South32
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| Type | Public |
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| ASX: S32 | |
| Industry | Metals Mining |
| Predecessor | BHP Billiton |
| Founded | May 18, 2015 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Stephen Pearce (chair) Matt Daley (CEO) |
| Products | Alumina Aluminium Copper Manganese Lead Nickel Silver Zinc |
| Revenue | US$ 5.78 billion (2025) |
| Website | www.south32.net |
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]
Products
[edit]The company is a producer of bauxite, alumina, aluminium, metallurgical coal, manganese, nickel, copper, molybdenum, gold, silver, lead and zinc.[3]
Operations
[edit]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
[edit]- Australia Manganese (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]
- 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[7]
Brazil
[edit]- Mineração Rio do Norte bauxite mine near Porto Trombetas (33%)
- Alumar alumina refinery (36%) and the adjoining aluminium smelter (40%) near São Luís
Chile
[edit]- Sierra Gorda copper and molybdenum mine located in the Atacama Desert near Calama (45%)
Colombia
[edit]- Cerro Matoso nickel mine and smelter in northern Colombia (99.94%)
Mozambique
[edit]South Africa
[edit]- Hillside aluminium smelter at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal[9]
- The Wessels underground and Mamatwan opencut manganese mines at Hotazel in the Northern Cape
- Metalloys smelters at Meyerton, Gauteng (which was then sold in June 2025)
United States
[edit]- Hermosa, a mineral resource development option located in the Patagonia mountains of southern Arizona
- Ambler Metals (50%), a mineral resource development option located in Alaska
Former operations
[edit]- TEMCO, a manganese smelter located at George Town, Tasmania, was sold to GFG Alliance in January 2021[10]
- South Africa Energy Coal (SAEC), operating thermal coal mining assets in South Africa, was sold to Seriti in June 2021[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ 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
- ↑ Worsley Alumina South32
- ↑ Mozal Aluminium South32
- ↑ Hillside 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
- Companies in the S&P ASX 50
- 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