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AGL - Anglo American plc - Anglo American appoints Paulo Castellari as CEO
of Iron Ore Brazil
Anglo American plc
Incorporated in the United Kingdom
(Registration number: 3564138)
Short name: Anglo
Share code: AGL
ISIN number: GB00B1XZS820
Anglo American appoints Paulo Castellari as CEO of Iron Ore Brazil
Anglo American announces the appointment of Paulo Castellari as CEO of its
Iron Ore Brazil business from 1 January 2012. Paulo Castellari is currently
the Commercial Director of Iron Ore Brazil, with responsibility for
strategy, business development, sales and marketing and supply chain.
Before joining Iron Ore Brazil in May 2011, Paulo served as CEO of Anglo
American`s Phosphates and Niobium businesses, also based in Brazil.
Paulo Castellari replaces Stephan Weber, who has led the Minas-Rio iron ore
project through a period of significant regulatory and development progress
and driven the operational turnaround of the Amapa operation, and who has
now decided to explore other opportunities.
Cynthia Carroll, Chief Executive of Anglo American, said: "I would like to
thank Stephan Weber sincerely for his tremendous contribution to our Iron
Ore Brazil business. Under his leadership, we have achieved significant
progress with the Minas-Rio project and the operational turnaround of
Amapa. He will leave with our best wishes for the future. I am very pleased
to welcome Paulo Castellari as Stephan`s successor as CEO of Iron Ore
Brazil at a time when we have moved into the civil construction and
installation phase of our world class Minas-Rio project. Paulo`s extensive
experience in complex project management and performance will be invaluable
as we proceed towards the delivery of Minas-Rio - one of the world`s
largest mining projects."
Stephan Weber said, "I am very proud of what the Iron Ore Brazil team has
achieved during my time as CEO. Now is the right time for me to move on to
new opportunities as the project progresses to a different phase. I wish
the team every success for the future."
Paulo Castellari said: "I look forward to taking up the leadership of our
Brazilian iron ore interests. The Minas-Rio project is an enormously
exciting prospect in many ways - from its scale, dedicated logistics
system, the high quality and purity of its product, to its highly
competitive cost position and the very significant potential for further
expansion from our 5.3 billion tonne resource base. While we still have
much work to do in terms of construction and a number of other permits to
secure, we are entirely focused on the successful delivery of the project."
Under Stephan Weber`s leadership, the Minas-Rio project has secured a
number of its major licences and permits, including the mining permit, the
two critical installation licences for the mine, beneficiation plant and
tailings dam and the Mineral Easement for land access for the 525km slurry
pipeline, in addition to securing a fixed and highly competitive 25-year
port tariff agreement for the iron ore export facility at the port of Acu.
Notes to editors:
Anglo American is one of the world`s largest mining companies, is
headquartered in the UK and listed on the London and Johannesburg stock
exchanges. Anglo American`s portfolio of mining businesses spans bulk
commodities - iron ore and manganese, metallurgical coal and thermal coal;
base metals - copper and nickel; and precious metals and minerals - in
which it is a global leader in both platinum and diamonds. Anglo American
is committed to the highest standards of safety and responsibility across
all its businesses and geographies and to making a sustainable difference
in the development of the communities around its operations. The company`s
mining operations and extensive pipeline of growth projects are located in
southern Africa, South America, Australia, North America and Asia.
www.angloamerican.com
Paulo Castellari has 17 years of experience across the mining industry,
with exposure to operations in South America, southern Africa and Europe.
Prior to joining Anglo American`s Iron Ore Brazil business in May 2011,
Paulo was CEO of Anglo American`s Phosphates and Niobium businesses in
Brazil. He served in the Base Metals division prior to that, driving
operational performance and long term strategic planning following five
years as the Business Development and marketing Director for the Group`s
Nickel and Niobium businesses. In his early career, Paulo worked for
AngloGold Ashanti and Minorco in a number of corporate finance and capital
project roles.
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7 December 2011
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
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