South32
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| ASX: S32 | |
| Industry | Metals Mining |
| Predecessor | BHP Billiton |
| Founded | 18 May 2015 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Karen Wood (Chair) Graham Kerr (CEO) |
| Products | Aluminium Coal Lead Manganese Nickel Silver Zinc |
| Revenue | $US 6.3 billion (2021) |
| $US 1.5 billion (2021) | |
| Website | www.south32.net |
South32 is a mining and metals company headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. It was spun out of BHP Billiton on 18 May 2015.[1] It is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange with secondary listings on the Johannesburg and London Stock Exchanges.[2]
Products[]
The company is a producer of bauxite, alumina, aluminium, metallurgical coal, manganese, nickel, silver, lead and zinc.[3]
Operations[]
South32 has operations in Australia, South Africa, Mozambique, Colombia and the United States, and has a minority partnership (36%) in an alumina refinery in Brazil.[4]
Australia[]
- (60% shareholding); GEMCO mine on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory[5]
- Cannington Mine silver, lead and zinc mine, 200 km southeast of Mount Isa, Queensland[6]
- near Wollongong, New South Wales operates two underground metallurgical coal mines[7]
- Worsley Alumina at Worsley, Western Australia (86% owned) is a bauxite mine and alumina refinery, a portion of the alumina is exported to South32's African smelters for conversion into aluminium[8]
Colombia[]
- Cerro Matoso nickel mine and smelter in northern Colombia (99.94%)
South Africa[]
- Hillside aluminium smelter in South Africa at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal[9]
- Mozal aluminium smelter (47.1%) in Mozambique[10]
- The Wessels underground and Mamatwan opencut manganese mines at Hotazel in the Northern Cape
- Metalloys smelters at Meyerton, Gauteng
United States[]
- Hermosa, a mineral resource development option located in Arizona
- Ambler Metals (50%), a mineral resource development option located in Alaska
Former operations[]
- TEMCO, a manganese smelter located at Georgetown, Tasmania, was sold to GFG Alliance in January 2021[11]
- South Africa Energy Coal (SAEC), operating thermal coal mining assets in South Africa, was sold to in June 2021[12]
References[]
- ^ Admission to Official List Australian Securities Exchange 18 May 2015
- ^ BHP Billiton's South 32 spin off: Will it pay off? ABC News 5 May 2015
- ^ "The commodities we bring to society". South32. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ South32 debuts as Australia's third-biggest miner with market value of $11.3b Sydney Morning Herald 18 May 2015
- ^ GEMCO South32
- ^ Cannington South32
- ^ Illawarra Metallurgical Coal South32
- ^ Worsley Alumina South32
- ^ Hillside Aluminium South32
- ^ Mozal Aluminium South32
- ^ Anglo American, South32 complete sale of Tasmanian smelter Australian Mining 5 January 2021
- ^ "Completion of South Africa energy coal divestment" (PDF). South32. 1 June 2021.
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Categories:
- Aluminium companies of Australia
- BHP
- Coal companies of Australia
- Coal companies of South Africa
- Companies based in Perth, Western Australia
- Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange
- Corporate spin-offs
- Metal companies of Australia
- Mining companies of Australia
- Mining companies of South Africa
- Nickel mining companies
- Non-renewable resource companies established in 2015
- Silver mining companies
- Zinc mining companies
- 2015 establishments in Australia