South32
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mining and metals |
| Predecessor | BHP Billiton (spin-off) |
| Founded | May 18, 2015 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Headquarters | Perth , Australia |
Area served | Australia, South Africa, Mozambique, Colombia, United States, Brazil, Chile |
| Products | Bauxite, alumina, aluminium, metallurgical coal, manganese, nickel, copper, molybdenum, gold, silver, lead, zinc |
| Owner | Public shareholders |
South32 Limited is a mining and metals enterprise based in Perth, Western Australia. It originated as a spin-off from BHP Billiton on 18 May 2015. The company is publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange with additional listings on both the Johannesburg and London Stock Exchange.
Products
Its portfolio includes the extraction and production of bauxite, alumina, aluminium, metallurgical coal, manganese, nickel, copper, molybdenum, gold, silver, lead, and zinc.
Operations
South32 maintains operations across Australia, South Africa, Mozambique, Colombia, and the United States. It also holds stakes in an integrated aluminium enterprise in Brazil as well as a copper and molybdenum mining project in Chile.
Australia
- Australia Manganese (60% ownership); operates the GEMCO mine located on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory
- Cannington Mine, producing silver, lead, and zinc, situated about 200 km southeast of Mount Isa, Queensland
- Illawarra Metallurgical Coal near Wollongong, New South Wales, managing two underground metallurgical coal mines. In February 2024, South32 reached an agreement to divest Illawarra mines to a consortium comprising Golden Energy and Resources and M Resources.
- Worsley Alumina in Worsley, Western Australia (86% owned), encompassing a bauxite mine and alumina refinery; a portion of alumina output is shipped to South32’s smelting facilities in Africa for aluminium production
Brazil
- Holds a 33% stake in the bauxite mine operated by Mineração Rio do Norte near Porto Trombetas
- Owns 36% of the alumina refinery and 40% of the aluminium smelter at Alumar near São Luís
Chile
- Possesses a 45% interest in the Sierra Gorda copper and molybdenum mine located in the Atacama Desert close to Calama
Colombia
- Controls 99.94% of the nickel mining and smelting operation at the Cerro Matoso site in northern Colombia
Mozambique
South Africa
- Operates the Hillside aluminium smelter situated at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal
- Manages the manganese mines at Hotazel, including both the underground Wessels and open-pit Mamatwan mines in the Northern Cape
- Runs metalloys smelting plants located in Meyerton, Gauteng
United States
- Holds an option for mineral resource development at Hermosa in the southern part of the Patagonia mountains, Arizona
- Owns 50% of Ambler Metals, a mineral resource development option based in Alaska
Former operations
- The TEMCO manganese smelter at George Town, Tasmania was sold to GFG Alliance in January 2021
- Thermal coal mining assets under South Africa Energy Coal (SAEC) were divested to Seriti in June 2021