Anglo American PLC (AAL) News

The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in South Africa. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names and prices are from the last close.

QR National, an Australian state- owned freight operator, is seeking commitments by Sept. 10 for about A$3 billion ($2.7 billion) in loans for after an initial public offering, according to a person familiar with the plan.

South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index snapped two days of gains, losing 315.31, or 1.1 percent, to 27,665.29 at the close in Johannesburg.

De Beers’ unit Namgem said a “substantial” amount of rough and polished diamonds has been stolen from its factory in Okahandja, 67 kilometers (42 miles) north west of the Namibian capital, Windhoek.

South Africa, having failed to restructure its economy after apartheid, should take full control of “critical” commodities and establish a state-owned bank, Julius Malema, the president of the youth league of the ruling African National Congress, said.

Workers represented by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa at Africa’s largest stainless steel mill, run by a unit of Spain’s Acerinox SA, have suspended strike action today pending the finalization of picketing rules, Columbus Stainless Ltd. said in an e-mailed statement today.

South African President Jacob Zuma said that members of the ruling African National Congress who were already debating his succession in public were undermining the party.

Anglo American Plc, the third- largest producer of steelmaking coal, is seeking an acquisition that may more than double output to meet rising demand from India and China.

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd., a unit of Anglo American Plc, said an application by Imperial Crown Trading for a partial right over its Sishen ore mine in South Africa is “fraudulent.”