Anglo American coking coal production update

Wednesday, 27 Apr 2011

Metallurgical Coal

	Q1 2011	Q1 2010	Changes
Production
Export metallurgical	2,056	3,282	-37%
Thermal	3,002	3,350	-10%

(In '000 tonne)

Weighted average achieved FOB prices

	Q1 2011	Q1 2010	Changes
Export metallurgical	210	131	60%
Export thermal	102	79	29%
Domestic thermal	35	31	13%

(In USD per tonne)

	Q1 2011	Q1 2010	Changes
Export metallurgical	2,056	3,257	-37%
Export thermal	947	1,317	-28%
Domestic thermal	1,892	1,949	-3%

(In '000 tonne)

Anglo American production of metallurgical coal decreased by 37% to 2.1 million tonne due to the record rainfall and subsequent flooding events experienced at the Queensland operations in late 2010 and during the first quarter.

Production of thermal coal from mines in Australia was also impacted by the adverse weather conditions and decreased by 10%.

All operations are producing again with a ramp-up to full production expected in the second quarter. A number of initiatives are in progress for the remainder of 2011 to mitigate the production shortfall from Q1.