Tongaat-Hulett

Anglo American PLC
14 December 2006



News Release


14 December 2006


                                 Tongaat-Hulett


Anglo American welcomes the announcement today by The Tongaat-Hulett Group 
("Tongaat") regarding the proposed unbundling and listing on the JSE of Hulett
Aluminium ("Hulamin") and the proposed Black Economic Empowerment ("BEE")
transactions in respect of Tongaat and Hulamin. These transactions represent
further progress in advancing Anglo American's strategic targets which were
announced in October 2005.

The proposed transaction will result in the acquisition of a 25% interest in
Tongaat and a 15% interest in Hulamin by broad-based groups of BEE investors.
Further to these transactions, Anglo American's shareholding in Tongaat will
reduce from 51% to 38% and its shareholding in Hulamin will be an effective 39%,
down from 45%.


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