Strike contagion shuts down 40% of SA gold
AngloGold Ashanti confirmed its South African production had been interrupted as
strike action spread, a development that could prove catastrophic and involve
catalysing downsizing.
Why Harmony should rethink Golpu options
Harmony Gold will not produce enough gold in South Africa to fund its share of the
$5bn Golpu development costs.
Great Basin granted $35m loan
Great Basin Gold has been granted a $35m working capital loan by its existing
lenders.
Village Main’s Buffels spared the axe
Village Main Reef’s Buffelsfontein mine will stay in business, with the higher gold
price and improved production offering the mine lifeline, for now.
AngloGold workers on strike at Kopanang
Workers have embarked on an illegal strike at gold producer AngloGold Ashanti’s
Kopanang mine, reports Reuters.
Great Basin buys time as suitors mull Burnstone
The Canadian firm is hoping to win time to seal the sale of its Burnstone mine for
which there are two potential suitors.
Gold Fields strike hangs in balance
The fate of some 15,000 Gold Fields workers turns on eleventh-hour discussions,
with the gold producer ready to serve its third and final ultimatum.
Gold price quickens as Bernanke unveils Q3
The Federal Reserve’s largest and most sustained plan to speed recovery in the US
market by providing it with more cash, known as quantitative easing, could see the
gold price test $1,900/oz.
Holland: “We’re not making that much money’
THE gold industry is starting to recognise that investment cannot be sustained while
returns remain low, says Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland.
Great Basin Gold to shut Burnstone, seeks $40m
The chances of recovering fair value for assets in Great Basin Gold took a turn for
the worse as the company announced it was forced to shut its key South African
mine.