Anglo American claimed its place as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the global economic recovery and higher commodity prices, posting a record annual profit and showering investors with more than R100bn in cash.

The earnings report on Thursday by Anglo, one of the most visible faces of SA capitalism since its founding in 1917 by Ernest Oppenheimer, rounds off a blockbuster earnings season for heavyweight miners...

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