Anglo American plc
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Anglo American plc is a British multinational mining company with headquarters in London, England. It is the world's largest producer of platinum, representing approximately 40 percent of global outpu
Sculptures outside Anglo American offices in London
De Beers
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De Beers Group is a British multinational diamond company that specialises in the mining, trading and marketing of diamonds. The company is active in open-pit, underground, large-scale alluvial and co
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…from UK and US sources to start the gold mining company; this fact is reflected in the company's name. The AAC became the majority stakeholder in the De Beers company in 1926, a company formerly controlled by Alfred Beit, also a Jewish German émigré. In the late 1940s and 1950s, the AAC focused on the development…
DeBeers store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, in 2008
Cecil Rhodes founded De Beers in 1888
Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, of the Rothschild family, funded the development of De Beers
Preference share of the De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., issued 1 March 1902