South32
South32 is a mining and metals company headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. It was spun out of BHP Billiton on 25 May 2015.[1] The company is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange with secondary listings on the Johannesburg and London Stock Exchanges.[1]
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| Type | Public |
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| ASX: S32 | |
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| Predecessor | BHP Billiton |
| Founded | May 25, 2015 |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue | US$6,948 million (2015) |
| US$1,001 million (2015) | |
| US$575 million (2015) | |
| Total assets | US$11,035 million (2015) |
| Total equity | US$12,247 million (2015) |
Number of employees | 15,545 (2015) |
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| Website | www |
Products
The company is a producer of alumina, aluminium, manganese, silver, zinc, lead, nickel, metallurgical coal (for steelmaking), and thermal coal (for power stations).
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.[2]
- 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.[3]
- Illawarra Metallurgical Coal near Wollongong, New South Wales operates two underground metallurgical coal mines;[3]
- Australia Manganese (60 per cent interest); GEMCO mine on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory;[3]
- Cannington Mine silver, lead and zinc mine, 200 km southeast of Mount Isa, Queensland;[3]
- Cerro Matoso nickel mine and smelter in Northern Colombia (99.94%)[3]
- Hillside aluminium smelter in South Africa at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal;[4]
- Mozal aluminium smelter (47.1%) in Mozambique[4]
- Energy Coal includes four coal mines and associated processing plants near the towns of eMalahleni and Middelburg in Mpumalanga in South Africa.[4] As of 2020, South32 was negotiating the sale of these assets.[5]
- The Wessels underground and Mamatwan opencut manganese mines at Hotazel in the Northern Cape.[4]
- Metalloys smelters at Meyerton, Gauteng in South Africa.[4]
- 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 in Tasmania was sold to GFG Alliance in January 2021
References
- "South32 Demerger Implemented". bhpbilliton.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- "South32 debuts as Australia's third-biggest miner with market value of $11.3b". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- "Australia Region". South32. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- "Africa". South32. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- "Quarterly Report" (PDF). South32. September 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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