Should Anglo American Break Up?

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Financial Post reported a break up of Anglo American’s (LSE:AAL) answers may add value to the company.

Financial Post reported a break up of Anglo American’s (LSE:AAL) answers may add value to the company.

As quoted in the market news:

The departure of Anglo American’s chief executive has revived talk of radical ways for the miner to boost its flagging share price, even going as far as a break-up of the group.

Splitting Anglo into its constituent parts – Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), Kumba Iron Ore, diamond producer De Beers and a rump of other assets – could arguably add value. Anglo, like many of its peers, trades at a discount to the sum of its parts, and analysts estimate the uplift to its net value at somewhere between 10 and 30 percent.

Click here to read the Financial Post report.

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