Anglo American’s Q2 Production Up 20% Driven by Diamonds, Platinum

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Updated: Jul 20, 2021, 07:41 UTC

LONDON (Reuters) - Global miner Anglo American said on Tuesday its production rose by 20% in the second quarter, driven by strong output in diamonds and platinum, even as operations were running at 95% of normal capacity because of COVID-19 disruptions.

In the three months to June rough diamond production rose by 134% compared to the same period a year ago as consumer demand recovered, while platinum group metals production at its South African unit Anglo American Platinum increased by 59% to 1.06 million ounces.

Copper production rose by 2% to 170,000 tonnes, it said.

(Reporting by Clara Denina and Helen Reid, Editing by Helen Reid)

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