value of assets and liabilities. Consistent with the Group's impairment testing, the Group uses the Board approved forecasts as the 
basis for the profits expected to arise in the foreseeable future. These forecasts consider the potential impact of climate change (see note 7 for 
further information).
Accounting policy
See note 40G for the Group’s accounting policy on tax.
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Working capital
This section includes analysis of inventories, receivables and payables. 
These balances principally relate to current assets and liabilities held to 
support operating activities.
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Inventories
 
6,439  
7,234 
Trade and other receivables
 
3,660  
4,983 
Trade and other payables
 
(6,282)  
(6,700) 
 
3,817  
5,517 
Net working capital decreased in 2024 led by a decrease in 
trade receivables driven by a lower iron ore price, coupled with 
lower copper sales volumes more than offsetting the higher 
copper price and a decrease in inventory was driven by a 
drawdown of work-in-progress stockpiles at PGMs to support 
sales, a revaluation of finished goods at Kumba and a slight 
reduction in diamond inventory. 
18. Inventories
Overview
Inventories represent goods held for sale in the ordinary course of business (finished products), ore being processed into a saleable condition 
(work in progress) and spares, raw materials and consumables to be used in the production process (raw materials and consumables).
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
Expected to 
be used 
within one 
year
Expected to 
be used 
after more 
than one year
Total
Expected to 
be used 
within one 
year
Expected to 
be used 
after more
than one year
Total
Raw materials, consumables and other
 
1,024  
7  
1,031 
 
1,100  
8  
1,108 
Work in progress
 
1,312  
1,165  
2,477 
 
2,138  
822  
2,960 
Finished products
 
2,911  
20  
2,931 
 
3,149  
17  
3,166 
 
5,247  
1,192  
6,439 
 
6,387  
847  
7,234 
Further information
The cost of inventories recognised as an expense and included in operating costs amounted to $14,254 million (2023: $15,457 million). 
The write-down of inventories to net realisable value (net of revaluation of provisionally priced purchases) amounted to $331 million 
(2023: $357 million).
Accounting estimates
Accounting for inventory involves the use of judgements and estimates, particularly in relation to the measurement and valuation of work in 
progress inventory within the production process. Certain estimates, including expected metal recoveries and work in progress volumes, are 
calculated by engineers using available industry, engineering and scientific data. Estimates used are periodically reassessed taking into account 
technical analysis, historical performance and physical counts. 
Accounting policy
See note 40E for the Group’s accounting policy on inventories. 
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Working capital
19. Trade and other receivables
Overview
Trade receivables are amounts due from the Group’s customers for commodities and services the Group has provided. Many of the Group’s sales 
are provisionally priced, which means that the price is finalised at a date after the sale takes place. When there is uncertainty about the final 
amount that will be received, the receivable is marked to market based on the forward price.
Trade and other receivables also includes amounts receivable for VAT and other indirect taxes, prepaid expenses and deferred consideration. 
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
Due within
one year
Due after
one year
Total
Due within
one year
Due after
one year 
Total
Trade receivables
 
1,540  
54  
1,594 
 
2,468  
43  
2,511 
Tax receivables
 
816  
190  
1,006 
 
974  
214  
1,188 
Accrued income
 
179  
—  
179 
 
182  
—  
182 
Prepayments
 
268  
17  
285 
 
391  
22  
413 
Contract assets
 
76  
—  
76 
 
67  
—  
67 
Other receivables
 
349  
171  
520 
 
434  
188  
622 
 
3,228  
432  
3,660 
 
4,516  
467  
4,983 
Further information
The Group applies the simplified expected credit loss model for its trade receivables measured at amortised cost, as permitted by IFRS 9 Financial 
Instruments. The expected credit losses on trade receivables are estimated using a provision matrix by reference to past default experience, 
credit profiles and financial metrics, adjusted as appropriate for current observable data.
As part of its approach to working capital management, the Group uses debtor discounting arrangements. These arrangements are on 
a non-recourse basis and hence the related receivables are derecognised from the Consolidated balance sheet.
Of the year end trade receivables balance $51 million (2023: $82 million) were past due, stated after an associated impairment provision of 
$28 million (2023: $33 million). Given the use of payment security instruments and the nature of the related counterparties, these amounts are 
considered recoverable. The historical level of customer default is minimal and there is no current observable data to indicate a material future 
default. As a result, the credit quality of year end trade receivables is considered to be high.
Trade receivables do not incur any interest as they are principally short term in nature and therefore are measured at their nominal value (with the 
exception of receivables relating to provisionally priced sales, as set out in the revenue recognition accounting policy, see note 40C), net of 
appropriate provisions for estimated irrecoverable amounts.
20. Trade and other payables
Overview
Trade and other payables include amounts owed to suppliers, tax authorities and other parties that are typically due to be settled within 12 
months. The total also includes contract liabilities, which represents monies received from customers but for which we have not yet delivered the 
associated goods or service. These amounts are recognised as revenue when the goods are delivered or the service is provided. All revenue 
relating to performance obligations which were incomplete as at 31 December 2023 was recognised during the year. Other payables include 
deferred consideration in respect of business combinations and dividends payable to non-controlling interests. 
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Trade payables
 
2,523  
2,716 
Accruals
 
2,127  
2,504 
Contract liabilities and deferred income
 
901  
719 
Tax and social security
 
169  
198 
Other payables
 
562  
563 
 
6,282  
6,700 
Further information
Trade payables are non-interest bearing and are measured at their nominal value (with the exception of payables relating to provisionally priced 
commodity purchases which are marked to market using the appropriate forward price) until settled. $190 million (2023: $189 million) of trade 
and other payables are included within non-current liabilities.
Contract liabilities and deferred income include $743 million (2023: $608 million) for payments received in advance that mainly relate to metal 
expected to be delivered within six months and $93 million (2023: $80 million) in respect of freight and performance obligations which are 
expected to be completed within 30 to 45 days. 
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Net debt and financial risk management
Net debt stayed flat at $10.6 billion during the year, which includes a working capital 
cash inflow of $1.8 billion, primarily due to a reduction in receivables and inventory. 
Gearing has increased from 25% at 31 December 2023 to 27% at 31 December 2024.
US$ million
2024 
2023
Net assets
28,533
31,617
Net debt including related derivatives (note 21)
10,623
10,615
Variable vessel leases
179
637
Total capital
39,335
42,869
Gearing
 27% 
 25% 
Net debt is calculated as total borrowings excluding variable 
vessel lease contracts that are priced with reference to a 
freight index, less cash and cash equivalents (including 
derivatives that provide an economic hedge of net debt but 
excluding the impact of the debit valuation adjustment on 
these derivatives). Total capital is calculated as ‘Net assets’ (as 
shown in the Consolidated balance sheet) excluding net debt 
and variable vessel leases.
21. Net debt
Overview
The disclosures in this note include certain Alternative Performance Measures (APMs). For more information on the APMs used by the Group, 
including definitions, please refer to page 334.
Movement in net debt
US$ million
Short term 
borrowings
Medium and 
long term 
borrowings
Total 
financing 
activity 
liabilities
Removal of 
variable 
vessel leases
Cash
and cash 
equivalents
Derivatives 
hedging
net debt
Net debt 
including 
derivatives 
At 1 January 2023
 
(1,408)  
(12,945)  
(14,353)  
127  
8,400  
(1,092)  
(6,918) 
Cash flow
 
1,538  
(1,941)  
(403)  
(133)  
(2,287)  
610  
(2,213) 
Interest accrued on borrowings
 
(719)  
(75)  
(794)  
12  
—  
—  
(782) 
Reclassifications
 
(847)  
847  
—  
—  
—  
—  
— 
Movement in fair value
 
14  
(293)  
(279)  
—  
—  
54  
(225) 
Other movements
 
(329)  
(622)  
(951)  
631  
—  
—  
(320) 
Currency movements
 
25  
(143)  
(118)  
—  
(39)  
—  
(157) 
At 31 December 2023
 
(1,726)  
(15,172)  
(16,898)  
637  
6,074  
(428)  
(10,615) 
Cash flow
 
2,036  
(2,605)  
(569)  
(211)  
2,128  
463  
1,811 
Interest accrued on borrowings
 
(847)  
(37)  
(884)  
17  
—  
—  
(867) 
Reclassifications
 
(1,454)  
1,454  
—  
—  
—  
—  
— 
Movement in fair value
 
(4)  
45  
41  
—  
—  
(794)  
(753) 
Other movements
 
12  
(85)  
(73)  
(264)  
—  
—  
(337) 
Currency movements
 
(3)  
209  
206  
—  
(68)  
—  
138 
At 31 December 2024
 
(1,986)  
(16,191)  
(18,177)  
179  
8,134  
(759)  
(10,623) 
Other movements within financing activity liabilities include $454 million relating to leases entered into in the year ended 31 December 2024 
(2023: $576 million) and a downward revaluation of $331 million (2023: upward revaluation of $362 million) relating to variable vessel leases, 
refer to note 23.
Further information
Reconciliation to the Consolidated balance sheet
Cash and cash equivalents
Short term borrowings
Medium and
 long term borrowings 
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
 
2024 
 
2023 
 
2024 
 
2023 
Balance sheet
 
8,167  
6,088 
 
(2,019)  
(1,740)  
(16,191)  
(15,172) 
Bank overdrafts
 
(33)  
(14)  
33  
14 
 
—  
— 
Net cash/(debt) classifications
 
8,134  
6,074 
 
(1,986)  
(1,726)  
(16,191)  
(15,172) 
Other
Debit valuation adjustments of $22 million (2023: $3 million) reduce the valuation of derivative liabilities hedging net debt reflecting the impact 
of the Group’s own credit risk. These adjustments are excluded from the Group’s definition of net debt.
Cash and cash equivalents includes $598 million which is restricted (2023: $532 million). This primarily relates to cash which is held in joint 
operations where the timing of dividends is jointly controlled by the joint operators.
Accounting policy
See note 40F for the Group’s accounting policy on cash and debt.
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Net debt and financial risk management
22. Borrowings
Overview
The Group borrows mostly in the capital markets through bonds issued in the US markets and under the Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) 
programme. The Group uses interest rate and cross currency swaps to ensure that the majority of the Group’s borrowings are exposed to floating 
US dollar interest rates.
As part of its routine financing activities, in March 2024, the Group issued €500 million 3.75% Senior Notes due June 2029 and €750 million 
4.125% Senior Notes due March 2032, and in April 2024, $1 billion 5.75% Senior Notes due April 2034 and $500 million 6% Senior Notes due 
April 2054.
At 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2023, the following bonds were retained as fixed rate exposure: $193 million 5.375% due April 2025 
and $99 million 5% due May 2027, and the following bonds had been swapped into floating rates until March 2033: $500 million 3.95% due 
September 2050 and $750 million 4.75% due March 2052. All other bonds as at 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2023 were swapped to 
floating rate exposures for the entirety of their remaining term.
2024
2023
US$ million
Short term 
borrowings
Medium and 
long term 
borrowings
Total 
borrowings
Contractual 
repayment at 
hedge rates
Short term 
borrowings
Medium and 
long term 
borrowings
Total 
borrowings
Contractual 
repayment at 
hedge rates
Secured
Bank loans and overdrafts
 
48  
44  
92  
92 
 
43  
71  
114  
114 
Leases
 
237  
924  
1,161  
1,161 
 
408  
1,107  
1,515  
1,515 
 
285  
968  
1,253  
1,253 
 
451  
1,178  
1,629  
1,629 
Unsecured
Bank loans and overdrafts
 
128  
498  
626  
626 
 
239  
503  
742  
742 
Bank sustainability linked loans
 
—  
66  
66  
66 
 
—  
66  
66  
66 
Bonds issued under EMTN programme
1.625% €600m bond due September 2025
 
616  
—  
616  
714 
 
—  
637  
637  
714 
1.625% €500m bond due March 2026
 
—  
508  
508  
566 
 
—  
523  
523  
566 
4.5% €500m bond due September 2028
 
—  
537  
537  
528 
 
—  
570  
570  
528 
3.375% £300 million bond due March 2029
 
—  
333  
333  
395 
 
—  
341  
341  
395 
3.75% €500m bond due June 2029
 
—  
530  
530  
546 
 
—  
—  
—  
— 
5% €500m bond due March 2031
 
—  
545  
545  
528 
 
—  
578  
578  
528 
4.125% €750m bond due March 2032
 
—  
796  
796  
819 
 
—  
—  
—  
— 
4.75% €745m sustainability linked bond due 
September 2032
 
—  
784  
784  
745 
 
—  
825  
825  
745 
US bonds
3.625% $650m bond due September 2024
 
—  
—  
—  
— 
 
635  
—  
635  
650 
5.375% $193m bond due April 2025
 
193  
—  
193  
193 
 
—  
193  
193  
193 
4.875% $339m bond due May 2025
 
336  
—  
336  
339 
 
—  
326  
326  
339 
4.75% $700m bond due April 2027
 
—  
669  
669  
700 
 
—  
664  
664  
700 
5% $99m bond due May 2027(1)
 
—  
136  
136  
159 
 
—  
128  
128  
159 
4% $650m bond due September 2027
 
—  
613  
613  
650 
 
—  
609  
609  
650 
2.25% $500m bond due March 2028
 
—  
453  
453  
500 
 
—  
448  
448  
500 
4.5% $650m bond due March 2028
 
—  
620  
620  
650 
 
—  
622  
622  
650 
3.875% $500m bond due March 2029
 
—  
461  
461  
500 
 
—  
464  
464  
500 
5.625% $750m bond due April 2030
 
—  
734  
734  
750 
 
—  
753  
753  
750 
2.625% $1bn bond due September 2030
 
—  
811  
811  
1,000 
 
—  
811  
811  
1,000 
2.875% $500m bond due March 2031
 
—  
425  
425  
500 
 
—  
430  
430  
500 
5.5% $900m bond due May 2033
 
—  
841  
841  
900 
 
—  
874  
874  
900 
5.75% $1bn bond due April 2034
 
—  
987  
987  
1,000 
 
—  
—  
—  
— 
3.95% $500m bond due September 2050
 
—  
478  
478  
500 
 
—  
499  
499  
500 
4.75% $750m bond due March 2052
 
—  
718  
718  
750 
 
—  
749  
749  
750 
6% $500m bond due April 2054
 
—  
479  
479  
500 
 
—  
—  
—  
— 
Mitsubishi facility
 
—  
2,106  
2,106  
2,106 
 
—  
2,381  
2,381  
2,381 
Anglo American Sur bank facilities
 
200  
—  
200  
200 
 
250  
—  
250  
250 
Vale facility(2)
 
55  
95  
150  
150 
 
—  
—  
—  
— 
Interest payable and other loans
 
206  
—  
206  
206 
 
165  
—  
165  
165 
 
1,734  
15,223  
16,957  
17,786 
 
1,289  
13,994  
15,283  
15,821 
Total borrowings
 
2,019  
16,191  
18,210  
19,039 
 
1,740  
15,172  
16,912  
17,450 
(1) Bond acquired as part of the acquisition of Sirius Minerals plc (Crop Nutrients). At maturity the bond will be redeemed at 160% of par value.
(2) The Vale facility relates to a shareholder loan for the Group’s Minas-Rio operation transferred as part of Group’s acquisition of the Serpentina iron ore resource, see note 27.
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Covenants
Medium and long term borrowings, as detailed in the above table, are governed by various financial and procedural covenants, in line with the 
standard terms of such agreements. If these covenants are not met, this may result in the borrowings becoming repayable on demand. For all 
outstanding loan balances, the Group has complied with all covenants that were required to be met on, or before 31 December 2024, and has 
the right to defer settlement for a period of at least twelve months.
Drawn facilities presented within unsecured bank loans and overdrafts included in medium and long term borrowings include a syndicated term 
loan at Collahuasi with a carrying value of $440 million. Collahuasi is required to comply with financial covenants typical of such arrangements, 
including maintaining a Consolidated Net Worth greater than $1 billion, and not exceeding an Indebtedness to Net Worth ratio of 1.25. These 
covenants have been met as at 31 December 2024, and there are no indications that there would be any difficulties in complying with these 
covenants through 2025. 
Accounting policy
See note 40F for the Group’s accounting policies on bank borrowings and lease liabilities.
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23. Leases
Overview 
Leases relate principally to shipping vessels, corporate offices, employee accommodation and diamond jewellery retail outlets. Leases for 
shipping vessels typically run for 1 to 10 years and the majority are priced with reference to a freight index and the lease liability is therefore 
revalued to the spot freight rate at the end of each period. These leases are tradeable in nature, representing a lower risk profile due to their 
inherent liquidity. The leases for office space typically run for 5 to 25 years, employee accommodation up to 25 years and leases of retail stores 
for 5 to 25 years. Some longer leases incorporate fixed increases in rentals or provide for annual uplifts based upon an index, typically a measure 
of inflation. 
Further information
Amounts recognised in the Consolidated balance sheet
Lease agreements give rise to the recognition of a right-of-use asset (see note 12) and a related liability for future lease payments (see note 22).
Lease liabilities balance and maturity analysis:
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Amount due for repayment within one year
 
273  
450 
Greater than one year, less than two years
 
193  
266 
Greater than two years, less than three years
 
174  
176 
Greater than three years, less than four years
 
126  
153 
Greater than four years, less than five years
 
104  
124 
Greater than five years
 
737  
806 
Total due for repayment after more than one year
 
1,334  
1,525 
Total
 
1,607  
1,975 
Effect of discounting
 
(446)  
(460) 
Lease liabilities
 
1,161  
1,515 
Amounts recognised in the statement of profit or loss
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Depreciation of right-of-use assets (see note 12)
 
382  
292 
Interest expense for lease liabilities (included in finance costs, see note 4)
 
83  
62 
Expense relating to short term leases less than 12 months, variable leasing costs and leases of low value 
 
87  
145 
Amounts recognised in the Consolidated cash flow statement
In the Consolidated cash flow statement for the year ended 31 December 2024, the total amount of cash paid in respect of leases recognised 
on the Consolidated balance sheet are split between repayments of principal of $412 million (2023: $309 million) and repayments of interest of 
$72 million (2023: $53 million), both included within cash flows from financing activities. The repayment of principal forms part of the Operating 
free cash flow Alternative Performance Measure (APM), and the repayment of both principal and interest forms part of the Attributable free cash 
flow and Sustaining attributable free cash flow Alternative Performance Measures. For more information on the APMs used by the Group, 
including definitions, please refer to page 334.
Further disclosures
At 31 December 2024, the Group has no lease commitments in relation to leases not yet commenced (2023: $204 million). 
Accounting judgements
At the date of inception of a new contract or significant modification of an existing contract, the Group assesses whether the contract is, or 
contains, a lease. A contract is, or contains, a lease if the contract conveys the right to control the asset for a period of time in exchange for 
consideration. To identify lease arrangements, the Group assesses whether:
– The contract specifies the use of an identified asset or collection of assets
– The Group has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of the identified asset(s)
– The Group has the right to direct the use of the asset(s).
The Group has paid particular attention to the judgement over whether the lessor has a substantive right to substitute the specified assets for 
alternatives:
– Many assets used by the Group are highly specialised in nature and are purpose-built or modified to meet the Group’s specification. 
Judgement is required to assess whether the assets can be substituted and used for other purposes without significant additional modification.
– The remote location of some of the Group’s operations presents practical difficulties to the substitution of assets. Judgement is required to 
determine whether assets in remote locations can be relocated to other locations within a reasonable timeframe and cost.
– At some locations, high levels of security restrict the movement of assets to alternative locations, limiting the ability to substitute assets.
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– The Group’s health and safety standards exceed statutory requirements in some jurisdictions. This places limitations on the ability to substitute 
certain assets, such as vehicles. Judgement is required to assess whether equivalent assets meeting the Group’s requirements can be sourced 
within required operational timeframes.
Accounting policy
Accounting policies applied to lease liabilities and corresponding right-of-use assets are set out respectively in notes 40F and 40D.
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24. Financial instruments and derivatives
Financial instruments overview
For financial assets and liabilities which are traded on an active market, such as listed investments or listed debt instruments, fair value is 
determined by reference to market value. For non-traded financial assets and liabilities, fair value is calculated using discounted cash flows, 
considered to be reasonable and consistent with those that would be used by a market participant, and based on observable market data 
where available (for example forward exchange rate, interest rate or commodity price curve), unless carrying value is considered to approximate 
fair value.
Where discounted cash flow models based on management’s assumptions are used, the resulting fair value measurements are considered to be 
at level 3 in the fair value hierarchy, as defined in IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement, as they depend to a significant extent on unobservable 
valuation inputs.
All derivatives that have been designated into hedge relationships have been separately disclosed.
 
2024 
US$ million
At fair value
through profit
and loss
Financial 
assets at 
amortised cost
At fair value 
through other 
comprehensive 
income
Designated 
into hedges
Financial 
liabilities at 
amortised cost
Total
Financial assets
Trade and other receivables
 
1,291  
1,020  
—  
—  
—  
2,311 
Derivative financial assets
 
208  
—  
—  
94  
—  
302 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
5,163  
3,004  
—  
—  
—  
8,167 
Financial asset investments
 
45  
172  
111  
—  
—  
328 
Environmental rehabilitation trusts(1)
 
143  
8  
—  
—  
—  
151 
 
6,850  
4,204  
111  
94  
—  
11,259 
Financial liabilities
Trade and other payables
 
(657)  
—  
—  
—  
(4,555)  
(5,212) 
Derivative financial liabilities
 
(288)  
—  
—  
(643)  
—  
(931) 
Royalty liability
 
—  
—  
—  
69  
(547)  
(478) 
Borrowings
 
—  
—  
—  
(13,471)  
(4,739)  
(18,210) 
 
(945)  
—  
—  
(14,045)  
(9,841)  
(24,831) 
Net financial assets/(liabilities)
 
5,905  
4,204  
111  
(13,951)  
(9,841)  
(13,572) 
 
2023 
US$ million
At fair value 
through profit 
and loss
Financial 
assets at 
amortised cost
At fair value 
through other 
comprehensive 
income
Designated 
into hedges
Financial 
liabilities at 
amortised cost
Total
Financial assets
Trade and other receivables
 
2,247  
1,082  
—  
—  
—  
3,329 
Derivative financial assets
 
241  
—  
—  
115  
—  
356 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
4,359  
1,729  
—  
—  
—  
6,088 
Financial asset investments
 
73  
234  
132  
—  
—  
439 
Environmental rehabilitation trusts(1)
 
103  
5  
—  
—  
—  
108 
 
7,023  
3,050  
132  
115  
—  
10,320 
Financial liabilities
Trade and other payables
 
(668)  
—  
—  
—  
(5,115)  
(5,783) 
Derivative financial liabilities
 
(172)  
—  
—  
(570)  
—  
(742) 
Royalty liability
 
—  
—  
—  
(91)  
(487)  
(578) 
Borrowings
 
—  
—  
—  
(11,509)  
(5,403)  
(16,912) 
 
(840)  
—  
—  
(12,170)  
(11,005)  
(24,015) 
Net financial assets/(liabilities)
 
6,183  
3,050  
132  
(12,055)  
(11,005)  
(13,695) 
(1) These funds are not available for the general purposes of the Group. All income from these assets is reinvested to meet specific environmental obligations. These obligations are included in 
provisions as per note 16.
The Group’s cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 2024 include $5,163 million (2023: $4,359 million) held in high grade money market 
funds. These funds are selected to ensure compliance with the minimum credit rating requirements and counterparty exposure limits set out in the 
Group’s Treasury policy. 
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Fair value hierarchy
An analysis of financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value is set out below:
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Financial assets
At fair value through profit and loss
Provisionally priced trade receivables 
 
—  
1,180  
—  
1,180 
 
—  
2,113  
—  
2,113 
Other receivables 
 
—  
67  
44  
111 
 
—  
12  
122  
134 
Derivatives hedging net debt 
 
—  
14  
—  
14 
 
—  
119  
—  
119 
Other derivatives 
 
—  
194  
—  
194 
 
—  
122  
—  
122 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
5,163  
—  
—  
5,163 
 
4,359  
—  
—  
4,359 
Financial asset investments
 
—  
41  
4  
45 
 
—  
68  
5  
73 
Environmental rehabilitation trusts(1)
 
—  
143  
—  
143 
 
—  
103  
—  
103 
Designated into hedges 
Derivatives hedging net debt 
 
—  
94  
—  
94 
 
—  
115  
—  
115 
At fair value through other comprehensive income 
Financial asset investments
 
30  
—  
81  
111 
 
46  
—  
86  
132 
 
5,193  
1,733  
129  
7,055 
 
4,405  
2,652  
213  
7,270 
Financial liabilities
At fair value through profit and loss
Provisionally priced trade payables
 
—  
(365)  
—  
(365)  
—  
(426)  
—  
(426) 
Other payables
 
—  
(95)  
(197)  
(292)  
—  
—  
(242)  
(242) 
Derivatives hedging net debt 
 
—  
(224)  
—  
(224)  
—  
(92)  
—  
(92) 
Other derivatives 
 
—  
(85)  
(1)  
(86)  
—  
(82)  
(1)  
(83) 
Debit valuation adjustment to derivative liabilities
 
—  
22  
—  
22 
 
—  
3  
—  
3 
Designated into hedges 
Derivatives hedging net debt
 
—  
(643)  
—  
(643)  
—  
(570)  
—  
(570) 
Royalty liability
 
—  
—  
69  
69 
 
—  
—  
(91)  
(91) 
 
—  
(1,390)  
(129)  
(1,519)  
—  
(1,167)  
(334)  
(1,501) 
Net assets carried at fair value
 
5,193  
343  
—  
5,536 
 
4,405  
1,485  
(121)  
5,769 
(1) These funds are not available for the general purposes of the Group. All income from these assets is reinvested to meet specific environmental obligations. These obligations are included in 
provisions as per note 16.
Fair value hierarchy
Valuation technique
Level 1
Valued using unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical financial instruments. This category includes cash and cash 
equivalents held in money market funds, listed equity shares and quoted futures.
Level 2
Instruments in this category are valued using valuation techniques where all of the inputs that have a significant effect on the 
valuation are directly or indirectly based on observable market data. This category includes provisionally priced trade receivables 
and payables and over-the-counter derivatives.
Level 3
Instruments in this category have been valued using a valuation technique where at least one input (which could have a significant 
effect on the instrument’s valuation) is not based on observable market data. Where inputs can be observed from market data 
without undue cost and effort, the observed input is used. Otherwise, management determines a reasonable estimate for the input. 
This category includes deferred consideration, receivables relating to disposals, unlisted equity investments and the embedded 
derivative relating to the royalty liability.
The movements in the fair value of the level 3 financial assets and liabilities are shown as follows:
Assets
Liabilities
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
 
2024 
 
2023 
At 1 January
 
213  
418 
 
(334)  
(447) 
Net (loss)/profit recorded in the income statement
 
(15)  
(22)  
(25)  
9 
Net (loss)/profit recorded in the statement of comprehensive income
 
(9)  
(12)  
161  
(11) 
Reclassification (from)/to level 3 financial assets/(liabilities)
 
—  
(7)  
—  
(23) 
Additions
 
6  
94 
 
—  
— 
Settlements and disposals
 
(66)  
(233)  
70  
119 
Currency movements
 
—  
(25)  
(1)  
19 
At 31 December
 
129  
213 
 
(129)  
(334) 
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Further information on financial instruments
Borrowings designated in fair value hedges represent listed debt which is held at amortised cost, adjusted for the fair value of the hedged interest 
rate and foreign currency risk. The fair value of these borrowings is $13,459 million (2023: $11,546 million), which is measured using quoted 
indicative broker prices and consequently categorised as level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The carrying value of the remaining borrowings at 
amortised cost includes bonds which are not designated into hedge relationships, bank borrowings and lease liabilities. The carrying value of 
these bonds is $331 million (2023: $323 million) and the fair value is $330 million (2023: $330 million). The carrying value of the remaining 
borrowings at amortised cost is considered to approximate the fair value.
Offsetting of financial assets and liabilities
The Group offsets financial assets and liabilities and presents them on a net basis in the Consolidated balance sheet only where there is a legally 
enforceable right to offset the recognised amounts, and the Group intends to either settle the recognised amounts on a net basis or to realise the 
asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
At 31 December 2024, certain over-the-counter derivatives entered into by the Group and recognised at fair value through profit and loss are 
both subject to enforceable ISDA master netting arrangements and intended to be settled on a net basis. In accordance with the requirements 
of IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation, the positions of these derivatives have been offset; those in a liability position totalling $32 million 
(2023: $9 million) were offset against those in an asset position totalling $306 million (2023: $281 million). The net asset position of $274 million 
(2023: $272 million) is presented within derivative assets (2023: within derivative assets) in the Consolidated balance sheet. 
If certain credit events (such as default) were to occur, additional derivative instruments would be settled on a net basis under ISDA agreements. 
Derivative instruments (including interest rate, currency and commodity derivatives) in an asset position totalling $152 million (2023: $142 million) 
would be offset against those in a liability position totalling $900 million (2023: $713 million). These instruments are presented on a gross basis in the 
Consolidated balance sheet as the Group does not have a legally enforceable right to offset the amounts in the absence of a credit event occurring.
Royalty liability
When the Group acquired the Woodsmith project, the Hancock royalty liability and related embedded derivative were recognised. The royalty 
liability and associated derivative does not form part of borrowings on the basis that obligations to make cash payments against this liability only 
arise when the Woodsmith project generates revenues, and that otherwise the Group is not currently contractually liable to make any payments 
under this arrangement (other than in the event of Anglo American Crop Nutrients Limited’s insolvency). The related embedded derivative which 
forms part of the total royalty liability was an asset as at 31 December 2024 (31 December 2023: liability) and is designated as a cash flow 
hedge of future revenue from the Woodsmith project as described further below.
Derivatives overview
The Group utilises derivative instruments to manage certain market risk exposures; however, it may choose not to designate certain derivatives as 
hedges for accounting purposes. Such derivatives are classified as ‘Held for trading’ and fair value movements are recorded in the Consolidated 
income statement.
The use of derivative instruments is subject to limits and the positions are regularly monitored and reported to senior management.
Fair value hedges
In accordance with the Group’s policy, interest rate swaps are taken out to swap the Group’s fixed rate borrowings to floating rate. For certain 
non-USD denominated bonds, cross currency interest rate swaps are taken out to mitigate exposure both to interest rate and foreign currency 
risk. These have been designated as fair value hedges. The carrying value of the hedged debt is adjusted at each balance sheet date to reflect 
the impact on its fair value of changes in market interest rates and currency movement. At 31 December 2024, this adjustment was to decrease 
the carrying value of borrowings by $550 million (2023: $508 million decrease). Changes in the fair value of the hedged debt are offset against 
fair value changes in the swap instrument and recognised in the Consolidated income statement as financing remeasurements. The following 
table summarises the impacts in the Consolidated income statement: 
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
Change in fair value 
of hedged item used 
to calculate 
ineffectiveness
Gains/(losses)
Change in fair value 
of hedging 
instrument used to 
calculate 
ineffectiveness
Gains/(losses)
Hedge 
ineffectiveness
Gains/(losses)
Change in fair value 
of hedged item used 
to calculate 
ineffectiveness
Gains/(losses)
Change in fair value 
of hedging 
instrument used to 
calculate 
ineffectiveness
Gains/(losses)
Hedge 
ineffectiveness
Gains/(losses)
Interest rate risk
 
68  
(63)  
5 
(279)
274
(5)
Interest rate and foreign currency risk
 
37  
(53)  
(16) 
—
—
—
Cash flow hedges
Cash flow hedges primarily relate to the royalty liability, which contains an embedded derivative, as future payments are linked directly to future 
revenues. The Group has designated this embedded derivative as a cash flow hedge of future revenue from the Woodsmith project. During the 
year the Group recognised a gain within other comprehensive income of $160 million (2023: loss of $11 million) and an asset of $69 million 
(2023: liability of $91 million) within the royalty liability in respect of this derivative. 
Held for trading
The Group may choose not to designate certain derivatives as hedges. This may occur where the Group is economically hedged but IFRS 9 
Financial Instruments hedge accounting cannot be achieved or where gains and losses on both the derivative and hedged item naturally offset 
in the Consolidated income statement, as is the case for certain cross currency swaps of non-US dollar debt. A fair value loss of $223 million in 
respect of these cross currency swaps has been recognised in the Consolidated income statement (2023: gain of $149 million) and is presented 
within financing remeasurements net of foreign exchange gains on the related borrowings of $192 million (2023: loss of $149 million). Fair value 
changes on held for trading derivatives are recognised in the Consolidated income statement as remeasurements or within underlying earnings 
in accordance with the policy set out in note 9.
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Further information on derivatives
Fair value of derivative positions
The fair value of the Group’s open derivative positions at 31 December (excluding normal purchase and sale contracts held off balance sheet) 
recorded within ‘Derivative financial assets’ and ‘Derivative financial liabilities’, is as follows:
Current
Non-current
 
2024 
 
2023 
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
Asset
Liability
Asset
Liability
Asset
Liability
Asset
Liability
Derivatives hedging net debt
Fair value hedge
Interest rate swaps
 
—  
(11)  
—  
(11)  
94  
(606)  
115  
(559) 
Cross currency interest rate swaps
 
—  
— 
 
—  
— 
 
—  
(26)  
—  
— 
Held for trading 
Cross currency swaps
 
—  
(94)  
—  
— 
 
14  
(130)  
119  
(92) 
Debit valuation adjustment to derivative liabilities
 
—  
— 
 
—  
— 
 
—  
22 
 
—  
3 
 
—  
(105)  
—  
(11)  
108  
(740)  
234  
(648) 
Other derivatives
 
186  
(86)  
118  
(83)  
8  
— 
 
4  
— 
Total derivatives
 
186  
(191)  
118  
(94)  
116  
(740)  
238  
(648) 
Other derivatives primarily relate to forward foreign currency contracts hedging capital expenditure, forward commodity contracts and other 
commodity contracts that are accounted for as ‘Held for trading’. These marked to market valuations are not predictive of the future value of 
the hedged position, nor of the future impact on the profit of the Group. The valuations represent the cost of closing all hedge contracts at 
31 December, at market prices and rates available at the time.
Fair value of financial instruments
Certain of the Group’s financial instruments, principally derivatives, are required to be measured on the balance sheet at fair value. Where a 
quoted market price for an identical instrument is not available, a valuation model is used to estimate the fair value based on the net present value 
of the expected cash flows under the contract. Valuation assumptions are usually based on observable market data (for example forward foreign 
exchange rate, interest rate or commodity price curves) where available.
Accounting policies
See notes 40D and 40F for the Group’s accounting policies on financial asset investments, impairment of financial assets, derivative financial 
instruments and hedge accounting.
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Overview
The Board approves and monitors the risk management processes, including documented treasury policies, counterparty limits and controlling 
and reporting structures. The risk management processes of the Group’s independently listed subsidiaries are in line with the Group’s own 
policies.
The types of risk exposure, the way in which such exposure is managed and quantification of the level of exposure in the Consolidated balance 
sheet at 31 December is as follows:
– Liquidity risk
– Credit risk
– Commodity price risk
– Foreign exchange risk
– Interest rate risk
A. Liquidity risk
The Group ensures that there are sufficient committed loan facilities, including refinancing existing facilities where necessary, in order to meet 
short term business requirements, after taking into account cash flows from operations and its holding of cash and cash equivalents, as well 
as any Group distribution restrictions that exist. In addition, certain projects may be financed by means of limited recourse project finance, 
if appropriate.
Certain borrowing facilities within the Group are the subject of financial covenants that vary from facility to facility, but which would be considered 
normal for such facilities, such as the ratio of debt to tangible net worth. The respective borrowers were not in breach with these financial 
covenants as at 31 December 2024. 
The expected undiscounted cash flows of the Group’s financial liabilities, by remaining contractual maturity, based on conditions existing at the 
balance sheet date, are as follows:
 
2024 
US$ million
Amount due for 
repayment 
within one year
Greater than
one year, less
than two
years
Greater than 
two years, less 
than three 
years
Greater than 
three years, 
less than four 
years
Greater than 
four years, less 
than five years
Greater than 
five years
Total
Net financial liabilities
Borrowings
 
(1,826)  
(1,207)  
(1,701)  
(3,908)  
(1,547)  
(8,545)  
(18,734) 
Expected future interest payments
 
(622)  
(605)  
(565)  
(498)  
(435)  
(2,959)  
(5,684) 
Derivatives hedging debt – net settled
 
(197)  
(138)  
(125)  
(87)  
(59)  
(95)  
(701) 
Derivatives hedging debt – gross settled:
– gross inflows
 
1,100  
637  
113  
630  
975  
1,425  
4,880 
– gross outflows
 
(1,283)  
(743)  
(170)  
(712)  
(1,044)  
(1,500)  
(5,452) 
Other financial liabilities
 
(5,068)  
(11)  
(11)  
(12)  
(13)  
(424)  
(5,539) 
Total
 
(7,896)  
(2,067)  
(2,459)  
(4,587)  
(2,123)  
(12,098)  
(31,230) 
 
2023 
US$ million
Amount due for 
repayment 
within one year
Greater than
one year, less
than two
 years
Greater than 
two years, less 
than three 
years
Greater than 
three years, 
less than four 
years
Greater than 
four years, less 
than five years
Greater than 
five years
Total
Net financial liabilities
Borrowings
 
(1,590)  
(1,523)  
(1,166)  
(1,651)  
(1,805)  
(9,726)  
(17,461) 
Expected future interest payments
 
(547)  
(491)  
(460)  
(430)  
(359)  
(2,140)  
(4,427) 
Derivatives hedging debt – net settled
 
(257)  
(122)  
(73)  
(67)  
(45)  
(61)  
(625) 
Derivatives hedging debt – gross settled:
– gross inflows
 
496  
721  
578  
20  
19  
387  
2,221 
– gross outflows
 
(560)  
(801)  
(595)  
(22)  
(22)  
(400)  
(2,400) 
Other financial liabilities
 
(5,651)  
—  
(11)  
(8)  
(14)  
(445)  
(6,129) 
Total
 
(8,109)  
(2,216)  
(1,727)  
(2,158)  
(2,226)  
(12,385)  
(28,821) 
The table above does not include cash flows in relation to the Woodsmith royalty financing on the basis that cash flows under this arrangement 
are not contractually defined, but instead are wholly dependent upon Woodsmith revenue in future years. However, should the Woodsmith 
primary subsidiary, Anglo American Crop Nutrients Limited, enter insolvency, then it would be required to repay Hancock the principal value of 
$250 million upon its request.
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Net debt and financial risk management
25. Financial risk management continued
The Group had the following undrawn committed borrowing facilities at 31 December:
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Expiry date
Within one year
 
1,261  
1,383 
Greater than one year, less than two years
 
243  
691 
Greater than two years, less than three years
 
1,522  
789 
Greater than three years, less than four years
 
44  
547 
Greater than four years, less than five years
 
4,094  
3,747 
Greater than five years
 
—  
1 
 
7,164  
7,158 
During the year, the Group extended its $3.7 billion facility now maturing in November 2029 and $1 billion facility now maturing in November 
2025. Both facilities were undrawn at 31 December 2024.
B. Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that a counterparty to a financial instrument will cause a loss to the Group by failing to pay its obligation.
The Group’s principal financial assets are cash, trade and other receivables, investments and derivative financial instruments. The Group’s 
maximum exposure to credit risk primarily arises from these financial assets and is as follows:
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
8,167  
6,088 
Trade and other receivables
 
2,311  
3,329 
Financial asset investments
 
217  
307 
Derivative financial assets
 
302  
356 
Environmental rehabilitation trust
 
151  
108 
 
11,148  
10,188 
The Group limits credit risk on liquid funds and derivative financial instruments through diversification of exposures with a range of financial 
institutions. Counterparty limits are set for each financial institution with reference to credit ratings assigned by Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and 
Fitch Ratings, shareholder equity (in the case of relationship banks) and fund size (in the case of asset managers). 
Given the diverse nature of the Group’s operations (both in relation to commodity markets and geographically), and the use of payment security 
instruments (including letters of credit from financial institutions), it does not have significant concentration of credit risk in respect of trade 
receivables, with exposure spread over a large number of customers. 
The classification of trade and other receivables excludes prepayments and tax receivables. The classification of financial asset investments 
excludes equity investments held at fair value through other comprehensive income.
C. Commodity price risk
The Group’s earnings are exposed to movements in the prices of the commodities it produces.
The Group’s policy is to sell its products at prevailing market prices and is generally not to hedge commodity price risk, although some hedging 
may be undertaken for strategic reasons. In such cases, the Group generally uses forward contracts and other derivative instruments to 
economically hedge the price risk.
Certain of the Group’s sales and purchases are provisionally priced, meaning that the selling price is determined normally between 30 to 180 
days after delivery to the customer, based on quoted market prices stipulated in the contract, and as a result are susceptible to future price 
movements. The exposure of the Group’s financial assets and liabilities to commodity price risk is as follows:
 
2024 
2023
Commodity price linked
Commodity price linked
US$ million
Subject to 
price 
movements
Fixed price
Not linked to 
commodity 
price
Total
Subject to 
price 
movements
Fixed price
Not linked to 
commodity 
price
Total
Total net financial instruments 
(excluding derivatives)
 
327  
127  
(13,397)  
(12,943)  
1,691  
67  
(15,067)  
(13,309) 
Derivatives
 
83  
—  
(712)  
(629)  
42  
—  
(428)  
(386) 
 
