Name: South32 (S32) Short Position History
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S32

South32

Materials

South32 is a diversified mining and metals company producing bauxite, alumina, aluminium, energy coal, metallurgical coal, manganese ore, manganese alloy, nickel, silver, lead and zinc. The company has operations in Australia, Southern Africa, and South America. South32 aims to create value through the development of its portfolio of high-quality assets and disciplined capital management.

Short position

short percentage1.02%

reported shorts45.9M

shares on issue4.486B

South32 (ASX:S32) has 1.02% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 24 Aug 2026, or about 45,872,750 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has fallen 0.57 percentage points, and over 90 days it has fallen 0.32 percentage points. Its highest recorded short interest was 2.82% in January 2016. S32 is classified in the Materials industry. All figures come from official ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay.

Operations exposure

Western AustraliaSignificant operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Worsley alumina and Cannington support
QueenslandSome operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Cannington silver-lead-zinc mine
Northern TerritorySome operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Groote Eylandt manganese operations

Coarse bands are AI estimates based on public company information.

Weekly context: The 10 most shorted ASX stocks — Week 35, 2026.