High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Anglo American plc (LSE: AAL, JSE: ANGLO) is a global mining company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is a major producer of diamonds, copper, nickel, iron ore and metallurgical and thermal coal and the world`s largest producer of platinum, with around 40% of world output. It has operations in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America.