410  
127  
(14,109)  
(13,572)  
1,733  
67  
(15,495)  
(13,695) 
Commodity price linked financial instruments subject to price movements include provisionally priced trade receivables and trade payables.
Commodity price linked financial instruments at fixed price include receivables and payables for commodity sales and purchases no longer 
subject to price adjustment at the balance sheet date.
D. Foreign exchange risk
As a global business, the Group is exposed to many currencies principally as a result of non-US dollar operating costs and, to a lesser extent, from 
non-US dollar revenue.
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Net debt and financial risk management
25. Financial risk management continued
The South African rand, Australian dollar, Chilean peso, and Brazilian real are the most significant non-US dollar currencies influencing costs. 
A strengthening of the US dollar against the currencies to which the Group is exposed has a positive effect on the Group’s earnings. The Group’s 
policy is generally not to hedge such exposures given the correlation, over the longer term, with commodity prices and the diversified nature of the 
Group, although exceptions can be approved by a committee with delegated authority from the Executive Leadership Team.
In addition, currency exposures exist in respect of non-US dollar capital expenditure projects and non-US dollar borrowings in US dollar functional 
currency entities. The Group’s policy is to evaluate whether or not to hedge its non-US dollar capital expenditure on a case-by-case basis, taking 
into account the estimated foreign exchange exposure, liquidity of foreign exchange markets and the cost of executing a hedging strategy. 
Further detail with respect to the Group’s non-US dollar borrowings approach is included in note 22.
Net other financial liabilities (excluding net debt related balances, variable vessel leases and cash in disposal groups, but including the debit 
valuation adjustment attributable to derivatives hedging net debt) of $2,770 million (2023: $2,443 million) are primarily non-interest bearing. This 
includes net liabilities of $492 million denominated in US dollar, $584 million denominated in Brazilian real, $85 million denominated in Australian 
dollars, $394 million denominated in Chilean peso and $901 million denominated in South African rand.
E. Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk arises due to fluctuations in interest rates which impact the value of short term investments and financing activities. The Group 
is principally exposed to US and South African interest rates. 
The Group uses interest rate derivatives to convert the majority of its fixed rate borrowings to floating rates of interest.
In respect of financial assets, the Group’s policy is to invest cash at floating rates of interest and to maintain cash reserves in short term 
investments (less than one year) in order to maintain liquidity.
Analysis of interest rate risk associated with net debt balances and the impact of derivatives to hedge against this risk is included within the table 
below.
The table below reflects the exposure of the Group’s net debt to currency and interest rate risk:
2024
US$ million
Cash and cash 
equivalents
Floating rate 
borrowings
Fixed rate 
borrowings
Derivatives 
hedging net debt
Impact of currency 
derivatives not 
designated as 
hedge
Total
US dollar
 
5,942  
(2,867)  
(9,626)  
(759)  
(4,744)  
(12,054) 
Euro
 
27  
—  
(4,417)  
—  
4,401  
11 
South African rand
 
1,554  
(113)  
(154)  
—  
—  
1,287 
Brazilian real
 
167  
—  
(187)  
—  
—  
(20) 
Australian dollar
 
80  
—  
(83)  
—  
—  
(3) 
Sterling
 
47  
—  
(642)  
—  
343  
(252) 
Other
 
317  
(4)  
(84)  
—  
—  
229 
Impact of interest rate derivatives
 
—  
(13,471)  
13,471  
—  
—  
— 
Total
 
8,134  
(16,455)  
(1,722)  
(759)  
—  
(10,802) 
Reconciliation:
Variable vessel leases
 
179 
Net debt 
 
(10,623) 
2023
US$ million
Cash and cash 
equivalents
Floating rate 
borrowings
Fixed rate 
borrowings
Derivatives 
hedging net debt
Impact of currency 
derivatives not 
designated as 
hedge
Total
US dollar
 
5,058  
(3,049)  
(9,432)  
(428)  
(3,534)  
(11,385) 
Euro
 
22  
—  
(3,185)  
—  
3,183  
20 
South African rand
 
280  
(240)  
(150)  
—  
—  
(110) 
Brazilian real
 
16  
—  
(38)  
—  
—  
(22) 
Australian dollar
 
254  
—  
(43)  
—  
—  
211 
Sterling
 
95  
(7)  
(663)  
—  
351  
(224) 
Other
 
349  
(3)  
(88)  
—  
—  
258 
Impact of interest rate derivatives
 
—  
(11,509)  
11,509  
—  
—  
— 
Total
 
6,074  
(14,808)  
(2,090)  
(428)  
—  
(11,252) 
Reconciliation:
Variable vessel leases
 
637 
Net debt
 
(10,615) 
Based on the net foreign currency and interest rate risk exposures detailed above, and taking into account the effects of the hedging 
arrangements in place, management considers that earnings and equity are not materially sensitive to reasonable foreign exchange or interest 
rate movements in respect of the financial instruments held as at 31 December 2024 or 2023.
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Equity
Equity represents the capital of the Group 
attributable to Company shareholders and non-
controlling interests, and includes share capital, 
share premium and reserves.
Total equity has decreased from $31.6 billion to $28.5 billion 
in the year, driven by losses for the year of $3.2 billion and 
dividends to Company shareholders and non-controlling 
interests of $1.6 billion.
Total equity
$28.5 bn 
(2023: $31.6 bn)
26. Called-up share capital and consolidated equity analysis
Called-up share capital
 
2024 
 
2023 
Number of shares
US$ million
Number of shares
US$ million
Ordinary shares of 5486/91 US cents each:
At 1 January
 1,337,577,913  
734 
 1,337,577,913  
734 
At 31 December
 1,337,577,913  
734 
 1,337,577,913  
734 
The number and carrying value of called-up, allotted and fully paid ordinary shares as at 31 December 2024 (including the shares held by the 
Group in other structures, as outlined below) was 1,337,577,913 and $734 million (2023: 1,337,577,913 and $734 million).
At general meetings, every member who is present in person has one vote on a show of hands and, on a poll, every member who is present in 
person or by proxy has one vote for every ordinary share held.
Own shares
 
2024 
 
2023 
Number of shares
US$ million
Number of shares
US$ million
Own shares
Own shares held by subsidiaries and employee benefit trusts
 
124,185,005  
6,188 
 
125,245,665  
6,275 
Total
 
124,185,005  
6,188 
 
125,245,665  
6,275 
Included in Own shares are 112,300,129 (2023: 112,300,129) Anglo American plc shares held by Epoch Investment Holdings (RF) Proprietary 
Limited, Epoch Two Investment Holdings (RF) Proprietary Limited and Tarl Investment Holdings (RF) Proprietary Limited, which are consolidated 
by the Group by virtue of their contractual arrangements with Tenon Investment Holdings Proprietary Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of 
Anglo American South Africa Proprietary Limited. Further details of these arrangements are provided in note 40B.
Included in the calculation of the dividend payable are 5,085,905 ($151 million) shares held in the Employee Benefit Trust in respect of forfeitable 
share awards granted to certain employees. Under the terms of these awards, the shares are beneficially owned by the respective employees, 
who are entitled to receive dividends in respect of the shares. The shares are released to the employees on vesting of the awards, and any shares 
that do not vest are returned to the Company or the Employee Benefit Trust. These shares are recognised on the Consolidated balance sheet 
within Own shares and are excluded from the calculation of basic earnings per share. They are included in the calculation of diluted earnings per 
share to the extent that the related share awards are dilutive (see note 3).
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Equity
26. Called-up share capital and consolidated equity analysis continued
Consolidated equity analysis
Fair value and other reserves comprise:
US$ million
Share-based 
payment 
reserve
Financial 
asset 
revaluation 
reserve
Other 
reserves
Total
fair value
and other
reserves
At 1 January 2023
 
457  
30  
102  
589 
Other comprehensive loss
 
—  
(36)  
(11)  
(47) 
Equity settled share-based payment schemes
 
25  
—  
—  
25 
Other
 
(3)  
4  
1  
2 
At 31 December 2023
 
479  
(2)  
92  
569 
Other comprehensive (loss)/income
 
—  
(12)  
133  
121 
Equity settled share-based payment schemes
 
(37)  
—  
—  
(37) 
Change in ownership
 
(14)  
—  
—  
(14) 
Other
 
(1)  
26  
19  
44 
At 31 December 2024
 
427  
12  
244  
683 
Other reserves comprise a capital redemption reserve of $153 million (2023: $153 million) and other reserves. 
27. Non-controlling interests
Overview
Non-controlling interests that are material to the Group relate to the following subsidiaries:
– Anglo American Sur S.A. (Anglo American Sur) is a company incorporated in Chile. Its principal operations are the Los Bronces and El Soldado 
copper mines and the Chagres smelter, which are located in Chile. Non-controlling interests hold a 49.9% (2023: 49.9%) interest in Anglo American Sur.
– Anglo American Quellaveco S.A. (Anglo American Quellaveco) is a company incorporated in Peru. Its principal operation is the Quellaveco 
copper mine, which is located in Peru. Non-controlling interests hold a 40.0% (2023: 40.0%) interest in Anglo American Quellaveco.
– Anglo American Minério de Ferro Brasil S.A. is a company incorporated in Brazil. Its principal operation is the Minas-Rio iron ore mine, which is 
located in Brazil. Non-controlling interests hold a 15.0% (2023: 0.0%) interest in Minas-Rio. In February 2024, the Group announced an 
agreement to acquire and integrate the contiguous Serpentina high quality iron ore resource owned by Vale into the Minas-Rio resource. The 
transaction was subject to regulatory approvals in Brazil, which were obtained in October with the transaction closing on 2 December 2024. 
In exchange for the Serpentina asset and $30 million of cash, the Group transferred 15% of its existing holding in Minas-Rio to Vale. As control 
is retained by the Group, the ownership change was accounted for as an equity transaction with $853 million of non-controlling interest 
recognised at the closing date and a $73 million loss from the sale recognised directly through equity. Serpentina assets acquired are 
accounted for as an asset acquisition and are valued at $750 million. As part of the transaction Vale assumed its proportion of a shareholder 
loan that is now recognised as an external borrowing (see note 22). 
– Kumba Iron Ore Limited (Kumba Iron Ore) is a company incorporated in South Africa and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). 
Its principal mining operations are the Sishen and Kolomela iron ore mines, which are located in South Africa. Non-controlling interests hold an 
effective 46.6% (2023: 46.6%) interest in the operations of Kumba Iron Ore, comprising the 30.0% (2023: 30.0%) interest held by other 
shareholders in Kumba Iron Ore and the 23.7% (2023: 23.7%) of Kumba Iron Ore’s principal operating subsidiary, Sishen Iron Ore Company 
Proprietary Limited, that is held by shareholders outside the Group.
– Anglo American Platinum Limited (Anglo American Platinum) is a company incorporated in South Africa and listed on the JSE. Its principal 
mining operations are the Mogalakwena and Amandelbult platinum group metals mines, which are located in South Africa. During the year, 
the Group disposed of approximately 11.9% of its total holding in Anglo American Platinum as part of an ‘accelerated bookbuild offering’ to 
institutional investors driven by its revised strategic plan. Non-controlling interests hold an effective 32.7% (2023: 20.8%) interest in the 
operations of Anglo American Platinum, which represents the whole of the Platinum Group Metals reportable segment. Total cash 
consideration received was $935 million.
– De Beers plc (De Beers) is a company incorporated in Jersey. It is one of the world’s leading diamond companies with operations across all key 
parts of the diamond value chain. Non-controlling interests hold a 15.0% (2023: 15.0%) interest in De Beers, which represents the whole of the 
Diamonds reportable segment.
The disclosures in this note include certain Alternative Performance Measures (APMs). For more information on the APMs used by the Group, 
including definitions, please refer to page 334.
 
2024 
US$ million
Anglo 
American 
Sur
Quellaveco
Minas Rio
Kumba 
Iron Ore
Anglo 
American 
Platinum
De Beers
Other
Total
Underlying earnings attributable to non-controlling interests
 
34  
173  
27  
448  
129  
(60)  
(14)  
737 
Profit/(loss) attributable to non-controlling interests
 
16  
171  
13  
489  
88  
(468)  
(29)  
280 
Distributions paid to non-controlling interests
 
—  
—  
(4)  
(457)  
(80)  
(2)  
(6)  
(549) 
Balance sheet information:
Equity attributable to non-controlling interests
 
1,549  
1,158  
880  
1,676  
1,834  
715  
(39)  
7,773 
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Equity
27. Non-controlling interests continued
 
2023 
US$ million
Anglo 
American 
Sur
Quellaveco
Minas Rio
Kumba 
Iron Ore
Anglo 
American 
Platinum
De Beers
Other
Total
Underlying earnings attributable to non-controlling interests
 
(92)  
317 
n/a  
757  
181  
(56)  
2  
1,109 
(Loss)/profit attributable to non-controlling interests
 
(93)  
319 
n/a  
753  
170  
(89)  
1  
1,061 
Distributions paid to non-controlling interests(1)
 
—  
(320) 
n/a  
(420)  
(149)  
(46)  
(43)  
(978) 
Balance sheet information:
Equity attributable to non-controlling interests
 
1,532  
987 
n/a  
1,668  
1,148  
1,210  
15  
6,560 
(1) Includes payment of $320 million related to share buy-backs at Quellaveco and dividend payments of $658 million.
Further information
Summarised financial information on a 100% basis and before inter-company eliminations for Anglo American Sur, Quellaveco, Minas-Rio, 
Kumba Iron Ore, Anglo American Platinum and De Beers is as follows:
 
2024 
US$ million
Anglo 
American 
Sur
Quellaveco
Minas Rio
Kumba 
Iron Ore
Anglo 
American 
Platinum
De Beers
Non-current assets
 
5,077  
8,874  
8,306  
3,540  
6,838  
3,619 
Current assets
 
884  
1,077  
374  
1,755  
3,119  
3,345 
Current liabilities
 
(885)  
(693)  
(893)  
(649)  (2,404)  
(951) 
Non-current liabilities
 (1,954)  
(6,364)  (2,045)  
(933)  (1,478)  (1,915) 
Net assets
 
3,122  
2,894  
5,742  
3,713  
6,075  
4,098 
Revenue
 
2,293  
2,797  
2,156  
3,737  
5,962  
3,262 
Profit/(loss) for the financial year(1)
 
49  
426  
419  
1,044  
398  (3,122) 
Total comprehensive income/(loss)
 
48  
426  
(420)  
1,004  
334  (3,287) 
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities
 
479  
1,583  
1,144  
1,592  
1,533  
(198) 
 
2023 
US$ million
Anglo 
American 
Sur
Quellaveco
Minas Rio
Kumba 
Iron Ore
Anglo 
American 
Platinum
De Beers
Non-current assets
 
5,154  
8,831 
n/a  
3,229  
6,249  
6,422 
Current assets
 
891  
1,306 
n/a  
2,129  
3,758  
4,585 
Current liabilities
 (1,003)  
(869) 
n/a  
(798)  
(2,531)  
(939) 
Non-current liabilities
 (1,968)  
(6,800) 
n/a  
(858)  
(1,416)  
(2,808) 
Net assets
 
3,074  
2,468 
n/a  
3,702  
6,060  
7,260 
Revenue
 
2,382  
2,722 
n/a  
4,674  
6,734  
4,198 
(Loss)/profit for the financial year(1)
 
(186)  
798 
n/a  
1,604  
692  
(1,989) 
Total comprehensive (loss)/income
 
(195)  
798 
n/a  
1,423  
261  
(2,328) 
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities
 
318  
1,704 
n/a  
1,584  
899  
(513) 
(1) Stated after special items and remeasurements.
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Employees
This section contains information about the 
Group’s employee numbers and associated costs 
as well as the post employment benefits incurred 
by the Group.
Employees(1)
54,000
(2023: 58,000)
(1) Excluding contractors and associates’ and joint ventures’ employees and including 
a proportionate share of employees within joint operations
28. Employee numbers and costs
Employee numbers
The average number of employees, excluding contractors and associates’ and joint ventures’ employees and including a proportionate 
share of employees within joint operations, by segment was:
Thousand
 
2024 
2023
Copper
 
5  
5 
Iron Ore
 
9  
9 
Platinum Group Metals
 
23  
27 
De Beers
 
9  
9 
Steelmaking Coal
 
3  
3 
Nickel
 
1  
1 
Crop Nutrients
 
1  
1 
Corporate and other
 
3  
3 
 
54  
58 
The average number of employees, excluding contractors and associates’ and joint ventures’ employees and including a proportionate share of 
employees within joint operations, by principal location of employment was:
Thousand
 
2024 
2023
South Africa
 
32  
36 
Other Africa
 
5  
4 
South America
 
9  
10 
North America
 
1  
1 
Australia and Asia
 
4  
4 
Europe
 
3  
3 
 
54  
58 
Employee costs
Payroll costs in respect of the employees included in the tables above were:
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Wages and salaries
 
3,259  
3,357 
Social security costs
 
188  
181 
Post employment benefits
 
360  
365 
Share-based payments
 
191  
193 
Total payroll costs
 
3,998  
4,096 
Reconciliation:
Less: Employee costs capitalised
 
(139)  
(160) 
Less: Employee costs included within special items
 
(112)  
(97) 
Employee costs included in operating costs before special items and remeasurements
 
3,747  
3,839 
Post employment benefits include contributions to defined contribution pension and medical plans, current and past service costs related to 
defined benefit pension and medical plans and other benefits provided to certain employees during retirement.
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Key management
Key management personnel are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the 
Group, directly or indirectly, including any director (executive and non-executive) of the Group. Key management comprises members of the 
Board and the Executive Leadership Team.
Compensation for key management was as follows:
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Salaries and short term employee benefits
 
23  
31 
Social security costs
 
4  
10 
Termination benefits
 
5  
3 
Post employment benefits
 
3  
2 
Share-based payments
 
17  
18 
 
52  
64 
Disclosure of directors’ emoluments, pension entitlements, share options and long term incentive plan awards required by the Companies Act 
2006 and those specified for audit by Part 3 and Schedule 8 of the Large and Medium-Sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) 
(Amendment) Regulations 2013 are included in the Remuneration report.
29. Retirement benefits
Overview
The Group operates a number of defined contribution and defined benefit pension plans with the most significant plans being in South Africa and 
the United Kingdom. It also operates post employment medical plans, the majority of which are unfunded, principally in South Africa. The post 
employment medical plans provide health benefits to retired employees and certain dependants.
During the year, the Group purchased an insurance policy to settle the defined benefit pension liabilities related to the De Beers UK Pension 
Scheme (a 'buy-in'). This resulted in the reduction of corporate and government bonds and the recognition of an insurance policy asset. In 
January 2025, the Group purchased buy-ins to settle the defined benefit pension liabilities related to the UK Corporate pension schemes. Refer to 
note 31 for further details. 
Defined contribution plans
The charge for the year for defined contribution pension plans (net of amounts capitalised) was $161 million (2023: $171 million) and for defined 
contribution medical plans (net of amounts capitalised) was $65 million (2023: $68 million).
Defined benefit pension plans and post employment medical plans
Characteristics of plans
The majority of the defined benefit pension plans are funded. The assets of these plans are held separately from those of the Group, in 
independently administered funds, in accordance with statutory requirements or local practice in the relevant jurisdiction. The responsibility for the 
governance of the funded retirement benefit plans, including investment and funding decisions, lies with the Trustees of each scheme. The 
unfunded liabilities are principally in relation to termination indemnity plans in Chile.
South Africa
The defined benefit pension plan in South Africa is in surplus. It is closed to new members and closed to future benefit accrual except for a small 
number of members. As the plan is in surplus no employer contributions are currently being made. The Group’s provision of anti-retroviral therapy 
to HIV positive staff does not significantly impact the post employment medical plan liability.
United Kingdom
The Group operates a number of funded pension plans in the United Kingdom. These plans are closed to new members and to the future accrual 
of benefits. The Group is committed to make payments to certain United Kingdom pension plans under deficit funding plans agreed with the 
respective Trustees.
Other
Other pension and post employment medical plans primarily comprise obligations in Chile where legislation requires employers to provide for 
a termination indemnity, entitling employees to a cash payment made on the termination of an employment contract.
Contributions
Employer contributions are made in accordance with the terms of each plan and may vary from year to year. Employer contributions made to 
funded pension plans in the year ended 31 December 2024 were $5 million (2023: $6 million). In addition, $25 million (2023: $17 million) of 
benefits were paid in relation to unfunded pension plans and $13 million (2023: $13 million) of benefits were paid in relation to post employment 
medical plans. The Group expects to contribute $19 million to its pension plans and $14 million to its post employment medical plans in 2025.
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Income statement
The amounts recognised in the Consolidated income statement are as follows:
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
Pension 
plans 
Post 
employment 
medical plans 
Total
Pension
 plans 
Post
employment
medical plans
Total 
Charged to operating costs
 
18  
1  
19 
 
18  
1  
19 
Net charge/(credit) to net finance costs
 
(3)  
20  
17 
 
(2)  
20  
18 
Total net charge to the income statement
 
15  
21  
36 
 
16  
21  
37 
Net charge/(credit) to net finance costs includes interest expense on surplus restriction of $9 million (2023: $11 million).
Comprehensive income
The pre-tax amounts recognised in the Consolidated statement of comprehensive income are as follows:
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
Pension
plans
Post 
employment 
medical plans 
Total
Pension
plans
Post
employment
medical plans
Total
Return on plan assets, excluding interest income
 
(355)  
(2)  
(357)  
(32)  
(2)  
(34) 
Actuarial gains/(losses) on plan liabilities
 
283  
11  
294 
 
(64)  
9  
(55) 
Movement in surplus restriction
 
(3)  
—  
(3)  
18  
—  
18 
Remeasurement of net defined benefit obligation
 
(75)  
9  
(66)  
(78)  
7  
(71) 
Actuarial gains on plan liabilities comprise net gains from changes in financial and demographic assumptions as well as experience on plan 
liabilities. The tax amounts arising on remeasurement of the net defined benefit obligations are disclosed in note 5.
Balance sheet
A summary of the movements in the net pension plan assets and retirement benefit obligations on the Consolidated balance sheet is as follows:
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Net liability recognised at 1 January
 
(126)  
(56) 
Net income statement charge before special items
 
(36)  
(37) 
Remeasurement of net defined benefit obligation
 
(66)  
(71) 
Employer contributions to funded pension plans
 
5  
6 
Benefits paid to unfunded plans
 
37  
30 
Effects of curtailments/settlements
 
1  
2 
Other
 
9  
(32) 
Currency movements
 
27  
32 
Net liability recognised at 31 December
 
(149)  
(126) 
Amounts recognised as:
Defined benefit pension plans in surplus
 
291  
339 
Retirement benefit obligation – pension plans
 
(267)  
(285) 
Retirement benefit asset – medical plans
 
63  
66 
Retirement benefit obligation – medical plans
 
(236)  
(246) 
 
(149)  
(126) 
The Group, in consultation with scheme and legal advisers, has determined that once all beneficiaries of the schemes have been settled the full 
economic benefit of the surplus of each of the schemes would become payable to the relevant Group company. Therefore, defined benefit 
pension plans and post retirement medical plans assets are included in pension asset surplus and other non-current assets on the Consolidated 
balance sheet.
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Further information
Movement analysis
The changes in the fair value of plan assets are as follows:
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
Pension 
plans 
Post 
employment 
medical plans 
Total
Pension 
plans 
Post 
employment 
medical plans 
Total 
At 1 January
 
3,332  
75  
3,407 
 
3,315  
84  
3,399 
Interest income
 
183  
7  
190 
 
190  
7  
197 
Return on plan assets, excluding interest income(1)
 
(355)  
(2)  
(357)  
(32)  
(2)  
(34) 
Contributions paid by employer to funded pension plans
 
4  
1  
5 
 
5  
1  
6 
Benefits paid
 
(201)  
(8)  
(209)  
(198)  
(7)  
(205) 
Effects of curtailments/settlements
 
—  
—  
— 
 
(33)  
—  
(33) 
Other
 
15  
—  
15 
 
(19)  
—  
(19) 
Currency movements
 
(51)  
1  
(50)  
104  
(8)  
96 
As at 31 December
 
2,927  
74  
3,001 
 
3,332  
75  
3,407 
(1) Includes revaluation of qualifying insurances assets. 
The changes in the present value of defined benefit obligations are as follows:
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
Pension 
plans 
Post 
employment 
medical plans 
Total
Pension 
plans 
Post 
employment 
medical plans 
Total 
At 1 January
 
(3,183)  
(255)  
(3,438)  
(3,068)  
(278)  
(3,346) 
Current service costs
 
(18)  
(1)  
(19)  
(18)  
(1)  
(19) 
Interest costs
 
(171)  
(27)  
(198)  
(177)  
(27)  
(204) 
Actuarial gains/(losses)
 
283  
11  
294 
 
(64)  
9  
(55) 
Benefits paid
 
225  
21  
246 
 
215  
20  
235 
Effects of curtailments/settlements
 
—  
1  
1 
 
35  
—  
35 
Other
 
(6)  
—  
(6)  
(13)  
—  
(13) 
Currency movements
 
73  
3  
76 
 
(93)  
22  
(71) 
As at 31 December
 
(2,797)  
(247)  
(3,044)  
(3,183)  
(255)  
(3,438) 
The most significant actuarial gain arose from changing financial assumptions totalling $245 million (2023: $78 million actuarial loss).
Pension plan assets and liabilities by geography
The split of the present value of funded and unfunded obligations in defined benefit pension plans and the fair value of pension assets at 
31 December is as follows:
 
2024 
 
2023 
US$ million
South 
Africa
United 
Kingdom
Other
Total
South 
Africa
United 
Kingdom
Other
Total
Corporate bonds
 
93  
839  
4  
936 
 
96  
1,427  
1  
1,524 
Government bonds
 
321  
485  
46  
852 
 
326  
1,313  
66  
1,705 
Debt (Repurchase Agreements)
 
(28)  
(14)  
—  
(42)  
(39)  
(452)  
—  
(491) 
Equity
 
64  
—  
5  
69 
 
77  
1  
5  
83 
Cash
 
29  
157  
—  
186 
 
14  
448  
—  
462 
Qualifying Insurance Assets
 
—  
885  
—  
885 
 
—  
—  
—  
— 
Other
 
11  
30  
—  
41 
 
12  
37  
—  
49 
Fair value of pension plan assets
 
490  
2,382  
55  
2,927 
 
486  
2,774  
72  
3,332 
Active members
 
(2)  
—  
(5)  
(7)  
(3)  
—  
(6)  
(9) 
Deferred members
 
(1)  
(461)  
(3)  
(465)  
(1)  
(629)  
(3)  
(633) 
Pensioners
 
(381)  
(1,657)  
(48)  
(2,086)  
(387)  
(1,832)  
(66)  
(2,285) 
Present value of funded obligations
 
(384)  
(2,118)  
(56)  
(2,558)  
(391)  
(2,461)  
(75)  
(2,927) 
Present value of unfunded obligations
 
—  
(23)  
(216)  
(239)  
—  
(32)  
(224)  
(256) 
Net surplus/(deficit) in pension plans
 
106  
241  
(217)  
130 
 
95  
281  
(227)  
149 
Surplus restriction
 
(106)  
—  
—  
(106)  
(95)  
—  
—  
(95) 
Recognised retirement benefit assets/(liabilities)
 
—  
241  
(217)  
24 
 
—  
281  
(227)  
54 
Non-current assets – pension asset surplus
 
—  
287  
4  
291 
 
—  
338  
1  
339 
Retirement benefit obligation – pension plans
 
—  
(46)  
(221)  
(267)  
—  
(57)  
(228)  
(285) 
Other assets principally comprise debt backed securities and property.
The fair value of assets is used to determine the funding level of the plans. The fair value of the assets of the funded plans was sufficient to cover 
114% (2023: 114%) of the benefits that had accrued to members after allowing for expected increases in future earnings and pensions. The 
present value of unfunded obligations includes $221 million (2023: $234 million) relating to active members. With the exception of insurance 
assets, all material investments are quoted.
In South Africa, the asset recognised is restricted to the amount in the Employer Surplus Account. The Employer Surplus Account is the amount 
that the Group is entitled to by way of a refund, taking into consideration any contingency reserves as recommended by the funds’ actuaries.
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Actuarial assumptions
The principal assumptions used to determine the actuarial present value of benefit obligations and pension charges and credits are detailed 
below (shown as weighted averages):
2024
2023
South 
Africa
United 
Kingdom
Other
South 
Africa
United 
Kingdom
Other
Defined benefit pension plans
Average discount rate for plan liabilities
 10.4% 
 5.5% 
 5.8% 
 11.4% 
 4.6% 
 5.6% 
Average rate of inflation
 5.1% 
 3.1% 
 3.1% 
 6.4% 
 3.0% 
 3.0% 
Average rate of increase of pensions in payment
 5.1% 
 3.3% 
 2.8% 
 6.4% 
 3.3% 
 2.6% 
Post employment medical plans
Average discount rate for plan liabilities
 10.4% 
n/a
 11.4% 
 11.4% 
n/a
 11.3% 
Average rate of inflation
 5.1% 
n/a
 6.3% 
 6.4% 
n/a
 6.9% 
Expected average increase in healthcare costs
 7.8% 
n/a
 8.5% 
 9.1% 
n/a
 9.4% 
The weighted average duration of the South African plans is 7 years (2023: 7 years), United Kingdom plans is 12 years (2023: 13 years) and 
plans in other regions is 13 years (2023: 13 years). This represents the average period, weighted by discounted value, over which future benefit 
payments are expected to be made.
Mortality assumptions are determined based on standard mortality tables with adjustments, as appropriate, to reflect experience of conditions 
locally. In South Africa the PA90 tables are used. The main plans in the United Kingdom use CMI tables or Club Vita models with plan specific 
adjustments based on mortality investigations. The mortality tables used imply that a male or female aged 60 at the balance sheet date has the 
following future life expectancy (shown as weighted averages):
Male
Female
Years
 
2024 
 
2023 
 
2024 
 
2023 
South Africa
 
18.7  
18.7 
 
23.4  
23.4 
United Kingdom
 
27.4  
27.4 
 
29.4  
29.2 
Other
 
25.3  
26.0 
 
29.3  
30.2 
The table below summarises the expected life expectancy from the age of 60 for a male or female aged 45 at the balance sheet date. When 
viewed together with the respective life expectancy at age 60 in the table above, this indicates the anticipated improvement in life expectancy 
(shown as weighted averages):
Male
Female
Years
 
2024 
 
2023 
 
2024 
 
2023 
South Africa
 
18.7  
18.7 
 
23.4  
23.4 
United Kingdom
 
28.7  
28.1 
 
29.7  
30.3 
Other
 
26.8  
27.8 
 
30.7  
31.7 
Risk of plans
The Group has identified the main risk to its defined benefit pension schemes as being interest rate risk due to the impact on the UK discount rate 
assumption:
Risk
Description
Mitigation
Interest rate risk
An increase in longer term real and 
nominal interest rates expectations 
causes gilt yields and corporate bond 
yields to increase, which results in a 
higher discount rate being applied to 
the UK pension liabilities and so, with 
all else being held equal, the value of 
the pension scheme liabilities 
decreases.
If the pension scheme assets 
decrease by more than the decrease 
in the pension scheme liabilities 
(caused by the increase in interest 
rates) then, all else being equal, this 
will result in a worsening of the 
pension scheme funding position.
The Trustees’ investment strategies vary by plan for the UK and include investing, with the 
intention of counter-balancing the movements in the liabilities, in fully owned (fully funded) 
physical credit and gilts, and by gaining unfunded exposure to gilts (via gilt repurchase 
agreements) and other fixed income based derivatives to match the real and nominal 
interest rate sensitivity of the pension scheme liabilities. Buy-in strategies also hedge 
interest rate risk for the schemes by passing this onto the insurance company. 
Approximately 90-100% (depending on the scheme) of the pension scheme liabilities are 
currently hedged against movements in real and nominal interest rates.
The Trustees’ hedging strategies are typically designed to protect the respective schemes’ 
funding plans against volatility in market yields. The discount rate used to calculate any 
funding requirement for the schemes is linked to gilt yields rather than to corporate bond 
yields as required under IAS 19 Employee Benefits. Consequently the valuation of the net 
retirement benefit obligation for accounting purposes remains susceptible to movements 
in value due to the difference between corporate bond and gilt yields. In addition, since 
corporate bond yields are typically higher than gilt yields, this can result in the recognition 
of accounting surpluses in respect of schemes where cash contributions continue to be 
made to meet funding shortfalls.
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Sensitivity analysis
Significant actuarial assumptions for the determination of pension and medical plan liabilities are the discount rate, inflation rate and mortality. 
The sensitivity analysis below has been provided by local actuaries on an approximate basis based on changes in the assumptions occurring 
at the end of the year, assuming that all other assumptions are held constant and the effect of interrelationships is excluded. The effect on plan 
liabilities is as follows:
 
2024 
US$ million
South 
Africa
United 
Kingdom
Other
Total
Discount rate – 1% decrease
 
(45)  
(256)  
(17)  
(318) 
Inflation rate – pension plans – 0.5% increase
 
(14)  
(43)  
(9)  
(66) 
Inflation rate – medical plans – 0.5% increase
 
(8)  
—  
(2)  
(10) 
Life expectancy – increase by 1 year
 
(20)  
(76)  
(1)  
(97) 
Independent qualified actuaries carry out full valuations at least every three years using the projected unit credit method. The actuaries have 
updated the valuations to 31 December 2024. Assumptions are set after consultation with the qualified actuaries. While management believes 
the assumptions used are appropriate, a change in the assumptions used would impact the Group’s other comprehensive income.
Accounting judgements and estimates
Recoverability of pension asset surplus and estimation of retirement benefit obligations
The value of the Group’s obligations for defined benefit schemes and post employment medical plans is dependent on the present value of the 
amount of benefits that are expected to be paid. The most significant assumption used in the calculation of this accounting estimate is the 
discount rate. The discount rate used is based on AA rated corporate bonds of a suitable duration and currency or, where there is no deep market 
for such bonds, is based on government bonds. 
The Group does not believe that a reasonably possible change in the assumptions used to estimate retirement benefit obligations will have a 
material impact on the carrying value to the net deficit position within the next year given the hedging arrangements in place. The sensitivity of the 
gross liability value to reasonably possible changes in discount rate is presented above. 
Management apply judgement in determining how much of any surplus is recoverable considering the arrangements in place for each scheme. 
Accounting policy
See note 40H for the Group’s accounting policy on retirement benefits.
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30. Share-based payments
Overview
During the year ended 31 December 2024, the Group had share-based payment arrangements with employees relating to shares of the 
Company. All of these Company schemes, as well as any non-cyclical awards, are equity settled either by award of ordinary shares (BSP, LTIP, 
MyShare, SIP and Non-cyclical) or award of options to acquire ordinary shares (SAYE). The awards are conditional on employment. LTIPs vest 
in accordance with the achievement of relative TSR targets and a balanced scorecard of operational and financial measures. 
The total share-based payment charge relating to Anglo American plc shares for the year is split as follows:
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
BSP
 
90  
123 
LTIP
 
30  
23 
Other schemes
 
42  
22 
Share-based payment charge relating to Anglo American plc shares
 
162  
168 
In addition there are equity settled share-based payment charges of $7 million (2023: $11 million) relating to Kumba Iron Ore Limited shares and 
$19 million (2023: $13 million) relating to Anglo American Platinum Limited shares. Certain entities also operate cash settled employee share-
based payment schemes. 
Further information
The movements in the number of shares for the more significant share-based payment arrangements are as follows:
Bonus Share Plan
Ordinary shares of 5486/91 US cents may be awarded under the terms of this scheme for no consideration.
Number of awards
 
2024 
 
2023 
Outstanding at 1 January
 
6,008,945  
8,210,594 
Conditionally awarded in year
 
4,224,409  
2,782,466 
Vested in year
 (3,038,660)  (4,765,627) 
Forfeited or expired in year
 
(330,105)  
(218,488) 
Outstanding at 31 December
 
6,864,589  
6,008,945 
Further information in respect of the BSP, including vesting conditions, is shown in the Remuneration report.
Long Term Incentive Plan
Ordinary shares of 5486/91 US cents may be awarded under the terms of this scheme for no consideration. 
Number of awards
 
2024 
 
2023 
Outstanding at 1 January
 
8,182,952  10,461,665 
Conditionally awarded in year
 
5,888,740  
3,880,609 
Vested in year
 (1,210,572)  (3,081,508) 
Forfeited or expired in year
 (2,589,393)  (3,077,814) 
Outstanding at 31 December
 10,271,727  
8,182,952 
The early vesting of share awards is permitted at the discretion of the Company upon, inter alia, termination of employment, ill health or death. 
Further information in respect of the LTIP, including performance conditions, is shown in the Remuneration report.
Accounting policy
See note 40H for the Group’s accounting policy on share-based payments.
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Unrecognised items and uncertain events
This section includes disclosure of items and transactions that are not 
reflected in the Group’s results because they are uncertain or have been 
incurred after the end of the year. These disclosures are considered 
relevant to an understanding of the Group’s financial position and the 
effect of expected or possible future events.
31. Events occurring after end of year
On 29 January 2025, the Group completed the sale of its interest in Jellinbah, receiving the final balance of approximately $870 million. In line with 
the agreement, the initial cash consideration of $1,019 million was reduced by $149 million of cash dividends received in 2024 post agreement of 
the sale.
On 18 February 2025, the Group announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Nickel business to MMG Singapore 
Resources Pte. Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of MMG Limited, for a cash consideration of up to $500 million comprising upfront, price-linked earn 
out and contingent elements linked to project milestones. The sales agreement includes the Barro Alto and Codemin operations together with 
associated sales agreements and two greenfield growth projects. The Group is comfortable the agreement does not impact the classification or 
materially impact the valuation of the associated assets and liabilities within the Group financial statements at 31 December 2024.
The trustees of the Tarmac B scheme and the Anglo UK scheme (on 13 January 2025), and the Tarmac UK scheme ('the schemes') (on 
14 January 2025), purchased respective insurance policies for the schemes' pension liabilities (known as a 'buy-in'). At the date of the insurance 
policy purchase the respective schemes had plan assets valued at $1.3 billion and benefit obligations of $1.0 billion, which closely matched the 
purchase price of the insurance policies. 
The Group has proposed a final dividend for 2024 (see note 6). 
32. Commitments
Overview
A commitment is a contractual obligation to make a payment in the future which is not provided for in the Consolidated balance sheet. The Group 
also has purchase obligations relating to take or pay agreements which are legally binding and enforceable.
Capital commitments (including cancellable and non-cancellable contracts) for subsidiaries and joint operations relating to the acquisition of 
property, plant and equipment are $2,565 million (2023: $3,055 million), of which 56% (2023: 67%) relates to expenditure to be incurred within 
the next year.
The Group’s outstanding commitments relating to take or pay agreements are $11,692 million (2023 restated: $13,982 million), of which 9% 
(2023 restated: 8%) relate to expenditure to be incurred within the next year. 
33. Contingent assets and liabilities
Overview
The assessment of risk and estimation of future outflows in respect of contingent liabilities is inherently uncertain and hence a material outflow 
may arise in future periods in relation to these matters. 
Contingent assets
Steelmaking Coal
In 2014, the Steelmaking Coal business was granted an arbitration award of $94 million (Group’s share) against MMTC Limited in respect of 
a contractual dispute. The award has since been challenged in the Indian courts, during which time interest has continued to accrue. On 
17 December 2020, the Indian Supreme Court found in favour of the Steelmaking Coal business. The award, inclusive of interest, is currently 
valued at approximately $137 million (Group’s share). The precise timing and value of receipt remains uncertain and hence no receivable has 
been recognised on the Consolidated balance sheet as at 31 December 2024. Receipt of the final amount is independent of any potential 
sale of the Steelmaking Coal business.
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33. Contingent assets and liabilities continued
Contingent liabilities
De Beers
Guarantees provided in respect of environmental restoration and decommissioning obligations involve judgements in terms of the outcome of 
future events. In one of the territories in which De Beers operates, conditions exist, or are proposed, with respect to backfilling pits on closure. A 
formal appeal has been lodged to remove the existing backfilling condition and no provision has been raised on the basis that it is not probable 
that this condition will be enforced. Should the appeal not be successful the estimated cost of backfilling is $215 million.
Anglo American South Africa Proprietary Limited (AASA)
In October 2020, an application was initiated against Anglo American South Africa Proprietary Limited (AASA). The application sought the 
certification of class action litigation to be brought on behalf of community members residing in the Kabwe area in Zambia in relation to alleged 
lead-related health impacts. The certification hearing was held late in January 2023.
On 15 December 2023, the High Court of South Africa issued a judgement dismissing the claimants’ application for certification and ruled that the 
applicants pay the costs incurred by AASA in responding to the application. In its judgement, the Court recognised the multiple legal and factual 
flaws in the claims made against AASA and deemed that it is not in the interests of justice for the class action to proceed.
The claimants have filed an appeal against the December 2023 ruling. In light of the pending appeal lodged by the claimants, the outcome of this 
litigation is still subject to significant uncertainty, and no provision is recognised for this matter.
Accounting judgement
The Group operates in a number of jurisdictions and, from time to time, is subject to commercial disputes, tax matters, litigation and other claims. 
The resolution of disputes is inherently unpredictable and the Group may in the future incur judgements or enter into settlements of claims that 
could lead to material cash outflows. A provision is recognised where it is considered probable that an outflow of resources will be required to 
settle a present obligation that can be measured reliably. Where payment is not probable or cannot be reliably estimated, the Group has not 
provided for such matters. Based on the information currently available, it is not expected that any of these matters will have a materially adverse 
impact on our financial position.
Where the existence of an asset is contingent on uncertain future events which are outside the Group’s control, the asset is only recognised once 
it becomes virtually certain that the Group will receive future economic benefits. 
Determining the likelihood of a future event is an accounting judgement. These judgements are based on the Group’s legal views and, in some 
cases, independent advice.
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This section includes details about the composition of the Group and 
how this is reflected in the Consolidated financial statements. It also 
includes disclosures of significant corporate transactions such as 
acquisitions, disposals and assets and liabilities held for sale.
34. Assets and liabilities held for sale
Moranbah-Grosvenor
On 25 November 2024, a share and asset purchase agreement was signed for the sale of Moranbah-Grosvenor. The conditions precedent, 
including regulatory approvals and pre-emptive rights, were not considered substantive and therefore the operation met the criteria to be 
classified as held for sale from this date. An impairment of $226 million was recorded based on the terms of the sales agreement (see note 8). 
Net assets of $1,835 million in relation to Moranbah-Grosvenor were classified as held for sale at 31 December 2024. 
Jellinbah
On 2 November 2024, the Group agreed the sale of its 33.3% interest in the Jellinbah associate to Zashvin. The conditions precedent, including 
approvals from authorities, were not considered to be substantive and the Jellinbah associate therefore met the criteria to be classified as held for 
sale from this date. From the date of the agreement the Group ceased recognition of its share of income from the associate (see note 14). Assets 
of $295 million in relation to Jellinbah were classified as held for sale at 31 December 2024.
On 29 January 2025, the Group completed the disposal and received the remaining consideration of $870 million. In line with the agreement, 
the initial cash consideration of $1,019 million was reduced by $149 million cash dividends received post agreement of the sale.
Other
The remaining balances classified as held for sale at 31 December 2024 relate to Peace River Coal (Steelmaking Coal) for which a sale was 
agreed in September 2024 and completed on 11 February 2025.
The major classes of assets and liabilities classified as held for sale as at 31 December are as follows:
US$ million
 
