Anglo American beats Sibanye-Stillwater, Glencore, and Gold Fields

The latest Press Pulse data shows that Anglo American’s media sentiment is significantly higher than Sibanye-Stillwater, Glencore, and Gold Fields.

South Africa has a storied mining history, building global resource leaders through its rich gold, diamond, and platinum deposits.

Although South Africa’s position as the global leader in gold mining no longer holds, it is still one of the largest producers of the metal.

The country also boasts the world’s largest reserves of platinum-group metals (PGMs), manganese, and chrome.

Mining contributes significantly to South Africa’s economy and is one of the biggest employers and taxpayers.

There are also challenges. Regular labour disputes and strikes, logistics challenges, and regulatory challenges threaten the mining industry.

As one of South Africa’s most prominent sectors, mining companies want to ensure they are on the right side of public sentiment.

The media is highly influential in the mining sector as it provides a window into what is happening at these companies.

It raises the question of which mining company enjoys the best media sentiment among the biggest players.

The latest data from Press Pulse showed that Anglo American leads the other large players in the market.

Press Pulse is an artificial intelligence sentiment-measuring system for online media reports.

The system focuses on South African business reporting from top-tier publications and measures companies’ success in achieving positive exposure.

The sentiment ranking is based on the number of positive, neutral, or negative articles and the reach and influence of the publication where they are published.

Simply put, the more positive articles a company receives, the better its sentiment ranking. The inverse also holds.

Anglo American achieved more articles and a higher ratio of positive articles than its competitors. Sibanye-Stillwater was second, followed by Glencore, and Gold Fields.

The table and chart below provide an overview of Anglo American, Sibanye-Stillwater, Glencore, and Gold Fields’s media sentiment scores.