Anglo American plc is a British multinational mining company headquartered in London, England, and founded in 1917, that produces copper, premium iron ore, and crop nutrients including polyhalite; it explores and mines copper concentrates and cathodes, iron ore from Kumba Iron Ore and Iron Ore Brazil operations, base metals such as nickel, niobium and phosphates, steelmaking coal, and manganese ore, with an 85% ownership stake in De Beers for rough and polished diamonds. The company operates across Africa, South America, Australia, North America, Europe, and Asia, serving global markets in metals, minerals, and fertilizers through approximately 55,000 employees. In May 2025, Anglo American demerged its platinum group metals division as Valterra Platinum, the world's largest platinum producer by value; in September 2025, it agreed to a merger of equals with Teck Resources Limited to form Anglo Teck plc, creating the second-largest copper producer globally with over 70% copper exposure and projected US$800 million in annual synergies plus US$1.4 billion from integrating Collahuasi and Quebrada Blanca copper operations; it also plans to divest or spin off De Beers and metallurgical coal assets following a terminated $3.78 billion sale to Peabody Energy in 2025.