2024 
ASSETS
Intangible assets
 
3 
Property, plant and equipment
 
2,128 
Investments in associates and joint ventures
 
295 
Financial asset investments
 
1 
Inventories
 
36 
Trade and other receivables
 
67 
Assets held for sale
 
2,530 
LIABILITIES
Trade and other payables
 
(170) 
Borrowings
 
(15) 
Provisions for liabilities and charges
 
(178) 
Liabilities held for sale
 
(363) 
Net assets directly associated with disposal group
 
2,167 
2023
There were no assets or liabilities classified as held for sale as at 31 December 2023.
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35. Acquisitions and disposals
Acquisitions
No material acquisitions in the year. Details on the Serpentina transaction and associated impacts on non-controlling interest are included within 
note 27.
Disposals
Cash received of $177 million in respect of disposals principally relates to proceeds of a non-diamond royalty right at De Beers and the receipt of 
deferred consideration receivable at Platinum.
2023
On 1 November 2023, the Platinum Group Metals business completed the disposal of its 50% interest in the Kroondal pool-and-share agreement 
(Kroondal PSA) and the Marikana pool-and-share agreement (Marikana PSA) (collectively the PSAs), to Sibanye-Stillwater Limited (Sibanye-
Stillwater), the other 50% owner of the PSAs.
The gross assets and liabilities disposed of amounted to $161 million and $51 million, respectively. Estimated deferred consideration of 
$70 million was recognised within receivables. A loss on disposal of $40 million was recognised as a non-operating special item, refer to note 9. 
Cash received of $210 million in respect of disposals principally related to the settlement of deferred consideration balances relating to the sale 
of the Rustenburg operations (Platinum Group Metals) completed in November 2016. 
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36. Basis of consolidation
Overview
The principal subsidiaries, joint operations, joint ventures and associates of the Group and the Group percentage of equity capital are set out 
below. All these interests are held indirectly by the Parent Company and are consolidated within these financial statements.
A complete list of the Group’s related undertakings can be found in note 37.
Percentage of equity owned
Segment and asset
Location
Accounting treatment
2024
2023
Copper
Copper Chile
Los Bronces
Chile
Full consolidation
 50.1% 
 50.1% 
El Soldado
Chile
Full consolidation
 50.1% 
 50.1% 
Chagres
Chile
Full consolidation
 50.1% 
 50.1% 
Collahuasi
Chile
Joint operation
 44% 
 44% 
Copper Peru
Quellaveco
Peru
Full consolidation
 60% 
 60% 
Iron Ore
Kumba Iron Ore
South Africa
Full consolidation
 69.7% 
 69.7% 
Sishen(1)
South Africa
Full consolidation
 76.3% 
 76.3% 
Kolomela(1)
South Africa
Full consolidation
 76.3% 
 76.3% 
Minas-Rio
Brazil
Full consolidation
 85% 
 100% 
Ferroport(2)
Brazil
Equity accounted joint venture
 50% 
 50% 
Platinum Group Metals(3)
 67% 
 79% 
Mogalakwena Mine
South Africa
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
Amandelbult complex(4)
South Africa
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
Twickenham Mine
South Africa
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
Unki Mine
Zimbabwe
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
Platinum Refining
South Africa
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
Modikwa Platinum Joint Operation
South Africa
Joint operation
 50% 
 50% 
Mototolo
South Africa
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
De Beers(5)
 85% 
 85% 
Debswana(6), comprising:
Botswana
Joint operation
 19.2% 
 19.2% 
Jwaneng
Orapa regime
Namdeb Holdings(7), comprising:
Namibia
Joint operation
 50% 
 50% 
Namdeb Diamond Corporation
Debmarine Namibia
De Beers Consolidated Mines(8), comprising:
South Africa
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
Venetia
De Beers Canada, comprising:
Snap Lake
Canada
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
Victor
Canada
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
Gahcho Kué
Canada
Joint operation
 51% 
 51% 
Sales, comprising:
De Beers Global Sightholder Sales
Botswana
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
De Beers Sightholder Sales South Africa
South Africa
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
Auction Sales(9)
Singapore
Full consolidation
 — 
 100% 
Auction Sales(10)
Botswana
Full consolidation
 100% 
 — 
DTC Botswana
Botswana
Joint operation
 50% 
 50% 
Namibia DTC
Namibia
Joint operation
 50% 
 50% 
Element Six, comprising:
Element Six Technologies
Global
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
Element Six Abrasives
Global
Full consolidation
 60% 
 60% 
Brands, comprising:
Forevermark
Global
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
De Beers Jewellers
Global
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
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36. Basis of consolidation continued
Percentage of equity owned
Segment and asset
Location
Accounting treatment
2024
2023
Steelmaking Coal
Coal Australia and Canada, comprising:
Moranbah(11)
Australia
Joint operation
 88% 
 88% 
Grosvenor(11)
Australia
Joint operation 
 88% 
 88% 
Capcoal(11)
Australia
Joint operation
 70% 
 70% 
Dawson(11)
Australia
Joint operation
 51% 
 51% 
Jellinbah(12)(13)
Australia
Equity accounted associate
 33.3% 
 33.3% 
Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal Pty Ltd
Australia
Equity accounted associate
 24% 
 25.3% 
Peace River Coal
Canada
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
Nickel
Barro Alto
Brazil
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
Manganese
Samancor(13)(14)
South Africa and Australia
Equity accounted joint venture
 40% 
 40% 
Crop Nutrients
Woodsmith
United Kingdom
Full consolidation
 100% 
 100% 
Corporate and other
Envusa Energy Proprietary Limited
South Africa
Equity accounted joint venture
 50% 
 50% 
(1) Sishen and Kolomela are divisions fully owned by Sishen Iron Ore Company Proprietary 
Limited (SIOC). Kumba Iron Ore Limited has a 76.3% interest in SIOC (2023: 76.3%). 
Including shares held by Kumba Iron Ore in relation to its own employee share schemes, the 
Group’s effective interest in Kumba Iron Ore is 69.97% (2023: 69.97%). Consequently, the 
Group’s effective interest in SIOC is 53.4% (2023: 53.4%).
(2) Ferroport owns and operates the iron ore handling and shipping facilities at the port of Açu.
Joint operations, joint ventures and associates: all equity interests shown are ordinary 
shares.
(3) The Group’s effective interest in Anglo American Platinum is 67.35% (2023: 79.2%), 
which excludes shares issued as part of a community empowerment deal, treated as 
treasury shares. The reduction in shareholding is due to two accelerated bookbuilds 
sales of Anglo American Platinum shares in the open market.
(4) Amandelbult complex comprises Tumela mine and Dishaba mine.
(5) 85% should be applied to all holdings within De Beers to determine the Group’s attributable 
share of the asset.
(6) De Beers owns 50% of equity in Debswana, but consolidates 19.2% of Debswana on a 
proportionate basis, reflecting the economic interest. The Group’s effective interest in 
Debswana is 16.3% (taking into account the Group’s 85% interest in De Beers Group).
(7) The 50% interest in Namdeb Holdings is held indirectly through De Beers. The Group’s 
effective interest in Namdeb Holdings is 42.5%.
(8) De Beers’ legal ownership of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) and its subsidiaries is 
74%. For accounting purposes De Beers consolidates 100% of DBCM as it is deemed to 
control the BEE entity, Ponahalo, which holds the remaining 26%. The Group’s effective 
interest in DBCM is 85%.
(9) Auction Sales Singapore branch closed in 2024.
(10) Auction Sales Botswana branch opened in 2024.
(11) The wholly owned subsidiary Anglo American Steelmaking Coal Holdings Limited holds the 
proportionately consolidated joint operations. These operations are unincorporated and 
jointly controlled.
(12) The Group’s effective interest in the Jellinbah operation is 23.3%.
(13) These entities have a 30 June year end.
(14) Samancor is comprised of investments in Groote Eylandt Mining Company Proprietary 
Limited, Samancor Marketing Pte. Limited and Samancor Holdings Proprietary Limited. 
Samancor Holdings Proprietary Limited is the parent company of Hotazel Manganese 
Mines Proprietary Limited (HMM) and the Metalloys Smelter. BEE shareholders hold a 26% 
interest in HMM and therefore, the Group’s effective ownership interest in HMM is 29.6%.
Accounting judgements
Joint arrangements
Joint arrangements are classified as joint operations or joint ventures according to the rights and obligations of the parties, as described in note 
40I. Judgement is required in determining this classification through an evaluation of the facts and circumstances arising from each individual 
arrangement. When a joint arrangement has been structured through a separate vehicle, consideration has been given to the legal form of the 
separate vehicle, the terms of the contractual arrangement and, when relevant, other facts and circumstances. When the activities of an 
arrangement are primarily designed for the provision of output to the parties and, the parties are substantially the only source of cash flows 
contributing to the continuity of the operations of the arrangement, this indicates that the parties to the arrangement have rights to the assets 
and obligations for the liabilities. Certain joint arrangements that are structured through separate vehicles including Collahuasi, Debswana and 
Namdeb Holdings are accounted for as joint operations. These arrangements are primarily designed for the provision of output to the parties 
sharing joint control, indicating that the parties have rights to substantially all the economic benefits of the assets. The liabilities of the 
arrangements are in substance satisfied by cash flows received from the parties; this dependence indicates that the parties effectively have 
obligations for the liabilities. It is primarily these facts and circumstances that give rise to the classification as joint operations.
Functional currency 
The Group presents its financial statements in US dollars, the currency in which its business is primarily conducted. The functional currency for 
each subsidiary, joint operation, joint venture and associate is the currency of the primary economic environment in which it operates. The Group 
applies judgement in determining the functional currency of its operations, particularly where businesses primarily incur costs in local currencies 
and earn revenue in US dollars. Where the functional currency is unclear from analysis of the revenue and costs, particular attention is paid to the 
currency in which financing activities are conducted. The determination of functional currency affects the measurement of non-current assets 
such as property, plant and equipment and intangible assets and therefore the depreciation and amortisation charge for those assets. It also 
impacts the presentation of exchange gains and losses included in the income statement and in equity.
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37. Related undertakings of the Group
The Group consists of the Parent Company, Anglo American plc, incorporated in the United Kingdom and its subsidiaries, joint operations, joint 
ventures and associates. In accordance with section 409 of the Companies Act 2006 a full list of related undertakings, the country of 
incorporation and the effective percentage of equity owned as at 31 December 2024 is disclosed below. Unless otherwise disclosed, all entities 
with an indirect equity holding of greater than 50% are considered subsidiary undertakings. See note 36 for the Group’s principal subsidiaries, 
joint operations, joint ventures and associates.
As disclosed in the Group’s published tax strategy, the Group does not use tax haven jurisdictions to manage taxes. There remain a small 
number of undertakings in the Group which are registered in tax haven jurisdictions and have remained so for other business purposes. The 
Group is well advanced in our strategy to remove legacy undertakings from tax haven jurisdictions, and, where possible, these entities are 
resident for tax purposes in the United Kingdom regardless of where they are registered. Where the tax residency of a related undertaking is 
different from its country of incorporation, this is referenced in the notes to the list below.
Angola
 Anglo American Discovery (Moxico) - 
Prospeccao E Exploracao Mineira (SU), 
LDA
100%
Quota
Edifício One Metropolis, 3rd Floor, N03.3 Avenida 
Luanda Sul, Talatona, Luanda
Angola
Anglo American Discovery (Cunene) - 
Prospeccao E Exploracao Mineira (SU), 
LDA
100%
Quota
Edifício One Metropolis, 3rd Floor, N03.3 Avenida 
Luanda Sul, Talatona, Luanda
Angola
De Beers Angola Holdings LDA
85%
Quota
Rua Rainha Ginga 87, 9th Floor, Luanda
Angola
De Beers Angola Lunda Norte, Limitada
77%
Quota
Rua Rainha Ginga 87, 9th Floor, Luanda
Angola
De Beers Angola Lunda Sul, Limitada
77%
Quota
Rua Rainha Ginga 87, 9th Floor, Luanda
Argentina
Minera Anglo American Argentina S.A.U
100%
Ordinary
Nominative
Non-Endorsable
Esteban Echeverría 1776, Piso 2, Godoy Cruz, Mendoza
Australia
Anglo American Australia Finance Limited
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo American Australia Holdings Pty 
Limited
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo American Australia Limited
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo American Energy Solutions (Australia) 
Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo American Exploration (Australia) Pty 
Limited
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo American Steelmaking Coal Assets 
Eastern Australia Limited
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo American Steelmaking Coal Assets 
Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo American Steelmaking Coal Finance 
Limited
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo American Steelmaking Coal Holdings 
Limited
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo American Steelmaking Coal Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Coal (Capcoal Management) Pty 
Limited 
100%
A Class Ordinary
B Class Ordinary
C Class Ordinary
D Class Ordinary
E Class Ordinary
F Class Ordinary
G Class Ordinary
H Class Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Coal (Dawson Management) Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Coal (Dawson Services) Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Coal (Dawson South Management) 
Pty Ltd 
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
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Australia
Anglo Coal (Dawson South) Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Coal (Dawson) Holdings Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Coal (Dawson) Limited
100%
Limited by 
guarantee
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Coal (German Creek) Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Coal (Grasstree Management) Pty 
Limited
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Coal (Grosvenor Management) Pty 
Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Coal (Grosvenor) Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Coal (Jellinbah) Holdings Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Coal (Moranbah North Management) 
Pty Limited 
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Coal (Roper Creek) Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Coal (Theodore South) Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Anglo Operations (Australia) Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Bowen Basin Coal Pty. Ltd.
23%
Ordinary
Level 20, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Capricorn Coal Developments Joint Venture
70%
N/A
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal Pty. Ltd.
24%
Ordinary
Martin Armstrong Drive, Hay Point via Mackay, QLD 4741
Australia
Dawson Coal Processing Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Dawson Joint Venture
51%
N/A
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Dawson Sales Pty Ltd
51%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Dawson South Exploration Joint Venture
51%
N/A
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Dawson South Joint Venture
51%
N/A
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Dawson South Sales Pty Ltd
51%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
First Mode Pty Ltd
81%
Ordinary 
165-169 Aberdeen Street, Northbridge, 6003
Australia
German Creek Coal Pty. Limited
70%
B Class Ordinary
C Class Ordinary
D Class Ordinary
E Class Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Groote Eylandt Mining Company Proprietary 
Limited
40%
Ordinary
Level 35, 108 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA 6000
Australia
Jellinbah East Joint Venture
23%
N/A
Level 20, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Jellinbah Group Pty Ltd
33%
Ordinary
A Class Ordinary
E Class Ordinary
F Class Ordinary
Level 20, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Jellinbah Mining Pty Ltd
33%
Ordinary
Level 20, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Jellinbah Resources Pty Ltd
33%
Ordinary
Level 20, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Jena Pty. Limited
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Jena Unit Trust
100%
N/A
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
JG Land Company Pty Ltd
23%
Ordinary
Level 20, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Lake Vermont Joint Venture
23%
N/A
Level 20, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Lake Vermont Marketing Pty Ltd
33%
Ordinary
Level 20, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Lake Vermont Resources Pty Ltd
33%
Ordinary
Level 20, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Moranbah North Coal (No2) Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Moranbah North Coal (Sales) Pty Ltd
88%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Moranbah North Coal Joint Venture
88%
N/A
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Moranbah North Coal Pty Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Moranbah South Exploration Joint Venture
50%
N/A
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
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Australia
QCMM (Lake Vermont Holdings) Pty Ltd
33%
Ordinary
Level 20, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
QCMM Finance Pty Ltd
33%
Ordinary
Level 20, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Roper Creek Joint Venture
86%
N/A
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Theodore South Joint Venture
51%
N/A
Level 11, 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
Tremell Pty. Ltd.
33%
Ordinary
Level 20, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Belgium
De Beers Auction Sales Belgium NV
85%
Ordinary
21 Schupstraat, 2018 Antwerp
Belgium
International Institute of Diamond Grading 
and Research (Belgium) NV
85%
Ordinary
21 Schupstraat, 2018 Antwerp
Bermuda
Coromin Insurance Limited
100%
Common
Wellesley House, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton
Bermuda
Holdac Insurance Limited
100%
Common
Wellesley House, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton
Botswana
Anglo American Corporation Botswana 
(Services) Limited
100%
Ordinary
Plot 67977,Fairground Office Park, Gaborone
Botswana
Broadhurst Primary School (Proprietary) 
Limited
45%
Ordinary
Plot 113, Unit 28 Kgale Mews, Gaborone International 
Finance Park, Gaborone
Botswana
De Beers Auctions Botswana Proprietary 
Limited
85%
Ordinary
DTCB Building, Plot 63016, Airport Road, Gaborone
Botswana
De Beers Global Sightholder Sales (Pty) Ltd
85%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, DTCB Building, Plot 63016, Block 8, Airport 
Road, Gaborone
Botswana
De Beers Holdings Botswana (Pty) Ltd
85%
Ordinary
5th Floor, Debswana House, Main Mall, Gaborone
Botswana
Debswana Diamond Company (Proprietary) 
Limited(4)
42%
Ordinary
First Floor Debswana Corporate Centre, Plot 64288 
Airport Road, Block 8, Gaborone
Botswana
Debswana Wellness Fund
43%
N/A
First Floor Debswana Corporate Centre, Plot 64288 
Airport Road, Block 8, Gaborone
Botswana
Diamond Trading Company Botswana 
(Proprietary) Limited
43%
Ordinary
Plot 63016, Airport Road, Block 8, Gaborone
Botswana
Naledi Mining Services Company 
(Proprietary) Limited
43%
Ordinary
First Floor Debswana Corporate Centre, Plot 64288, 
Airport Road, Block 8, Gaborone
Botswana
Sesiro Insurance Company (Proprietary) 
Limited
43%
Ordinary
First Floor Debswana Corporate Centre, Plot 64288, 
Airport Road, Block 8, Gaborone
Botswana
The Diamond Trust
85%
N/A
Debswana House, The Mall, Gaborone 
Botswana
Tokafala (Proprietary) Limited 
57%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, DTCB Building, Plot 63016, Block 8, Airport 
Road, Gaborone
Brazil
Anglo American Comercializadora E 
Exportadora Ltda.
100%
Membership 
interest
Rua Maria Luiza Santiago, n.200, 16º andar, parte, bairro 
Santa Lúcia, CEP 30360-740
Brazil
Anglo American Holding Patrimonial Ltda.
100%
Membership 
interest
Rua Maria Luiza Santiago, n.200, 16º andar, parte, bairro 
Santa Lúcia, CEP 30360-740
Brazil
Anglo American Investimentos - Minério de 
Ferro Ltda.
100%
Membership 
interest
Rua Maria Luiza Santiago, n.200, 16º andar, sala 1603, 
bairro Santa Lúcia, CEP 30360-740
Brazil
Anglo American Minério de Ferro Brasil S.A
85%
Ordinary
Rua Maria Luiza Santiago, nº 200, 16º andar, sala 1601, 
bairro Santa Lucia, CEP 30360-740, Belo Horizonte, 
Minas Gerais
Brazil
Anglo American Niquel Brasil Ltda.
100%
Membership 
interest
Rua Maria Luiza Santiago, n.200, 8º andar, parte, bairro 
Santa Lúcia, CEP 30360-740
Brazil
Anglo Ferrous Brazil Participações S.A.
100%
Ordinary
Rua Maria Luiza Santiago, n.200, 16º andar, parte, bairro 
Santa Lúcia, CEP 30360-740
Brazil
Ferroport Logística Comercial Exportadora 
S.A.
50%
Ordinary
Rua da Passagem, nº 123, 11º andar, sala 1101, 
Botafogo, CEP 22290-030, Rio de Janeiro/RJ
Brazil
Guaporé Mineração Ltda.
49%
Membership 
interest
Rua Maria Luiza Santiago, nº. 200, 8º andar (parte), 
bairro Santa Lúcia, CEP 30.360-740, Belo Horizonte, 
Minas Gerais
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
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Brazil
Mineração Tanagra Ltda.
49%
Membership 
interest
Rua Maria Luiza Santiago, nº. 200, 8º andar (parte), 
bairro Santa Lúcia, CEP 30.360-740, Belo Horizonte, 
Minas Gerais
Brazil
Ventos de Santa Alice Energias Renováveis 
S/A
98%
Ordinary
Rodovia Doutor Mendel Steinbruch, nº 10.800, sala 236, 
Distrito Industrial, Maracanaú/CE, CEP 61939-906
Brazil
Ventos de Santa Alice Holding S/A
98%
Ordinary
Rodovia Doutor Mendel Steinbruch, nº 10.800, sala 241, 
Distrito Industrial, Maracanaú/CE, CEP 61939-906
Brazil
Ventos de Santa Sara Energias Renováveis 
S/A
98%
Ordinary
Rodovia Doutor Mendel Steinbruch, nº 10.800, sala 226, 
Distrito Industrial, Maracanaú/CE, CEP 61939-906
Brazil
Ventos de Santa Sara Holding S/A
98%
Ordinary
Rodovia Doutor Mendel Steinbruch, nº 10.800, sala 246, 
Distrito Industrial, Maracanaú/CE, CEP 61939-906
Brazil
Ventos de São Felipe Energias Renováveis 
S/A
98%
Ordinary
Rodovia Doutor Mendel Steinbruch, nº 10.800, sala 290, 
Distrito Industrial, Maracanaú/CE, CEP 61939-906
Brazil
Ventos de São Felipe Holding S/A
98%
Ordinary
Rodovia Doutor Mendel Steinbruch, nº 10.800, sala 244, 
Distrito Industrial, Maracanaú/CE, CEP 61939-906
British Virgin 
Islands
De Beers Centenary Angola Properties Ltd
85%
Ordinary
Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110
British Virgin 
Islands
Delibes Holdings Limited(5)
85%
A Ordinary
Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110
British Virgin 
Islands
Loma de Niquel Holdings Limited(5)
94%
Class A1
Class A2
Class B
Class C
Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110
Canada
0912055 B.C. Ltd. 
100%
Common
c/- McCarthy Tetrault, Suite 2400, 745 Thurlow Street, 
Vancouver, BC, V6E 0C5
Canada
Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Ltd.
100%
Common
Class B Preference
Class C Preference
Suite 620 – 650 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, 
V6B 4N8
Canada
Auspotash Corporation
100%
Common
333 Bay Street, Suite 2400, Toronto, ON, M5H2T6
Canada
De Beers Canada Holdings Inc.
85%
A Ordinary
B Ordinary 
2400-333 Bay St, Toronto, ON, M5H2T6
Canada
De Beers Canada Inc.
85%
Preference 
2400-333 Bay St, Toronto, ON, M5H2T6
Canada
Lion Battery Technologies Inc. 
32%
Class A Preferred
Suite 2600, Three Bentall Centre, 595 Burrard Street, 
P.O. Box 49314, Vancouver, BC, V7X 1L3 
Canada
Peace River Coal Inc.
100%
Common
Class A Non-
Voting Preference
c/- McCarthy Tetrault, Suite 2400, 745 Thurlow Street, 
Vancouver, BC, V6E 0C6
Canada
Peregrine Diamonds Ltd
85%
Common
Preference 
2400-333 Bay St, Toronto, ON, M5H2T6
Chile
Anglo American Chile Limitada
100%
Ordinary
Isidora Goyenechea 2800, piso 46, Las Condes, 
Santiago 
Chile
Anglo American Copper Finance SpA
100%
Ordinary
Isidora Goyenechea 2800, piso 46, Las Condes, 
Santiago 
Chile
Anglo American Marketing Chile SpA
100%
Ordinary
Isidora Goyenechea 2800, piso 46, Las Condes, 
Santiago
Chile
Anglo American Sur S.A.
50%
Ordinary
Isidora Goyenechea 2800, piso 46, Las Condes, 
Santiago 
Chile
Compañía Minera Dona Ines De Collahuasi 
SCM
44%
Ordinary
Av. Andrés Bello 2457 Piso 39 Providencia, Santiago, 
Región Metropolitana
Chile
Compañía Minera Westwall S.C.M
50%
Ordinary
Isidora Goyenechea 2800, piso 46, Las Condes, 
Santiago 
Chile
First Mode Chile SpA
81%
Nominative shares 
and without par 
value
Alonso De Cordova, 4355, og 1503, Vitacura
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
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Chile
Inversiones Anglo American Norte SpA
100%
Ordinary
Isidora Goyenechea 2800, piso 46, Las Condes, 
Santiago 
Chile
Inversiones Anglo American Sur SpA
100%
Ordinary
Isidora Goyenechea 2800, piso 46, Las Condes, 
Santiago 
Chile
Inversiones Minorco Chile SpA
100%
Ordinary
Isidora Goyenechea 2800, piso 46, Las Condes, 
Santiago 
China
Anglo American Resources Trading (China) 
Co., Ltd.
100%
Equity interest
Units 01, 02A, 07A, 08, Floor 32, No. 1198 Century 
Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai
China
De Beers Jewellers Commercial (Shanghai) 
Co., Ltd
85%
Equity interest
Suite 4607, The Park Place, No.1601 Nan Jing West 
Road, Shanghai
China
Element Six Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
51%
Equity interest
Room 807, Floor 8, No 390-408 East Beijing Road, 
Huangpu District, Shanghai
China
Forevermark Marketing (Haikou) Co. Ltd.
85%
Interest
Room 303-7, International Commercial Centre, Cross-
Border E-Commerce Industrial Park, Haikou 
Comprehensive Free Trade Zone, Haikou, Hainan
China
Forevermark Marketing (Shanghai) 
Company Limited
85%
Equity interest
Suite 4601, 4602 and 4608, The Park Place, No.1601 
Nan Jing West Road, Shanghai
China
Platinum Guild International (Shanghai) Co., 
Limited
65%
Ordinary
Room 601, L'avenue, 99 XianXia Road, Shanghai 
200051
China
Suzhou Yibai Environmental Protection 
Technologies Co., Ltd
20%
N/A
No. 558, Fenhu Avenue, Lili Town, Wujiang District, 
Suzhou
Colombia
Anglo American Colombia Exploration S.A.
100%
Ordinary
Carrera 7 No. 71-52 Torre B, Piso 9, Bogotá
Democratic 
Republic 
of Congo
Ambase Exploration Africa (DRC) SPRL
100%
Ordinary
c/o KPMG, 500b. Av. Mpala/Quartier Golf, Lubumbashi
Ecuador
Anglo American Ecuador S.A.
100%
Ordinary
Avda. 6 de Diciembre 32-312 y Boussingault, Edif.T6 
oficina 803, Quito. EC 170517
Finland
AA Sakatti Mining Oy
100%
Ordinary
AA Sakatti Mining Oy, Tuohiaavantie 2, 99600, 
Sodankylä
Gabon
Samancor Gabon SA 
40%
Ordinary
C/- Fiduge SARL, Battery IV, Soraya Building, PO Box 
15.950, Liberville
Germany
Element Six GmbH 
51%
Ordinary
Staedeweg 18, 36151, Burghaun
Germany
Kupfer Copper Germany GmbH
80%
Ordinary
Alfred-Herrhausen-Allee 3-5, 65760 Eschborn, 
Deutschland
Germany 
Anglo American Exploration Germany GmbH 100%
Ordinary
Alfred-Herrhausen-Allee 3-5, 65760 Eschborn, 
Deutschland
Greenland
NAIP West Exploration A/S 
75%
Ordinary
Qullilerfik 2, 6., Postboks 59, 3900 Nuuk
Hong Kong
De Beers Auction Sales Holdings Limited
85%
Ordinary
2602-2606, 26/F, Kinwick Centre, 32 Hollywood Road, 
Central
Hong Kong
De Beers Jewellers (Hong Kong) Limited
85%
Ordinary
RM 02B&03-06 26/F, Kinwick Centre, 32 Hollywood 
Road, Central
Hong Kong
Forevermark Limited
85%
Ordinary
RM 02B&03-06 26/F, Kinwick Centre, 32 Hollywood 
Road, Central
Hong Kong
Platinum Guild International Hong Kong 
Limied
65%
Ordinary
Suites 2901-2, Global Trade Square, No.21 Wong Chuk 
Hang Road
India
Anglo American Crop Nutrients (India) 
Private Limited
100%
Ordinary
Regus Elegance, 2F, Elegance, Jasola Districe Centre 
Old Mathura Road, New Delhi, 110025
India
Anglo American Services (India) Private 
Limited
100%
Equity 
A- 1/292, Janak Puri, New Delhi, 110058
India
De Beers India Private Ltd
85%
Ordinary Equity
Preference Equity
601, 6th floor, TCG Financial Centre, C-53, G Block, 
Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandrar (East), Mumbai, 
400 058
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
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India
Hindustan Diamond Company Private 
Limited
43%
Ordinary Equity 
Office No. 12, 14th Floor, Navjivan Society Building, No.3, 
Lamington Road, Mumbai, 400 008
India
Platinum Guild India Private Limited
65%
Ordinary
Notan Classic, 3rd Floor, 114 Turner Road, Bandra, West 
Mumbai, 400 050
Indonesia
PT Anglo American Indonesia
100%
Ordinary
Treasury Tower, 11th Floor Unit A & B, District 8, SCBD 
Lot. 28 Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 52-53, RT/RW 5/3, Kel. 
Senayan, Kec. Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta 12190
Indonesia
PT Minorco Services Indonesia
100%
Ordinary
Treasury Tower, 11th Floor Unit A & B, District 8, SCBD 
Lot. 28 Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 52-53, RT/RW 5/3, Kel. 
Senayan, Kec. Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta 12190
Ireland
Coromin Insurance (Ireland) DAC
100%
Ordinary
Charlotte House, Charlemont Street, Dublin 2, D02 NV26
Ireland
Element Six (Holdings) Limited
51%
Ordinary
Shannon Airport, Shannon, Co.Clare
Ireland
Element Six (Trade Marks) Limited
51%
Ordinary
A Ordinary
Shannon Airport, Shannon, Co.Clare
Ireland
Element Six Abrasives Treasury Limited
51%
Ordinary
Shannon Airport, Shannon, Co.Clare
Ireland
Element Six Limited 
51%
Ordinary
Shannon Airport, Shannon, Co.Clare
Ireland
Element Six Technologies Limited
85%
Ordinary
Shannon Airport, Shannon, Co.Clare
Ireland
Element Six Treasury Limited
85%
Ordinary
Shannon Airport, Shannon, Co.Clare
Isle of Man
Element Six (Legacy Pensions) Limited 
85%
Ordinary
A Ordinary
1st Floor, 18-20 North Quay, Douglas, IM1 4LE
Israel
De Beers Auction Sales Israel Ltd
85%
Ordinary
11th Floor, Yahalom (Diamond) Building, 21 Tuval Street 
Ramat Gan 5252236
Italy
Forevermark Italy S.R.L.
85%
Ordinary
Via Burlamacchi Francesco 14, 20135, Milan
Japan
De Beers Jewellers Japan K.K.
85%
Common stock
New Otani Garden Court 7th Floor, 4-1 Kioi-cho, 
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Japan
De Beers K.K.
43%
Common stock
New Otani Garden Court, 7th Floor, 4-1 Kioi-cho, 
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Japan
Forevermark KK
85%
Common stock
New Otani Garden Court, 7th Floor, 4-1 Kioi-cho, 
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Japan
Furuya Eco-Front Technology Co., Ltd
27%
Common
MSB-21 Minami Otsuka Building, 2-37-5 Minami Otsuka, 
Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Japan
PGI KK
65%
Ordinary
Imperial Hotel Tower 17F, 1-1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho, 
Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo, 100-8575
Jersey
A.R.H. Investments Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
A.R.H. Limited(5)
100%
Class A
Class B
Class C
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Ambras Holdings Limited(5)(6)
100%
Repurchaseable 
Class A Ordinary
Repurchaseable 
Class B Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Ammin Coal Holdings Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo African Exploration Holdings Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo American Amcoll UK Ltd(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo American Buttercup Company 
Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo American Chile Investments UK Ltd(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo American Clarent UK Ltd(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo American Corporation de Chile 
Holdings Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo American Exploration Colombia 
Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
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Jersey
Anglo American Exploration Overseas 
Holdings Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo American Finland Holdings 2 Limited(5) 100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo American Midway Investment 
Limited(5)
100%
A Shares
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo American Overseas Limited(5)(7)
100%
Repurchaseable 
Class A Ordinary
Repurchaseable 
Class B Ordinary
Repurchaseable 
Class C Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo Australia Investments Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo Diamond Investments Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo Iron Ore Investments Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo Operations (International) Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo Peru Investments Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo Quellaveco Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo South American Investments Limited(5) 100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Anglo Venezuela Investments Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Aval Holdings Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Cheviot Holdings Limited(5)
85%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
De Beers Centenary Limited(5)
85%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
De Beers Exploration Holdings Limited(5)
85%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
De Beers Holdings Investments Limited(5)
85%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
De Beers Investments plc(5)
85%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
De Beers plc(5)
85%
A Ordinary
B Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Highbirch Limited(5)
100%
Class A
Class B
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Kumba International Trading Limited(5)
53%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Minorco Overseas Holdings Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Minorco Peru Holdings Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Minpress Investments Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Sirius Minerals Finance Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
Preference 
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Jersey
Sirius Minerals Finance No.2 Limited(5)
100%
Ordinary
Preference 
3rd Floor, 44 Esplanade, St Helier, JE4 9WG
Luxembourg
Kumba Iron Ore Holdings S.à r.l.
53%
Ordinary
58 rue Charles Martel, L-2134 
Macau
De Beers Jewellers (Macau) Company 
Limited
85%
Ordinary
Avenida da Praia Grande No. 409, China Law Building 
16/F – B79
Macedonia 
Anglo American Exploration West Tethyan 
Skopje
100%
Ordinary
Str. Risto Ravanovski no. 13A, 1000, Skopje, Municipality 
of Karpos
Mauritius
Anglo American International Limited(5)
100%
Normal Class A 
Ordinary
Ordinary B
Repurchaseable 
Class A Ordinary
C/o AXIS Fiduciary Ltd, 2nd Floor, The AXIS, 26 Bank 
Street, Cybercity Ebene, 72201
Mexico
Anglo American Mexico S.A. de C.V.
100%
Common
c/o Sanchez Mejorada, Velasco y Ribe, S.C. Bosque de 
los Ciruelos 186, Oficina 201, Colonia Bosque de las 
Lomas, Ciudad de Mexico, 11700
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
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Mexico
Servicios Anglo American Mexico S.A. de C.V. 100%
Common
c/o Sanchez Mejorada, Velasco y Ribe, S.C. Bosque de 
los Ciruelos 186, Oficina 201, Colonia Bosque de las 
Lomas, Ciudad de Mexico, 11700
Mozambique
Anglo American Corporation Mocambique 
Servicos Limitada 
100%
Quota
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ltda. Avenida Vladimir 
Lenine, No 174, 4o andar, Edifício Millennium Park, 
Maputo
Namibia
Ambase Prospecting (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
c/o SGA, 24 Orban Street, Klein Windhoek, Windhoek
Namibia
De Beers Marine Namibia (Pty) Ltd
43%
Ordinary
4th Floor, Namdeb Centre, 10 Dr Frans Indongo Street, 
Windhoek
Namibia
De Beers Namibia Holdings (Pty) Ltd
85%
Ordinary
6th floor, Namdeb Centre, 10 Dr Frans Indongo Street, 
Windhoek
Namibia
Debmarine Namdeb Foundation
43%
N/A
10th Floor, Namdeb Centre, 10 Dr Frans Indongo Street, 
Windhoek
Namibia
DTC Valuations Namibia (Pty) Ltd
85%
Ordinary
4th Floor, Namdeb Centre, 10 Dr Frans Indongo Street, 
Windhoek
Namibia
Exclusive Properties (Pty) Ltd
43%
Ordinary
10th Floor, Namdeb Centre, 10 Dr Frans Indongo Street, 
Windhoek
Namibia
Kerbehuk Ridge Wind Energy Facility (Pty) 
Ltd
85%
Ordinary 
7th Floor Namdeb Centre, 10 Frans Indongo Street, CBD, 
Windhoek, 0000
Namibia
Longboat Trading (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
24 Orban Street, Klein Windhoek, Windhoek
Namibia
Mamora Mines & Estates Limited 
28%
Ordinary
10th Floor, Namdeb Centre, 10 Dr Frans Indongo Street, 
Windhoek
Namibia
Namdeb Diamond Corporation (Pty) Ltd
43%
Ordinary
10th Floor, Namdeb Centre, 10 Dr Frans Indongo Street, 
Windhoek
Namibia
Namdeb Holdings (Pty) Ltd
43%
Ordinary
10th Floor, Namdeb Centre, 10 Dr Frans Indongo Street, 
Windhoek
Namibia
Namdeb Properties (Pty) Ltd
43%
Ordinary
10th Floor, Namdeb Centre, 10 Dr Frans Indongo Street, 
Windhoek
Namibia
Namibia Diamond Trading Company (Pty) 
Ltd
43%
Ordinary
9th Floor, Namdeb Centre, 10 Dr Frans Indongo Street, 
Windhoek
Namibia
OMDis Town Transformation Agency
43%
N/A
Unit 6, Gold Street Business Park, Gold Street, Prosperita, 
Windhoek
Namibia
Oranjemund Private Hospital (Proprietary) 
Limited
43%
Ordinary
10th Floor, Namdeb Centre, 10 Dr Frans Indongo Street, 
Windhoek
Namibia
Oranjemund Town Management Company 
(Pty) Ltd
43%
Ordinary
10th Floor, Namdeb Centre, 10 Dr Frans Indongo Street, 
Windhoek
Namibia 
Namdeb Hospital Pharmacy (Pty) Ltd
43%
Ordinary
10th Floor, Namdeb Centre, 10 Dr Frans Indongo Street, 
Windhoek
Netherlands
Anglo American (TIH) B.V.(5)
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
Netherlands
Anglo American Europe B.V. 
100%
Ordinary
151, Kingsfordweg, Amsterdam, 1043GR
Netherlands
Anglo American Exploration B.V.(5)
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
Netherlands
Anglo American Exploration (Philippines) 
B.V.(5)
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
Netherlands
Anglo American International B.V.(5)
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
Netherlands
Anglo American Marketing B.V.
100%
Ordinary
151, Kingsfordweg, Amsterdam, 1043GR
Netherlands
Anglo American Netherlands B.V.(5)
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
Netherlands
Anglo Operations (Netherlands) B.V.(5)
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
Netherlands
Erabas B.V.(5)
65%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
Netherlands
Loma de Niquel Holdings B.V.(5)
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
Netherlands
Minorco Exploration (Indonesia) B.V.(5)
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
Papua New 
Guinea
Anglo American (Star Mountain) Limited
100%
Ordinary
c/o BDO Accountants, Section 15 Lot 15, Bernal Street, 
PO Box 569 Port Moresby, NCD 121 
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
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Papua New 
Guinea
Anglo American Exploration (PNG) Limited
100%
Ordinary
c/o BDO Accountants, Section 15 Lot 15, Bernal Street, 
PO Box 569 Port Moresby, NCD 121 
Peru
Anglo American Marketing Peru S.A.
100%
Ordinary
Calle Esquilache 371 Piso 10 San Isidro, Lima 27
Peru
Anglo American Peru S.A.
100%
Ordinary
Calle Esquilache 371 Piso 10 San Isidro, Lima 27
Peru
Anglo American Quellaveco S.A.
60%
Class A Ordinary
Class B Non-
Voting 
Calle Esquilache 371, Piso 10, San Isidro, Lima 27
Peru
Anglo American Servicios Perú S.A. en 
Liquidación
100%
Ordinary
Calle Esquilache 371 Piso 10 San Isidro, Lima 27
Peru
Asociación Quellaveco
100%
N/A
Calle Esquilache 371 Piso 10 San Isidro, Lima 27
Peru
Cobre del Norte S.A.
100%
Ordinary
Calle Esquilache 371 Piso 10 San Isidro, Lima 27
Philippines
Anglo American Exploration (Philippines) Inc.
100%
Ordinary
c/o SyCipLaw Center, 105 Paseo de Roxas, Makati City 
1226, Metro Manila
Sierra Leone
Gemfair (SL) Limited
85%
Ordinary
31 Lightfoot Boston Street, Freetown
Singapore
Anglo American Crop Nutrients (Singapore) 
Pte Ltd
100%
Ordinary
9 Raffles Place, #26-01 Republic Plaza, 048619
Singapore
Anglo American Shipping Pte. Limited
100%
Ordinary
10 Collyer Quay, #38-00 Ocean Financial Centre, 
049315
Singapore
De Beers Auction Sales Singapore Pte. Ltd.
85%
Ordinary
10 Collyer Quay, #03-04 Ocean Financial Centre, 
049315
Singapore
Kumba Singapore Pte. Ltd.
53%
Ordinary
10 Collyer Quay, #38-00 Ocean Financial Centre, 
049315
Singapore
MR Iron Ore Marketing Services Singapore 
Pte. Ltd.
50%
Ordinary
10 Collyer Quay, #38-00 Ocean Financial Centre, 
049315
Singapore
Samancor Marketing Pte.Ltd.
40%
Ordinary
16 Collyer Quay #18-00 Collyer Quay Centre, 049318
Singapore
Sulista Forte Pte. Ltd. 
100%
Ordinary
77 Robinson Road, #13-00 Robinson 77, 068896
South Africa
 Peglerae Hospital (Pty) Ltd
26%
Ordinary
21 Oxford Manor, Rudd & Chaplin Roads, Illovo, 
Johannesburg, 2196
South Africa
Africa Pipe Industries North (Pty) Ltd
33%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Amandelbult Solar Pv (Pty) Ltd
67%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Amaprop Townships Ltd
100%
Ordinary
61 Katherine Street, Sandton, 2196
South Africa
Ambase Investment Africa (Botswana) (Pty) 
Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Ambase Investment Africa (DRC) (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Ambase Investment Africa (Tanzania) (Pty) 
Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Ambase Investment Africa (Zambia) (Pty) 
Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Anglo American Corporation of South Africa 
(Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Anglo American EMEA Shared Services (Pty) 
Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Anglo American Farms (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Vergelegen Wine Farm, Lourensford Road, Somerset 
West, 7130
South Africa
Anglo American Farms Investment Holdings 
(Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Vergelegen Wine Farm, Lourensford Road, Somerset 
West, 7130
South Africa
Anglo American Group Employee 
Shareholder Nominees (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose 2196
South Africa
Anglo American Marketing South Africa (Pty) 
Ltd
77%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Anglo American Platinum Limited
67%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
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South Africa
Anglo American Properties Ltd
100%
Ordinary
61 Katherine Street, Sandton, 2196
South Africa
Anglo American Prospecting Services (Pty) 
Ltd
100%
Ordinary
55 Marshall Street, Johannesburg, 2001
South Africa
Anglo American SA Finance Proprietary 
Limited
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Anglo American SEFA Mining Fund (Pty) Ltd
50%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Anglo American South Africa Investments 
Proprietary Limited
100%
Ordinary 
Preference
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Anglo American South Africa Proprietary 
Limited 
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Anglo American Zimele (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Anglo American Zimele Loan Fund (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Anglo Corporate Enterprises (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Anglo Corporate Services South Africa 
Proprietary Limited 
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Anglo Platinum Management Services (Pty) 
Ltd 
67%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Anglo South Africa (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Redeemable 
Preference
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Anglo South Africa Capital (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary 
Redeemable 
Preference
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Atomatic Trading (Pty) Limited
48%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Balgo Nominees (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Blinkwater Farms 244KR (Pty) Ltd
67%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
DBCM Holdings (Pty) Ltd
62%
Ordinary
Redeemable 
Preference 
36 Stockdale Street, Kimberley, 8301
South Africa
De Beers Consolidated Mines (Pty) Ltd(8)
63%
Ordinary
Redeemable 
Preference 
36 Stockdale Street, Kimberley, 8301
South Africa
De Beers Group Services (Pty) Ltd 
85%
Ordinary
Redeemable 
Preference
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
De Beers Marine (Pty) Ltd
85%
Ordinary
DMB Gardens Golf Park, 2 Raapenberg Road, Cape 
Town, Western Cape, 7405
South Africa
Dido Nominees (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Dingleton Home-Owners Resettlement Trust
53%
N/A
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Element Six (Production) Proprietary Limited 
51%
Ordinary
Debid Road, Nuffield, Springs, 1559
South Africa
Envusa Development Company (Pty) Ltd
50%
Ordinary 
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Envusa Energy Capital (Pty) Ltd
50%
Ordinary 
Fernhood House, The Oval, 1st Floor, 1 Oakdale Road, 
Newlands, Western Cape, 7700
South Africa
Envusa Energy Proprietary Limited
50%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
First Mode SA (Pty) Ltd
81%
Ordinary No Par 
Value
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
First Mode SA Holdings (Pty) Ltd
81%
Ordinary No Par 
Value
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Hartebeesthoek Midco (Pty) Ltd
50%
Ordinary 
Fernhood House, The Oval, 1st Floor, 1 Oakdale Road, 
Newlands, Western Cape, 7700
South Africa
Hartebeesthoek Wind Power (Pty) Ltd
39%
Ordinary 
Fernhood House, The Oval, 1st Floor, 1 Oakdale Road, 
Newlands, Western Cape, 7700
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
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South Africa
HMM Rehabilitation Trust Fund
30%
N/A
6 Hollard Street, Marshalltown, 2107
South Africa
Hotazel Manganese Mines Proprietary 
Limited
30%
Ordinary
Preference
39 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, 
2076
South Africa
Khongoni Haaskraal Coal (Pty) Ltd
20%
Ordinary
Unit 3, Bauhinia Street, Highveld Technopark, Centurion, 
0157
South Africa
KIO Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd
70%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Kroondal UJV
33%
N/A
29 Impala Road, Chislehurston, Sandton, 2196
South Africa
Kumba BSP Trust
53%
N/A
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Kumba Iron One Rehabilitation Trust
70%
N/A
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Kumba Iron Ore Limited
70%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Lexshell 49 General Trading (Pty) Ltd 
29%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Longboat (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Main Place Holdings Limited
39%
Ordinary
Suite 801, 76 Regent Road, Sea Point, Western Cape 
8005
South Africa
Marikana Ferrochrome Limited
100%
Ordinary
44 Main Street, Johannesburg, 2001
South Africa
Marikana Minerals (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
55 Marshall Street, Johannesburg, 2001
South Africa
Matthey Rustenburg Refiners (Pty) Ltd
67%
A Ordinary Shares
B Ordinary Shares
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Metalloys Manganese Smelter Proprietary 
Limited
40%
Ordinary NPV
39 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, 
2076
South Africa
Micawber 146 (Pty) Ltd 
67%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Modikwa Mining Personnel Services (Pty) Ltd
33%
Ordinary
29 Impala Road, Chislehurston, Standton, 2196
South Africa
Modikwa Platinum Mine (Pty) Ltd
33%
Ordinary
16 North Road, Dunkeld Court, Dunkeld West, 2196
South Africa
Modikwa Platinum Mine UJV
33%
N/A
29 Impala Road, Chislehurston, Sandton, 2196
South Africa
Mogalakwena Platinum Limited
67%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Mooi Plaats Midco (Pty) Ltd
50%
Ordinary 
Fernhood House, The Oval, 1st Floor, 1 Oakdale Road, 
Newlands, Western Cape, 7700
South Africa
Mooi Plaats Solar Power (Pty) Ltd
39%
Ordinary 
Fernhood House, The Oval, 1st Floor, 1 Oakdale Road, 
Newlands, Western Cape, 7700
South Africa
Newshelf 480 (Pty) Ltd
55%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Norsand Holdings (Pty) Ltd
67%
Ordinary
B Ordinary
Non-Cumulative 
Redeemable 
Preference
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Platmed (Pty) Ltd
67%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Platmed Properties (Pty) Ltd
67%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Polokwane Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd
27%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Precious Metals Refiners Proprietary Limited
65%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Resident Nominees (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Rustenburg Base Metals Refiners Proprietary 
Limited
67%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Rustenburg Platinum Mines Limited
65%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose 2196
South Africa
Samancor Holdings Proprietary Limited
40%
Ordinary
39 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, 
2076
South Africa
Samancor Manganese Proprietary Limited
40%
Ordinary NPV
39 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, 
2076
South Africa
Samancor Manganese Rehabilitation Trust 
40%
N/A
6 Hollard Street, Marshalltown, 2107
South Africa
Sheba's Ridge Platinum (Pty) Ltd 
23%
Ordinary
Harrowdene Office Park Building 5, Woodmead, 2128 
South Africa
Sibelo Resource Development (Pty) Ltd
53%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
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Group structure
37. Related undertakings of the Group continued

