South32 Limited 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]

South32 Limited
Company typePublic
ASXS32
IndustryMetals
Mining
PredecessorBHP Billiton
FoundedMay 18, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-05-18)
Headquarters
Key people
Karen Wood (chair)
Graham Kerr (CEO)
ProductsAlumina
Aluminium
Copper
Manganese
Metallurgical coal
Lead
Nickel
Silver
Zinc
Revenue$US 6.3 billion (2021)
$US 1.5 billion (2021)
Websitewww.south32.net

Products

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The company is a producer of bauxite, alumina, aluminium, metallurgical coal, manganese, nickel, copper, molybdenum, gold, silver, lead and zinc.[3]

Operations

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South32 has operations in Australia, South Africa, Mozambique, Colombia and the United States. In addition it has investments in an integrated aluminium business in Brazil and a copper and molybdenum mine in Chile.[4]

Australia

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Brazil

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Chile

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  • Sierra Gorda copper and molybdenum mine located near Calama (45%)

Colombia

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  • Cerro Matoso nickel mine and smelter in northern Colombia (99.94%)

Mozambique

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South Africa

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Exploratory semi-autonomous drilling at South32 Hermosa project in Patagonia, Arizona.

United States

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Former operations

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References

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  1. ^ Admission to Official List Australian Securities Exchange 18 May 2015
  2. ^ BHP Billiton's South 32 spin off: Will it pay off? ABC News 5 May 2015
  3. ^ "The commodities we bring to society". South32. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. ^ South32 debuts as Australia's third-biggest miner with market value of $11.3b Sydney Morning Herald 18 May 2015
  5. ^ GEMCO South32
  6. ^ Cannington South32
  7. ^ Illawarra Metallurgical Coal South32
  8. ^ McLaren, Mick (29 February 2024). "South32 Illawarra Metallurgical Coal mines to be sold off in deal that needs BlueScope approval". ABC News (Australia).
  9. ^ Worsley Alumina South32
  10. ^ Mozal Aluminium South32
  11. ^ Hillside Aluminium South32
  12. ^ Anglo American, South32 complete sale of Tasmanian smelter Australian Mining 5 January 2021
  13. ^ "Completion of South Africa energy coal divestment" (PDF). South32. 1 June 2021.