Holding in Company

Anglo American PLC
21 February 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 1. Name of company

    Anglo American plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

     De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     In respect of the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

     De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited - 13,293,086

     De Beers Investments (Pty) Limited - 117,086,985

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

     13,293,086 ordinary shares

6) Percentage of issued class

     3.26%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     Nil

8) Percentage of issued class

     -

9) Class of security

     Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each

10) Date of transaction

     19 February 2001

11) Date company informed

     21 February 2001

12) Total holding following this notification


     130,380,071 ordinary shares

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     31.98%

14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Tony Guthrie

     020 7698 8752

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of notification 21 February.2001