South Africa
SIOC Employee Benefit Trust (Karolo)
53%
N/A
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
SIOC Employee Share Ownership Plan Trust 
(Semela)
53%
N/A
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
SIOC Solar SPV (Pty) Ltd
53%
Ordinary 
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd
53%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Spectrem Air Pty Ltd
93%
Ordinary
no par value
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose 2196
South Africa
Tenon Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
Terra Nominees Proprietary Limited
40%
Ordinary
39 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, 
2076
South Africa
The ASADAS Trust
N/A 
N/A
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
The Village of Cullinan (Pty) Ltd
63%
Ordinary
36 Stockdale Street, Kimberley, 8301
South Africa
The Work Expert (Pty) Ltd 
39%
Ordinary
17 Du Plooy Street, FH Building, Potchefstroom, North 
West, 2530
South Africa
Umsobomvu Midco (Pty) Ltd
50%
Ordinary 
Fernhood House, The Oval, 1st Floor, 1 Oakdale Road, 
Newlands, Western Cape, 7700
South Africa
Umsobomvu Wind Power (Pty) Ltd
39%
Ordinary 
Fernhood House, The Oval, 1st Floor, 1 Oakdale Road, 
Newlands, Western Cape, 7700
South Africa
Venetia Solar Project Pty Ltd
64%
Ordinary
De Beers House, Corner Diamond Drive and Crownwood 
Road, Theta, Johannesburg, 2013 
South Africa
Vergelegen Wine Estate (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Vergelegen Wine Farm, Lourensford Road, Somerset 
West, 7130
South Africa
Vergelegen Wines (Pty) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Vergelegen Wine Farm, Lourensford Road, Somerset 
West, 7130
South Africa
Whiskey Creek Management Services (Pty) 
Ltd 
67%
Ordinary
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa
WPIC Holdings Pty Ltd
33%
Ordinary
Rosebank Towers, 19 Biermann Ave, Rosebank, 
Johannesburg, 2196 (previously 5 Hollard Street, 
Johannesburg, 1627
South Africa
Zero Emissions Hydrogen Solutions
67%
Ordinary 
144 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Melrose, 2196
South Africa 
Main Street 1252 Proprietary Limited
63%
Ordinary
De Beers House, Corner Diamond Drive and Crownwood 
Road, Theta, Johannesburg, 2013 
Sweden
Element Six AB
51%
Ordinary
c/o Advokatbyrån Kaiding, Box 385, 931 24 Skellefteå, 
Sweden
Switzerland
De Beers Centenary AG(5)
85%
Ordinary
c/o Telemarketing, Plus AG, Sonnenplatz 6, 6020, 
Emmenbrücke
Switzerland
PGI SA
65%
Ordinary
Avenue Mon- Repos 24, Case postale 656, CH- 1001 
Lausanne
Switzerland
Synova S.A.
28%
Ordinary
13 Route de Genolier; 1266 Duillier
Tanzania
Ambase Prospecting (Tanzania) Ltd
100%
Ordinary
c/o Mawalla Advocates, Mawalla Road, Mawalla 
Heritage Park, Plot No. 175/20, Arusha
United Arab 
Emirates
De Beers DMCC
85%
Ordinary
Office 4D, Almas Tower, Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai
United Kingdom Anglo American Australia Investments 
Limited(9)
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Capital Australia Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Capital plc(9)
100%
Ordinary
3% Cumulative 
Preference
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American CMC Holdings Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Corporate Secretary Limited 100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Crop Nutrients Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
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United Kingdom Anglo American Diamond Holdings Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Energy Solutions Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Finance (UK) Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Holdings Limited
100%
Ordinary
8% Preference
8.3% Preference
B shares
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American International Holdings 
Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Investments (UK) Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Marketing Limited
100%
Ordinary
Preference
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Medical Plan Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Medical Plan Trust
100%
N/A
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Prefco Limited(9)
100%
Ordinary
Capital Preference
Preference
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Rand Capital Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American REACH Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Services (UK) Ltd.(9)
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Technical & Sustainability 
Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Technical & Sustainability 
Services Ltd
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Woodsmith Limited
100%
Ordinary
B Preference
Non-voting
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo American Woodsmith MTS Limited
100%
N/A
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo Base Metals Marketing Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo Platinum Marketing Limited
65%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Anglo UK Pension Trustee Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom AP Ventures Fund I LP
33%
N/A
16 Littleworth Lane, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9PF
United Kingdom Birchall Gardens LLP
50%
N/A
Bardon Hall, Copt Oak Road, Markfield, Leicestershire, 
LE67 9PJ
United Kingdom Charterhouse CAP Limited
85%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Curtis Fitch Limited
21%
Ordinary B 
108 Eagle Tower, Montpellier Drive, Cheltenham GL50 
1TA
United Kingdom De Beers Capital Southern Africa Limited
85%
 Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom De Beers Corporate Secretary Limited 
85%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom De Beers Jewellers Limited
85%
A Ordinary
B Ordinary
Deferred Share
Special Dividend 
Share
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom De Beers Jewellers Trade Mark Limited
85%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom De Beers Jewellers UK Limited
85%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom De Beers UK Limited
85%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Debcore Limited
43%
Ordinary A
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Ebbsfleet Property Limited 
50%
Ordinary
Bardon Hall, Copt Oak Road, Markfield, Leicestershire, 
LE67 9PJ
United Kingdom Element Six (UK) Limited
51%
Ordinary
Global Innovation Centre, Fermi Avenue, Harwell, Oxford, 
Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QR
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
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37. Related undertakings of the Group continued

United Kingdom Element Six Abrasives Holdings Limited
51%
Ordinary
Preference
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Element Six Holdings Limited
85%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Element Six Limited
85%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Element Six Technologies Limited
85%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Ferro Nickel Marketing Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom First Mode IPP Limited
81%
Ordinary
12 New Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1JP,
United Kingdom Forevermark Limited
85%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Gemfair Limited
85%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom IIDGR (UK) Limited
85%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Lightbox Jewelry Ltd. 
85%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Rhoanglo Trustees Limited(10)
N/A
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Sach 1 Ltd
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Sach 2 Ltd
100%
Ordinary
Redeemable 
Preference
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Security Nominees Limited(10)
N/A
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Sirius Minerals Holdings Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom Swanscombe Development LLP
50%
N/A
Bardon Hall, Copt Oak Road, Markfield, Leicestershire, 
LE67 9PJ
United Kingdom The Diamond Trading Company Limited
85%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom TRACR Limited
85%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United Kingdom YPF Limited
100%
Ordinary
17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA
United States 
of America
Anglo American Crop Nutrients (USA), LLC
100%
Membership 
interest
7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 220, Centennial Colorado, 
80112
United States 
of America
Anglo American US Holdings Inc.
100%
Common shares
c/o Corporation Service Company, 112 S. French Street, 
Suite 105A, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801
United States 
of America
De Beers Jewellers US, Inc.
85%
Common shares
300 First Stamford place, Stamford, CT 06902
United States 
of America
Element Six Technologies (OR) Corp.
85%
Ordinary
Cogency Global Inc., 850 New Burton Road, Suite 201, 
Dover, DE 19904
United States 
of America
Element Six Technologies US Corporation
85%
Ordinary 
3901 Burton Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054
United States 
of America
Element Six US Corporation
51%
Common stock
24900 Pitkin Road, Suite 250, Spring TX 77386
United States 
of America
First Mode Holdings Inc.
81%
Ordinary 
1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, Delaware, 
19801
United States 
of America
Forevermark US Inc.
85%
Common
300 First Stamford Place, Stamford, CT, 06902
United States 
of America
Lightbox Jewelry Inc.
85%
Ordinary
Cogency Global Inc., 850 New Burton Road, Suite 201, 
Dover, DE 19904
United States 
of America
Platinum Guild International (U.S.A.) Jewelry 
Inc.
65%
Ordinary
125 Park Avenue, 25th Floor, New York, New York 10017
United States 
of America
Synchronous LLC
81%
Membership Units
C/O Corpserve, Inc., 1001 Fourht Avenue, Ste. 4400, 
Seattle, WA 98154
Venezuela
Minera Loma de Niquel C.A.
100%
Class A 
Torre Humboldt, floor 9, office 09-07, Rio Caura Street, 
Prados del Este. Caracas 1080
Zambia
Afrimin Resources Limited 
70%
Ordinary
May Building, The Gallery Office Park, Stand 4015a, 
Lagos Road, Rhodespark, Lusaka Province
Zambia
Anglo Exploration (Zambia) Limited
100%
Ordinary
May Building, The Gallery Office Park, Stand 4015A, 
Lagos Rod, Rhodespark, Lusaka
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
See page 309 for footnotes.
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Zambia
HANDA Resources Limited 
70%
Ordinary 
May Building, The Gallery Office Park, Stand 4015A, 
Lagos Rod, Rhodespark, Lusaka
Zambia
ZACO Investment Limited 
70%
Ordinary
May Building, The Gallery Office Park, Stand 4015A, 
Lagos Rod, Rhodespark, Lusaka
Zimbabwe
Amzim Holdings Limited
79%
Ordinary
28 Broadlands Road, Emerald Hill, Harare
Zimbabwe
Southridge Limited
79%
Ordinary
28 Broadlands Road, Emerald Hill, Harare
Zimbabwe
Unki Mines (Private) Limited
79%
Ordinary
28 Broadlands Road, Emerald Hill, Harare
Zimbabwe
Unki Solar PV (Private) Limited
79%
Ordinary
28 Broadlands Road, Emerald Hill, Harare
Country of 
incorporation(1)(2)
Name of undertaking
Percentage
of equity
owned(3)
Share class
Registered address
See page 309 for footnotes.
(1) All the companies with an incorporation in the United Kingdom are registered in England 
and Wales.
(2) The country of tax residence is disclosed where different from the country of incorporation.
(3) All percentages have been rounded.
(4) The interest in Debswana Diamond Company (Pty) Ltd is held indirectly through De Beers 
and is consolidated on a 19.2% proportionate basis, reflecting economic interest. The 
Group’s effective interest in Debswana Diamond Company (Pty) Ltd is 16.3%.
(5) Tax resident in the United Kingdom. 
(6) 0.3% direct holding by Anglo American plc.
(7) 0.03% direct holding by Anglo American plc.
(8) A 74% interest in De Beers Consolidated Mines (Pty) Ltd (DBCM) and its subsidiaries is held 
indirectly through De Beers. The 74% interest represents De Beers’ legal ownership share in 
DBCM. For accounting purposes De Beers consolidates 100% of DBCM as it is deemed to 
control the BEE entity, Ponahalo, which holds the remaining 26%. The Group’s effective 
interest in DBCM is 85%.
(9) 100% direct holding by Anglo American plc.
(10) Entity is held by individuals on behalf of the Group.
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37. Related undertakings of the Group continued

Other items
This section includes disclosures about related party transactions, auditors’ 
remuneration and accounting policies.
38. Related party transactions
The Group has related party relationships with its subsidiaries, joint operations, associates and joint ventures (see notes 36 and 37). Members of 
the Board and the Executive Leadership Team are considered to be related parties.
The Company and its subsidiaries, in the ordinary course of business, enter into various sale, purchase and service transactions with joint 
operations, associates, joint ventures and others in which the Group has a material interest. These transactions are under terms that are no more 
or less favourable to the Group than those arranged with third parties.
Associates
Joint ventures
Joint operations
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
 
2024 
 
2023 
 
2024 
 
2023 
Transactions with related parties
Sale of goods and services
 
—  
— 
 
—  
3 
 
152  
118 
Purchase of goods and services
 
—  
— 
 
(198)  
(204)  
(1,712)  
(2,980) 
Balances with related parties
Trade and other receivables from related parties
 
—  
— 
 
19  
2 
 
38  
18 
Trade and other payables to related parties
 
—  
— 
 
(34)  
(18)  
(46)  
(86) 
Loans receivable from related parties
 
2  
2 
 
156  
163 
 
—  
1 
Balances and transactions with joint operations or joint operation partners represent the portion that the Group does not have the right to offset 
against the corresponding amount recorded by the respective joint operations. These amounts primarily relate to purchases by De Beers and 
Platinum Group Metals from their joint operations in excess of the Group’s attributable share of their production.
Loans receivable from related parties are included in Financial asset investments on the Consolidated balance sheet.
Remuneration and benefits received by directors are disclosed in the Remuneration report. Remuneration and benefits of key management 
personnel, including directors, are disclosed in note 28. Information relating to pension fund arrangements is disclosed in note 29.
39. Auditors’ remuneration
 
2024 
 
2023 
Paid/payable to PwC
Paid/payable 
to auditor 
(if not PwC)
Paid/payable to PwC
Paid/payable 
to auditor 
(if not PwC)
US$ million
United 
Kingdom
Overseas
Total
United 
Kingdom and 
overseas
United 
Kingdom
Overseas
Total
United 
Kingdom and 
overseas
Paid to the Company’s auditor for audit 
of the Anglo American plc Annual Report(1)
 
4.9  
3.5  
8.4 
 
— 
 
4.9  
2.7  
7.6 
 
— 
Paid to the Company’s auditor for other 
services to the Group
Audit of the Company’s subsidiaries
 
