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Duncan Wanblad’s unlikely reinvention of Anglo American
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Anglo’s trek to Vancouver underscores South Africa’s slide
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Between lab-grown diamonds and the frailty of consumers in China, natural diamonds have been on the wane. De Beers has a plan to turn…
Falling off BHP’s dance card makes ‘zero difference’ to Anglo
Reports that BHP has cooled on the prospect of buying Anglo American make no difference to Anglo’s strategy, says CEO Duncan Wanblad…
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