- CEO
- Graham Kerr
- Full Time Employees
- 9,906
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Industrial Materials
- Address
- 108 St Georges Terrace Perth WA Australia 6000
- IPO Date
- May 27, 2015
- Business
- South32 Limited is a globally diversified mining and metals company headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, and spun out of BHP Billiton in 2015. The company produces bauxite, alumina, aluminium, metallurgical coal, manganese ore and alloys, nickel, copper, molybdenum, silver, lead and zinc from operations spanning Australia, South Africa, Mozambique, Colombia, the United States, Brazil and Chile; key assets include the Worsley Alumina refinery and GEMCO manganese mine in Australia, Hillside Aluminium smelter and South Africa Manganese operations in South Africa, Mozal Aluminium smelter in Mozambique, Cerro Matoso nickel mine in Colombia, Sierra Gorda copper-molybdenum mine in Chile, Cannington silver-lead-zinc mine in Australia, and development projects such as Hermosa in Arizona and Ambler Metals in Alaska. South32 serves industrial customers worldwide, including aluminium and steel producers, with a focus on commodities essential for infrastructure, energy transition and modern manufacturing, and maintains listings on the Australian Securities Exchange alongside secondary listings in Johannesburg and London.
In recent developments, South32 completed the sale of its Cerro Matoso nickel refinery in Colombia to CoreX Holding in November 2025 following a July agreement valued at up to $100 million, as part of a strategic review amid nickel market shifts; the company also divested its Metalloys manganese alloy smelters in South Africa in June 2025, TEMCO manganese smelter in 2021 and South Africa Energy Coal in 2021 to streamline its portfolio toward higher-return, lower-carbon assets. Additional changes include final investment approval for the Taylor zinc-lead-silver deposit at Hermosa in FY24, conversion of coal-fired boilers to natural gas at Worsley Alumina in FY24 to cut emissions, an ongoing base metals exploration alliance with Orogen Royalties in western North America launched in 2025 with a $300,000 initial budget, a C$29 million strategic investment in American Eagle Gold in November 2024, and a binding agreement to sell Illawarra Metallurgical Coal expected to close in H1 FY25. These moves support South32's strategy to prioritize critical minerals for a low-carbon future while enhancing operational resilience and shareholder returns.