2.5  
4.9  
7.4 
 
0.3 
 
1.6  
7.0  
8.6 
 
0.4 
Total audit fees
 
7.4  
8.4  
15.8 
 
0.3 
 
6.5  
9.7  
16.2 
 
0.4 
Audit related assurance services
 
0.9  
0.7  
1.6 
 
— 
 
1.0  
0.7  
1.7 
 
— 
Other assurance services
 
0.7  
0.4  
1.1 
 
— 
 
0.4  
0.2  
0.6 
 
— 
Total non-audit fees
 
1.6  
1.1  
2.7 
 
— 
 
1.4  
0.9  
2.3 
 
— 
(1) In addition there is $0.6 million of audit fees paid in 2024 related to the audit for the year ended 31 December 2023.
Audit related assurance services includes $1.6 million (2023: $1.7 million) for the interim review.
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Other items
40. Accounting policies
A. Basis of preparation
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the 
requirements of the Companies Act 2006, UK-adopted International 
Accounting Standards and those parts of the Companies Act 2006 
applicable to companies reporting under those standards and the 
requirements of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of 
the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom as applicable 
to periodic financial reporting. The financial statements have been 
prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the 
revaluation of pension assets and liabilities and certain financial 
instruments. A summary of the material Group accounting policies is 
set out below.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally 
accepted accounting principles requires the use of estimates and 
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities 
at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of 
revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Although these 
estimates are based on management’s best knowledge of the 
amount, event or actions, actual results ultimately may differ from 
those estimates.
The Group’s results are presented in US dollars, the currency in which 
its business is primarily conducted.
Changes in accounting policies, estimates and disclosures
The accounting policies applied are consistent with those adopted 
and disclosed in the Group financial statements for the year ended 
31 December 2024 with the exception of new accounting 
pronouncements, which became effective on 1 January 2024 and 
have been adopted by the Group.
– Amendments to IFRS 16 Leases
– Amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements
– Amendments to IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows and IFRS 7 Financial 
Instruments: Disclosures – Supplier Finance Arrangements
The adoption of these new accounting pronouncements has not had a 
significant impact on the accounting policies, methods of computation 
or presentation applied by the Group.
Going concern
The financial position of the Group, its cash flows, liquidity position and 
borrowing facilities are set out in the Group financial review on pages 
108–109. Further details of our policy on financial risk management 
are set out in note 25 to the financial statements on pages 276–278. 
The Group’s net debt (including related hedges) at 31 December 2024 
was $10.6 billion (2023: $10.6 billion). As part of its routine financing 
activities, in March 2024, the Group issued €500 million 3.75% Senior 
Notes due June 2029 and €750 million 4.125% Senior Notes due 
March 2032, and in April 2024, $1 billion 5.75% Senior Notes due April 
2034 and $500 million 6% Senior Notes due April 2054. The Group’s 
liquidity position (defined as cash and undrawn committed facilities) of 
$15.3 billion at 31 December 2024 remains strong. Further details of 
borrowings and facilities are set out in note 22 and note 25, and net 
debt is set out in note 21.
The directors have considered the Group’s cash flow forecasts for the 
period to the end of December 2026 under base and downside 
scenarios, with reference to the Group’s principal risks as set out within 
the Group viability statement on pages 95–96. In the downside 
scenarios modelled (including pricing and production downsides, 
alongside a significant operational incident and considering variation 
in timing of the Group divestments), the Group maintains sufficient 
liquidity throughout the period of assessment without the use of 
mitigating actions.
The Board is satisfied that the Group’s forecasts and projections, 
taking into account reasonably possible changes in trading 
performance, show that the Group will be able to operate within the 
level of its current facilities for a period of at least 12 months from the 
date of approval of the financial statements. For this reason the 
Group continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its 
financial statements.
New IFRS accounting standards, amendments and interpretations 
not yet adopted
The Group has not early adopted any other amendment, standard or 
interpretation that has been issued but is not yet effective. It is 
expected that where applicable, these standards and amendments 
will be adopted on each respective effective date. 
The following new or amended IFRS accounting standards, 
amendments and interpretations effective in the next 24 months, not 
yet adopted are not expected to have a significant impact on the 
Group:
– Amendments to IAS 21 Lack of exchangeability (effective 1 January 
2025)
– Amendments to IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures (effective 
1 January 2026)
– Amendments to IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (effective 1 January 
2026)
– Annual improvements to IFRS Accounting standards (2024 cycle 
effective 1 January 2026)
The following new IFRS accounting standards issued but not yet 
effective are expected to have a significant impact on the Group:
– IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements 
(effective 1 January 2027)
The Group has begun its impact assessment on the new standard. The 
most significant impact on the Group financial statements is expected 
to be on the presentation of the Consolidated income statement, and 
disclosure of Management Performance Measures (MPMs). The Group 
will apply the standard from its mandatory effective date of 1 January 
2027. Retrospective application is required, and so comparative 
information for the financial year ending 31 December 2026 will be 
restated. A more detailed impact analysis and associated transition 
activities will be undertaken during 2025. 
B. Basis of consolidation
Basis of consolidation
The financial statements incorporate a consolidation of the financial 
statements of the Company and entities controlled by the Company 
(its subsidiaries). Control is achieved where the Company is exposed, 
or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee 
and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the 
investee.
The results of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the year are 
included in the income statement from the effective date of acquisition 
or up to the effective date of disposal, as appropriate.
Where necessary, adjustments are made to the results of subsidiaries, 
joint arrangements and associates to bring their accounting policies in 
line with those used by the Group. Intra-group transactions, balances, 
income and expenses are eliminated on consolidation, where 
appropriate.
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Other items
40. Accounting policies continued
For non-wholly owned subsidiaries, non-controlling interests are 
presented in equity separately from the equity attributable to 
shareholders of the Company. Profit or loss and other comprehensive 
income are attributed to the shareholders of the Company and to 
non-controlling interests even if this results in the non-controlling 
interests having a deficit balance.
Changes in ownership interest in subsidiaries that do not result in a 
change in control are accounted for in equity. The carrying amounts of 
the controlling and non-controlling interests are adjusted to reflect the 
changes in their relative interests in the subsidiary. Any difference 
between the amount by which the non-controlling interest is adjusted 
and the fair value of the consideration paid or received is recorded 
directly in equity and attributed to the shareholders of the Company.
Foreign currency transactions and translation
Foreign currency transactions by Group companies are recognised in 
the functional currencies of the companies at the exchange rate ruling 
on the date of the transaction. At each reporting date, monetary assets 
and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are 
retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting date. Gains and 
losses arising on retranslation are included in the income statement for 
the period and are classified in the income statement according to the 
nature of the monetary item giving rise to them.
Non-monetary assets and liabilities that are measured at historical 
cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rate at the 
date of the transaction.
On consolidation, the assets and liabilities of the Group’s foreign 
operations are translated into the presentation currency of the Group 
at exchange rates prevailing on the reporting date. Income and 
expense items are translated at the average exchange rates for the 
period where these approximate the rates at the dates of the 
transactions. Any exchange differences arising are classified within the 
statement of comprehensive income and transferred to the Group’s 
cumulative translation adjustment reserve. Exchange differences on 
foreign currency balances with foreign operations for which settlement 
is neither planned nor likely to occur in the foreseeable future, and 
therefore form part of the Group’s net investment in these foreign 
operations, are offset in the cumulative translation adjustment reserve.
Cumulative translation differences are recycled from equity and 
recognised as income or expense on disposal of the operation to 
which they relate.
Goodwill and fair value adjustments arising on the acquisition of 
foreign entities are treated as assets of the foreign entity and 
translated at the closing rate.
Tenon
Tenon Investment Holdings Proprietary Limited (Tenon), a wholly 
owned subsidiary of Anglo American South Africa Proprietary Limited 
(AASA), has entered into agreements with Epoch Investment Holdings 
(RF) Proprietary Limited (Epoch), Epoch Two Investment Holdings (RF) 
Proprietary Limited (Epoch Two) and Tarl Investment Holdings (RF) 
Proprietary Limited (Tarl) (collectively the Investment Companies), 
each owned by independent charitable trusts whose trustees are 
independent of the Group. Under the terms of these agreements, the 
Investment Companies have purchased Anglo American plc shares on 
the market and have granted to Tenon the right to nominate a third 
party (which may include Anglo American plc but not any of its 
subsidiaries) to take transfer of the Anglo American plc shares each 
has purchased on the market. Tenon paid the Investment Companies 
80% of the cost of the Anglo American plc shares including associated 
costs for this right to nominate, which together with subscriptions by 
Tenon for non-voting participating redeemable preference shares in 
the Investment Companies, provided all the funding required to 
acquire the Anglo American plc shares through the market. These 
payments by Tenon were sourced from the cash resources of AASA. 
Tenon is able to exercise its right of nomination at any time up to 
31 December 2050 (extended from 31 December 2025 during 2024) 
against payment of an average amount of $2.90 per share to Epoch, 
$4.51 per share to Epoch Two and $3.74 per share to Tarl which will be 
equal to 20% of the total costs respectively incurred by Epoch, Epoch 
Two and Tarl in purchasing shares nominated for transfer to the third 
party. These funds will then become available for redemption of the 
preference shares issued by the Investment Companies. The amount 
payable by the third party on receipt of the Anglo American plc shares 
will accrue to Tenon and, as these are own shares of the Company, 
any resulting gain or loss recorded by Tenon will not be recognised in 
the Consolidated income statement of Anglo American plc.
Under the agreements, the Investment Companies will receive 
dividends on the shares they hold and have agreed to waive the right 
to vote on those shares. The preference shares issued to the charitable 
trusts are entitled to a participating right of up to 10% of the profit after 
tax of Epoch and 5% of the profit after tax of Epoch Two and Tarl. The 
preference shares issued to Tenon will carry a fixed coupon of 3% plus 
a participating right of up to 80% of the profit after tax of Epoch and 
85% of the profit after tax of Epoch Two and Tarl. Any remaining 
distributable earnings in the Investment Companies, after the above 
dividends, are then available for distribution as ordinary dividends to 
the charitable trusts.
The structure effectively provides Tenon with a beneficial interest in the 
price risk on these shares together with participation in future dividend 
receipts. The Investment Companies will retain legal title to the shares 
until Tenon exercises its right to nominate a transferee.
At 31 December 2024 the Investment Companies together held 
112,300,129 (2023: 112,300,129) Anglo American plc shares, which 
represented 8.4% (2023: 8.4%) of the ordinary shares in issue 
(excluding treasury shares) with a market value of $3,330 million 
(2023: $2,818 million). The Investment Companies are not permitted 
to hold more than an aggregate of 10% of the issued share capital of 
Anglo American plc at any one time.
The Investment Companies are considered to be structured entities. 
Although the Group has no voting rights in the Investment Companies 
and cannot appoint or remove trustees of the charitable trusts, the 
Group considers that the agreement outlined above, including Tenon’s 
right to nominate the transferee of the Anglo American plc shares held 
by the Investment Companies, results in the Group having control over 
the Investment Companies as defined under IFRS 10 Consolidated 
Financial Statements. Accordingly, the Investment Companies are 
required to be consolidated by the Group.
C. Financial performance
Revenue recognition
Revenue from contracts with customers 
Revenue from contracts with customers is recognised in a manner that 
depicts the pattern of the transfer of goods and services to customers. 
The amount recognised reflects the amount to which the Group 
expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. Sales 
contracts are evaluated to determine the performance obligations, the 
transaction price and the point at which there is transfer of control. The 
transaction price is the amount of consideration due in exchange for 
transferring the promised goods or services to the customer, and is 
allocated against the performance obligations and recognised in 
accordance with whether control is transferred over a defined period 
or at a specific point in time.
Revenue is derived principally from commodity sales. A sale is 
recognised when control has been transferred. This is usually when title 
and insurance risk have passed to the customer and the goods have 
been delivered to a contractually agreed location. Revenue from 
contracts with customers is measured at the fair value of consideration 
received or receivable as at the date control is transferred, after 
deducting discounts, volume rebates, value added tax and other sales 
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taxes. Some sales are provisionally priced such that the price is not 
settled until a predetermined future date and is based on the market 
price at that time or a specified period to that date. For these sales, 
revenue from contracts with customers is recognised on the date 
control is transferred to the customer using the relevant forward price 
at that date. Sales of metal concentrate are stated at their invoiced 
amount which is net of treatment and refining charges. 
Revenues from the sale of material by-products are recognised within 
revenue from contracts with customers at the point control passes. 
Where a by-product is not regarded as significant, revenue may be 
credited against operating costs.
Revenue from services is recognised over time in line with the policy 
above. For contracts which contain separate performance obligations 
for the sale of commodities and the provision of freight services, the 
portion of the revenue representing the obligation to perform the 
freight service is deferred and recognised over time as the obligation 
is fulfilled. In situations where the Group is acting as an agent, amounts 
billed to customers are offset against the relevant costs.
Revenue from other sources
Revenue from other sources principally relates to gains and losses on 
financial instruments which are intrinsically linked to the delivery of 
commodities to customers or to the Group’s commodity trading 
activities. 
Sales of commodities which are provisionally priced are marked to 
market at each reporting date using the forward price for the period 
equivalent to that outlined in the contract. Mark-to-market adjustments 
arising after control of the goods transfers to the customer are 
recognised in revenue from other sources.
Physically-settled contracts relating to the purchase and sale of 
material produced by third parties (third-party sales) are presented on 
a net basis within revenue from other sources where these contracts 
are entered into and managed collectively to generate a trading 
margin as part of the Group’s Marketing business and are accounted 
for as derivatives prior to settlement. This includes third-party material 
purchased for blending activities conducted to benefit from short term 
pricing differentials (usually of less than twelve months). The sale and 
purchase of third-party material to mitigate shortfalls in the Group’s 
own production are shown on a gross basis with sales reported within 
revenue from contracts with customers as such contracts are used to 
maintain customer relationships and fulfil physical sale commitments 
rather than to generate a trading margin. 
Revenue from other sources also includes fair value gains and losses 
arising from mark-to-market adjustments to inventory purchased from 
third parties as part of trading activities and accounted for at fair value less 
costs to sell under the broker-trader exemption of IAS 2 Inventories. 
Contracts with a right to repurchase 
Where the Group enters into commodity sale or purchase agreements 
in the course of its commodity trading activities in which the seller has 
a right to repurchase, consideration is given to whether the risks and 
rewards of ownership have been transferred as a result of the sale. This 
assessment is made with reference to the criteria in IFRS 9 Financial 
Instruments. Key considerations in this assessment include whether the 
purchaser has a practical ability to use the commodity and whether 
price risk has been transferred. 
Where risks and rewards have been transferred, the sale or purchase 
contract is accounted for separately from the repurchase obligation 
(which is recorded as a derivative financial instrument). Where risks 
and rewards have not been transferred or the arrangements do not 
relate to the Group’s commodity trading activities, any consideration 
received or paid is recorded as a liability or asset as appropriate and 
no adjustment is made to revenue or inventory. 
Interest income
Interest income is accrued on a time basis, by reference to the principal 
outstanding and at the effective interest rate applicable.
Dividend income 
Dividend income from investments is recognised when the 
shareholders’ rights to receive payment have been established.
Exploration and evaluation expenditure
Exploration and evaluation expenditure is expensed in the year in 
which it is incurred.
Exploration expenditure is the cost of exploring for Mineral Resources 
other than that occurring at existing operations and projects and 
comprises geological and geophysical studies, exploratory drilling and 
sampling and Mineral Resource development.
Evaluation expenditure includes the cost of conceptual and pre-
feasibility studies and evaluation of Mineral Resources at existing 
operations.
When a decision is taken that a mining project is technically feasible 
and commercially viable, usually after a pre-feasibility study has been 
completed, subsequent directly attributable expenditure, including 
feasibility study costs, are considered development expenditure and 
are capitalised within property, plant and equipment.
Exploration properties acquired are recognised on the balance 
sheet when management considers that their value is recoverable. 
These properties are measured at cost less any accumulated 
impairment losses.
Short term and low value leases
Leases with a term of less than 12 months at inception or those with 
committed payments of less than $5,000 are not recognised in the 
balance sheet. The Group recognises payments for these leases as an 
expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term within operating 
costs in underlying EBITDA. 
Borrowing costs
Interest on borrowings directly relating to the financing of qualifying 
assets in the course of construction is added to the capitalised cost of 
those projects under ‘Capital works in progress’, until such time as the 
assets are substantially ready for their intended use or sale.
Where funds have been borrowed specifically to finance a project, the 
amount capitalised represents the actual borrowing costs incurred. 
Where the funds used to finance a project form part of general 
borrowings, the amount capitalised is calculated using a weighted 
average of rates applicable to relevant general borrowings of the 
Group during the period. All other borrowing costs are recognised in 
the income statement in the period in which they are incurred. 
All cash flows relating to interest on borrowings are presented within 
interest paid in the cash flow statement. 
D. Capital base
Business combinations and goodwill arising thereon
The identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of a 
subsidiary, a joint arrangement or an associate, which can be 
measured reliably, are recorded at their provisional fair values at the 
date of acquisition. The estimation of the fair value of identifiable 
assets and liabilities is subjective and the use of different valuation 
assumptions could have a significant impact on financial results. 
Goodwill is the fair value of the consideration transferred (including 
contingent consideration and previously held non-controlling interests) 
less the fair value of the Group’s share of identifiable net assets on 
acquisition.
Where a business combination is achieved in stages, the Group’s 
previously held interests in the acquiree are remeasured to fair value at 
the acquisition date and the resulting gain or loss is recognised in the 
income statement.
Amounts arising from interests in the acquiree prior to the acquisition 
date that have previously been recognised in other comprehensive 
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40. Accounting policies continued
income are reclassified to the income statement, where such 
treatment would be appropriate if that interest were disposed of.
Transaction costs incurred in connection with the business 
combination are expensed. Provisional fair values are finalised within 
12 months of the acquisition date.
Goodwill in respect of subsidiaries and joint operations is included 
within intangible assets. Goodwill relating to associates and joint 
ventures is included within the carrying value of the investment.
Where the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired exceeds the 
cost of the acquisition, the surplus, which represents the discount on 
the acquisition, is recognised directly in the income statement in the 
period of acquisition.
For non-wholly owned subsidiaries, non-controlling interests are 
initially recorded at the non-controlling interests’ proportion of the fair 
values of net assets recognised at acquisition.
Impairment of goodwill, intangible assets and property, plant 
and equipment
Goodwill arising on business combinations is allocated to the group of 
cash generating units (CGUs) that is expected to benefit from 
synergies of the combination, and represents the lowest level at which 
goodwill is monitored by the Group’s Board of directors for internal 
management purposes. The recoverable amount of the CGU, or group 
of CGUs, to which goodwill has been allocated is tested for impairment 
annually, or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that it 
may be impaired.
Any impairment loss is recognised immediately in the income 
statement. Impairment of goodwill is not subsequently reversed.
At each reporting date, the Group reviews the carrying amounts of its 
property, plant and equipment and intangible assets to determine 
whether there is any indication that those assets are impaired. If such 
an indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated 
in order to determine the extent of any impairment. Where the asset 
does not generate cash flows that are independent from other assets, 
the Group estimates the recoverable amount of the CGU to which the 
asset belongs. An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is tested 
for impairment annually and whenever there is an indication that the 
asset may be impaired.
Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs of disposal 
and value in use (VIU) assessed using discounted cash flow models, 
as explained in note 7. In assessing VIU, the estimated future cash 
flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount 
rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of 
money and the risks specific to the asset for which estimates of future 
cash flows have not been adjusted.
If the recoverable amount of an asset or CGU is estimated to be less 
than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset or CGU is 
reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised 
in the income statement.
Where an impairment loss is subsequently reversed, the carrying 
amount of the asset or CGU is increased to the revised estimate of its 
recoverable amount, to the extent that the increased carrying amount 
does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been 
determined had no impairment been recognised for the asset or CGU. 
A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised in the income statement.
In addition, in making assessments for impairment, management 
necessarily applies its judgement in allocating assets, including 
goodwill, that do not generate independent cash inflows to 
appropriate CGUs.
Subsequent changes to the CGU allocation, timing of cash flows or 
assumptions used to determine the cash flows could impact the 
carrying value of the respective assets.
Non-mining licences and other intangible assets
Non-mining licences and other intangible assets are measured at cost 
less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. 
Intangible assets acquired as part of an acquisition of a business are 
capitalised separately from goodwill if the asset is separable or arises 
from contractual or legal rights and the fair value can be measured 
reliably on initial recognition. Intangible assets are amortised over their 
estimated useful lives, usually between 3 and 20 years, except 
goodwill and those intangible assets that are considered to have 
indefinite lives. For intangible assets with a finite life, the amortisation 
period is determined as the period over which the Group expects to 
obtain economic benefits from the asset, taking account of all relevant 
facts and circumstances including contractual lives and expectations 
about the renewal of contractual arrangements without significant 
incremental costs. An intangible asset is deemed to have an indefinite 
life when, based on an analysis of all of the relevant factors, there is no 
foreseeable limit to the period over which the asset is expected to 
generate cash flows for the Group. Indefinite lived intangible assets 
are principally brands for which there is global recognition with 
no foreseeable timeframe of expected contribution that the Group 
is continuing to invest and actively market. Amortisation methods, 
residual values and estimated useful lives are reviewed at 
least annually.
Deferred stripping
The removal of rock or soil overlying a mineral deposit, overburden and 
other waste materials is often necessary during the initial development 
of an open pit mine site, in order to access the orebody. The process of 
removing overburden and other mine waste materials is referred to as 
stripping. The directly attributable cost of this activity is capitalised in 
full within ‘Mining properties – owned’, until the point at which the mine 
is considered to be capable of operating in the manner intended by 
management. This is classified as growth or life-extension capital 
expenditure, within investing cash flows.
The removal of waste material after the point at which depreciation 
commences is referred to as production stripping. When the waste 
removal activity improves access to ore extracted in the current period, 
the costs of production stripping are charged to the income statement 
as operating costs in accordance with the principles of IAS 2 
Inventories.
Where production stripping activity both produces inventory and 
improves access to ore in future periods the associated costs of waste 
removal are allocated between the two elements. The portion that 
benefits future ore extraction is capitalised within ‘Mining properties – 
owned’. This is classified as stripping and development capital 
expenditure, within investing cash flows. If the amount to be capitalised 
cannot be specifically identified, it is determined based on the volume 
of waste extracted compared with expected volume for the identified 
component of the orebody. This determination is dependent on 
an individual mine’s design and Life of Asset Plan and therefore 
changes to the design or Life of Asset Plan will result in changes to 
these estimates. Identification of the components of a mine’s orebody 
is made by reference to the Life of Asset Plan. The assessment 
depends on a range of factors including each mine’s specific 
operational features and materiality.
In certain instances, significant levels of waste removal may occur 
during the production phase with little or no associated production. 
This may occur at both open pit and underground mines, for example 
longwall development.
The cost of this waste removal is capitalised in full to ‘Mining properties 
– owned’.
All amounts capitalised in respect of waste removal are depreciated 
using the unit of production method for the component of the orebody 
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to which they relate, consistent with depreciation of property, plant 
and equipment.
The effects of changes to the Life of Asset Plan on the expected cost 
of waste removal or remaining Ore Reserves for a component are 
accounted for prospectively as a change in estimate.
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost, less accumulated 
depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Cost is the fair value 
of consideration required to acquire and develop the asset and 
includes the purchase price, acquisition of mineral rights, costs directly 
attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition 
necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by 
management, the initial estimate of any decommissioning obligation 
and, for assets that take a substantial period of time to get ready for 
their intended use, borrowing costs. Revenue and costs arising from 
assets before they are capable of operating in the manner intended 
by management are recognised in the income statement.
Gains or losses on disposal of property, plant and equipment are 
determined by comparing the net proceeds from disposal with the 
carrying amount. The gain or loss is recognised in the income 
statement.
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
Mining properties are depreciated to their residual values using the unit 
of production method based on Proved and Probable Ore Reserves 
and, in certain limited circumstances, other Mineral Resources included 
in the Life of Asset Plan. These other Mineral Resources are included in 
depreciation calculations where, taking into account historical rates of 
conversion to Ore Reserves, there is a high degree of confidence that 
they will be extracted in an economic manner. This is the case 
principally for diamond operations, where depreciation calculations 
are based on Diamond Reserves and Diamond Resources included 
in the Life of Asset Plan. This reflects the unique nature of diamond 
deposits where, due to the difficulty in estimating grade, Life of Asset 
Plans frequently include significant amounts of Inferred Resources.
Buildings and items of plant and equipment for which the consumption 
of economic benefit is linked primarily to utilisation or to throughput 
rather than production, are depreciated to their residual values at 
varying rates on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, 
or the Reserve Life, whichever is shorter. Estimated useful lives normally 
vary from up to 20 years for items of plant and equipment to 
a maximum of 50 years for buildings. Under limited circumstances, 
items of plant and equipment may be depreciated over a period that 
exceeds the Reserve Life by taking into account additional Mineral 
Resources other than Proved and Probable Reserves included in the 
Life of Asset Plan, after making allowance for expected production 
losses based on historical rates of Mineral Resource to Ore Reserve 
conversion.
‘Capital works in progress’ are measured at cost less any recognised 
impairment. Depreciation commences when the assets are capable of 
operating in the manner intended by management, at which point they 
are transferred to the appropriate asset class.
Land is not depreciated.
When parts of an item of property, plant and equipment have different 
useful lives, they are accounted for as separate items (major 
components).
Depreciation methods, residual values and estimated useful lives are 
reviewed at least annually.
Leased right-of-use assets
Leased right-of-use assets are included within property, plant and 
equipment, and on inception of the lease are recognised at the 
amount of the corresponding lease liability, adjusted for any lease 
payments made at or before the lease commencement date, plus any 
direct costs incurred and an estimate of costs for dismantling, 
removing, or restoring the underlying asset and less any lease 
incentives received.
The right-of-use asset is depreciated on a straight-line basis over the 
term of the lease, or, if shorter, the useful life of the asset. The useful 
lives of right-of-use assets are estimated on the same basis as those 
of owned property, plant and equipment.
Financial assets
Investments, other than investments in subsidiaries, joint arrangements 
and associates, are financial asset investments and are initially 
recognised at fair value. The Group’s financial assets are classified into 
the following measurement categories: debt instruments at amortised 
cost, equity instruments and debt instruments designated at fair value 
through other comprehensive income (OCI), and debt instruments, 
derivatives and equity instruments at fair value through profit and loss. 
Financial assets are classified as at amortised cost only if the asset is 
held within a business model whose objective is to collect the 
contractual cash flows and the contractual terms of the asset give rise 
to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest.
At subsequent reporting dates, financial assets at amortised cost are 
measured at amortised cost less any impairment losses. Other 
investments are classified as either at fair value through profit or loss 
(which includes investments held for trading) or at fair value through 
OCI. Both categories are subsequently measured at fair value. Where 
investments are held for trading purposes, unrealised gains and losses 
for the period are included in the income statement within other gains 
and losses.
The Group has elected to measure equity instruments, which are 
neither held for trading nor are contingent consideration in a business 
combination, at fair value through OCI as this better reflects the 
strategic nature of the Group’s equity investments. For equity 
instruments at fair value through OCI, changes in fair value, including 
those related to foreign exchange, are recognised in other 
comprehensive income and there is no subsequent reclassification 
of fair value gains and losses to profit or loss.
Impairment of financial assets
A financial asset not measured at fair value through profit or loss is 
assessed at each reporting date to determine whether there is any 
objective evidence that it is impaired. The Group assesses on a 
forward-looking basis the expected credit losses, defined as the 
difference between the contractual cash flows and the cash flows 
that are expected to be received, associated with its assets carried 
at amortised cost and fair value through OCI. The impairment 
methodology applied depends on whether there has been a 
significant increase in credit risk. For trade receivables only, the 
simplified approach permitted by IFRS 9 is applied, which requires 
expected lifetime losses to be recognised from initial recognition of 
the receivables.
Losses are recognised in the income statement. When a subsequent 
event causes the amount of impairment loss to decrease, the 
decrease in impairment loss is reversed through the income statement.
Impairment losses relating to equity instruments at fair value through 
OCI are not reported separately from other changes in fair value.
Derecognition of financial assets and financial liabilities
Financial assets are derecognised when the right to receive cash flows 
from the asset has expired, the right to receive cash flows has been 
retained but an obligation to on-pay them in full without material delay 
has been assumed or the right to receive cash flows has been 
transferred together with substantially all the risks and rewards of 
ownership.
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the associated obligation 
has been discharged, cancelled or has expired.
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Environmental restoration and decommissioning obligations
An obligation to incur environmental restoration, rehabilitation and 
decommissioning costs arises when disturbance is caused by the 
development or ongoing production of a mining asset. Costs for 
restoration of site damage, rehabilitation and environmental costs are 
estimated using either the work of external consultants or internal 
experts. Such costs arising from the decommissioning of plant and 
other site preparation work, discounted to their net present value, are 
provided for and capitalised at the start of each project, as soon as the 
obligation to incur such costs arises.
These costs are recognised in the income statement over the life of the 
operation, through the depreciation of the asset and the unwinding of 
the discount on the provision. Costs for restoration of subsequent site 
damage which is created on an ongoing basis during production are 
provided for at their net present values and recognised in the income 
statement as ore extraction progresses.
The amount recognised as a provision represents management’s best 
estimate of the consideration required to complete the restoration and 
rehabilitation activity, the application of the relevant regulatory 
framework and timing of expenditure. These estimates are inherently 
uncertain and could materially change over time. Changes in the 
measurement of a liability relating to the decommissioning of plant or 
other site preparation work (that result from changes in the estimated 
timing or amount of the cash flow or a change in the discount rate), are 
added to or deducted from the cost of the related asset in the current 
period. If a decrease in the liability exceeds the carrying amount of the 
asset, the excess is recognised immediately in the income statement. 
If the asset value is increased and there is an indication that the revised 
carrying value is not recoverable, an impairment test is performed in 
accordance with the accounting policy set out above.
For some South African operations, annual contributions are made to 
dedicated environmental rehabilitation trusts to fund the estimated 
cost of rehabilitation during and at the end of the life of the relevant 
mine. The Group exercises full control of these trusts and therefore the 
trusts are consolidated. The trusts’ assets are disclosed separately on 
the balance sheet as non-current assets.
The trusts’ assets are measured based on the nature of the underlying 
assets in accordance with accounting policies for similar assets.
Carbon credits
Carbon credits held for future sale as part of the Group’s trading 
activities, to meet obligations in compliance markets and those 
expected to be surrendered for the production of ‘green’ or ‘carbon 
neutral’ products are accounted for under the Group’s inventory 
accounting policy.
Carbon credits used for other purposes such as to satisfy the Group's 
voluntary carbon emission targets or for capital appreciation over an 
extended period are accounted for under the Group’s accounting 
policy for intangible assets.
Where carbon credits are required to meet obligations in compliance 
markets, provisions are recognised which reflect the cost of carbon 
credits needed to settle the obligation relating to emissions recorded 
to date.
E. Working capital
Inventories
Inventory and work in progress are measured at the lower of cost and 
net realisable value, except for inventory held by commodity broker-
traders which is measured at fair value less costs to sell and are 
disclosed separately to the extent that they are material. The 
production cost of inventory includes an appropriate proportion of 
depreciation and production overheads. Cost is determined on the 
following basis:
– Raw materials and consumables are measured at cost on a first in, 
first out (FIFO) basis or a weighted average cost basis
– Work in progress and finished products are measured at raw 
material cost, labour cost and a proportion of production overhead 
expenses
– Metal and coal stocks are included within finished products and are 
measured at average cost.
At precious metals operations that produce ‘joint products’, cost is 
allocated among precious metal products according to production 
volumes.
Inventory is recognised as a current asset where it is expected to be 
consumed in the next 12 months. Stockpiles are classified as non-
current where stockpiles are not expected to be processed in the next 
12 months and there is no market to sell the product in its current state.
Metal leasing
Where the Group enters into metal leasing arrangements and metal is 
received or provided to counterparties for a specific period of time in 
return for a lease fee, consideration is given to the purpose of the 
arrangement and whether control of the metal inventory has been 
transferred. 
Key considerations in this assessment include whether the lessee has 
a practical ability to use the commodity and whether price risk has 
been transferred.
Where control of the inventory has been transferred to the 
counterparty, inventory is derecognised and a financial receivable is 
recorded for the future receipt of metal. The financial receivable forms 
part of trade and other receivables where the purpose of the 
arrangement is to generate a trading margin and is otherwise 
presented within financial asset investments. 
Where the Group receives control of inventory as a result of a lease 
arrangement, inventory is recognised and a payable is recorded to 
reflect the future return obligation. This liability forms part of trade and 
other payables where the purpose of the arrangement is to generate 
a trading margin or manage physical delivery requirements and is 
otherwise presented within financing liabilities. 
Where control of the inventory is not transferred, the arrangement has 
no impact on the value of inventory recorded.
Trade and other payables
The majority of the Group’s trade and other payables are measured 
at amortised cost, using the effective interest method.
Payables related to the purchase of provisionally priced third party 
PGM concentrate as part of the Group’s processing activities are 
recognised at amortised cost on delivery. Any changes in pricing 
between the delivery date and the date that prices are confirmed is 
recognised as an embedded derivative. Changes in the fair value of 
the embedded derivative is capitalised to inventory as it forms part of 
the cost directly related to bringing the inventory to its present location 
and condition.
Provisionally priced payables arising from the Group’s commodity 
trading activities are recognised at fair value and subsequent fair value 
movements form part of the net margin reported within revenue from 
other sources.
F. Net debt and financial risk management
Cash and debt
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash in hand and on demand 
deposits, together with short term, highly liquid investments that are 
readily convertible to a known amount of cash and that are subject to 
an insignificant risk of changes in value. Initial margin relating to the 
Group’s commodity trading activities is presented within cash and 
cash equivalents as the terms of the agreement allow the Group to 
request closure of the open positions and return of the margin within 
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three days. Bank overdrafts are shown within short term borrowings in 
current liabilities on the balance sheet. 
Cash and cash equivalents in the cash flow statement are shown net 
of overdrafts. Cash and cash equivalents are measured at amortised 
cost except for money market fund investments which are held at fair 
value as they are redeemed through the sale of units in the funds and 
not solely through the recovery of principal and interest.
Financial liabilities and equity instruments
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified and 
accounted for as debt or equity according to the substance of the 
contractual arrangements entered into.
Borrowings
Interest bearing borrowings and overdrafts are initially recognised at 
fair value, net of directly attributable transaction costs. Finance 
charges, including premiums payable on settlement or redemption 
and direct issue costs, are recognised in the income statement using 
the effective interest method. They are added to the carrying amount 
of the instrument to the extent that they are not settled in the period in 
which they arise.
Where interest or principal payments are linked to non-financial ESG 
targets, the best estimate of the future payment is included in the 
calculation of the effective interest rate at inception. If this best 
estimate changes in subsequent periods, the carrying value of the 
borrowing is adjusted to reflect the revised forecast, discounted using 
the effective interest rate determined at inception and any resulting 
gain or loss is recognised in the income statement.
Lease liabilities
Lease liabilities recognised on balance sheet are recognised within 
borrowings, and with the exception of variable vessel leases are 
recognised as part of net debt. On inception, the lease liability is 
recognised as the present value of the expected future lease 
payments, discounted using the Group’s incremental borrowing rate, 
adjusted to reflect the length of the lease and country of location. For 
a minority of leases where it is possible to determine the interest rate 
implicit in the lease, it is used in place of the Group’s incremental 
borrowing rate.
Lease payments included in the lease liability consist of each of the 
following:
– Fixed payments, including in-substance fixed payments
– Payments whose variability is dependent only upon an index or 
a rate, measured initially using the index or rate at the lease 
commencement date. The lease liability is revalued when there is a 
change in future lease payments arising from a change in an index 
or rate
– Any amounts expected to be payable under a guarantee of residual 
value
– The exercise price of a purchase option that the Group is reasonably 
certain to exercise, the lease payments after the date of a renewal 
option if the Group is reasonably certain to exercise its option to 
renew the lease, and penalties for exiting a lease agreement unless 
the Group is reasonably certain not to exit the lease early.
Variable leasing costs (other than those referred to above) and the 
costs of non-lease components are not included in the lease liability 
and are charged to operating costs in underlying EBITDA as they 
are incurred.
The lease liability is measured at amortised cost using the effective 
interest method. It is remeasured when there is a change to the 
forecast lease payments. When the lease liability is remeasured, 
an adjustment is made to the corresponding right-of-use asset.
Derivative financial instruments and hedge accounting
In order to hedge its exposure to foreign exchange, interest rate and 
commodity price risk, the Group enters into forward, option and swap 
contracts. Commodity based (own use) contracts that meet the scope 
exemption in IFRS 9 are recognised in earnings when they are settled 
by physical delivery. Commodity contracts which do not meet the own 
use criteria are accounted for as derivatives. 
All derivatives are held at fair value in the balance sheet within 
‘Derivative financial assets’ or ‘Derivative financial liabilities’ except if 
they are linked to settlement and delivery of an unquoted equity 
instrument and the fair value cannot be measured reliably, in which 
case they are carried at cost. A derivative cannot be measured reliably 
where the range of reasonable fair value estimates is significant and 
the probabilities of various estimates cannot be reasonably assessed. 
Derivatives are classified as current or non-current depending on the 
contractual maturity of the derivative.
Changes in the fair value of derivative financial instruments that are 
designated and effective as hedges of future cash flows (cash flow 
hedges) are recognised directly in equity. The gain or loss relating to 
the ineffective portion is recognised immediately in the income 
statement. If the cash flow hedge of a firm commitment or forecast 
transaction results in the recognition of a non-financial asset or liability, 
then, at the time the asset or liability is recognised, the associated 
gains or losses on the derivative that had previously been recognised 
in equity are included in the initial measurement of the asset or liability. 
For hedges that do not result in the recognition of a non-financial asset 
or liability, amounts deferred in equity are recognised in the income 
statement in the same period in which the hedged item affects profit 
or loss.
For an effective hedge of an exposure to changes in fair value, the 
hedged item is adjusted for changes in fair value attributable to the risk 
being hedged. The corresponding entry and gains or losses arising 
from remeasuring the associated derivative are recognised in the 
income statement within financing remeasurements.
Hedge effectiveness is determined at the inception of the hedge 
relationship, and through periodic prospective effectiveness 
assessments to ensure that an economic relationship exists between 
the hedged item and hedging instrument. The Group’s material 
hedging instruments are interest rate swaps that have similar critical 
terms to the related debt instruments, such as payment dates, 
maturities and notional amount. As all critical terms matched during 
the year, there was no material hedge ineffectiveness. The Group also 
uses cross currency swaps to manage foreign exchange risk 
associated with borrowings denominated in foreign currencies. These 
are not designated in an accounting hedge as there is a natural offset 
against foreign exchange movements on associated borrowings.
The Group has designated the embedded derivative component of 
the royalty liability (see note 24) as a cash flow hedge of future 
revenue cash flows from the Woodsmith project. In future periods, 
assuming the hedge remains effective, fair value derivative gains and 
losses as a result of changing forecast price and production forecasts 
will be recorded within other comprehensive income and recycled to 
revenue as the related revenue is recognised. 
Hedge accounting is discontinued when the hedging instrument 
expires or is sold, terminated, exercised, revoked, or no longer qualifies 
for hedge accounting. At that time, any cumulative gain or loss on the 
hedging instrument recognised in equity is retained until the forecast 
transaction occurs. If a hedge transaction is no longer expected to 
occur, the net cumulative gain or loss previously recognised in equity is 
recycled to the income statement for the period.
Changes in the fair value of any derivative instruments that are not 
designated in a hedge relationship are recognised immediately in the 
income statement.
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Derivatives embedded in other financial instruments or non-financial 
host contracts (other than financial assets in the scope of IFRS 9) are 
treated as separate derivatives when their risks and characteristics are 
not closely related to those of their host contracts and the host 
contracts themselves are not carried at fair value with unrealised gains 
or losses reported in the income statement.
Derivatives embedded in contracts which are financial assets in the 
scope of IFRS 9 are not separated and the whole contract is 
accounted for at either amortised cost or fair value.
The Group uses interest rate derivatives to swap the majority of its 
Euro, Sterling and US dollar bonds from fixed interest rates to EURIBOR, 
SONIA and SOFR rates respectively. Any non-USD interest rate 
derivatives are swapped to SOFR using cross currency interest rate 
swaps which are not designated into accounting hedges. The interest 
rate derivatives are designated into accounting fair value hedges.
G. Taxation
Tax
The tax expense includes the current tax and deferred tax charge 
recognised in the income statement.
Current tax payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable 
profit differs from profit before tax as reported in the income statement 
because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or 
deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are not 
taxable or deductible. The Group’s liability for current tax is calculated 
using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by 
the reporting date.
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of temporary differences 
between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial 
reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxation purposes. 
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable 
temporary differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the 
extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against 
which deductible temporary differences can be utilised. Probable 
taxable profits are based on evidence of historical profitability and 
taxable profit forecasts limited by reference to the criteria set out in 
IAS 12 Income Taxes. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if 
the temporary differences arise from the initial recognition of goodwill 
or of an asset or liability in a transaction (other than in a business 
combination) that affects neither taxable profit nor accounting profit, 
and does not give rise to equal taxable and deductible temporary 
differences.
Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for taxable temporary 
differences arising on investments in subsidiaries, joint arrangements 
and associates except where the Group is able to control the reversal 
of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary 
difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each 
reporting date and is adjusted to the extent that it is no longer probable 
that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow all or part of the 
asset to be recovered.
Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in 
the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised, based on 
the laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the 
reporting date. Deferred tax is charged or credited to the income 
statement, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly 
to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also taken directly to equity.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when they relate to income 
taxes levied by the same taxation authority and the Group intends to 
settle its current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis with that 
taxation authority.
H. Employees
Retirement benefits
The Group’s accounting policy involves the use of ‘best estimate’ 
assumptions in calculating the schemes’ valuations in accordance with 
the accounting standard. This valuation methodology differs from that 
applied in calculating the funding valuations, which require the use of 
‘prudent’ assumptions, such as lower discount rates, higher assumed 
rates of future inflation expectations and greater improvements in life 
expectancy, leading to a higher value placed on the liabilities. The 
funding valuations are carried out every three years, using the 
projected unit credit method, by independent qualified actuaries and 
are used to determine the money that must be put into the funded 
schemes. The Group operates both defined benefit and defined 
contribution pension plans for its employees as well as post 
employment medical plans. For defined contribution plans the amount 
recognised in the income statement is the contributions paid or 
payable during the year.
For defined benefit pension and post employment medical plans, full 
actuarial valuations are carried out at least every three years using the 
projected unit credit method and updates are performed for each 
financial year end. The average discount rate for the plans’ liabilities is 
based on AA-rated corporate bonds of a suitable duration and 
currency or, where there is no deep market for such bonds, is based on 
government bonds. Pension plan assets are measured using year end 
market values.
Remeasurements comprising actuarial gains and losses, movements 
in asset surplus restrictions and the return on scheme assets (excluding 
interest income) are recognised immediately in the statement of 
comprehensive income and are not recycled to the income statement. 
Any increase in the present value of plan liabilities expected to arise 
from employee service during the year is charged to operating profit. 
The net interest income or cost on the net defined benefit asset or 
liability is included in investment income or interest expense 
respectively.
The retirement benefit obligation recognised on the balance sheet 
represents the present value of the deficit or surplus of the defined 
benefit plans. Any recognised surplus is limited to the present value of 
available refunds or reductions in future contributions to the plan.
Share-based payments
The Group makes equity settled share-based payments to certain 
employees, which are measured at fair value at the date of grant and 
expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on the 
Group’s estimate of shares that will eventually vest. For those share 
schemes with market related vesting conditions, the fair value is 
determined using the Monte Carlo model at the grant date. The fair 
value of share options issued with non-market vesting conditions has 
been calculated using the Black Scholes model.
For all other share awards, the fair value is determined by reference to 
the market value of the shares at the grant date. For all share schemes 
with non-market vesting conditions, the likelihood of vesting has been 
taken into account when determining the relevant charge. Vesting 
assumptions are reviewed during each reporting period to ensure they 
reflect current expectations.
I. Group structure
Associates and joint arrangements
Associates are investments over which the Group has significant 
influence, which is the power to participate in the financial and 
operating policy decisions of the investee, but without the ability to 
exercise control or joint control. Typically the Group owns between 
20% and 50% of the voting equity of its associates.
Joint arrangements are arrangements in which the Group shares joint 
control with one or more parties. Joint control is the contractually 
agreed sharing of control of an arrangement, and exists only when 
decisions about the activities that significantly affect the 
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arrangement’s returns require the unanimous consent of the parties 
sharing control.
Judgement is required in determining this classification through an 
evaluation of the facts and circumstances arising from each individual 
arrangement. Joint arrangements are classified as either joint 
operations or joint ventures based on the rights and obligations of the 
parties to the arrangement. In joint operations, the parties have rights 
to the assets and obligations for the liabilities relating to the 
arrangement, whereas in joint ventures, the parties have rights to the 
net assets of the arrangement.
Joint arrangements that are not structured through a separate vehicle 
are always joint operations. Joint arrangements that are structured 
through a separate vehicle may be either joint operations or joint 
ventures depending on the substance of the arrangement. In these 
cases, consideration is given to the legal form of the separate vehicle, 
the terms of the contractual arrangement and, where relevant, other 
facts and circumstances. When the activities of an arrangement are 
primarily designed for the provision of output to the parties, and the 
parties are substantially the only source of cash flows contributing 
to the continuity of the operations of the arrangement, this indicates 
that the parties to the arrangements have rights to the assets and 
obligations for the liabilities.
Certain joint arrangements that are structured through separate 
vehicles including Collahuasi, Debswana and Namdeb are accounted 
for as joint operations. These arrangements are primarily designed for 
the provision of output to the parties sharing joint control, indicating 
that the parties have rights to substantially all the economic benefits of 
the assets. The liabilities of the arrangements are in substance satisfied 
by cash flows received from the parties; this dependence indicates 
that the parties effectively have obligations for the liabilities. It is 
primarily these facts and circumstances that give rise to the 
classification as joint operations.
The Group accounts for joint operations by recognising the assets, 
liabilities, revenue and expenses for which it has rights or obligations, 
including its share of such items held or incurred jointly.
Investments in associates and joint ventures are accounted for using 
the equity method of accounting except when classified as held for 
sale. The Group’s share of associates’ and joint ventures’ net income is 
based on their most recent audited financial statements or unaudited 
interim statements drawn up to the Group’s balance sheet date.
The total carrying values of investments in associates and joint 
ventures represent the cost of each investment including the carrying 
value of goodwill, the share of post-acquisition retained earnings, any 
other movements in reserves and any long term debt interests which in 
substance form part of the Group’s net investment, less any cumulative 
impairments. The carrying values of associates and joint ventures are 
reviewed on a regular basis and if there is objective evidence that an 
impairment in value has occurred as a result of one or more events 
during the period, the investment is impaired. Investments which have 
been previously impaired are regularly reviewed for indicators of 
impairment reversal. 
The Group’s share of an associate’s or joint venture’s losses in excess 
of its interest in that associate or joint venture is not recognised unless 
the Group has an obligation to fund such losses. Unrealised gains 
arising from transactions with associates and joint ventures are 
eliminated against the investment to the extent of the Group’s interest 
in the investee. Unrealised losses are eliminated in the same way, but 
only to the extent that there is no evidence of impairment.
Non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale
Non-current assets and disposal groups are classified as held for sale 
if their carrying amount will be recovered through a sale transaction 
rather than through continuing use. This condition is met only when a 
sale is highly probable within one year from the date of classification, 
management is committed to the sale and the asset or disposal group 
is available for immediate sale in its present condition. Furthermore, 
actions required to complete the sale should indicate that it is unlikely 
that significant changes to the sale will be made or that the decision to 
sell will be withdrawn.
Non-current assets and disposal groups are classified as held for sale 
from the date these conditions are met and are measured at the lower 
of carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell. Any resulting 
impairment loss is recognised in the income statement. Costs to sell 
are the incremental costs directly attributable to the disposal of an 
asset (disposal group), excluding finance costs and income tax 
expense. 
On classification as held for sale the assets are no longer depreciated. 
Comparative amounts are not adjusted.
Component of the Group classified as held for sale or disposed of in 
the period is presented as discontinued operations where it either 
represents a separate major line of business or geographical area of 
operations or is part of a single co-ordinated plan to dispose of a 
separate major line of business or geographical area of operations. A 
discontinued operation is presented as a single amount in the income 
statement and as a single amount in each category of cash flows in 
the statement of cash flows. Comparative amounts are re-presented.
Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) transactions
Where the Group disposes of a portion of a South African based 
subsidiary or operation to a BEE company at a discount to fair value, 
the transaction is considered to be a share-based payment (in line 
with the principle contained in South Africa interpretation AC 503 
Accounting for Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Transactions).
The discount provided or value given is calculated in accordance with 
IFRS 2 Share-based Payments and the cost, representing the fair value 
of the BEE credentials obtained by the subsidiary, is recorded in the 
income statement.
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Financial statements of the Parent Company
Balance sheet of the Parent Company, Anglo American plc, as at 31 December 2024 
US$ million
Note
 
2024 
 
2023 
Fixed assets
Investment in subsidiaries
1  
33,257  
33,113 
 
33,257  
33,113 
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
 
1  
— 
 
1  
— 
Creditors due within one year
Amounts owed to Group undertakings
 
(1,904)  
(2,239) 
 
(1,904)  
(2,239) 
Net current liabilities
 
(1,903)  
(2,239) 
Total assets less current liabilities
 
31,354  
30,874 
Net assets
 
31,354  
30,874 
Capital and reserves
Called-up share capital
2  
734  
734 
Share premium account
2  
2,558  
2,558 
Capital redemption reserve
2  
153  
153 
Other reserves
2  
1,955  
1,955 
Retained earnings
2  
25,954  
25,474 
Total shareholders’ funds
 
31,354  
30,874 
Statement of changes in equity of the Parent Company
US$ million
Called-up 
share capital
Share 
premium 
account
Capital 
redemption 
reserve
Other 
reserves
Retained 
earnings
Total
At 1 January 2023
 
734  
2,558  
153  
1,955  
25,706  
31,106 
Profit for the financial year
 
—  
—  
—  
—  
1,061  
1,061 
Dividends(1)
 
—  
—  
—  
—  
(1,213)  
(1,213) 
Equity settled share-based payments schemes
 
—  
—  
—  
—  
2  
2 
Treasury shares purchased
 
—  
—  
—  
—  
(254)  
(254) 
Capital contribution to Group undertakings
 
—  
—  
—  
—  
168  
168 
Other
 
—  
—  
—  
—  
4  
4 
At 31 December 2023
 
734  
2,558  
153  
1,955  
25,474  
30,874 
Profit for the financial year
 
—  
—  
—  
—  
1,182  
1,182 
Dividends(1)
 
—  
—  
—  
—  
(782)  
(782) 
Treasury shares purchased
 
—  
—  
—  
—  
(82)  
(82) 
Capital contribution to Group undertakings
 
—  
—  
—  
—  
162  
162 
At 31 December 2024
 
734  
2,558  
153  
1,955  
25,954  
31,354 
(1) Dividends relate only to shareholders on the United Kingdom principal register excluding dividends waived by Wealth Nominees Limited as nominees for Estera Trust (Jersey) Limited, the 
trustee for the Anglo American employee share scheme. Dividends paid to shareholders on the Johannesburg branch register are distributed by a South African subsidiary in accordance with 
the terms of the Dividend Access Share Provisions of Anglo American plc’s Articles of Association. The directors are proposing a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 December 2024 
of 22 US cents per share (see note 6 to the Consolidated financial statements). The profit after tax for the year of the Parent Company amounted to $1,182 million (2023: $1,061 million).
The financial statements of Anglo American plc, registered number 03564138, were approved by the Board of directors on 19 February 2025 
and signed on its behalf by:
Duncan Wanblad 
John Heasley
Chief Executive 
Finance Director
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1. Investment in subsidiaries
US$ million
 
2024 
 
2023 
Cost
At 1 January
 
33,113  
32,971 
Capital contributions(1)
 
144  
142 
At 31 December
 
33,257  
33,113 
Provisions for impairment
At 1 January
 
—  
— 
Impairment reversal
 
—  
— 
At 31 December
 
—  
— 
Net book value
 
33,257  
33,113 
(1) This amount represents the Group share-based payment charge and is net of $18 million (2023: $26 million) of intra-group recharges.
Further information about subsidiaries is provided in note 37 to the Consolidated financial statements.
2. Accounting policies: Anglo American plc (the Company)
The Parent Company balance sheet and related notes have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with 
Financial Reporting Standard 100 Application of Financial Reporting Requirements (FRS 100) and Financial Reporting Standard 101 Reduced 
Disclosure Framework (FRS 101).
The Parent Company financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and The Large 
and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/410).
A summary of the material accounting policies is set out below.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 101 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires 
management to exercise judgement in applying the Parent Company’s accounting policies.
As permitted by section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the statement of comprehensive income of the Parent Company is not presented as 
part of these financial statements.
The Parent Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions under FRS 101:
– the requirements of paragraphs 45(b) and 46-52 of IFRS 2 Share-based Payments
– the requirements of IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures
– the requirements of paragraphs 91-99 of IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement
– the requirement in paragraph 38 of IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements to present comparative information in respect of paragraph 
79(a)(iv) of IAS 1
– the requirements of paragraphs 10(d), 10(f), 16, 38A, 38B, 38C, 38D, 40A, 40B, 40C, 40D, 111 and 134-136 of IAS 1 Presentation of Financial 
Statements
– the requirements of IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows
– the requirements of paragraphs 30 and 31 of IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors
– the requirements of paragraphs 17 and 18A of IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures
– the requirements in IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures to disclose related party transactions entered into between two or more members of 
a group, provided that any subsidiary which is a party to the transaction is wholly owned by such a member.
Material accounting policies
Investments
Investments represent equity holdings in subsidiaries and are measured at cost less accumulated impairment.
Financial instruments
The Parent Company recognises financial instruments when it becomes a party to the contractual arrangements of the instrument. Financial 
instruments are derecognised when they are discharged or when the contractual terms expire.
Dividends
Interim equity dividends are recognised when declared. Final equity dividends are recognised when approved by the shareholders at an Annual 
General Meeting.
Share-based payments
The Parent Company has applied the requirements of IFRS 2 Share-based Payments.
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2. Accounting policies: Anglo American plc (the Company) continued
The Parent Company makes equity settled share-based payments to the directors, which are measured at fair value at the date of grant and 
expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on the Parent Company’s estimate of shares that will eventually vest. For those 
share schemes with market related vesting conditions, the fair value is determined using the Monte Carlo model at the grant date. The fair value 
of share options issued with non-market vesting conditions has been calculated using the Black Scholes model. For all other share awards, the 
fair value is determined by reference to the market value of the shares at the grant date. For all share schemes with non-market vesting 
conditions, the likelihood of vesting has been taken into account when determining the relevant charge. Vesting assumptions are reviewed during 
each reporting period to ensure they reflect current expectations.
The Parent Company also makes equity settled share-based payments to certain employees of certain subsidiary undertakings. Equity settled 
share-based payments that are made to employees of the Parent Company’s subsidiaries are treated as increases in equity over the vesting 
period of the award, with a corresponding increase in the Parent Company’s investments in subsidiaries, based on an estimate of the number of 
shares that will eventually vest.
Any payments received from subsidiaries are applied to reduce the related increases in Investments in subsidiaries.
Taxation
Current and deferred tax is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income of the Parent Company, except that a charge attributable to 
an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other 
comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.
The only income of the Parent Company is dividend income from subsidiaries. This income is non-taxable and there is no tax charge for the year 
(2023: nil).
Significant accounting judgements and estimates
In the course of preparing financial statements, management necessarily makes judgements and estimates that can have a significant impact on 
the financial statements. The critical judgements that affect the results for the year ended 31 December 2024 are set out below.
Impairment of investments in subsidiaries
Judgement is required to determine whether there are indicators that the Company’s equity investments in subsidiaries may be impaired. When 
making this judgement, consideration is given to various factors, including the market capitalisation of the Group, the net asset value of the 
Company’s direct subsidiaries and the recoverable amount of operating assets based on the Group’s impairment and impairment reversal 
assessments (see note 7 and note 8 to the Consolidated financial statements for further information). 
If an impairment indicator were identified, estimation would be required to determine the recoverable amount of the investments. Recoverable 
amount is the higher of fair value less costs of disposal and value in use. 
If the recoverable amount of an investment is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the investment is reduced to its 
recoverable amount and an impairment loss is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income.
There were no impairment indicators identified. 
3. Fees for non-audit services
Fees payable to PwC for non-audit services to the Parent Company are not required to be disclosed because they are included within the 
consolidated disclosure in note 39 to the Consolidated financial statements.
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Summary by operation
This section includes certain Alternative Performance Measures (APMs). For more information on the APMs used by the Group, including 
definitions, please refer to page 334.
Marketing activities are allocated to the underlying operation to which they relate.
2024
US$ million (unless otherwise stated)
Sales
volume
Realised
price
Unit cost
Group
revenue(1)
Underlying
EBITDA
Underlying
EBIT
Underlying
earnings
Capital
expenditure
kt
c/lb
c/lb
Copper
769
(2)
416
(3)
151
(4)
7,572
 
3,805 
 
2,804 
 
1,336 
 
1,598 
Copper Chile
463
(2)
416
(3)
181
4,668
 
2,049 
 
1,398 
n/a
 
1,161 
Los Bronces(5)
174
n/a
273
(4)
1,535
 
467 
 
189 
n/a
 
277 
Collahuasi(6)
242
n/a
120
(4)
2,293
 
1,447 
 
1,175 
 
747 
 
837 
Other operations(7)
47
n/a
n/a
840
 
135 
 
34 
n/a
 
47 
Copper Peru (Quellaveco)(8)
306
415
105
(4)
2,904
 
1,756 
 
1,406 
 
622 
 
437 
Mt
$/t
$/t
Iron Ore
60.9
(9)
89
(10)  
35 
(11)
6,573
 
2,655 
 
2,135 
 
1,110 
 
945 
Kumba Iron Ore(12)
36.2
(9)
92
(10)  
39 
(11)
3,796
 
1,581 
 
1,260 
 
450 
 
527 
Iron Ore Brazil (Minas-Rio)
 
24.7 
(9)
84
(10)  
30 
(11)
2,777
 
1,074 
 
875 
 
660 
 
418 
koz
$/PGM oz
$/PGM oz
Platinum Group Metals
4,078
(13)
1,468
(14)  
957 
(15)
5,962
 
1,106 
 
668 
 
356 
 
1,013 
Mogalakwena
1,061
(13)
1,484
(14)  
845 
(15)
1,567
 
602 
 
368 
n/a
 
558 
Amandelbult
676
(13)
1,651
(14)  
1,217 
(15)
1,110
 
198 
 
137 
n/a
 
58 
Processing and trading(16)
1,575
(13)
n/a
n/a
2,198
 
373 
 
324 
n/a
n/a
Other(17)
766
1,353
1,022
1,087
 
(67) 
 
(161) 
n/a
 
397 
’000 cts
$/ct
$/ct
De Beers
17,883
(18)
152
(19)
93
(20)
3,292
(21)  
(25) 
 
(349) 
 
(288) 
 
536 
Mining
Botswana 
n/a
143
(19)
39
(20)
n/a
 
241 
 
185 
n/a
 
83 
Namibia 
n/a
426
(19)
295
(20)
n/a
 
121 
 
82 
n/a
 
41 
South Africa 
n/a
85
(19)
115
(20)
n/a
 
(54) 
 
(126) 
n/a
 
312 
Canada
n/a
 
79 
(19)
56
(20)
n/a
 
45 
 
11 
n/a
 
63 
Trading
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
(50) 
 
(54) 
n/a
 
1 
Other(22) 
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
(328) 
 
(447) 
n/a
 
36 
Mt
$/t
$/t
Steelmaking Coal
14.4
(23)
232
(24)  
124 
(25)
3,519
 
924 
 
480 
 
356 
 
468 
kt
$/lb
c/lb
Nickel
39
6.82
481
(26)
646
 
92 
 
80 
 
126 
 
74 
Mt
$/t
$/t
Manganese (Samancor)
1.9
n/a
n/a
359
 
116 
 
31 
 
— 
 
— 
Crop Nutrients
n/a
n/a
n/a
188
 
(34) 
 
(35) 
 
(27) 
 
834 
Woodsmith
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
834 
Other(27)
n/a
n/a
n/a
188
 
(34) 
 
(35) 
 
(27) 
 
— 
Corporate and other(28)
n/a
n/a
n/a
471
 
(179) 
 
(529) 
 (1,032) 
 
22 
Exploration
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
(118) 
 
(118) 
 
(116) 
 
1 
Corporate activities and 
unallocated costs
n/a
n/a
n/a
471
 
(61) 
 
(411) 
 
(916) 
 
21 
n/a
n/a
n/a
28,582
 
8,460 
 
5,285 
 
1,937 
 
5,490 
See page 324 for footnotes.
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323

2023
US$ million (unless otherwise stated)
Sales
volume
Realised
price
Unit
cost
Group
revenue(1)
Underlying
EBITDA
Underlying
EBIT
Underlying
earnings
Capital
expenditure
kt
c/lb
c/lb
Copper
 
843 
(2)
384
(3)
 
166 
(4)
 
7,360 
 
3,233 
 
2,451 
 
1,099 
 
1,684 
Copper Chile
 
505 
(2)
 
384 
(3)
 
200 
 
4,615 
 
1,452 
 
893 
n/a
 
1,268 
Los Bronces(5)
217
n/a
 
304 
(4)
 
1,724 
 
114 
 
(94) 
n/a
 
552 
Collahuasi(6)
248
n/a
 
113 
(4)
 
2,197 
 
1,372 
 
1,124 
 
760 
 
678 
Other operations(7)
40
n/a
n/a
 
694 
 
(34) 
 
(137) 
n/a
 
38 
Copper Peru (Quellaveco)(8)
339
 
384 
 
111 
(4)
 
2,745 
 
1,781 
 
1,558 
578
 
416 
Mt
$/t
$/t
Iron Ore
 
61.5 
(9)
 
114 
(10)  
38 
(11)  
8,000 
 
4,013 
 
3,549 
 
1,792 
 
909 
Kumba Iron Ore(12)
37.2
(9)
117
(10)  
41 
(11)  
4,680 
 
2,415 
 
2,136 
 
772 
 
538 
Iron Ore Brazil (Minas-Rio)
24.3
(9)
 
110 
(10)  
33 
(11)  
3,320 
 
1,598 
 
1,413 
 
1,020 
 
371 
koz
$/PGM oz
$/PGM oz
Platinum Group Metals
3,925
(13)
1,657
(14)
968
(15)  
6,734 
 
1,209 
 
855 
 
448 
 
1,108 
Mogalakwena
1,011
(13)
1,718
(14)
884
(15)  
1,740 
 
778 
 
601 
n/a
 
519 
Amandelbult
668
(13)
1,934
(14)
1,189
(15)  
1,294 
 
323 
 
276 
n/a
 
75 
Processing and trading(16)
1,352
(13)
n/a
n/a
 
2,247 
 
(138) 
 
(173) 
n/a
n/a
Other(17)
894
 
1,587 
 
973 
 
1,453 
 
246 
 
151 
n/a
 
514 
’000 cts
$/ct
$/ct
De Beers
24,682
(18)
147
(19)  
71 
(20)  
4,267 
(21)  
72 
 
(252) 
 
(314) 
 
623 
Mining
Botswana 
n/a
168
(19)  
31 
(20)
n/a
 
412 
 
349 
n/a
 
74 
Namibia 
n/a
515
(19)  
246 
(20)
n/a
 
159 
 
123 
n/a
 
35 
South Africa
n/a
109
(19)  
97 
(20)
n/a
 
26 
 
5 
n/a
 
403 
Canada
n/a
85
(19)  
48 
(20)
n/a
 
35 
 
(6) 
n/a
 
63 
Trading
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
(104) 
 
(111) 
n/a
 
2 
Other(22)
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
(456) 
 
(612) 
n/a
 
46 
Mt
$/t
$/t
Steelmaking Coal
14.9
(23)  
261 
(24)  
121 
(25)  
4,153 
 
1,320 
 
822 
 
684 
 
619 
kt
$/lb
c/lb
Nickel
40
7.71
541
(26)  
653 
 
133 
 
62 
 
65 
 
91 
Mt
$/t
$/t
Manganese (Samancor)
3.7
n/a
n/a
 
670 
 
231 
 
145 
 
66 
 
— 
Crop Nutrients
n/a
n/a
n/a
225
 
(60) 
 
(61) 
(75)
641
Woodsmith
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
641
Other(27)
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
225 
 
(60) 
 
(61) 
 
(75) 
 
— 
Corporate and other(28)
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
440 
 
(193) 
 
(403) 
 
(833) 
 
59 
Exploration
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
(107) 
 
(107) 
 
(97) 
 
3 
Corporate activities and 
unallocated costs
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
440 
 
(86) 
 
(296) 
 
(736) 
 
