LONDON: Global miner Anglo American agreed to buy 40% of De Beers from South Africa's Oppenheimer family for US$5.1bil, tightening its grip on the world's biggest diamond firm.
The historic deal will end the involvement of the Oppenheimer family in De Beers, and will take Anglo American's stake to up to 85%, compared with the current level of 45%.
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