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 bourse and the London market.[1]
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| Traded as | ASX: S32 |
| ISIN | AU000000S320  |
| Industry | |
| 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, coking coal, and thermal coal.
Operations
South32 has operations in Australia, South Africa, Mozambique and Colombia, 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 three underground metallurgical coal mines;[3]
- Australia Manganese (60 per cent interest); GEMCO mine on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory and TEMCO alloy plant in Bell Bay, Tasmania;[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 4 coal mines and associated processing near the towns of eMalahleni and Middelburg in Mpumalanga in South Africa.[4]
- 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 Project, formerly owned by Richard Warke-led Arizona Mining Inc.[5]
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.
- "South32 buys Arizona Mining for US$1.3 billion". 18 June 2018.
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