56 
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
32,502 
 
9,958 
 
7,168 
 
2,932 
 
5,734 
(1) Group revenue is shown after deduction of treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs). 
(2) Shown on a contained metal basis. Excludes 422 kt third-party sales (2023: 444 kt).
(3) Represents realised copper price and excludes impact of third-party sales.
(4) C1 unit cost includes by-product credits.
(5) Figures on a 100% basis (Group’s share: 50.1%). 
(6) 44% share of Collahuasi sales and financials.
(7) Other operations form part of the results of Copper Chile. Sales are from El Soldado mine 
(figures on a 100% basis, Group’s share: 50.1%). Financials include El Soldado and 
Chagres (figures on a 100% basis, Group’s share: 50.1%), third-party trading, projects, 
including Sakatti, and corporate costs. El Soldado mine C1 unit costs decreased by 26% to 
233c/lb (31 December 2023: 316c/lb).
(8) Figures on a 100% basis (Group’s share: 60%). 
(9) Sales volumes are reported as wet metric tonnes. Product is shipped with c.1.6% moisture 
from Kumba and c.9% moisture from Minas-Rio.
(10) Prices for Kumba Iron Ore are the average realised export basket price (FOB Saldanha) 
(wet basis). Prices for Minas-Rio are the average realised export basket price (FOB Brazil) 
(wet basis). Prices for total iron ore are a blended average.
(11) Unit costs are reported on an FOB wet basis. Unit costs for total iron ore are a blended 
average.
(12) Sales volumes, stock and realised price could differ to Kumba’s stand-alone reported 
results due to sales to other Group companies.
(13) PGM sales volumes exclude tolling and third-party trading activities.
(14) Price for a basket of goods per PGM oz. The dollar basket price is the net sales revenue from 
all metals sold (PGMs, base metals and other metals) excluding trading and foreign 
exchange translation impacts, per PGM 5E + gold ounces sold (own mined and purchase of 
concentrate) excluding trading. 
(15) Total cash operating costs (includes on-mine, smelting and refining costs only) per own 
mined PGM ounce of production.
(16) Includes purchase of concentrate from joint operations and third parties for processing into 
refined metals, tolling and third-party trading activities, with the exception of production and 
sales volumes which exclude tolling and trading. The disposal of our 50% interest in 
Kroondal was completed and effective on 1 November 2023. This resulted in Kroondal 
moving to a 100% third-party POC arrangement, until it transferred to a toll arrangement. 
As expected, from 1 September 2024, Kroondal transitioned to a 4E toll arrangement on the 
same terms as other Sibanye-Stillwater tolled volumes.
(17) Includes Mototolo, Unki, our 50% share of Modikwa (joint operation), and our 50% share 
of Kroondal until the disposal of our interest in the joint operation on 1 November 2023.
(18) Total sales volumes on a 100% basis were 19.4 million carats (2023: 27.4 million carats). 
Total sales volumes (100%) include De Beers Group’s joint arrangement partners’ 50% 
proportionate share of sales to entities outside De Beers Group from Diamond Trading 
Company Botswana and Namibia Diamond Trading Company. 
(19) Pricing for the mining businesses is based on 100% selling value post-aggregation of 
goods. Realised price includes the price impact of the sale of non-equity product and, 
as a result, is not directly comparable to the unit cost. 
(20) Unit cost is based on consolidated production and operating costs, excluding depreciation 
and operating special items, divided by carats recovered. 
(21) Includes rough diamond sales of $2.7billion (2023: $3.6 billion).
(22) Other includes Element Six, brands and consumer markets, and corporate. 
(23) Sales volumes exclude thermal coal sales of 2.0 Mt (2023: 1.7 Mt). Includes sales relating 
to third-party product purchased and processed by Anglo American. Sales volumes from 
Jellinbah post 1 November 2024, after the sale was agreed, have been excluded.
(24) Realised price is the weighted average hard coking coal and PCI export sales price 
achieved at managed operations. 
(25) FOB unit cost comprises managed operations and excludes royalties. 
(26) C1 unit cost.
(27) Other comprises projects and corporate costs as well as the share in associate results from 
The Cibra Group, a fertiliser distributor based in Brazil. 
(28) Revenue within Corporate activities and unallocated costs primarily relates to third-party 
shipping activities, as well as the Marketing business’ energy solutions activities. Refer to 
note 2 for more details.
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Key financial data
This section includes certain Alternative Performance Measures (APMs). For more information on the APMs used by the Group, including 
definitions, please refer to page 334.
US$ million (unless otherwise stated)
2024
2023
2022
(restated)
2021
2020
 (restated)
2019
(restated)
2018
2017
2016
2015
Income statement measures
Group revenue(1)
28,582 
32,502 
37,391 
43,258 
26,883 
31,825 
30,196 
28,650 
23,142 
23,003 
Underlying EBIT
5,285 
7,168 
11,963 
17,790 
7,050 
7,010 
6,377 
6,247 
3,766 
2,223 
Underlying EBITDA
8,460 
9,958 
14,495 
20,634 
9,802 
10,006 
9,161 
8,823 
6,075 
4,854 
Revenue(1)
27,290 
30,652 
35,118 
41,554 
25,447 
29,870 
27,610 
26,243 
21,378 
20,455 
Net finance costs (before special 
items and remeasurements)
(710)
(556)
(342)
(277)
(775)
(420)
(380)
(473)
(209)
(458)
(Loss)/profit before tax
(924)
3,595 
9,480 
17,629 
5,464 
6,146 
6,189 
5,505 
2,624
(5,454)
(Loss)/profit for the financial year
(2,788)
1,344 
6,024 
11,699 
3,328 
4,582 
4,373 
4,059 
1,926
(5,842)
Non-controlling interests
(280)
(1,061)
(1,510)
(3,137)
(1,239)
(1,035)
(824)
(893)
(332) 
218
(Loss)/profit attributable to equity 
shareholders of the Company
(3,068) 
283 
4,514 
8,562 
2,089 
3,547 
3,549 
3,166 
1,594
(5,624)
Underlying earnings
1,937 
2,932 
6,036 
8,925 
3,135 
3,468 
3,237 
3,272 
2,210 
827 
Balance sheet measures
Capital employed(2)
39,001 
42,427
40,541
38,312
37,970
35,576
32,269
32,813
31,904
32,842
Net assets(2)
28,533 
31,617
33,953
34,770
32,766
31,385
29,832
28,882
24,325
21,342
Non-controlling interests(2)
(7,773)
(6,560)
(6,635)
(6,945)
(6,942)
(6,590)
(6,234)
(5,910)
(5,309)
(4,773)
Equity attributable to equity 
shareholders of the Company(2)
20,760 
25,057 
27,318 
27,825 
25,824 
24,795 
23,598 
22,972 
19,016 
16,569 
Cash flow measures
Cash flows from operations 
9,362 
8,115 
11,889 
20,588 
7,998 
9,260 
7,782 
8,375 
5,838 
4,240 
Capital expenditure
(5,490)
(5,734)
(5,738)
(5,193)
(4,125)
(3,840)
(2,818)
(2,150)
(2,387)
(4,177)
Net debt(3)
(10,623)
(10,615)
(6,918)
(3,842)
(5,530)
(4,535)
(2,848)
(4,501)
(8,487)
(12,901)
Metrics and ratios
Underlying earnings per share (US$)
1.60 
2.42 
4.97 
7.22 
2.53 
2.75 
2.55 
2.57 
1.72 
0.64 
Earnings per share (US$)
(2.53) 
0.23 
3.72 
6.93 
1.69 
2.81 
2.80 
2.48 
1.24
(4.36)
Ordinary dividend per share 
(US cents)
22 
96
198
289
100
109
100
102
—
32
Ordinary dividend cover (based on 
underlying earnings per share)
7.3 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.6 
2.5 
—
2.0 
Underlying EBIT margin
 18.5% 
 22.1% 
 32.0% 
 41.1% 
 26.2% 
 22.0% 
 21.1% 
 21.8% 
 16.3% 
 9.7% 
Underlying EBIT interest cover(4)
7.4 
15.5 
31.8 
45.2 
11.2 
18.0 
19.9 
16.5 
16.7 
10.1 
Underlying effective tax rate
 41.1% 
 38.5% 
 34.0% 
 31.4% 
 31.2% 
 30.8% 
 31.3% 
 29.7% 
 24.6% 
 31.0% 
Gearing (net debt to total capital)(5)
 27% 
 25% 
 17% 
 10% 
 14% 
 13% 
 9% 
 13% 
 26% 
 38% 
(1) Third-party trading amounts restated from a gross to a net presentation in 2020. Amounts prior to 2020 have not been restated.
(2) 2022 figures are restated for the adoption of the amendment to IAS 12 Income Taxes.
(3) The Group amended the definition of net debt in 2021 to exclude variable vessel leases. The amounts for 2020 and 2019 were therefore restated from $5,575 million to $5,530 million in 2020 
and from $4,626 million to $4,535 million in 2019. Amounts prior to 2019 have not been restated.
(4) Underlying EBIT interest cover is underlying EBIT divided by net finance costs, excluding net foreign exchange gains and losses, unwinding of discount relating to provisions and other liabilities, 
financing special items and remeasurements, and including the Group’s attributable share of associates’ and joint ventures’ net finance costs.
(5) Net debt to total capital is calculated as net debt divided by total capital (being ‘Net assets’ as shown in the Consolidated balance sheet excluding net debt and variable vessel leases). The 
2020 figures were restated to exclude variable vessel leases. Amounts prior to 2020 have not been restated.
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Exchange rates and commodity prices
US$ exchange rates
 
2024 
 
2023 
Year end spot rates
South African rand
 
18.73  
18.52 
Brazilian real
 
6.18  
4.86 
Sterling
 
0.80  
0.79 
Australian dollar
 
1.61  
1.47 
Euro
 
0.96  
0.90 
Chilean peso
 
990  
885 
Botswanan pula
 
13.94  
13.43 
Peruvian sol
 
3.76  
3.70 
Average rates for the year
South African rand
 
18.32  
18.46 
Brazilian real
 
5.38  
4.99 
Sterling
 
0.78  
0.80 
Australian dollar
 
1.52  
1.51 
Euro
 
0.92  
0.92 
Chilean peso
 
944  
840 
Botswanan pula
 
13.56  
13.35 
Peruvian sol
 
3.75  
3.74 
Commodity prices
 
2024 
 
2023 
Year end spot prices
Copper(1)
US cents/lb
 
395  
384 
Nickel(1)
US$/lb
 
6.85 
7.39
Platinum(2)
US$/oz
 
914  
1,006 
Palladium(2)
US$/oz
 
909  
1,119 
Rhodium(3)
US$/oz
 
4,575  
4,425 
Iron ore (62% Fe CFR)(4)
US$/tonne
 
100 
141
Iron ore (65% Fe Fines CFR)(5)
US$/tonne
 
115 
152
Hard coking coal (FOB Australia)(4)
US$/tonne
 
197 
324
PCI (FOB Australia)(4)
US$/tonne
150
176
Manganese ore (44% CIF China)(5)
US$/dmtu
 
4.08  
4.17 
Average market prices for the year
Copper(1)
US cents/lb
 
415 
385
Nickel(1)
US$/lb
 
7.63 
9.74
Platinum(2)
US$/oz
 
956 
965
Palladium(2)
US$/oz
 
984 
1,336
Rhodium(3)
US$/oz
 
4,637  
6,611 
Iron ore (62% Fe CFR)(4)
US$/tonne
 
109 
120
Iron ore (65% Fe Fines CFR)(5)
US$/tonne
 
123 
132
Hard coking coal (FOB Australia)(4)
US$/tonne
 
240 
296
PCI (FOB Australia)(4)
US$/tonne
 
165 
219
Manganese ore (44% CIF China)(5)
US$/dmtu
 
5.56  
4.75 
(1) Source: London Metal Exchange (LME).
(2) Source: London Platinum and Palladium Market (LPPM).
(3) Source: Johnson Matthey.
(4) Source: Platts.
(5) Source: Metal Bulletin.
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Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources
as at 31 December 2024
The Ore Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates presented in this 
report were prepared in accordance with the Anglo American Group 
Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Reporting Policy. This policy 
stipulates that the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration 
Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code), 2012 
edition, be used as a minimum standard. This section should be read 
in conjunction with the Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources 
Report 2024. 
Some Anglo American subsidiaries have a primary listing in South 
Africa where public reporting is carried out in accordance with the 
South African Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral 
Resources and Mineral Reserves (the SAMREC Code), 2016 edition. 
The SAMREC Code is similar to the JORC Code and the Ore Reserve 
and Mineral Resource terminology appearing in this section follows the 
definitions in both the JORC (2012) and SAMREC (2016) Codes. Ore 
Reserves in the context of this report have the same meaning as 
‘Mineral Reserves’. 
The Anglo American Mineral Resources and Reserves (MinRes) team 
is responsible for ensuring the implementation of the Ore Reserve and 
Mineral Resource Reporting Policy and associated requirements 
document by all Anglo American businesses. This team provides 
technical assurance, through the Technical & Operations director, to 
the Anglo American Audit Committee and the Anglo American Board 
of directors on the integrity of the published estimates. MinRes’s role is 
to plan and manage the annual reporting process, to validate the 
information supplied by the businesses and from that, compile the Ore 
Reserves and Mineral Resources Report. Anglo American has well-
established governance processes and internal controls to support the 
generation and publication of Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources, 
including a series of peer reviews.
The information on Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources was prepared 
by or under the supervision of Competent Persons (CPs) as defined in 
the JORC or SAMREC Codes. All CPs have sufficient experience 
relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under 
consideration and to the activity which they are undertaking. All the 
CPs consent to the inclusion of the information in this report, in the form 
and context in which it appears. The names of the CPs, along with 
their Recognised Professional Organisation (RPO) affiliation and years 
of relevant experience, are listed in the Ore Reserves and Mineral 
Resources Report 2024.
The Anglo American Group of companies is subject to reviews aimed 
at providing assurance in respect of Ore Reserve and Mineral Resource 
estimates. The reviews are conducted by suitably qualified CPs from 
within the Group or independent consultants. The frequency and depth 
of review are a function of the perceived risks and/or uncertainties 
associated with a particular Ore Reserve and Mineral Resource. Those 
operations/projects subjected to independent third-party reviews 
during the year are indicated in explanatory notes to the tables in the 
Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report 2024.
Both the JORC and SAMREC Codes require due consideration of 
reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction for Mineral 
Resource definition. The estimation of Ore Reserves and Mineral 
Resources is based on long-term price assumptions, which include 
long-range commodity price forecasts that are prepared by in-house 
specialists using projections of future supply and demand and long-
term economic outlooks. Ore Reserves are dynamic and likely to be 
affected by fluctuations in the prices of commodities, uncertainties in 
production costs, processing costs and other mining, infrastructure, 
legal, environmental, social and governmental factors which may 
impact the financial condition and prospects of the Group. Mineral 
Resource estimates also change in time and tend to be mostly 
influenced by new information pertaining to the understanding of the 
deposit, as well as by conversion to Ore Reserves. 
Mineral Resource classification defines the confidence associated 
to the reliability of estimates of grade and tonnage. This includes 
considering the quality of the underlying sample data, the 
demonstrated continuity of the geology and the likely precision of 
grade and density estimates that collectively affect confidence in the 
Mineral Resource. Most businesses have developed commodity-
specific approaches to the classification of their Mineral Resources. 
The appropriate Mineral Resource classification is determined by the 
appointed CPs. 
Anglo American makes use of a web-based Group reporting system 
called Resource Disclosure (RD) for the capture, review and approval 
of Ore Reserve and Mineral Resource data. The system allows the CPs 
to capture the estimates, year-on-year reconciliations and other 
supplementary information, thus supporting this Ore Reserves and 
Mineral Resources publication. RD enhances the compliance and 
governance of reporting and is underpinned by comprehensive audit 
trails, a centralised, encrypted database and is workflow enabled.
The estimates of Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources are stated as 
at 31 December 2024. The tabulated estimates are rounded and, if 
used to derive totals and averages, minor differences may result. 
Unless stated otherwise, Mineral Resources are additional to 
(i.e. exclusive of) those resources converted to Ore Reserves and are 
reported on a dry tonnes basis. Mineral Resources should not be added 
to Ore Reserves, as Modifying Factors have been applied to 
Ore Reserves.
Reserve Life reflects the scheduled extraction or processing period in 
years for the total Ore Reserves (in situ and stockpiles) in the approved 
Life of Asset Plan. It is accepted that mine planning may include some 
Inferred Mineral Resources, which are described as ‘Inferred (in LoAP)’ 
separately from the remaining Inferred Mineral Resources described as 
‘Inferred (ex. LoAP)’, as required. These resources are declared without 
application of Modifying Factors and are excluded from the Ore 
Reserves. 
The ownership (attributable) percentage that Anglo American holds 
in each operation and project is presented beside the name of each 
entity and reflects the Group’s share of equity owned. The reported 
estimates represent 100% of the Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources. 
Operations and projects which fall below the internal threshold for 
reporting (25% attributable interest) are not reported. 
Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources are reported for properties over 
which mineral tenure has been granted and is valid, or where 
applications have been submitted or will be submitted at the 
appropriate time and there is a reasonable expectation that the rights 
will be granted in due course (any associated comments appear in the 
Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report 2024). 
The effective management of risk is integral to good management 
practice. Anglo American is committed to an effective, robust system of 
risk identification and an appropriate response to such risks, in order to 
support the achievement of our objectives. Risk registers related to Ore 
Reserves and Mineral Resources are maintained for each operation, 
covering key risks pertaining to, but not limited to, technical, 
environmental, social, health, safety, economic and political aspects. 
Mitigation measures are identified and actioned to address the 
material risks at each operation. 
u  The detailed Ore Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates, Ore Reserve and Mineral 
Resource reconciliation overview, Definitions and Glossary are contained in the separate 
Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report 2024, which is available in the Annual 
Reporting Centre on the Anglo American website.
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Estimated Ore Reserves(1)
as at 31 December 2024
Detailed Proved and Probable estimates appear on the referenced pages in the Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report 2024.
Total Proved and Probable
COPPER OPERATIONS
(See pages 26 & 27 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining
Method
Reserve Life(2)
(years)
Contained 
Copper (kt)
ROM Tonnes 
(Mt)
Grade
(%TCu)
Collahuasi
Sulphide (direct feed)
44.0
OP
 
67 
 
25,560 
 
2,656.5 
 
0.96 
Low-grade sulphide (incl. stockpile)
 
7,308 
 
1,501.8 
 
0.49 
El Soldado
Sulphide – flotation (incl. stockpile)
50.1
OP
 
4 
 
176 
 
24.4 
 
0.72 
Los Bronces
Sulphide – flotation
50.1
OP
 
36 
 
6,528 
 
1,296.3 
 
0.50 
Sulphide – dump leach
 
1,228 
 
465.2 
 
0.26 
Quellaveco
Sulphide – flotation (incl. stockpile)
60.0
OP
 
33 
 
7,935 
 
1,556.1 
 
0.51 
KUMBA IRON ORE OPERATIONS
(See page 37 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining
Method
Reserve Life(2)
(years)
Saleable Product
(Mt)
Grade
(%Fe)
Kolomela
Haematite (incl. stockpile)
52.5
OP
 
16 
 
115.7 
 
63.0 
Sishen
Haematite (incl. stockpile)
52.5
OP
 
16 
 
424.6 
 
64.0 
IRON ORE BRAZIL OPERATION
(See page 41 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining
Method
Reserve Life(2)
(years)
Saleable Product(3)
(Mt)
Grade(3)
(%Fe)
Serra do Sapo
Friable itabirite & haematite
85.0
OP
 
49 
 
589.8 
 
67.0 
Itabirite
 
1,058.7 
 
67.0 
PLATINUM GROUP METALS(4) OPERATIONS
(See page 46 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining
Method
Reserve Life(2)
(years)
Contained Metal
(4E Moz)
ROM Tonnes 
(Mt)
Grade
(4E g/t)
Amandelbult 
MR & UG2 Reefs
66.7
UG
32
 
13.0 
 
88.8 
 
4.54 
Mogalakwena
Platreef (incl. stockpile)
66.7
OP
86
 
114.6 
 
1,192.0 
 
2.99 
Modikwa
UG2 Reef
33.4
UG
24
 
4.9 
 
36.2 
 
4.21 
Mototolo
UG2 Reef
66.7
UG
 
50 
 
13.1 
 
124.2 
 
3.28 
Unki
Main Sulphide Zone
66.7
UG
18
 
4.4 
 
42.1 
 
3.25 
DIAMOND(5) OPERATION – DBCi
(See page 53 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining
Method
LoA(6)
(years)
Saleable Carats 
(Mct)
Treated Tonnes 
(Mt)
Recovered 
Grade
(cpht)
Gahcho Kué
Kimberlite (incl. stockpile)
43.4
OP
 
7 
 
30.4 
 
21.3 
 
142.7 
DIAMOND(5) OPERATION – DBCM
(See page 57 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining
Method
LoA(6)
(years)
Saleable Carats 
(Mct)
Treated Tonnes 
(Mt)
Recovered 
Grade
(cpht)
Venetia 
Kimberlite
62.9
UG
22
 
59.5 
 
79.7 
 
74.6 
DIAMOND(5) OPERATIONS – Debswana
(See page 61 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining
Method
LoA(6)
(years)
Saleable Carats 
(Mct)
Treated Tonnes 
(Mt)
Recovered 
Grade
(cpht)
Jwaneng
Kimberlite (incl. stockpile)
42.5
OP
 
12 
 
111.9 
 
88.0 
 
127.2 
Letlhakane
TMR & ORT
42.5
n/a
 
19 
 
5.4 
 
25.2 
 
21.6 
Orapa
Kimberlite (incl. stockpile)
42.5
OP
 
15 
 
130.8 
 
87.6 
 
149.4 
DIAMOND(5) OPERATIONS – Namdeb
(See pages 67 & 70 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining
Method
LoA(6)
(years)
Saleable Carats 
(kct)
Treated Tonnes 
(kt)
Recovered 
Grade
(cpht)
Mining Area 1
Beaches
42.5
OC
 
13 
 
11 
 
286 
 
3.82 
Orange River
Fluvial placers
42.5
OC
 
2 
 
50 
 
7,700 
 
0.65 
Ownership
%
Mining
Method
LoA(6)
(years)
Saleable Carats 
(kct)
Area
k (m2)
Recovered 
Grade
(cpm2)
Atlantic 1
Marine placers
42.5
MM
 
33 
 
9,580 
 
165,703 
 
0.06 
Operations = mines in steady-state or projects in ramp-up phase.
Mining method: OP = open pit, UG = underground, OC = opencast/cut, MM = marine mining. TMR = Tailings Mineral Resource. ORT = Old Recovery Tailings.
Mt = Million tonnes. kt = thousand tonnes. Moz = Million troy ounces. Mct = Million carats. kct = thousand carats. k (m²) = thousand square metres.
ROM = run of mine.
TCu = total copper.
4E is the sum of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold. g/t = grams per tonne. MR = Merensky Reef.
Diamond Recovered Grade is quoted as carats per hundred metric tonnes (cpht) or as carats per square metre (cpm²).
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Estimated Ore Reserves continued
Total Proved and Probable
STEELMAKING COAL OPERATIONS 
(See page 75 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining
Method
Reserve Life(2)
(years)
Saleable Tonnes(7)
(Mt)
Saleable Quality(7)
Capcoal (OC)*
Metallurgical – coking 
77.3
OC
16
 
30.6 
5.0 CSN
Metallurgical – other 
 
37.2 
6,760 kcal/kg
Thermal – export
 
11.0 
4,930 kcal/kg
Capcoal (UG) – Aquila*
Metallurgical – coking 
70.0
UG
 
8 
 
25.4 
9.0 CSN
Dawson
Metallurgical – coking 
51.0
OC
 
23 
 
101.6 
6.5 CSN
Thermal – export
 
67.3 
6,190 kcal/kg
Grosvenor
Metallurgical – coking 
88.0
UG
 
12 
 
61.7 
8.0 CSN
Moranbah North 
Metallurgical – coking 
88.0
UG
 
25 
 
161.5 
7.5 CSN
NICKEL OPERATIONS
(See page 82 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining
Method
Reserve Life(2)
(years)
Contained 
Nickel (kt)
ROM Tonnes 
(Mt)
Grade
(%Ni)
Barro Alto 
Saprolite (incl. stockpile)
100
OP
 
17 
 
646 
 
50.1 
 
1.29 
Niquelândia
Saprolite
100
OP
 
12 
 
68 
 
5.4 
 
1.26 
SAMANCOR MANGANESE(8) OPERATIONS
(See page 88 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining
Method
Reserve Life(2)
(years)
Tonnes 
(Mt)
Grade
(%Mn)
GEMCO(9)
ROM
40.0
OP
 
5 
 
43 
 
42.2 
Sands
 
5.4 
 
40.0 
Mamatwan
29.6
OP
 
12 
 
36 
 
36.1 
Wessels
29.6
UG
 
44 
 
55 
 
41.8 
CROP NUTRIENTS PROJECT
(See page 92 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining
Method
Reserve Life(2)
(years)
ROM Tonnes 
(Mt)
Grade
 (%Pht)
Woodsmith
Shelf Seam
100
UG
 
19 
 
251.6 
 
88.2 
Operations = mines in steady-state or projects in ramp-up phase. 
Mining method: OP = open pit, UG = underground, OC = opencast/cut.
Mt = Million tonnes. kt = thousand tonnes.
ROM = run of mine.
*Capcoal comprises opencast operations at Lake Lindsay and Oak Park, with an underground longwall operation at Aquila.
(1) Estimated Ore Reserves are the sum of Proved and Probable Ore Reserves (Mineral Resources are reported as additional to Ore Reserves unless stated otherwise). Refer to the detailed 
Ore Reserve estimate tables in the Anglo American Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report for the individual Proved and Probable Ore Reserve estimates. The Ore Reserve estimates 
are reported in accordance with the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code, 2012) as a minimum standard. Ore 
Reserve estimates for operations in southern Africa are reported in accordance with the South African Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral 
Reserves (the SAMREC Code, 2016), unless stated otherwise. The figures reported represent 100% of the Ore Reserves. Anglo American ownership is stated separately and reflects the 
Group’s share of equity owned in each operation. Rounding of figures may cause computational discrepancies.
(2) Reserve Life = The scheduled extraction or processing period in years for the total Ore Reserves (in situ and stockpiles) in the approved LoAP. 
(3) Iron Ore Brazil Saleable Product tonnes are reported on a wet basis (average moisture content is 9.5 weight % of the wet mass) with grade stated on a dry basis. 
(4) Details of the per reef estimates appear in the Platinum Group Metals section of the Anglo American Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report. 
(5) DBCi = De Beers Canada, DBCM = De Beers Consolidated Mines, Debswana = Debswana Diamond Company, Namdeb = Namdeb Holdings. Reported Diamond Reserves are based on 
a bottom cut-off (BCO), which refers to the bottom screen size aperture and varies between 1.00 mm and 3.00 mm (nominal square mesh). Specific BCOs applied to derive estimates are 
included in the detailed Diamond Reserve tables in the Anglo American Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report.
(6) LoA = Life of Asset is the scheduled extraction or processing period in years of Probable Diamond Reserves, including some Inferred Diamond Resources, considered in the LoAP.
(7) Total Saleable Tonnes represents the product tonnes quoted as metric tonnes on a product moisture basis. The coal quality for Coal Reserves is quoted as either kilocalories per kilogram 
(kcal/kg) or Crucible Swell Number (CSN). Kilocalories per kilogram represent Calorific Value (CV) on a Gross As Received (GAR) basis. CV is rounded to the nearest 10 kcal/kg and CSN to 
the nearest 0.5 index. 
(8) The Ore Reserve estimates are reported in accordance with the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code, 2012) for 
Australian and South African operations. 
(9) GEMCO Ore Reserve manganese grades are reported as expected product and should be read together with their respective mass yields, ROM: 56%, Sands: 20%.
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Estimated Mineral Resources(1)
as at 31 December 2024
Detailed Measured, Indicated and Inferred estimates appear on the referenced pages in the Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report 2024.
Total Measured and Indicated
Total Inferred(2)
COPPER OPERATIONS
(See pages 28, 29, 30 & 32 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining 
Method
Contained 
Copper (kt)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade 
(%TCu)
Contained 
Copper (kt)
Tonnes 
(Mt)
Grade
(%TCu)
Collahuasi
Oxide and mixed leach
44.0
OP
 
553 
 
77.8 
 
0.71 
 
554 
 
108.2 
 0.51 
Sulphide – flotation (direct feed)
 
9,452 
 1,051.5 
 
0.90 
 
25,818 
 2,864.3 
 0.90 
Low-grade sulphide 
 
2,074 
 
440.2 
 
0.47 
 
9,881 
 2,116.8 
 0.47 
El Soldado
Sulphide – flotation (incl. stockpile)
50.1
OP
 
1,126 
 
198.4 
 
0.57 
 
75 
 
18.9 
 0.39 
Los Bronces
Sulphide – flotation
50.1
OP
 
12,301 
 2,910.0 
 
0.42 
 
3,313 
 
800.7 
 0.41 
Sulphide – dump leach
 
173 
 
101.8 
 
0.17 
 
29 
 
13.4 
 0.22 
Quellaveco
Sulphide – flotation
60.0
OP
 
2,899 
 
751.6 
 
0.39 
 
4,628 
 1,137.7 
 0.41 
Sakatti
Massive sulphide
100
UG
 
219 
 
5.6 
 
3.90 
 
209 
 
5.2 
 4.00 
Stockwork
 
78 
 
8.0 
 
0.97 
 
155 
 
17.4 
 0.89 
Disseminated
 
140 
 
27.4 
 
0.51 
 
375 
 
93.7 
 0.40 
KUMBA IRON ORE OPERATIONS
(See page 37 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining 
Method
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade
(%Fe)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade
(%Fe)
Kolomela
Haematite (incl. stockpile)
52.5
OP
 
107.8 
 
62.1 
11.2
62.4
Sishen
Haematite (incl. stockpile)
52.5
OP
 
332.9 
 
54.5 
19.1
39.7
IRON ORE BRAZIL OPERATION
(See page 41 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining 
Method
Tonnes(3)
(Mt)
Grade(3)
(%Fe)
Tonnes(3)
(Mt)
Grade(3)
(%Fe)
Serra do Sapo
Friable itabirite & haematite
85.0
OP
 
268.1 
 
33.0 
 
41.5 
 36.1 
Itabirite
 1,376.4 
 
31.0 
 
362.6 
 31.0 
PLATINUM GROUP METALS(4) OPERATIONS
(See pages 47 & 48 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining 
Method
Contained 
Metal (4E Moz)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade
(4E g/t)
Contained 
Metal (4E Moz)
Tonnes 
(Mt)
Grade
(4E g/t)
Amandelbult 
MR & UG2 Reefs
66.7
UG
 
49.7 
 
259.2 
 
5.97 
 
23.4 
 
114.9 
 6.32 
Mogalakwena
Platreef (incl. stockpile)
66.7
OP, UG
110.3
 1,395.7 
2.46
35.7
421.0
 2.64 
Modikwa
MR & UG2 Reefs
33.4
UG
32.6
 
206.3 
4.91
26.5
203.5
 4.05 
Mototolo
MR & UG2 Reefs
66.7
UG
28.5
 
207.3 
4.28
26.6
197.1
 4.20 
Twickenham
MR & UG2 Reefs
66.7
UG
60.7
 
335.7 
5.62
56.0
313.9
 5.55 
Unki
Main Sulphide Zone
66.7
UG
17.0
 
127.4 
4.16
4.1
32.6
 3.96 
DIAMOND(5) OPERATION – DBCi
(See page 53 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining 
Method
Carats
(Mct)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade 
(cpht)
Carats
(Mct)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade 
(cpht)
Gahcho Kué
Kimberlite
43.4
OP
 
3.5 
 
2.4 
 143.5 
 
23.8 
 
13.1 
 181.0 
DIAMOND(5) OPERATION – DBCM
(See page 57 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining 
Method
Carats
(Mct)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade 
(cpht)
Carats
(Mct)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade 
(cpht)
Venetia 
Kimberlite
62.9
UG
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
 
53.4 
 
60.1 
 88.8 
DIAMOND(5) OPERATIONS – Debswana
(See pages 61 & 62 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining 
Method
Carats
(Mct)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade 
(cpht)
Carats
(Mct)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade 
(cpht)
Damtshaa
Kimberlite (incl. stockpile)
42.5
OP
 
5.5 
 
25.2 
 
21.9 
 
6.6 
 
28.8 
 22.9 
Jwaneng
Kimberlite (incl. stockpile)
42.5
OP, UG
 
54.5 
 
68.3 
 
79.8 
 
78.4 
 
104.7 
 74.9 
TMR & ORT
n/a
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
 
14.9 
 
17.6 
 84.4 
Letlhakane
TMR & ORT
42.5
n/a
 
0.6 
 
0.0 
 6,644.4 
 
11.4 
 
42.5 
 26.9 
Orapa
Kimberlite (incl. stockpile)
42.5
OP
 
267.1 
 
271.3 
 
98.4 
 
83.5 
 
121.2 
 68.9 
Operations = mines in steady-state or projects in ramp-up phase.
Mining method: OP = open pit, UG = underground. TMR = Tailings Mineral Resource. ORT = Old Recovery Tailings. 
Mt = Million tonnes. kt = thousand tonnes. Moz = Million troy ounces. Mct = Million carats. 
TCu = total copper. 
4E is the sum of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold. g/t = grams per tonne. MR = Merensky Reef.
Diamond Grade is quoted as carats per hundred metric tonnes (cpht) or as carats per square metre (cpm²).
Values reported as 0.0 represent estimates less than 0.05.
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Estimated Mineral Resources continued
Total Measured and Indicated
Total Inferred(2)
DIAMOND(5) OPERATIONS – Namdeb
(See pages 67, 68 & 70 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining 
Method
Carats
(kct)
Tonnes
(kt)
Grade 
(cpht)
Carats
(kct)
Tonnes 
(kt)
Grade
(cpht)
Mining Area 1
Beaches (incl. stockpile)
42.5
OC
 
208 
 16,740 
 
1.24 
 
3,666 
 227,520 
 
1.61 
Orange River
Fluvial placers
42.5
OC
86
 20,633 
 
0.42 
 
195 
 70,620 
 
0.28 
Ownership
%
Mining 
Method
Carats
(kct)
Area 
k (m2)
Grade 
(cpm2)
Carats
(kct)
Area 
k (m2)
Grade 
(cpm2)
Atlantic 1
Marine placers
42.5
MM
 
15,483 
 226,847 
 
0.07 
 
58,520 
 751,913 
 
0.08 
Midwater
Marine
42.5
MM
 
881 
 
3,888 
 
0.23 
 
496 
 
2,667 
 
0.19 
STEELMAKING COAL OPERATIONS 
(See page 76 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining 
Method
Tonnes(6)
(Mt)
Coal 
Quality(6)
(kcal/kg)
Tonnes(6)
(Mt)
Coal 
Quality(6)
(kcal/kg)
Capcoal (OC)*
77.3
OC
 
177.7 
 
6,810 
 
184.8 
 
6,790 
Capcoal (UG) – Aquila*
70.0
UG
 
31.5 
 
6,660 
 
2.5 
 
6,320 
Dawson
51.0
OC
 
754.6 
 
6,630 
 
253.3 
 
6,560 
Grosvenor
88.0
UG
 
279.4 
 
6,420 
 
90.3 
 
6,370 
Moranbah North
88.0
UG
 
159.2 
 
6,680 
 
18.8 
 
6,430 
NICKEL OPERATIONS
(See pages 82 & 83 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining 
Method
Contained 
Nickel (kt)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade 
(%Ni)
Contained 
Nickel (kt)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade 
(%Ni)
Barro Alto
Saprolite (incl. stockpile)
100
OP
 
100 
 
8.6 
 
1.17 
 
127 
 
10.8 
 
1.17 
Ferruginous laterite (incl. stockpile)
 
12 
 
1.0 
 
1.28 
 
109 
 
9.0 
 
1.20 
Niquelândia
Saprolite
100
OP
 
23 
1.9
 
1.23 
 
13 
 
1.0 
 
1.29 
Ferruginous laterite
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
 
38 
 
3.6 
 
1.07 
SAMANCOR MANGANESE(7) OPERATIONS
(See page 88 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining 
Method
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade 
(%Mn)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade 
(%Mn)
GEMCO(8)
ROM
40.0
OP
 
104 
 
43.4 
 
21 
 
44.3 
Sands
 
11 
 
19.8 
 
— 
 
— 
Mamatwan
29.6
OP
 
65 
 
34.6 
 
— 
 
— 
Wessels
29.6
UG
 
115 
 
41.8 
 
16 
 
41.7 
CROP NUTRIENTS PROJECT
(See page 92 in R&R Report for details)
Ownership
%
Mining 
Method
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade 
(%Pht)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade 
(%Pht)
Woodsmith
Shelf Seam
100
UG
 
