Anglo writes down De Beers, pressing on with business overhaul
Anglo American posted an annual loss of $3.1 billion on Thursday after taking an impairment of $3.8 billion, mostly due to its ailing diamond unit, as it races to restructure into a major copper producer following a bruising takeover battle with BHP last year.
Anglo American writes down De Beers value by $2.9bn
Anglo American has written down the value of its De Beers diamond business for the second time in two years. The London-listed miner said on Thursday it had booked an impairment charge of $2.9bn on the unit, which it is seeking to offload. That follows the $1.6bn writedown of De Beers in its annual results last year.
Anglo American's CEO says the headwinds from lab-grown diamonds were surmountable as owner writes down $2.9 billion of De ...
(Bloomberg) -- Anglo American Plc took another writedown on its struggling De Beers diamond unit, and posted a slide in profit, as the miner moves ahead with a radical overhaul of its business ...
De Beers, worn by the likes of actress Lily James (pictured), would more likely be sold than listed, said Anglo American ...
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