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Anglo American PLC
10 December 2003


News Release


10 December 2003

            Anglo American plc names new non-executive director

Anglo American plc ("Anglo American") announces that Dr Maria Silvia Bastos
Marques has joined its Board with immediate effect.

Ms Marques (46) has been a partner of a corporate finance consultancy (MS & CR2
Financas Corporativas Ltda.) since 2002. Prior to that she was both President of
the Brazilian Steel Institute, from 2001 to 2002, and Chief Executive of
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), Latin America's largest integrated steel
company, from 1999 to 2002 (Head of Corporate Centre from 1996 to 1999).  During
her tenure at CSN, the former state owned business was transformed into a
profitable and growing company. She has held non-executive directorships in
Petroleo Brasileiro SA  (Petrobras), Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) and
Companhia Souza Cruz SA. She also chaired Galvasud, a joint venture between CSN
and Thyssen-Krupp Stahl. From 1993 to 1996, she was the Secretary of Finance for
the municipality of Rio de Janeiro where over that period she succeeded in
balancing the city's budget and increasing reserves from US$5 million to US$1.2
billion.

Ms Marques, a Brazilian national, holds a BA in Public Administration from the
Brazilian School of Public Administration, a Masters degree and a PhD in
Economics from the Graduate School of Economics, Getulio Vargas Foundation in
Rio de Janeiro.

Commenting on the appointment, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman of Anglo
American, said: "We are delighted to welcome Maria Silvia to the Board and are
confident that she will bring fresh insight to the Board with her commercial
skills, experience in related businesses and extensive knowledge of Latin
America."


For further information:

Anglo American - London

Investor Relations                                     Media Relations

Nick von Schirnding                                    Kate Aindow

Tel:  +44 207 698 8540                                 Tel:  +44 207 698 8619



Anglo American - Johannesburg

Investor Relations                                     Media Relations

Anne Dunn                                              Marion Dixon

Tel:  +27 11 638 4730                                  Tel:  +27 11 638 3001


Notes to Editors:


Anglo American plc is one of the world's largest mining and natural resource
groups. With its subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, it is a global
leader in gold, platinum group metals and diamonds, with significant interests
in coal, base and ferrous metals, industrial minerals and forest products. The
group is geographically diverse, with operations in Africa, Europe, South and
North America and Australia. (www.angloamerican.co.uk)



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