90.0 
 
86.5 
 
810.0 
 
82.3 
Basin Seam
 
— 
 
— 
 
960.0 
 
86.2 
Operations = mines in steady-state or projects in ramp-up phase. 
Mining method: OP = open pit, UG = underground, OC = opencast/cut, MM = marine mining. 
Mt = Million tonnes. kt = thousand tonnes. kct = thousand carats. k (m²) = thousand square metres.
Diamond Grade is quoted as carats per hundred metric tonnes (cpht) or as carats per square metre (cpm²).
*Capcoal comprises opencast operations at Lake Lindsay and Oak Park, with an underground longwall operation at Aquila.
(1) Estimated Mineral Resources are presented on an exclusive basis, i.e. Mineral Resources are reported as additional to Ore Reserves unless stated otherwise. Refer to the detailed Mineral 
Resource estimate tables in the Anglo American Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report for the individual Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resource estimates. The Mineral 
Resource estimates are reported in accordance with the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code, 2012) as a 
minimum standard. The Mineral Resource estimates for operations in southern Africa are reported in accordance with the South African Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, 
Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (the SAMREC Code, 2016), unless stated otherwise. The figures reported represent 100% of the Mineral Resources. Anglo American ownership is 
stated separately and reflects the Group’s share of equity owned in each operation. Rounding of figures may cause computational discrepancies.
(2) Total Inferred is the sum of ‘Inferred (in LoAP)’, the Inferred Resources within the scheduled LoAP and ‘Inferred (ex. LoAP)’, the portion of Inferred Resources with reasonable prospects for 
eventual economic extraction not considered in the LoAP as relevant. Due to the uncertainty attached to Inferred Mineral Resources, it cannot be assumed that all or part of an Inferred 
Mineral Resource will necessarily be upgraded to an Indicated or Measured Mineral Resource after continued exploration. 
(3) Iron Ore Brazil Mineral Resource tonnes and grade are reported on a dry basis.
(4) Merensky Reef, UG2 Reef and Main Sulphide Zone Mineral Resources are estimated over a ‘resource cut’ which takes cognisance of the mining method, potential economic viability and 
geotechnical aspects in the hanging wall or footwall of the reef.
(5) DBCi = De Beers Canada, DBCM = De Beers Consolidated Mines, Debswana = Debswana Diamond Company, Namdeb = Namdeb Holdings. Reported Diamond Resources are based on 
a bottom cut-off (BCO), which refers to the bottom screen size aperture and varies between 1.00 mm and 3.00 mm (nominal square mesh). Specific BCOs applied to derive estimates are 
included in the detailed Diamond Resource tables in the Anglo American Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report.
(6) Coal Resources are quoted on a Mineable Tonnes In Situ (MTIS) basis in million tonnes, which are in addition to those Coal Resources that have been modified to produce the reported Coal 
Reserves. Dawson, Grosvenor and Moranbah North operations have been reported on a Gross Tonnes In Situ (GTIS) basis in million tonnes. Coal Resources are reported on an in situ moisture 
basis. The coal quality for Coal Resources is quoted on an in situ heat content as kilocalories per kilogram (kcal/kg), representing Calorific Value (CV) on a Gross As Received (GAR) basis. CV is 
rounded to the nearest 10 kcal/kg.
(7) The Mineral Resource estimates are reported in accordance with the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code, 2012) for 
Australian and South African operations. Manganese Mineral Resources are quoted on an inclusive basis and must not be added to the Ore Reserves.
(8) GEMCO ROM Mineral Resource tonnes are stated as in situ, manganese grades are given as per washed ore samples and should be read together with their respective mass recovery 
expressed as yield. GEMCO Sands Mineral Resource tonnes and manganese grades are stated as in situ.
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Glossary of terms
Ore Reserves
An ‘Ore Reserve’ is the economically mineable part of a Measured and/
or Indicated Mineral Resource. It includes diluting materials and 
allowances for losses, which may occur when the material is mined or 
extracted and is defined by studies at pre-feasibility or feasibility level 
as appropriate that include application of Modifying Factors. Such 
studies demonstrate that, at the time of reporting, extraction could 
reasonably be justified. ‘Modifying Factors’ are (realistically assumed) 
considerations used to convert Mineral Resources to Ore Reserves. 
These include, but are not restricted to, mining, processing, 
metallurgical, infrastructure, economic, marketing, legal, environmental, 
social and governmental factors. Ore Reserves are subdivided in order 
of increasing confidence into Probable Ore Reserves and Proved 
Ore Reserves.
A ‘Proved Ore Reserve’ is the economically mineable part of a 
Measured Mineral Resource. A Proved Ore Reserve implies a high 
degree of confidence in the Modifying Factors.
A ‘Probable Ore Reserve’ is the economically mineable part of an 
Indicated, and in some circumstances, a Measured Mineral Resource. 
The confidence in the Modifying Factors applying to a Probable Ore 
Reserve is lower than that applying to a Proved Ore Reserve. A 
Probable Ore Reserve has a lower level of confidence than a Proved 
Ore Reserve but is of sufficient quality to serve as the basis for a 
decision on the development of the deposit.
Mineral Resources
A ‘Mineral Resource’ is a concentration or occurrence of solid material 
of economic interest in or on the Earth’s crust in such form, grade (or 
quality), and quantity that there are reasonable prospects for eventual 
economic extraction. The location, quantity, grade (or quality), 
continuity and other geological characteristics of a Mineral Resource 
are known, estimated or interpreted from specific geological evidence 
and knowledge, including sampling. Mineral Resources are subdivided, 
in order of increasing geological confidence, into Inferred, Indicated 
and Measured categories.
A ‘Measured Mineral Resource’ is that part of a Mineral Resource for 
which quantity, grade (or quality), densities, shape and physical 
characteristics are estimated with confidence sufficient to allow the 
application of Modifying Factors to support detailed mine planning and 
final evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit. Geological 
evidence is derived from detailed and reliable exploration, sampling 
and testing gathered through appropriate techniques from locations 
such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes, and is 
sufficient to confirm geological and grade (or quality) continuity 
between points of observation where data and samples are gathered.
A Measured Mineral Resource has a higher level of confidence than 
that applying to either an Indicated Mineral Resource or an Inferred 
Mineral Resource. It may be converted to a Proved Ore Reserve or 
under certain circumstances to a Probable Ore Reserve.
An ‘Indicated Mineral Resource’ is that part of a Mineral Resource for 
which quantity, grade (or quality), densities, shape and physical 
characteristics are estimated with sufficient confidence to allow the 
application of Modifying Factors in sufficient detail to support mine 
planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit. 
Geological evidence is derived from adequately detailed and reliable 
exploration, sampling and testing gathered through appropriate 
techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings 
and drill holes, and is sufficient to assume geological and grade (or 
quality) continuity between points of observation where data and 
samples are gathered.
An Indicated Mineral Resource has a lower level of confidence than 
that applying to a Measured Mineral Resource and may only be 
converted to a Probable Ore Reserve.
An ‘Inferred Mineral Resource’ is that part of a Mineral Resource for 
which quantity and grade (or quality) are estimated on the basis of 
limited geological evidence and sampling. Geological evidence is 
sufficient to imply, but not verify, geological and grade (or quality) 
continuity. It is based on exploration, sampling and testing information 
gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as 
outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes.
An Inferred Mineral Resource has a lower level of confidence than that 
applying to an Indicated Mineral Resource and must not be converted 
to an Ore Reserve. It is reasonably expected that the majority of 
Inferred Mineral Resources could be upgraded to Indicated Mineral 
Resources with continued exploration.
Life of Asset Plan (LoAP)
Life of Asset Plan is the most recent annual plan summarising a 
forecast of the development, operation and maintenance of the asset 
based on realistically assumed Modifying Factors. This plan shall cover 
a detailed mine design and schedule for ore tonnes and grade, waste 
movements, treatment schedule, production of saleable product, 
capital, operating and reclamation costs, together with reasonable 
estimates of cash flows and other costs and expenses (including 
corporate costs), in sufficient detail to demonstrate at the time of 
reporting that extraction is reasonably justified.
Reserve Life
The scheduled extraction or processing period in years for the total Ore 
Reserves (in situ and stockpiles) in the approved LoAP.
Inferred (in LoAP)
Inferred Resources within the scheduled LoAP.
Inferred (ex. LoAP)
The portion of Inferred Resources with reasonable prospects for 
eventual economic extraction not considered in the LoAP.
Endowment
Total mineral endowment refers to the entirety of a potentially 
economic mineralised system for which a plausible geological case 
can be constructed. This must be based upon plausible geological 
evidence (regional mapping, geochronology, geochemistry, 
geophysics, etc.), and should involve cognisance of potential to 
economically extract in the future. Total mineral endowment is inclusive 
of the Ore Reserves and Exclusive Mineral Resources that are declared 
in the Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report.
Fatal-injury frequency rate (FIFR)(1)
FIFR is the number of employee or contractor deaths resulting from 
a work-related injury, per 1,000,000 hours worked.
Lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)(1)
LTIFR is the number of lost time injuries (LTIs) for both employees and 
contractors per 1,000,000 hours worked. An LTI is a work-related injury 
resulting in the person being unable to attend work or perform the 
routine functions of his/her job, on the next calendar day after the day 
of the injury, whether a scheduled workday or not. Restricted work 
cases are therefore counted as LTIs.
Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR)(1)
TRIFR is the number of fatal injuries, lost time injuries and medical 
treatment cases for both employees and contractors per 1,000,000 
hours worked.
New cases of occupational disease (NCOD)(1)
NCOD is the sum of all recorded, irreversible occupational diseases. 
An occupational disease is a health condition or disorder (e.g., noise-
induced hearing loss, silicosis, coal-workers’ pneumoconiosis, chronic 
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obstructive airways disease, occupational cancers, sensitisation to 
platinum or rhodium salts, work-related mental disorders, etc.) that is 
caused by the work environment or activities related to work. 
Total energy consumed(1)
Total amount of energy consumed is the sum of total energy from 
electricity purchased, total energy from fossil fuels and total energy 
from renewable fuels and is measured in million gigajoules (GJ).
Total water withdrawals(1)
Total water withdrawals by source, reported in line with International 
Council on Metals and Mining (ICMM) guidance, includes: surface 
water; groundwater; seawater, and third-party water, and is measured 
in million m3. Operational water withdrawals is reported as the water 
that enters the operational water system used to meet the operational 
water demand.
Fresh water withdrawals in water scarce areas(1)
Naturally occurring water that meets the criteria of the Minerals Council 
of Australia’s Water Accounting Framework (WAF) Category 1, 
excluding precipitation and run-off, which reasonably cannot 
effectively be prevented from entry into our operational processes in 
million m3.
Greenhouse gases (GHGs)(1)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2006 report (as 
updated in 2011) factors are applied as defaults for all carbon dioxide-
equivalent (CO2e) and energy calculations. Where emission factors 
are available for specific countries or sub-regions from government 
and regulatory authorities, these are applied. Australian operations 
apply conversion factors required by the government for regulatory 
reporting and operations in Brazil apply local factors for biomass and 
biofuel. Factors for CO2e from electricity are based on local 
grid factors.
Based on a self-assessment, Anglo American believes it reports in 
accordance with the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol, as issued prior to the 
2015 revision on Scope 2 emissions reporting. In line with the GHG 
Protocol’s ‘management control’ boundary, 100% of the direct and 
indirect emissions for managed operations are accounted for while 
zero emissions for associates, joint ventures and other investments are 
included in the reporting scope.
Level 3, 4 and 5 environmental incidents(1)
We classify environmental incidents on a scale of 1 to 5 based upon 
increasing severity, in accordance with the Anglo American 5x5 risk 
matrix, which plots potential incidents against their likelihood of 
occurring and the severity of their consequence.
A Level 1 incident will have a minor impact on the environment, 
while at the other extreme, a Level 5 incident will have a major impact 
on the environment. Correct classification of incidents is important as it 
determines the level of response, investigation and reporting required.
The following components are taken into consideration when rating 
the severity of environmental incidents:
– Scale: How significant is the size/scale of the impact relative to the 
size/scale of the receiving environment?
– Sensitivity: How sensitive is the receiving environment to the impact? 
How special or unique is the area that has been impacted?
– Remediation and clean-up: How difficult is the impact to contain, 
remediate and/or clean up? How much time and/or resources are 
required to manage the incident?
The classification criteria for environmental incidents match the 
potential complexity of actual environmental incidents. They were 
developed by our global environmental leadership team, with input 
from practitioners and piloted in two sites, before being approved by 
the Sustainability Committee. 
Total amount spent on community social investment 
Categories for community social investment (CSI) expenditure include 
charitable donations, community investment and community 
commercial initiatives. CSI contributions can take the form of cash 
donations, contributions in kind and employees’ working hours spent 
on charity and volunteering projects during work hours. Not included is 
expenditure that is necessary for the development of an operation (e.g. 
resettlement of families) or receiving a licence. Training expenditure for 
individuals who will be employed by the Company following 
completion of training is not included. CSI is reported in US dollars and 
converted from the currency of the operations at the average foreign 
exchange rate applied by Anglo American for financial reporting 
purposes.
Charitable donations include charitable and philanthropic gifts and 
contributions that tend to be ad hoc and one-offs. 
Community investment includes the funding of community projects/
programmes which address social issues, the costs of providing public 
facilities to community members who are not employees or 
dependents, the marginal value of land or other assets transferred to 
community ownership, and income creation schemes or mentoring/ 
volunteering initiatives that do not have a principally commercial 
justification.
Commercial initiatives include enterprise development and other 
community initiatives/partnerships that can also directly support the 
success of the Company (such as supplier development). There must, 
however, be a clear and primary element of public benefit.
We prohibit the making of donations for political purposes to any 
politician, political party or related organisation, an official of a political 
party or candidate for political office in any circumstances either 
directly or through third parties.
Jobs supported through livelihoods’ initiatives
Anglo American supports jobs through various community livelihoods’ 
initiatives. This includes, but is not limited to, enterprise and supplier 
development, local procurement, training, mentoring and capacity 
development, agriculture programmes and collaborative regional 
development initiatives. The number of jobs supported includes 
existing jobs through activities to support increased resilience and 
quality of those jobs, as well as newly created jobs through a range of 
development programmes and projects. Jobs supported are 
measured as full time equivalent jobs.
Inclusive procurement measurement
Our Inclusive Procurement Policy provides a framework for supporting 
development outcomes through targeted procurement interventions. 
This policy is further strengthened by region specific regulations and 
processes where it relates to host community procurement. Inclusive 
procurement strategies take into account the regions and communities 
within which our operations are located.
The measurement of performance against our inclusive procurement 
strategy is informed by a combination of development outcomes and 
legal requirements. Inclusive procurement encompasses a 
combination of multiple factors, including procurement from local (or in 
country/region), host and designated entities.
– Host communities: includes suppliers who have their main place of 
business in the direct vicinity of the operation, as defined per region.
– Designated groups: include First Nation-owned companies 
(Canada region), Aboriginal owned supplier businesses (Australia) 
and BEE entities (South Africa).
– Local companies: businesses that are registered and based in the 
country of the operation, also referred to as in-country suppliers.
Our inclusive procurement initiatives are aimed at ensuring maximum 
impact on host communities. 
(1) Data relates to subsidiaries and joint operations over which Anglo American has 
management control. See Anglo American plc Sustainability Report 2024 for the full list of 
entities within the reporting scope.
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Alternative performance measures
Introduction
When assessing and discussing the Group’s reported financial 
performance, financial position and cash flows, management makes 
reference to Alternative Performance Measures (APMs) of historical or 
future financial performance, financial position or cash flows that are 
not defined or specified under International Financial Reporting 
Standards (IFRS).
The APMs used by the Group fall into two categories:
– Financial APMs: These financial measures are usually derived from 
the financial statements, prepared in accordance with IFRS. Certain 
financial measures cannot be directly derived from the financial 
statements as they contain additional information, such as financial 
information from earlier periods or profit estimates or projections. 
The accounting policies applied when calculating APMs are, where 
relevant and unless otherwise stated, substantially the same as 
those disclosed in the Group’s Consolidated financial statements for 
the year ended 31 December 2023 with the exception of the new 
accounting pronouncements disclosed in note 40A.
– Non-financial APMs: These measures incorporate certain non-
financial information that management believes is useful when 
assessing the performance of the Group.
APMs are not uniformly defined by all companies, including those in the 
Group’s industry. Accordingly, the APMs used by the Group may not be 
comparable with similarly titled measures and disclosures made by 
other companies.
APMs should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or 
as superior to, measures of financial performance, financial position or 
cash flows reported in accordance with IFRS. Measures used by the 
Group exclude the impact of certain items, which impact the financial 
performance and cash flows, in order to aid comparability of financial 
information reported. The adjustments performed to defined IFRS 
measures and rationale for adjustments are detailed on pages 334 
to 336.
Purpose
The Group uses APMs to improve the comparability of information 
between reporting periods and businesses, either by adjusting for 
uncontrollable factors or special items which impact upon IFRS 
measures or, by aggregating measures, to aid the user of the Annual 
Report in understanding the activity taking place across the Group’s 
portfolio.
Their use is driven by characteristics particularly visible in the mining 
sector:
1. Earnings volatility: The Group mines and markets commodities, 
precious metals and minerals. The sector is characterised by 
significant volatility in earnings driven by movements in macro-
economic factors, primarily price and foreign exchange. This 
volatility is outside the control of management and can mask 
underlying changes in performance. As such, when comparing year-
on-year performance, management excludes certain items (such as 
those classed as ‘special items’) to aid comparability and then 
quantifies and isolates uncontrollable factors in order to improve 
understanding of the controllable portion of variances.
2. Nature of investment: Investments in the sector typically occur over 
several years and are large, requiring significant funding before 
generating cash. These investments are often made with partners 
and the nature of the Group’s ownership interest affects how the 
financial results of these operations are reflected in the Group’s 
results e.g. whether full consolidation (subsidiaries), consolidation of 
the Group’s attributable assets and liabilities (joint operations) or 
equity accounted (associates and joint ventures). Attributable 
metrics are therefore presented to help demonstrate the financial 
performance and returns available to the Group, for investment and 
financing activities, excluding the effect of different accounting 
treatments for different ownership interests.
3. Portfolio complexity: The Group operates in a number of different, 
but complementary commodities, precious metals and minerals. The 
cost, value of and return from each saleable unit (e.g. tonne, pound, 
carat, ounce) can differ materially between each business. This 
makes understanding both the overall portfolio performance, and 
the relative performance of its constituent parts on a like-for-like 
basis, more challenging. The Group therefore uses composite APMs 
to provide a consistent metric to assess performance at the portfolio 
level.
Consequently, APMs are used by the Board and management for 
planning and reporting. A subset is also used by management in 
setting director and management remuneration, such as attributable 
free cash flow prior to growth capital expenditure. The measures are 
also used in discussions with the investment analyst community and 
credit rating agencies.
Updates to APMs
Included in the current year are two new APMs ‘Operating Free Cash 
Flow’ and ‘Cash Conversion’. These measures have been included as 
they are used by management in order to evaluate and communicate 
business results, including how cash is generated within the business, 
and how efficient the business is at generating cash flows from 
income. ‘Mining EBITDA margin’ is also replaced by ‘EBITDA margin’, 
representing a simplified measure to show earning margin on the total 
cost base of the business. Further details on each measure are 
provided in the table below:
Financial APMs
Income statement
Group revenue 
Revenue
– Revenue from associates and joint ventures
– Revenue special items and remeasurements
– Exclude the effect of different basis of 
consolidation to aid comparability
– Exclude the impact of certain items due to 
their size and nature to aid comparability
Underlying EBIT
Profit/(loss) before 
net finance income/
(costs) and tax
– Revenue, operating and non-operating special items 
and remeasurements
– Underlying EBIT from associates and joint ventures
– Exclude the impact of certain items due to 
their size and nature to aid comparability
– Exclude the effect of different basis of 
consolidation to aid comparability
Group APM
Closest equivalent 
IFRS measure
Adjustments to reconcile to primary statements
Rationale for adjustments
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EBITDA
Profit/(loss) before 
net finance income/
(costs) and tax
– Revenue, operating and non-operating special items 
and remeasurements
– Depreciation and amortisation
– Underlying EBITDA from associates and joint ventures
– Exclude the impact of certain items due to 
their size and nature to aid comparability
– Exclude the effect of different basis of 
consolidation to aid comparability
Underlying 
earnings
Profit/(loss) for the 
financial year 
attributable to equity 
shareholders of the 
Company 
– Special items and remeasurements 
– Exclude the impact of certain items due to 
their size and nature to aid comparability
Underlying 
effective tax 
rate
Income tax expense
– Tax related to special items and remeasurements 
– The Group’s share of associates’ and joint ventures’ profit 
before tax, before special items and remeasurements, and 
tax expense, before special items and remeasurements
– Exclude the impact of certain items due to 
their size and nature to aid comparability
– Exclude the effect of different basis of 
consolidation to aid comparability
Basic underlying 
earnings 
per share
Earnings per share
– Special items and remeasurements
– Exclude the impact of certain items due to 
their size and nature to aid comparability
EBITDA margin
Operating profit 
margin, defined by 
IFRS
– Revenue from associates and joint ventures
– Revenue, operating and non-operating special items 
and remeasurements
– Underlying EBIT from associates and joint ventures
– To show earnings margin on the total cost 
base of the business
– To align metric to reported targets for our 
strategy
Balance sheet
Net debt 
Borrowings less cash 
and related hedges
– Debit valuation adjustment
– Borrowings are adjusted to exclude vessel lease contracts 
that are priced with reference to a freight index
– Borrowings do not include the royalty liability (note 24) on 
the basis that obligations to make cash payments against 
this liability only arise when the Woodsmith project 
generates revenues, and that otherwise the Group is not 
currently contractually liable to make any payments under 
this arrangement (other than in the event of the Anglo 
American Crop Nutrients Limited’s insolvency)
– Exclude the impact of accounting 
adjustments from the net debt obligation of 
the Group
– Exclude the volatility arising from vessel lease 
contracts that are priced with reference to a 
freight index. These liabilities are required to 
be remeasured at each reporting date to the 
latest spot freight rate, which means that the 
carrying value of the lease liability is not 
necessarily consistent with the average lease 
payments which are expected to be made 
over the lease term
Attributable 
ROCE
No direct equivalent
– Non-controlling interests’ share of capital employed and 
underlying EBIT
– Average of opening and closing attributable 
capital employed
– Exclude the effect of different basis of 
consolidation to aid comparability
Group APM
Closest equivalent 
IFRS measure
Adjustments to reconcile to primary statements
Rationale for adjustments
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Cash flow
Capital 
expenditure 
(capex)
Expenditure on 
property, plant and 
equipment
– Cash flows from derivatives related to capital expenditure
– Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment
– Direct funding for capital expenditure from non-
controlling interests
– To reflect the net attributable cost of 
capital expenditure taking into account 
economic hedges
Operating free 
cash flow
Cash flow from 
operations
– Cash element of special items
– Dividends from associates, joint ventures
– Capital repayment of lease obligations
– Sustaining capital expenditure
– To measure the net cash generated by the 
business after capital expenditure, matching 
the cash flows of those items included within 
Underlying EBIT
Sustaining 
attributable free 
cash flow
Cash flows from 
operations
– Cash tax paid 
– Dividends from associates, joint ventures and financial 
asset investments
– Net interest paid
– Dividends to non-controlling interests
– Capital repayment of lease obligations
– Sustaining capital expenditure
– Capitalised operating cash flows relating to life 
extension projects
– To measure the amount of cash available to 
finance returns to shareholders or growth 
after servicing debt, providing a return to 
minority shareholders and meeting the capex 
commitments needed to sustain the current 
production base of existing assets. It is 
calculated as attributable free cash flow prior 
to growth capex and expenditure on non-
current intangible assets (excluding goodwill)
Attributable free 
cash flow
Cash flows from 
operations
– Capital expenditure
– Cash tax paid
– Dividends from associates, joint ventures and financial 
asset investments
– Net interest paid
– Dividends to non-controlling interests
– Capital repayment of lease obligations
– Expenditure on non-current intangible assets 
(excluding goodwill)
– To measure the amount of cash available to 
finance returns to shareholders or growth 
after servicing debt, providing a return to 
minority shareholders and meeting existing 
capex commitments
Cash 
conversion
No direct equivalent
– Cash element of special items
– Dividends from associates, joint ventures
– Capital repayment of lease obligations
– Sustaining capital expenditure 
– Revenue, operating and non-operating special items 
and remeasurements
– Underlying EBIT from associates and joint ventures
– Cash conversion is a ratio used to measure 
the efficiency of the business in generating 
cash from accounting profits. It is calculated 
as a ratio of operating free cash flow and 
Underlying EBIT
Group APM
Closest equivalent 
IFRS measure
Adjustments to reconcile to primary statements
Rationale for adjustments
Group revenue
Group revenue includes the Group’s attributable share of associates’ 
and joint ventures’ revenue and excludes revenue special items and 
remeasurements. A reconciliation to ‘Revenue’, the closest equivalent 
IFRS measure to Group revenue, is provided within note 2 to the 
Consolidated financial statements.
Underlying EBIT
Underlying EBIT is ‘Operating profit/(loss)’ presented before special 
items and remeasurements(1) and includes the Group’s attributable 
share of associates’ and joint ventures’ underlying EBIT. Underlying 
EBIT of associates and joint ventures is the Group’s attributable share 
of associates’ and joint ventures’ revenue less operating costs before 
special items and remeasurements(1) of associates and joint ventures.
A reconciliation to ‘Profit/(loss) before net finance income/(costs) and 
tax’, the closest equivalent IFRS measure to underlying EBIT, is provided 
within note 2 to the Consolidated financial statements.
Underlying EBITDA
Underlying EBITDA is underlying EBIT before depreciation and 
amortisation and includes the Group’s attributable share of associates’ 
and joint ventures’ underlying EBIT before depreciation and 
amortisation.
A reconciliation to ‘Profit/(loss) before net finance income/(costs) and 
tax’, the closest equivalent IFRS measure to underlying EBITDA, is 
provided within note 2 to the Consolidated financial statements.
Underlying earnings
Underlying earnings is ‘Profit/(loss) for the financial year attributable to 
equity shareholders of the Company’ before special items and 
remeasurements(1) and is therefore presented after net finance costs, 
income tax expense and non-controlling interests.
A reconciliation to ‘Profit/(loss) for the financial year attributable to 
equity shareholders of the Company’, the closest equivalent IFRS 
measure to underlying earnings, is provided within note 2 to the 
Consolidated financial statements.
Underlying effective tax rate
The underlying effective tax rate equates to the income tax expense, 
before special items and remeasurements(1) and including the Group’s 
share of associates’ and joint ventures’ tax before special items and 
remeasurements(1), divided by profit before tax before special items 
and remeasurements(1) and including the Group’s share of associates’ 
and joint ventures’ profit before tax before special items and 
remeasurements(1).
A reconciliation to ‘Income tax expense’, the closest equivalent IFRS 
measure to underlying effective tax rate, is provided within note 5 to the 
Consolidated financial statements.
(1) Special items and remeasurements are defined in note 9 to the Consolidated 
financial statements.
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Underlying earnings per share
Basic and diluted underlying earnings per share are calculated as 
underlying earnings divided by the basic or diluted shares in issue. The 
calculation of underlying earnings per share is disclosed within note 3 
to the Consolidated financial statements.
EBITDA margin
The EBITDA margin is derived from the Group’s underlying EBITDA as 
a percentage of Group revenue. This is to reflect the profit margin of 
the business as a whole (including all costs) and aligns to the targets 
that were reported for our strategy.
US$ million (unless otherwise stated)
2024
2023
Underlying EBITDA
8,460
9,958
Group revenue
28,582
32,502
EBITDA margin
 30% 
 31% 
Net debt
Net debt is calculated as total borrowings less variable vessel lease 
contracts that are priced with reference to a freight index, and cash 
and cash equivalents (including derivatives that provide an economic 
hedge of net debt, see note 24, but excluding the impact of the debit 
valuation adjustment on these derivatives, explained in note 21). A 
reconciliation to the Consolidated balance sheet is provided within 
note 21 to the Consolidated financial statements.
Capital expenditure (capex)
Capital expenditure is defined as cash expenditure on property, 
plant and equipment, including related derivatives, and is presented 
net of proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment and 
includes direct funding for capital expenditure from non-controlling 
interests in order to match more closely the way in which it is managed. 
A reconciliation to ‘Expenditure on property, plant and equipment’, the 
closest equivalent IFRS measure to capital expenditure, is provided 
within note 13 to the Consolidated financial statements.
Sustaining capital
Sustaining capital is calculated as stay-in-business, stripping and 
development, life-extension projects and proceeds from disposals of 
property, plant and equipment. The Group uses sustaining capital as 
a measure to provide additional information to understand the capital 
needed to sustain the current production base of existing assets.
Attributable return on capital employed (ROCE)
ROCE is a ratio that measures the efficiency and profitability of a 
company’s capital investments. Attributable ROCE displays how 
effectively assets are generating profit on invested capital for the 
equity shareholders of the Company. It is calculated as attributable 
underlying EBIT divided by average attributable capital employed.
Attributable underlying EBIT excludes the underlying EBIT of non-
controlling interests.
Capital employed is defined as net assets excluding net debt, vessel 
lease contracts that are priced with reference to a freight index, the 
debit valuation adjustment attributable to derivatives hedging net debt 
and financial asset investments. Attributable capital employed 
excludes capital employed of non-controlling interests. Average 
attributable capital employed is calculated by adding the opening and 
closing attributable capital employed for the relevant period and 
dividing by two.
Attributable ROCE is also used as an incentive measure in executives’ 
remuneration and is predicated upon the achievement of ROCE 
targets in the final year of a three year performance period.
A reconciliation to ‘Profit/(loss) before net finance income/(costs) 
and tax’, the closest equivalent IFRS measure to underlying EBIT, 
is provided within note 2 to the Consolidated financial statements. 
A reconciliation to ‘Net assets’, the closest equivalent IFRS measure 
to capital employed, is provided within note 10 to the Consolidated 
financial statements. The table below reconciles underlying EBIT and 
capital employed to attributable underlying EBIT and average 
attributable capital employed by segment.
Attributable ROCE %
 
2024 
2023
Copper
 23 
 20 
Iron Ore
 20 
 34 
Platinum Group Metals
 10 
 15 
De Beers
 (6) 
 (3) 
Steelmaking Coal
 15 
 27 
Nickel
 14 
 6 
Manganese
 16 
 81 
Crop Nutrients
n/a
n/a
Corporate and other
n/a
n/a
 12 
 16 
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2024
US$ million
Underlying 
EBIT
Less: 
Non-
controlling 
interests’ 
share of 
underlying 
EBIT
Attributable 
underlying 
EBIT
Opening 
attributable 
capital 
employed
Closing 
capital 
employed
Less: 
Non-
controlling 
interests’ 
share of 
closing 
capital 
employed
Closing 
attributable 
capital 
employed
Average 
attributable 
capital 
employed
Copper
 
2,804  
(651)  
2,153  
9,293  
13,877  
(4,685)  
9,192  
9,243 
Iron Ore
 
2,135  
(625)  
1,510  
7,653  
9,644  
(2,386)  
7,258  
7,456 
Platinum Group Metals
 
668  
(261)  
407  
4,215  
5,167  
(1,504)  
3,663  
3,939 
De Beers
 
(349)  
46  
(303)  
6,076  
4,909  
(797)  
4,112  
5,094 
Steelmaking Coal
 
480  
—  
480  
3,364  
3,106  
—  
3,106  
3,235 
Nickel
 
80  
—  
80  
588  
588  
—  
588  
588 
Manganese
 
31  
(2)  
29  
141  
210  
—  
210  
176 
Crop Nutrients
 
(35)  
—  
(35)  
1,309  
947  
—  
947  
1,128 
Corporate and other
 
(529)  
28  
(501)  
1,224  
553  
(17)  
536  
879 
 
5,285  
(1,465)  
3,820  
33,863  
39,001  
(9,389)  
29,612  
31,738 
2023
US$ million
Underlying 
EBIT
Less: 
Non-
controlling 
interests’ 
share of 
underlying 
EBIT
Attributable 
underlying 
EBIT
Opening 
attributable 
capital 
employed
Closing 
capital 
employed
Less: 
Non-
controlling 
interests’ 
share of 
closing capital 
employed
Closing 
attributable 
capital 
employed
Average 
attributable 
capital 
employed
Copper
 
2,451  
(608)  
1,843  
8,909  
14,309  
(5,016)  
9,293  
9,101 
Iron Ore
 
3,549  
(1,044)  
2,505  
7,245  
9,044  
(1,391)  
7,653  
7,449 
Platinum Group Metals
 
855  
(227)  
628  
3,915  
5,175  
(960)  
4,215  
4,065 
De Beers
 
(252)  
29  
(223)  
7,089  
7,257  
(1,181)  
6,076  
6,583 
Steelmaking Coal
 
822  
—  
822  
2,837  
3,364  
—  
3,364  
3,101 
Nickel
 
62  
—  
62  
1,393  
588  
—  
588  
991 
Manganese
 
145  
(2)  
143  
210  
141  
—  
141  
176 
Crop Nutrients
 
(61)  
—  
(61)  
489  
1,309  
—  
1,309  
899 
Corporate and other
 
(403)  
34  
(369)  
492  
1,240  
(16)  
1,224  
858 
 
7,168  
(1,818)  
5,350  
32,579  
42,427  
(8,564)  
33,863  
33,223 
Operating free cash flow
Operating free cash flow is used to measure the amount of cash 
available to the business after sustaining capital expenditure, matching 
the cash flows with those items included within Underlying EBIT. It is 
defined as ‘Cash flows from operations’, including dividends from 
associates and joint ventures, less sustaining capital expenditure and 
the capital repayment of lease obligations and excludes the cash 
element of special items.
US$ million
2024
2023
Cash flows from operations
 
9,362  
8,115 
 
Adjustments for:
Dividends from associates and 
joint ventures (1)
 
166  
379 
Sustaining capital expenditure
 
(4,335)  
(4,404) 
Capital repayment of lease 
obligations
 
(412)  
(309) 
Cash element of special items
 
331  
89 
Operating free cash flow
 
5,112  
3,870 
(1) Excludes dividends received from Jellinbah subsequent to signing the sales agreement of 
$149 million now presented within ‘other net debt movements’.
Sustaining attributable free cash flow
Sustaining attributable free cash flow is used to measure the amount 
of cash available to finance returns to shareholders or growth after 
servicing debt, providing a return to minority shareholders and meeting 
the capex commitments needed to sustain the current production 
base of existing assets. Sustaining attributable free cash flow is also 
used as an incentive measure in executives’ remuneration. It is 
calculated as attributable free cash flow prior to growth capex and 
expenditure on non-current intangible assets (excluding goodwill). 
A reconciliation of ‘Cash flows from operations’, the closest equivalent 
IFRS measure, is provided on page 110 of the Group financial review. 
Attributable free cash flow
Attributable free cash flow is calculated as ‘Cash flows from 
operations’ plus dividends received from associates, joint ventures and 
financial asset investments, less capital expenditure, less expenditure 
on non-current intangible assets (excluding goodwill), less tax cash 
payments excluding tax payments relating to disposals, less net 
interest paid including interest on derivatives hedging net debt, less 
dividends paid to non-controlling interests.
A reconciliation of ‘Cash flows from operations’, the closest equivalent 
IFRS measure, is provided on page 110 of the Group financial review.
Cash conversion
Cash conversion is a ratio used to measure the efficiency of the 
business in generating cash from accounting profits. It is calculated 
as a ratio of operating free cash flow and Underlying EBIT. 
US$ million
2024
2023
Operating free cash flow
5,112
3,870
Underlying EBIT 
5,285
7,168
Cash Conversion (Operating Free 
Cashflow : Underlying EBIT)
 97% 
 54% 
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Non-financial APMs
Some of our measures are not reconciled to IFRS either because 
they include non-financial information, there is no meaningful IFRS 
comparison or the purpose of the measure is not typically covered 
by IFRS.
Copper equivalent production
Copper equivalent production, expressed as copper equivalent 
tonnes, shows changes in underlying production volume. It is 
calculated by expressing each commodity’s volume as revenue, 
subsequently converting the revenue into copper equivalent units by 
dividing by the copper price (per tonne). Long term forecast prices 
(and foreign exchange rates where appropriate) are used, in order that 
period-on-period comparisons exclude any impact for movements 
in price.
When calculating copper equivalent production, sales from non-
mining activities are excluded. Volume from projects in pre-commercial 
production are included.
Unit cost
Unit cost is the direct cash cost including direct cash support costs 
incurred in producing one unit of saleable production. Unit cost relates 
to equity production only.
For iron ore and coal, unit costs shown are FOB i.e. cost on board at 
port. For copper and nickel, they are shown at C1 i.e. after inclusion of 
by-product credits and logistics costs. For PGMs and diamonds, unit 
costs include all direct expensed cash costs incurred i.e. excluding, 
among other things, market development activity, corporate overhead 
etc. Royalties are excluded from all unit cost calculations.
Copper equivalent unit cost
Copper equivalent unit cost is the cost incurred to produce one tonne 
of copper equivalent. Only the cost incurred in mined output from 
subsidiaries and joint operations is included, representing direct costs 
in the Consolidated income statement controllable by the Group. Costs 
and volumes from associates and joint ventures are excluded, as are 
those from operations that are not yet in commercial production, that 
deliver domestic production, and those associated with third-party 
volume purchases of diamonds and PGMs concentrate.
When calculating copper equivalent unit cost, unit costs for each 
commodity are multiplied by relevant production, combined and then 
divided by the total copper equivalent production, to get a copper 
equivalent unit cost i.e. the cost of mining one tonne of copper 
equivalent. The metric is in US dollars and, where appropriate, long 
term foreign exchange rates are used to convert from local currency 
to US dollars.
Volume and cash cost improvements
The Group uses an underlying EBITDA waterfall to understand its year-
on-year underlying EBITDA performance. The waterfall isolates the 
impact of uncontrollable factors in order that the real year-on-year 
improvement in performance can be seen by the user.
Three variables are normalised, in the results of subsidiaries and joint 
operations, for:
– Price: The movement in price between comparative periods is 
removed by multiplying current year sales volume by the movement 
in realised price for each product group.
– Foreign exchange: The year-on-year movement in exchange is 
removed from the current year non-US dollar cost base i.e. costs are 
restated at prior year foreign exchange rates. The non-US dollar 
cash cost base excludes costs which are price linked (e.g. purchase 
of concentrate from third-party PGMs providers, third-party diamond 
purchases).
– Inflation: CPI is removed from cash costs, restating these costs at the 
pricing level of the base year.
The remaining variances in the underlying EBITDA waterfall are in real 
US dollar terms for the base year i.e. for a waterfall comparing 2024 
with 2023, the sales volume and cash cost variances exclude the 
impact of price, foreign exchange and CPI and are hence in real 2023 
terms. This allows the user of the waterfall to understand the underlying 
real movement in sales volumes and cash costs on a consistent basis.
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Production statistics
The figures below include the entire output of consolidated entities and the Group’s attributable share of joint operations, associates and joint 
ventures where applicable, except for De Beers’ joint operations which are quoted on a 100% basis.
 
2024 
 
2023 
Copper (tonnes)(1)
Copper production
 
772,700  
826,200 
Copper sales
 
768,900  
843,300 
Copper Chile
Los Bronces mine(2)
Ore mined
 43,497,700  50,430,300 
Ore processed – Sulphide
 37,020,500  43,763,800 
Ore grade processed – Sulphide (% TCu)(3)
 
0.47  
0.51 
Production – Copper in concentrate
 
145,200  
184,800 
Production – Copper cathode
 
27,200  
30,700 
Total production
 
172,400  
215,500 
Collahuasi 100% basis (Anglo American share 44%)
Ore mined
 48,413,800  60,577,500 
Ore processed – Sulphide
 60,047,600  57,351,800 
Ore grade processed – Sulphide (% TCu)(3)
 
1.15  
1.17 
Production – Copper in concentrate
 
558,600  
573,200 
Anglo American’s 44% share of copper production for Collahuasi
 
245,800  
252,200 
El Soldado mine(2)
Ore mined
 
8,234,300  
7,656,200 
Ore processed – Sulphide
 
6,476,200  
6,799,500 
Ore grade processed – Sulphide (% TCu)(3)
 
0.94  
0.72 
Production – Copper in concentrate
 
48,200  
39,500 
Chagres Smelter(2)
Ore smelted(4)
 
105,700  
113,500 
Production
 
101,700  
110,100 
Total copper production(5)
 
466,400  
507,200 
Total payable copper production 
 
448,000  
487,600 
Total copper sales volumes
 
463,100  
504,800 
Total payable sales volumes
 
444,300  
485,000 
Third party sales(6)
 
422,400  
443,700 
Copper Peru
Quellaveco mine(7)
Ore mined
 44,087,900  42,047,000 
Ore processed – Sulphide
 49,900,400  39,764,900 
Ore grade processed – Sulphide (% TCu)(3)
 
0.76  
0.96 
Total copper production
 
306,300  
319,000 
Total payable copper production
 
296,000  
308,400 
Total copper sales volumes
 
305,800  
338,500 
Total payable copper sales volumes
 
294,600  
327,000 
Nickel (tonnes)(8)
Barro Alto
Ore mined
 
3,015,900  
4,300,800 
Ore processed
 
2,475,000  
2,476,400 
Ore grade processed – %Ni
 
1.46  
1.45 
Production
 
32,300  
31,800 
Codemin
Ore mined
 
200  
27,800 
Ore processed
 
563,200  
599,500 
Ore grade processed – %Ni
 
1.43  
1.41 
Production
 
7,100  
8,200 
Total nickel production
 
39,400  
40,000 
Nickel sales volumes
 
38,500  
39,800 
See page 342 for footnotes.
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Produced PGMs (’000 oz)(9)
 
3,553.1  
3,806.1 
Own-mined
 
2,191.8  
2,460.2 
Mogalakwena
 
953.4  
973.5 
Amandelbult
 
579.8  
634.2 
Unki
 
240  
243.8 
Mototolo
 
276.5  
288.7 
Modikwa – joint operation(10)
 
142.1  
145.4 
Kroondal – joint operation(11)
 
—  
174.6 
Purchase of concentrate
 
1,361.3  
1,345.9 
Modikwa – joint operation(10)
 
142.1  
145.4 
Kroondal – joint operation(11)
 
—  
174.6 
Third parties
 
1,219.2  
1,025.9 
Refined production(9)(12)
Platinum (’000 oz)
 
1,845.7  
1,749.1 
Palladium (’000 oz)
 
1,248.5  
1,268.6 
Rhodium (’000 oz)
 
248.4  
225.6 
Other PGMs and Gold (’000 oz)
 
573.7  
557.3 
Nickel (tonnes)
 
25,700  
21,800 
Tolled material (‘000 oz)(13)
 
629.7  
620.6 
4E Head grade (g/tonne milled)(14)
 
3.20  
3.22 
PGMs sales – own-mined and purchase of concentrate(9)
 
4,077.8  
3,925.3 
PGMs sales – third party trading(9)(15)
 
7,742.7  
4,336.4 
De Beers(16)
Carats recovered (’000 carats) 100% basis
Jwaneng
 
6,779  
13,329 
Orapa(17)
 
11,156  
11,371 
Botswana 
 
17,935  
24,700 
Debmarine Namibia
 
1,625  
1,859 
Namdeb (land operations)
 
609  
468 
Namibia
 
2,234  
2,327 
Venetia
 
2,166  
2,004 
South Africa 
 
2,166  
2,004 
Gahcho Kué (51% basis)
 
2,377  
2,834 
Canada
 
2,377  
2,834 
Total carats recovered
 
24,712  
31,865 
Sales volumes
Total sales volume (100%) (Mct)(18)
 
19.4  
27.4 
Consolidated sales volume (Mct)(18)
 
17.9  
24.7 
Number of Sights (sales cycles)(18)
 
10  
10 
Iron Ore (‘000 tonnes)
Iron Ore production(19)
 
60,768  
59,926 
Iron Ore sales(19)
 
60,909  
61,488 
Kumba production(19)
 
35,731  
35,715 
Lump
 
23,755  
23,290 
Fines
 
11,976  
12,425 
Kumba production by mine
Sishen
 
25,661  
25,421 
Kolomela
 
10,070  
10,294 
Kumba sales volumes(19)(20)
Export iron ore(20)
 
36,199  
37,172 
Minas-Rio production
Pellet feed (19)
 
25,037  
24,211 
Minas-Rio sales
Export – pellet feed (wet basis)(19)
 
24,710  
24,316 
 
2024 
 
2023 
See page 342 for footnotes.
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2024 
 
2023 
Steelmaking Coal (‘000 tonnes)
Steelmaking Coal production(21)(22)(23)
 
14,544  
16,001 
Hard coking coal(22)
 
10,822  
12,239 
PCI/SSCC
 
3,722  
3,762 
Export thermal coal
 
1,111  
1,083 
Steelmaking Coal sales by product(22)
 
14,433  
14,940 
Hard coking coal(22)
 
11,059  
11,566 
PCI/SSCC
 
3,374  
3,374 
Export thermal coal
 
1,966  
1,673 
Steelmaking Coal production by operation(21)(22)(23)
 
14,544  
16,001 
Moranbah(22)
 
2,777  
3,132 
Grosvenor
 
2,373  
2,797 
Capcoal (including Aquila)(22)
 
3,767  
4,138 
Dawson(23)
 
2,907  
2,902 
Jellinbah(24)
 
2,720  
3,032 
Manganese (tonnes)
Samancor production
Manganese ore(25)
 
2,287,700  
3,670,600 
Sales volumes
Manganese ore
 
1,887,700  
3,725,000 
(1) Excludes copper production from the Platinum Group Metals business.
(2) Anglo American ownership interest of Los Bronces, El Soldado and the Chagres Smelter is 
50.1%. Production is stated at 100% as Anglo American consolidates these operations.
(3) TCu = total copper. Includes third-party concentrate.
(4) Copper contained basis.
(5) Total copper production includes Anglo American’s 44% interest in Collahuasi.
(6) Relates to sales of copper not produced by Anglo American operations.
(7) Anglo American ownership interest of Quellaveco is 60%. Production is stated at 100% as 
Anglo American consolidates this operation.
(8) Excludes nickel production from the Platinum Group Metals business.
(9) Ounces refer to troy ounces. PGMs consists of 5E+gold (platinum, palladium, rhodium, 
ruthenium and iridium plus gold).
(10) Modikwa is a 50% joint operation. The 50% equity share of production is presented under 
‘Own mined’ production. Anglo American Platinum purchases the remaining 50% of 
production, which is presented under ‘Purchase of concentrate'.
(11) Kroondal was a 50% joint operation until 1 November 2023. Up until this date, the 50% 
equity share of production was presented under ‘Own mined’ production and the remaining 
50% of production, that Anglo American Platinum purchased, was presented under 
‘Purchase of concentrate'. The disposal of our 50% interest in Kroondal was completed and 
effective on 1 November 2023. This resulted in Kroondal moving to a 100% third-party POC 
arrangement, until it transferred to a toll arrangement. As expected, from 1 September 
2024, Kroondal transitioned to a 4E toll arrangement on the same terms as other Sibanye-
Stillwater tolled volumes..
(12) Refined production excludes toll material.
(13) Tolled volume measured as the combined content of platinum, palladium, rhodium and 
gold, reflecting the tolling agreements in place.
(14) 4E: the grade measured as the combined content of: platinum, palladium, rhodium and 
gold, excludes tolled material. Minor metals are excluded due to variability.
(15) Relates to sales of metal not produced by Anglo American operations, and includes metal 
lending and borrowing activity.
(16) De Beers Group production is on a 100% basis, except for the Gahcho Kué joint operation 
which is on an attributable 51% basis.
(17) Orapa constitutes the Orapa Regime which includes Orapa, Letlhakane and Damtshaa.
(18) Consolidated sales volumes exclude De Beers Group’s JV partners’ 50% proportionate 
share of sales to entities outside De Beers Group from the Diamond Trading Company 
Botswana and the Namibia Diamond Trading Company, which are included in total sales 
volume (100% basis).
(19) Total iron ore is the sum of Kumba and Minas-Rio and reported in wet metric tonnes. Kumba 
product is shipped with ~1.6% moisture and Minas-Rio product is shipped with 
~9% moisture.
(20) Sales volumes could differ to Kumba’s standalone results due to sales to other 
Group companies.
(21) Anglo American’s attributable share of saleable production.
(22) Includes production relating to third-party product purchased and processed at 
Anglo American’s operations.
(23) Steelmaking coal production figures may include some product sold as thermal coal.
(24) Production volumes from Jellinbah post 1 November 2024, after the sale was agreed, have 
been excluded.
(25) Anglo American’s 40% attributable share of saleable production.
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Quarterly production statistics
Quarter ended
% Change (Quarter ended)
31 December 
2024
30 September 
2024
30 June 
2024
31 March 
2024
31 December 
2023
31 December 2024 v 
30 September 2024
31 December 2024 v 
31 December 2023
Copper (tonnes)(1)
 
