South32 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
ASXS32
IndustryMetals
Mining
PredecessorBHP Billiton
Founded18 May 2015
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

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

Operations

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

Brazil

  • Mineração Rio do Norte bauxite mine near Porto Trombetas (33%)
  • Alumar alumina refinery (36%) and the adjoining aluminium smelter (40%) near São Luís

Chile

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

Colombia

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

Mozambique

South Africa

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

United States

  • 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

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