This statistic depicts the top mining and metals deals with African companies involved, based on value in 2012. In that year, South African De Beers was acquired by Anglo American from the United Kingdom in a deal worth some 5.2 billion U.S. dollars.
Leading African mining and metals deals based on value in 2012
(in million U.S. dollars)
Target (Acquirer)
Value in million U.S. dollars
De Beers (Anglo American)
5,200
Richards Bay Minerals (Rio Tinto)
1,910
Tonkolili Iron Ore (Shandong Iron & Steel Group)
1,500
Anvil Mining (China Minmetals Corporation)
1,283
Extract Resources (China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding)
1,271
First Quantum Minerals’ residual assets (Eurasian Natural Resources)
Only completed deals are included. Deals identified as incomplete, pending, partly incomplete, unconditional or
intended as of December 31, 2012, were excluded.
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EY. (February 2, 2013). Leading African mining and metals deals based on value in 2012 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/253252/top-chinese-mining-and-metals-deals-based-on-value-2012/
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