197,500  
181,300  
195,700  
198,100  
229,900 
 9 %
 (14) %
Copper Chile
 
107,300  
112,600  
120,400  
126,100  
136,200 
 (5) %
 (21) %
Copper Peru
 
90,200  
68,700  
75,300  
72,000  
93,700 
 31 %
 (4) %
Nickel (tonnes)(2)
 
10,000  
9,900  
10,000  
9,500  
11,100 
 1 %
 (10) %
PGMs M&C (’000 oz)(3)
 
875.7  
922.3  
921.0  
834.1  
932.2 
 (5) %
 (6) %
PGMs refined (’000 oz)(3)(4)
 
1,027.9  
1,106.9  
1,153.5  
628.0  
1,191.1 
 (7) %
 (14) %
Platinum (’000 oz) 
 
482.1  
536.9  
554  
272.7  
565.2 
 (10) %
 (15) %
Palladium (’000 oz) 
 
327.9  
341.7  
372.5  
206.4  
400 
 (4) %
 (18) %
Rhodium (’000 oz) 
 
67.8  
70.2  
70.8  
39.6  
61.3 
 (3) %
 11 %
Other PGMs and gold (’000 oz)(3)
 
150.1  
158.1  
156.2  
109.3  
164.6 
 (5) %
 (9) %
Nickel (tonnes)
 
6,300  
7,400  
7,300  
4,700  
7,000 
 (15) %
 (10) %
De Beers(5)
Carats recovered (’000 carats)
100% basis
Diamonds
 
5,834  
5,566  
6,449  
6,863  
7,937 
 5 %
 (26) %
Iron Ore (‘000 tonnes)(6)
 
14,299  
15,746  
15,580  
15,143  
13,806 
 (9) %
 4 %
Iron ore – Kumba
 
7,826  
9,446  
9,184  
9,275  
7,234 
 (17) %
 8 %
Iron ore – Minas-Rio
 
6,473  
6,300  
6,396  
5,868  
6,572 
 3 %
 (2) %
Steelmaking Coal (‘000 tonnes)(7)
 
2,424  
4,102  
4,238  
3,780  
4,756 
 (41) %
 (49) %
Hard Coking Coal
 
1,561  
3,019  
3,321  
2,921  
3,804 
 (48) %
 (59) %
PCI/SSCC
 
863  
1,083  
917  
859  
952 
 (20) %
 (9) %
Export thermal Coal
 
396  
249  
142  
324  
34 
 59 %
 1,065 %
Manganese (tonnes)
Manganese ore(8)
 
742,400  
405,500  
356,000  
783,800  
847,800 
 83 %
 (12) %
(1) Copper production shown on a contained metal basis. Reflects copper production 
from the Copper operations in Chile and Peru only (excludes copper production from 
the Platinum Group Metals business).
(2) Excludes nickel production from the Platinum Group Metals business.
(3) Ounces refer to troy ounces. PGMs consists of 5E+gold (platinum, palladium, rhodium, 
ruthenium and iridium plus gold).
(4) Refined production excludes toll refined material.
(5) De Beers Group production is on a 100% basis, except for the Gahcho Kué joint 
operation which is on an attributable 51% basis.
(6) Total iron ore is the sum of Kumba and Minas-Rio and reported in wet metric tonnes. 
Kumba product is shipped with ~1.6% moisture and Minas-Rio product is shipped with 
~9% moisture.
(7) Anglo American’s attributable share of saleable production. Steelmaking coal 
production may include some product sold as thermal coal and includes production 
relating to third-party product purchased and processed at Anglo American’s 
operations.
(8) Anglo American’s 40% attributable share of saleable production.
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Non-financial data
 
2024 
 
2023 
 
2022 
 
2021 
 
2020 
Anglo American plc data
Safety(1)
Work-related fatalities(2)(3)
 
3 
 
3 
 
2 
 
2 
 
2 
Fatal-injury frequency rate (FIFR)(2)(3)
 
0.013 
 
0.010 
 
0.008 
 
0.008 
 
0.010 
Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR)(2)
 
1.57 
 
1.78 
 
2.19 
 
2.24 
 
2.14 
Lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)(2)
 
1.06 
 
1.23 
 
1.40 
 
1.52 
 
1.34 
Occupational health(1)
New cases of occupational disease (NCOD)(2)
 
19 
 
15 
 
5 
 
16 
 
30 
Environment(1)
Total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – Scopes 1 and 2 (Mt CO2e)(2)
 
11.6 
 
12.5 
 
13.3 
 
14.5 
 
15.4 
Total energy consumed (million GJ)(2)
 
87 
 
89 
 
83 
 
84 
 
78 
Fresh water withdrawals (million m3)
 
35 
 
38 
 
36 
 
37 
 
37 
People
Number of employees (’000)(4)
 
55 
 
60 
 
59 
 
64 
 
65 
Women in senior management(5)
 34% 
 29% 
 29% 
 29% 
 27% 
Historically Disadvantaged South Africans in management(6)
 86% 
 85% 
 71% 
 73% 
 68% 
Voluntary turnover (%)(7)
 4.3% 
 3.5% 
 3.6% 
 3.5% 
 2.8% 
Social
Community Social Investment spend (total in US$ million)(8)
 
145 
 
148 
 
175 
 
138 
 
125 
Community Social Investment spend (% of underlying EBIT)(8)
 3 
 2 
 2 
 1 
 2 
Number of jobs supported off site(9)
 157,199 
 144,004 
 114,534 
 104,860 
 
92,397 
Select Business data
Safety(1)
Work-related fatalities – Copper Chile
 
— 
 
2 
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
Work-related fatalities – Copper Peru
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
 
1 
 
— 
Work-related fatalities – Nickel
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
Work-related fatalities – PGMs
 
3 
 
— 
 
— 
 
1 
 
1 
Work-related fatalities – De Beers
 
— 
 
— 
 
1 
 
— 
 
— 
Work-related fatalities – Iron Ore – Kumba
 
— 
 
1 
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
Work-related fatalities – Iron Ore – IOB
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
Work-related fatalities – Coal – Steelmaking Coal
 
— 
 
— 
 
1 
 
— 
 
— 
Work-related fatalities – Coal – Thermal Coal South Africa
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
— 
 
1 
Work-related fatalities – Crop Nutrients(10)
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
Work-related fatalities – Corporate and Other
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
TRIFR – Copper Chile
 
1.08 
 
1.14 
 
1.42 
 
1.55 
 
1.58 
TRIFR – Copper Peru
 
0.96 
 
1.47 
 
2.23 
 
2.93 
 
2.20 
TRIFR – Nickel
 
2.73 
 
5.65 
 
3.67 
 
1.26 
 
1.51 
TRIFR – PGMs
 
1.67 
 
1.61 
 
2.34 
 
2.60 
 
2.40 
TRIFR – De Beers
 
1.54 
 
2.05 
 
2.19 
 
2.03 
 
2.18 
TRIFR – Iron Ore – Kumba
 
0.76 
 
0.98 
 
1.55 
 
0.80 
 
1.74 
TRIFR – Iron Ore – IOB
 
1.37 
 
1.32 
 
1.60 
 
2.24 
 
1.87 
TRIFR – Coal – Steelmaking Coal
 
3.73 
 
4.39 
 
5.63 
 
4.12 
 
4.72 
TRIFR – Coal – Thermal Coal South Africa
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
1.49 
 
1.55 
TRIFR – Crop Nutrients(10)
 
2.67 
 
1.96 
 
1.90 
 
2.59 
 
0.81 
TRIFR – Corporate and Other
 
1.27 
 
1.58 
 
0.37 
 
2.04 
 
0.37 
See next page for footnotes.
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2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
Environment(1)
GHG emissions – Mt CO2e – Copper Chile
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
GHG emissions – Mt CO2e – Copper Peru
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.0
GHG emissions – Mt CO2e – Nickel
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.3
1.3
GHG emissions – Mt CO2e – PGMs
4.2
4.3
4.1
4.5
4.0
GHG emissions – Mt CO2e – De Beers
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.4
GHG emissions – Mt CO2e – Iron Ore – Kumba
0.8
1.0
1.0
1.0
0.9
GHG emissions – Mt CO2e – Iron Ore – IOB
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
GHG emissions – Mt CO2e – Coal – Steelmaking Coal
4.1
4.9
5.8
6.4
7.5
GHG emissions – Mt CO2e – Coal – Thermal Coal South Africa
n/a
n/a
n/a
0.8
0.8
GHG emissions – Mt CO2e – Crop Nutrients(10)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
GHG emissions – Mt CO2e – Corporate and Other
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Energy consumption – million GJ – Copper Chile
11.4
12.6
13.0
12.8
11.3
Energy consumption – million GJ – Copper Peru
7.6
6.3
3.4
1.6
0.6
Energy consumption – million GJ – Nickel
20.9
20.6
20.3
20.8
21.3
Energy consumption – million GJ – PGMs
19.9
20.6
18.9
20.8
18.0
Energy consumption – million GJ – De Beers
3.7
3.8
4.2
4.2
3.9
Energy consumption – million GJ – Iron Ore – Kumba
7.1
8.9
9.0
8.7
8.1
Energy consumption – million GJ – Iron Ore – IOB
5.8
5.4
5.1
5.1
5.2
Energy consumption – million GJ – Coal – Steelmaking Coal
10.1
10.2
9.2
9.3
9.2
Energy consumption – million GJ – Coal – Thermal Coal South Africa
n/a
n/a
n/a
3.1
3.5
Energy consumption – million GJ – Crop Nutrients(10)
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.2
0.1
Energy consumption – million GJ – Corporate and Other
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
Total water withdrawals – million m3 – Copper Chile
29.3
32.6
34.9
33.5
35.8
Total water withdrawals – million m3 – Copper Peru
22.3
20.0
8.7
0.7
1.5
Total water withdrawals – million m3 – Nickel
7.8
6.9
7.0
7.0
8.0
Total water withdrawals – million m3 – PGMs
35.9
37.5
42.2
42.6
43.9
Total water withdrawals – million m3 – De Beers
8.7
7.3
7.2
11.6
10.1
Total water withdrawals – million m3 – Iron Ore – Kumba
9.2
9.9
11.4
11.2
10.6
Total water withdrawals – million m3 – Iron Ore – IOB
22.0
27.5
41.4
32.2
35.3
Total water withdrawals – million m3 – Coal – Steelmaking Coal
20.5
32.8
31.8
20.9
21.0
Total water withdrawals – million m3 – Coal – Thermal Coal South Africa
n/a
n/a
n/a
14.9
31.0
Total water withdrawals – million m3 – Crop Nutrients(10)
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
Total water withdrawals – million m3 – Corporate and Other
0.0
0.0
1.9
1.8
0.0
People(4)
Number of employees – Copper Chile
3,900
4,000
4,400
4,300
3,800
Number of employees – Copper Peru
1,200
1,000
1,000
750
400
Number of employees – Nickel
1,400
1,000
1,400
1,400
1,400
Number of employees – PGMs
22,400
27,000
26,500
31,400
31,500
Number of employees – De Beers
10,800
10,900
10,500
10,000
10,700
Number of employees – Iron Ore – Kumba
6,600
6,700
6,700
6,100
6,200
Number of employees – Iron Ore – IOB
2,900
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,500
Number of employees – Coal – Steelmaking Coal
2,600
2,500
2,000
1,900
2,000
Number of employees – Coal – Thermal Coal South Africa
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
4,600
Number of employees – Crop Nutrients(10)
300
300
500
600
300
Number of employees – Corporate and Other
3,300
3,200
3,000
4,700
6,900
(1) Data relates to subsidiaries and joint operations over which Anglo American has 
management control. Data excludes De Beers’ joint operations in Namibia and 
Botswana. See page 132 of the Anglo American plc Sustainability Report 2024 for 
the full list of entities within the reporting scope. Divested businesses are included up 
until the point of divestment, with the exception of total Group GHG emissions, energy 
consumed and total water withdrawals where current and historical data has been 
adjusted to exclude Thermal Coal South Africa, which was divested in May 2021.
(2) See pages 332–333 for definitions and basis of calculation.
(3) The work-related fatal injuries and FIFR figures presented for 2021 have been restated 
to reflect the death of an employee in April 2022, following a fall-related injury in 
November 2021.
(4) Average number of employees for 2023–2020 excludes contractors and associates 
and joint ventures employees, and includes a share of employees within joint 
operations, based on shareholding. Data for 2019 is presented on the same basis, with 
the exception of Debswana (De Beers), where employee numbers are included 
at 19.2%, reflecting Anglo American’s economic interest. PGMs employee numbers 
for 2022 have been restated to exclude contractors.
(5) Female representation within the Executive Leadership Team and those reporting 
to them.
(6) Historically Disadvantaged South African employees within bands seven and above 
divided by the total number of South African employees in bands seven and above. 
(7) The number of people who resigned as a percentage of the total work force, excluding 
contractors.
(8) CSI spend is the sum of donations for charitable purposes and community investment 
(which includes cash and in-kind donations and staff time) as well as investments in 
commercial initiatives with public benefit (such as enterprise development). 
(9) The number of jobs supported includes existing jobs (in activities supported by the 
intervention) and newly created jobs through Anglo American’s various community 
Livelihoods’ programmes. Jobs supported are measured as full time equivalent jobs.  
In 2023, we understated the number of off-site jobs supported at our Brazil operations.
(10) Comparative data for Crop Nutrients prior to 2020 is not presented as the acquisition 
of Sirius Minerals Plc was completed in 2020.
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Directors’ report
This section includes certain disclosures which are required by law to 
be included in the Directors’ report.
In accordance with the Companies Act 2006 (Companies Act), the 
following items have been reported in other sections of the Integrated 
Annual Report and are included in this Directors’ report by reference:
– Details of the directors of the Company can be found on pages 
158–161
– Directors’ interests in shares at 31 December 2024 and any 
changes thereafter, can be found on pages 214–215 of the 
directors’ remuneration report
– Events occurring after the end of the year are set out in note 31 to 
the financial statements on page 289
– The Strategic Report on pages 2–154 gives a fair review of the 
business and an indication of likely future developments and fulfils 
the requirements set out in section 414C of the Companies Act
– Details of the Group’s governance arrangements and its compliance 
with the UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code) can be found 
on pages 155–223
– Comprehensive details of the Group’s approach to financial risk 
management are given in note 25 to the financial statements on 
pages 276–278
– The Group’s disclosure of its greenhouse gas emissions can be 
found on page 71. The Group’s Streamlined Energy and Carbon 
Reporting (SECR) disclosures can be found on page 154
– The Group’s disclosures related to the recommendations of the Task 
Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) can be 
found on pages 148–153
– Details of employee engagement can be found on pages 88–91 
and 175–176
– Details of stakeholder engagement can be found on pages 16–19 
and 175–177.
Going concern
The financial position of the Group, its cash flows, liquidity position and 
borrowing facilities are set out in the Group financial review on pages 
108–111. The Group’s net debt (including related hedges) at 
31 December 2024 was $10.6 billion (2023: $10.6 billion). As part of its 
routine financing activities, in March 2024, the Group issued €500 
million 3.75% Senior Notes due June 2029 and €750 million 4.125% 
Senior Notes due March 2032, and in April 2024, $1 billion 5.75% 
Senior Notes due April 2034 and $500 million 6% Senior Notes due 
April 2054. The Group’s liquidity position (defined as cash and 
undrawn committed facilities) of $15.3 billion at 31 December 2024 
remains strong. Further details of borrowings and facilities are set out in 
note 22 and note 25, and net debt is set out in note 21.
The directors have considered the Group’s cash flow forecasts for the 
period to the end of December 2026 under base and downside 
scenarios, with reference to the Group’s principal risks as set out within 
the Group viability statement on pages 95–96. In the downside 
scenarios modelled (including pricing and production downsides, 
alongside a significant operational incident and considering variation 
in timing of the Group divestments), the Group maintains sufficient 
liquidity throughout the period of assessment without the use of 
mitigating actions.
The Board is satisfied that the Group’s forecasts and projections, taking 
into account reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show 
that the Group will be able to operate within the level of its current 
facilities for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of 
the financial statements. For this reason the Group continues to adopt 
the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.
Dividends
An interim dividend of US$0.42 per ordinary share was paid on 
27 September 2024. The directors are recommending that a final 
dividend of US$0.22 per ordinary share be paid on 7 May 2025 to 
ordinary shareholders on the register at the close of business on 
14 March 2025 subject to shareholder approval at the AGM to be held 
on 30 April 2025. This would bring the total dividend in respect of 2024 
to US$0.64 per ordinary share. In accordance with the UK-adopted 
International Accounting Standards, the final dividend will be 
accounted for in the financial statements for the year ended 
31 December 2025.
The Anglo American Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) holds shares to 
facilitate the operation of certain of the Group’s share option and share 
incentive schemes (share plans). The EBT has waived the right 
to receive dividends on all unallocated shares not allocated to 
dividend bearing share awards. 
Share capital
The Company’s issued share capital as at 31 December 2024 is set 
out in note 26 on pages 279–280.
Significant shareholdings
Taking into account the information available to the Company as 
at 19 February 2025, the table below shows the Company’s 
understanding of interests in 3% or more of the Total Voting Rights 
attaching to its issued ordinary share capital:
Company
Number of
shares
Percentage of
voting rights
Public Investment Corporation
 93,551,783  
6.86 
BlackRock Inc.
 84,968,927  
6.05 
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
 67,318,070  
5.03 
Tarl Investment Holdings (RF) Proprietary 
Limited(1)
 47,275,613  
3.37 
Epoch Two Investment Holdings (RF) 
Proprietary Limited(1)
 42,166,686  
3.01 
(1) Epoch Two Investment Holdings (RF) Proprietary Limited (Epoch Two) and Tarl Investment 
Holdings (RF) Proprietary Limited (Tarl) are two of the independent companies that 
have purchased shares as part of Anglo American’s 2006 share buyback programme. 
Epoch Two and Tarl have waived their right to vote all the shares they hold, or will hold, 
in Anglo American plc.
Sustainable development
The Sustainability Report 2024 will be published on the Group’s 
website on 3 March 2025.
This report focuses on the safety, health, sustainable development and 
environmental performance of the Group’s managed operations, its 
performance with regard to our Code of Conduct, and the operational 
dimensions of its social programmes.
Audit information
The directors confirm that, so far as they are aware, there is no relevant 
audit information of which the auditor is unaware, that all directors 
have taken all reasonable steps to make themselves aware of any 
relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of 
that information.
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Disclosure table pursuant to UK Listing Rule 6.6.1
Listing Rule Information to be included 
Disclosure
6.6.1(1)
Interest capitalised by the 
Group
See note 4, page 242
6.6.1(2)
Unaudited financial 
information (UKLR 6.2.23R)
None
6.6.1(3)
Long term incentive scheme 
only involving a director 
(UKLR 9.3.3R)
None
6.6.1(4)
Directors’ waivers of 
emoluments
None
6.6.1(5)
Directors’ waivers of future 
emoluments
None
6.6.1(6)
Non pro rata allotments for 
cash (issuer)
None
6.6.1(7)
Non pro rata allotments for 
cash (major subsidiaries)
None
6.6.1(8)
Listed company is a 
subsidiary of another 
company
Not applicable
6.6.1(9)
Contracts of significance 
involving a director
None
6.6.1(10) Contracts of significance 
involving a controlling 
shareholder
Not applicable
6.6.1(11) Waivers of dividends
See ‘Dividends’ paragraph on 
page 346
6.6.1(12) Waivers of future dividends
See ‘Dividends’ paragraph on 
page 346
6.6.1(13) Agreement with a controlling 
shareholding (UKLR 6.2.3R)
Not applicable
Employment and other policies
The Group’s key operating businesses are empowered to manage 
within the context of the different legislative and social demands of 
the diverse countries in which those businesses operate, subject to the 
standards embodied in Anglo American’s Code of Conduct. Within all 
the Group’s businesses, the safe and effective performance of 
employees and the maintenance of positive employee relations are 
of fundamental importance. Managers are charged with ensuring that 
the following key principles are upheld:
– Adherence to national legal standards on employment and 
workplace rights at all times
– Adherence to the International Labour Organization’s core labour 
rights, including: prohibition of child labour; prohibition of inhumane 
treatment of employees and any form of forced labour, physical 
punishment or other abuse; recognition of the right of our employees 
to freedom of association and the promotion of workplace equality; 
and the elimination of all forms of unfair discrimination
– Continual promotion of safe and healthy working practices
– Provision of opportunities for employees to enhance their work 
related skills and capabilities
– Adoption of fair and appropriate procedures for determining terms 
and conditions of employment.
It is the Group’s policy that everybody should have full and fair 
consideration for all vacancies. Employment is considered on merit 
and with regard only to the ability of any applicant to carry out the role. 
We endeavour to retain the employment of, and arrange suitable 
retraining, for any employees in the workforce who become disabled 
during their employment. Where possible we will adjust a person’s 
working environment to enable them to stay in our employment.
The Group promotes an inclusive and diverse environment where 
every colleague is valued and respected for who they are, and has 
the opportunity to fulfil their potential. The Group is focused on 
providing a workplace where everyone can thrive and has 
introduced a number of Group-wide policies to encourage this. 
The Group’s inclusion and diversity policy reflects its commitment 
as a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact and is 
aligned both to the labour rights principles set out in the 
International Labour Organization core conventions and with the 
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The Group has 
also introduced policies related to bullying, harassment and 
victimisation and recognising and responding to domestic 
violence, which clearly states its zero tolerance to such behaviours, 
along with a Group-wide flexible working policy and family friendly 
and carer policy recognising changing societal needs.
Further, the Group is committed to treating employees at all levels 
with respect and consideration, to investing in their development 
and to ensuring that their careers are not constrained by 
discrimination or arbitrary barriers.
Our Code of Conduct is supported by several policies, procedures 
and standards which provide specific guidance to employees on the 
behaviour required to reinforce the Group’s Values and uphold the 
Group’s commitments to prioritise safety, health and the environment; 
treat people with care and respect, conduct business with integrity and 
protect its physical assets and information. The Code of Conduct can 
be accessed via the Group’s website.
The Conducting Business with Integrity Policy sets out the Group’s anti-
bribery and corruption commitment by clearly stating that the Group 
will neither give nor accept bribes, nor permit others to do so in its 
name. The Policy sets out the standards of ethical business conduct 
that we require at every level within our business, including our 
subsidiaries and managed joint operations, to combat corrupt 
practices. The Policy is supported by procedures and standards which 
have been translated into the main languages that are used across the 
Group’s operations. We expect all suppliers to Anglo American to meet 
legal requirements of the conditions outlined within the Responsible 
Sourcing Standard for Suppliers, which is available on the Group’s 
website and referenced in contracts. The Standard includes a 
dedicated pillar which provides unambiguous guidance for suppliers to 
conduct business fairly, transparently and with integrity.
A dedicated team, operating within a broader risk management and 
business assurance team, oversees the implementation of the 
Conducting Business with Integrity Policy. Working closely with other 
corporate functions, senior managers and compliance structures in the 
businesses, the team provides guidance and support on the 
implementation and monitoring of the Policy. The team also assists on 
bribery and corruption risk identification and management, and 
providing online and face-to-face training for relevant employees, 
including those in high-risk roles. The internal audit team regularly 
provides risk based assurance on the implementation of the anti-
bribery and corruption controls framework.
The Group’s whistleblowing facility, YourVoice, is available to 
employees and external stakeholders to confidentially and, if they 
choose, anonymously report concerns about behaviour which might 
be unethical, unlawful or unsafe, or contrary to the Group’s Values and 
Code of Conduct. 
Political donations
No political donations were made during 2024. Anglo American has 
an established policy of not making donations to, or incurring 
expenses for the benefit of, any political party in any part of the 
world, including any political party or political organisation as 
defined in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
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Additional information for shareholders
Set out below is a summary of certain provisions of the Company’s 
current Articles of Association (Articles) and applicable English law 
concerning companies (the Companies Act) required as a result of the 
implementation of the Takeover Directive in English law. This is a 
summary only and the relevant provisions of the Articles or the 
Companies Act should be consulted if further information is required.
Dividends and distributions
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, the Company may, by 
ordinary resolution, from time to time declare final dividends not 
exceeding the amount recommended by the Board. The Board may 
pay interim dividends whenever the financial position of the Company, 
in the opinion of the Board, justifies such payment.
The Board may withhold payment of all, or any part of any dividends 
or other monies payable in respect of the Company’s shares, from a 
person with a 0.25% interest or more (as defined in the Articles) if such 
a person has been served with a notice after failing to provide the 
Company with information concerning interests in those shares 
required to be provided under the Companies Act.
Rights and obligations attaching to shares
The rights and obligations attaching to the shares are set out in the 
Articles.
The Articles may only be changed by a special resolution passed by 
the shareholders.
Voting
Subject to the Articles generally and to any special rights or restrictions 
as to voting attached by or in accordance with the Articles to any class 
of shares, on a show of hands every member who is present in person 
at a general meeting shall have one vote and, on a poll, every member 
who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every share 
of which he/she is the holder. It is, and has been for some years, the 
Company’s practice to hold a poll on every resolution at shareholder 
meetings.
Where shares are held by trustees/nominees in respect of the Group’s 
employee share plans and the voting rights attached to such shares 
are not directly exercisable by the employees, it is the Company’s 
practice that such rights are not exercised by the relevant trustee/
nominee.
Under the Companies Act, members are entitled to appoint a proxy, 
who need not be a member of the Company, to exercise all or any of 
their rights to attend and to speak and vote on their behalf at a general 
meeting or class meeting.
A member may appoint more than one proxy in relation to a general 
meeting or class meeting provided that each proxy is appointed to 
exercise the rights attached to a different share or shares held by that 
member. A member that is a corporation may appoint one or more 
individuals to act on its behalf at a general meeting or class meeting as 
a corporate representative. Where a shareholder appoints more than 
one corporate representative in respect of its shareholding, but in 
respect of different shares, those corporate representatives can act 
independently of each other, and validly vote in different ways.
Restrictions on voting
No member shall, unless the directors otherwise determine, be entitled 
in respect of any share held by him/her to vote either personally or by 
proxy at a shareholders’ meeting, or to exercise any other right 
conferred by membership in relation to shareholders’ meetings, if any 
call or other sum presently payable by him/her to the Company in 
respect of that share remains unpaid. In addition, no member shall be 
entitled to vote if he/she has been served with a notice after failing to 
provide the Company with information concerning interests in those 
shares required to be provided under the Companies Act.
Issue of shares
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act relating to authority 
and pre-emption rights and of any resolution of the Company in a UK 
general meeting, all unissued shares of the Company shall be at the 
disposal of the directors and they may allot, grant options over, or 
otherwise dispose of them to such persons at such times, and on such 
terms, as they think proper.
Shares in uncertificated form
Any share or class of shares of the Company may be issued or held 
(including any shares or class of shares held on the South African 
Branch Register or any other overseas branch register of the members 
of the Company) on such terms, or in such a way, that: title to it or them 
is not, or must not be, evidenced by a certificate; or it or they may or 
must be transferred wholly or partly without a certificate. The directors 
have power to take such steps as they think fit in relation to: the 
evidencing of and transfer of title to uncertificated shares (including in 
connection with the issue of such shares); any records relating to the 
holding of uncertificated shares; the conversion of certificated shares 
into uncertificated shares; or the conversion of uncertificated shares 
into certificated shares. The Company may by notice to the holder of 
a share require that share: if it is uncertificated, to be converted into 
certificated form; and if it is certificated, to be converted into 
uncertificated form, to enable it to be dealt with in accordance with 
the Articles.
If the Articles give the directors power to take action, or require other 
persons to take action, in order to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of 
shares; and uncertificated shares are subject to that power, but the 
power is expressed in terms which assume the use of a certificate or 
other written instrument, the directors may take such action as is 
necessary or expedient to achieve the same results when exercising 
that power in relation to uncertificated shares. The directors may take 
such action as they consider appropriate to achieve the sale, transfer, 
disposal, forfeiture, re-allotment or surrender of an uncertificated 
share or otherwise to enforce a lien in respect of it. This may include 
converting such share to certificated form. Unless the directors 
resolve otherwise, shares which a member holds in uncertificated 
form must be treated as separate holdings from any shares which 
that member holds in certificated form. A class of shares must not be 
treated as two classes simply because some shares of that class are 
held in certificated form and others are held in uncertificated form.
Deadlines for exercising voting rights
Votes are exercisable at a general meeting of the Company in respect 
of which the business being voted upon is being heard. Votes may be 
exercised in person, by proxy, or in relation to corporate members, by 
corporate representative. The Articles provide a deadline for 
submission of proxy forms of not less than 48 hours before the time 
appointed for the holding of the meeting or adjourned meeting.
Variation of rights
Subject to statute, the Articles specify that rights attached to any class 
of shares may be varied with the written consent of the holders of not 
less than three-quarters in nominal value of the issued shares of that 
class, or with the sanction of an extraordinary resolution passed at a 
separate general meeting of the holders of those shares. At every 
such separate general meeting the quorum shall be two persons 
holding, or representing by proxy, at least one-third in nominal value 
of the issued shares of the class (calculated excluding any shares held 
as treasury shares). The rights conferred upon the holders of any 
shares shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided in the rights 
attaching to those shares, be deemed to be varied by the creation or 
issue of further shares ranking pari passu with them.
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Transfer of shares
All transfers of shares that are in certificated form may be effected by 
transfer in writing in any usual or common form or in any other form 
acceptable to the directors and may be under hand only. The 
instrument of transfer shall be signed by, or on behalf of, the transferor 
and (except in the case of fully paid shares) by or on behalf of the 
transferee. The transferor shall remain the holder of the shares 
concerned until the name of the transferee is entered in the register of 
shareholders. All transfers of shares registered on the main register of 
members that are in uncertificated form may be effected by means of 
the CREST system. All transfers of uncertified shares registered on the 
branch register of members in South Africa may be effected via the 
Transfer Secretary.
The directors may decline to recognise any instrument of transfer 
relating to shares in certificated form unless it:
(a) Is in respect of only one class of share
(b) Is lodged at the transfer office (duly stamped if required) 
accompanied by the relevant share certificate(s) and such other 
evidence as the directors may reasonably require to show the right 
of the transferor to make the transfer (and, if the instrument of 
transfer is executed by some other person on his/her behalf, the 
authority of that person so to do).
The directors may decline to register any transfer of shares in 
certificated form unless: the instrument of transfer is in respect of only 
one class of share; the instrument of transfer is lodged (duly stamped 
if required) at the Transfer Office accompanied by the relevant share 
certificate(s) or such other evidence as the directors may reasonably 
require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer or, if the 
instrument of transfer is executed by some other person on the 
transferor’s behalf, the authority of that person to do so; and it is fully 
paid. The directors may also refuse to register an allotment or transfer 
of shares (whether fully paid or not) in favour of more than four 
persons jointly.
If the directors refuse to register an allotment or transfer, they shall 
send the refusal to the allottee or the transferee within two months 
after the date on which the letter of allotment or transfer was lodged 
with the Company.
A shareholder does not need to obtain the approval of the Company, 
or of other shareholders of shares in the Company, for a transfer of 
shares to take place.
Directors
Directors shall not be fewer than five nor more than 18 in number. A 
director is not required to hold any shares of the Company by way of 
qualification. The Company may by ordinary resolution increase or 
reduce the maximum or minimum number of directors.
Powers of directors
Subject to the Articles, the Companies Act and any directions given by 
special resolution, the business of the Company will be managed by 
the Board who may exercise all the powers of the Company.
The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow 
money and to mortgage or charge any of its undertaking, property and 
uncalled capital and to issue debentures and other securities, whether 
outright or as collateral security, for any debt, liability or obligation of 
the Company or of any third party.
The Company may by ordinary resolution declare dividends, but no 
dividend shall be payable in excess of the amount recommended by 
the directors.
Subject to the provisions of the Articles and to the rights attaching to 
any shares, any dividends or other monies payable on or in respect of 
a share may be paid in such currency as the directors may determine. 
The directors may deduct from any dividend payable to any member 
all sums of money (if any) presently payable by him/her to the 
Company on account of calls or otherwise in relation to shares of the 
Company. The directors may retain any dividends payable on shares 
on which the Company has a lien, and may apply the same in or 
towards satisfaction of the debts, liabilities or engagements in respect 
of which the lien exists.
Appointment and replacement of directors
The directors may from time to time appoint one or more directors. 
The Board may appoint any person to be a director (so long as the 
total number of directors does not exceed the limit prescribed in the 
Articles). Any such director shall hold office only until the next AGM 
and shall then be eligible for election.
The Articles provide that at each AGM all those directors who have 
been in office for three years or more since their election, or last 
re-election, shall retire from office. In addition, a director may at any 
AGM retire from office and stand for re-election. However, in 
accordance with the Code, all directors will be subject to annual 
re-election.
Stock Exchange Listings
The Company’s ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock 
Exchange (the primary listing), the JSE Limited, the SIX Swiss Exchange, 
the Botswana Stock Exchange and the Namibian Stock Exchange.
Significant agreements: change of control
At 31 December 2024, Anglo American had committed bilateral 
and syndicated borrowing facilities totalling $9.8 billion with a number 
of relationship banks which contain change of control clauses. 
$13.5 billion of the Group’s bond issues also contain change of control 
provisions. In aggregate, this financing is considered significant to the 
Group and in the event of a takeover (change of control) of the 
Company, these contracts may be terminated, become immediately 
payable or be subject to acceleration.
In the ordinary course of its business the Group’s subsidiaries enter into 
a number of other commercial agreements, some of which may alter 
or be terminated upon a change of control of the Company. None of 
these are considered by the Group to be significant to the Group as 
a whole.
Purchases of own shares
At the AGM held on 30 April 2024, authority was given for the 
Company to purchase, in the market, up to 200.5 million ordinary 
shares of 5486/91 US cents each. The Company did not purchase 
any of its own shares under this authority during 2024. This authority 
will expire at the 2025 AGM and, in accordance with usual practice, 
a resolution to renew it for another year will be proposed.
Indemnities
To the extent permitted by law and the Articles, the Company has 
made qualifying third-party indemnity provisions for the benefit of 
its directors during the year, which remain in force at the date of this 
report. Copies of these indemnities are open for inspection at the 
Company’s registered office.
By order of the Board
Richard Price
Legal & Corporate Affairs Director (Company Secretary) 
19 February 2025 
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Shareholder information
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Our AGM will be held at 11:00 on Wednesday, 30 April 2025, at 
The Mermaid London, Puddle Dock, London EC4V 3DB and online 
via the Lumi platform.
Further details on how to access the AGM electronically or attend in 
person, ask questions and vote, can be found in the Notice of 2025 
AGM which will be available on our website. 
Investors holding shares through a nominee service should arrange 
with that nominee service for them to be appointed as a proxy in 
respect of their shareholding to attend and vote at the meeting 
electronically.
Shareholding enquiries
Enquiries relating to shareholdings should be made to the Company’s 
UK Registrars, or the South African Transfer Secretaries, at the relevant 
address below:
UK Registrars
Equiniti
Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing 
West Sussex BN99 6DA, England
Telephone:
In the UK: 0371 384 2026
From overseas: +44 (0) 371 384 2026
Transfer Secretaries in South Africa 
Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Limited 
Rosebank Towers, 15 Biermann Avenue 
Rosebank, Johannesburg, 2196, South Africa
Private Bag X9000, Saxonwold, 2132, South Africa
Telephone: +27 (0) 11 370 5000
Enquiries on other matters should be addressed to the company 
secretary at the following address:
Registered and Head Office
Anglo American plc
17 Charterhouse Street 
London EC1N 6RA
England
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7968 8888
Registered number: 03564138
www.angloamerican.com
CoSec.Admin@angloamerican.com 
On the Investors section of the Group website a range of useful 
information for shareholders can be found, including: Investor 
calendar and presentations; share price and tools; dividend 
information; AGM information; FAQs.
Electronic communication
Shareholders may elect to receive, electronically, notification of 
the availability on the Group’s website of future shareholder 
correspondence, e.g. Integrated Annual Reports and Notices 
of AGMs.
By registering for this service, UK shareholders can also vote online 
in respect of future AGMs and access information on their 
shareholding including, for example, dividend payment history, sales 
and purchases and indicative share prices. In order to register for 
these services, UK shareholders should contact the UK Registrars or 
log on to www.shareview.co.uk and follow the on-screen 
instructions. It will be necessary to have a shareholder reference 
number when registering, which is shown on share certificates, 
dividend tax vouchers and proxy cards.
Dividends
Dividends are declared and paid in US dollars to shareholders with 
registered addresses in all countries except the UK, eurozone 
countries, Botswana and South Africa where they are paid in sterling, 
euros, Botswanan pula and South African rand respectively. 
Shareholders outside Botswana and South Africa may elect to 
receive their dividends in US dollars.
Shareholders with bank accounts in the UK or South Africa can have 
their cash dividends credited directly to their own accounts. 
Shareholders should contact the relevant Registrar or Transfer 
Secretary to make use of this facility. South African branch register 
shareholders would need South African exchange control approval to 
mandate their dividends to an account outside South Africa.
The Company operates a dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) in the UK 
and South Africa, which enables shareholders to reinvest their cash 
dividends into purchasing Anglo American shares. Details of the DRIP 
and how to join are available from Anglo American’s UK Registrars and 
South African Transfer Secretaries and on the Group’s website.
ShareGift
The Company supports ShareGift, the charity share donation scheme 
administered by The Orr Mackintosh Foundation (registered charity 
number 1052686). Through ShareGift, shareholders with very small 
numbers of shares which might be considered uneconomic to sell are 
able to donate them to charity. Donated shares are aggregated and 
sold by ShareGift, the proceeds being passed on to a wide range of 
charities. For those shareholders who wish to use ShareGift, transfer 
forms are available from the Registrars and further details of the 
scheme can be found on the website www.sharegift.org.
Shareview dealing service
Telephone and internet share dealing services have been arranged 
through Equiniti, providing a simple way for UK residents to buy or sell 
Anglo American shares. For telephone transactions, call 0345 603 
7037 (or +44 (0) 345 603 7037 from overseas) during normal office 
hours. For internet dealing, log on to www.shareview.co.uk/dealing. 
You will need your shareholder reference number, found on share 
certificates, dividend tax vouchers, and proxy cards.
Postal dealing service 
For further details on the postal dealing service, which is available to all 
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and its subsidiaries and/or those who work for them generally, or where it is not necessary to refer to a particular entity, entities or persons. The use of 
those generic terms herein is for convenience only, and is in no way indicative of how the Anglo American Group or any entity within it is structured, 
managed or controlled. Anglo American subsidiaries, and their management, are responsible for their own day-to-day operations, including but not 
limited to securing and maintaining all relevant licences and permits, operational adaptation and implementation of Group policies, management, 
training and any applicable local grievance mechanisms. Anglo American produces Group-wide policies and procedures to ensure best uniform 
practices and standardisation across the Anglo American Group but is not responsible for the day to day implementation of such policies. Such policies 
and procedures constitute prescribed minimum standards only. Group operating subsidiaries are responsible for adapting those policies and 
procedures to reflect local conditions where appropriate, and for implementation, oversight and monitoring within their specific businesses.
Disclaimer
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inducement or offer to buy, subscribe for or sell shares in Anglo American or any other securities by Anglo American or any other party. Further, it should 
not be treated as giving investment, legal, accounting, regulatory, taxation or other advice and has no regard to the specific investment or other 
objectives, financial situation or particular needs of any recipient.
Forward-looking statements and third party information
This document includes forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this document, including, 
without limitation, those regarding Anglo American’s financial position, business, acquisition and divestment strategy, dividend policy, plans and 
objectives of management for future operations, prospects and projects (including development plans and objectives relating to Anglo American’s 
products, production forecasts and Ore Reserve and Mineral Resource positions) and sustainability performance related (including environmental, 
social and governance) goals, ambitions, targets, visions, milestones and aspirations, are forward-looking statements. By their nature, such forward-
looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or 
achievements of Anglo American or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied 
by such forward-looking statements.
Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding Anglo American’s present and future business strategies and the 
environment in which Anglo American will operate in the future. Important factors that could cause Anglo American’s actual results, performance or 
achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, among others, levels of actual production during any period, 
levels of global demand and product prices, unanticipated downturns in business relationships with customers or their purchases from Anglo American, 
resource exploration and project development capabilities and delivery, recovery rates and other operational capabilities, safety, health or 
environmental incidents, the effects of global pandemics and outbreaks of infectious diseases, the impact of attacks from third parties on our 
information systems, natural catastrophes or adverse geological conditions, climate change and extreme weather events, the outcome of litigation or 
regulatory proceedings, the availability of mining and processing equipment, the ability to obtain key inputs in a timely manner, the ability to produce 
and transport products profitably, the availability of necessary infrastructure (including transportation) services, the development, efficacy and adoption 
of new or competing technology, challenges in realising resource estimates or discovering new economic mineralisation, the impact of foreign currency 
exchange rates on market prices and operating costs, the availability of sufficient credit, liquidity and counterparty risks, the effects of inflation, terrorism, 
war, conflict, political or civil unrest, uncertainty, tensions and disputes and economic and financial conditions around the world, evolving societal and 
stakeholder requirements and expectations, shortages of skilled employees, unexpected difficulties relating to acquisitions or divestitures, competitive 
pressures and the actions of competitors, activities by courts, regulators and governmental authorities such as in relation to permitting or forcing closure 
of mines and ceasing of operations or maintenance of Anglo American’s assets and changes in taxation or safety, health, environmental or other types 
of regulation in the countries where Anglo American operates, conflicts over land and resource ownership rights and such other risk factors identified in 
Anglo American’s most recent Annual Report. Forward-looking statements should, therefore, be construed in light of such risk factors and undue 
reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this document. Anglo 
American expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking (except as required by applicable law, the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, the UK 
Listing Rules, the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, the Listings Requirements of the securities exchange 
of the JSE Limited in South Africa, the SIX Swiss Exchange, the Botswana Stock Exchange and the Namibian Stock Exchange and any other applicable 
regulations) to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in Anglo American’s 
expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Nothing in this document should be interpreted to mean that future earnings per share of Anglo American will necessarily match or exceed its historical 
published earnings per share. Certain statistical and other information included in this document is sourced from third-party sources (including, but not 
limited to, externally conducted studies and trials). As such it has not been independently verified and presents the views of those third parties, but may 
not necessarily correspond to the views held by Anglo American and Anglo American expressly disclaims any responsibility for, or liability in respect of, 
such information.
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