Anglo American : Q3 2020 Production Report

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22 October, 2020

Anglo American plc Production Report for the third quarter ended 30 September 2020

Mark Cutifani, Chief Executive of Anglo American, said: 'Anglo American has continued its strong operational recovery, with a 24%⁽¹⁾ increase in production compared to Q2. We are currently operating at about 95%⁽²⁾ of our normal capacity - testament to our efforts to protect operational continuity across our business, whilst maintaining comprehensive measures across our operations to safeguard the lives and livelihoods of our workforce and host communities, as part of our holistic response to Covid-19.

'Continued strong performance at the Collahuasi copper operation in Chile helped mitigate our overall year-on-year production decrease to 3%⁽¹⁾ compared to Q3 2019, despite planned maintenance at Minas-Rio iron ore in Brazil and excluding the effect of the suspended Grosvenor metallurgical coal operation in Australia.

'We have also seen encouraging improvement in demand for rough diamonds as we approach the holiday selling season, although there is still some uncertainty in terms of the timing of a sustained recovery.'

Q3 highlights

• Copper production increased by 4% as Collahuasi in Chile increased production by 17% due to ongoing strong performance.
• PGMs production was broadly flat as a strong performance from the open pit Mogalakwena mine, with 12% higher palladium production, largely mitigated lower production from the underground Amandelbult.
• In Iron ore, the pipeline inspection and maintenance at Minas-Rio in Brazil was completed successfully and on schedule, with operations restarted in early October.
• Rough diamond sales improved ahead of the key Q4 holiday selling season for diamond jewellery.

	Q3 2020	Q3 2019	% vs. Q3 2019	YTD 2020	YTD 2019	% vs. YTD 2019
Diamonds (Mct)(3)	7.2	7.4	(4)%	18.4	23.0	(20)%
Copper (kt)(4)	166	159	4%	480	479	0%
Platinum (koz)(5)	517	527	(2)%	1,265	1,519	(17)%
Palladium (koz)(5)	352	352	0%	884	1,026	(14)%
Iron ore - Kumba (Mt)	9.5	10.5	(9)%	27.5	30.6	(10)%
Iron ore - Minas-Rio (Mt)(6)	5.0	6.1	(18)%	17.6	17.0	4%
Metallurgical coal (Mt)	4.8	6.6	(26)%	12.6	16.6	(24)%
Thermal coal (Mt)(7)	5.6	6.3	(11)%	16.2	19.6	(17)%
Nickel (kt)(8)	10.2	11.3	(10)%	31.9	30.9	3%
Manganese ore (kt)	939	910	3%	2,578	2,611	(1)%

^{(1) Excludes the impact of the Grosvenor suspension. Including the impact of Grosvenor, copper equivalent production increased 21% compared to Q2 2020 and decreased 7% compared to Q3 2019.
(2) Excludes the impact of the Grosvenor suspension and the strike at Cerrejón.
(3) De Beers production is on a 100% basis, except for the Gahcho Kué joint venture which is on an attributable 51% basis.
(4) Contained metal basis. Reflects copper production from the Copper business unit only (excludes copper production from the Platinum Group Metals business unit).
(5) Produced ounces of metal in concentrate. Reflects own mine production and purchase of concentrate.
(6) Volumes are reported as wet metric tonnes. Product is shipped with ~9% moisture.
(7) Reflects export primary production, secondary production sold into export markets and production sold domestically at export parity pricing from South Africa, and attributable export production (33.3%) from Colombia.
(8) Reflects nickel production from the Nickel business unit only (excludes nickel production from the Platinum Group Metals business unit).}

This Production Report for the third quarter ended 30 September 2020 is unaudited.

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For further information, please contact:

Media	Investors
UK	UK
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Marcelo Esquivel Email: [e-mail] Tel: [phone]	Robert Greenberg Email: [e-mail] Tel: [phone]
Katie Ryall Email: [e-mail] Tel: [phone]	Emma Waterworth Email: [e-mail] Tel: [phone]
South Africa
Sibusiso Tshabalala Email: [e-mail] Tel: [phone]

Notes to editors:

Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive operations, development projects and undeveloped resources, provides many of the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing consumer-driven demands of developed and maturing economies. With our people at the heart of our business, we use innovative practices and the latest technologies to mine, process, move and market our products to our customers - and to discover new resources - safely and sustainably.

As a responsible producer of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, the steelmaking ingredients of iron ore and metallurgical coal, and nickel - with crop nutrients in development and thermal coal operations planned for divestment - we are committed to being carbon neutral across our operations by 2040. We work together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock sustainable value from precious natural resources for the benefit of the communities and countries in which we operate, for society as a whole, and for our shareholders. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people's lives.

Forward-looking statements and third-party information:

This announcement includes forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this announcement, 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 (including development plans and objectives relating to Anglo American's products, production forecasts and Ore Reserves and Mineral Resource estimates), 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.

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