Gold Fields axes premium
Gold Fields (GFI-N) has trimmed its proposed cash contribution under a plan to merge its international assets with…
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Harmony’s first pass nets 10.8% of Gold Fields
Harmony Gold (HMY-N) has acquired 53.4 million, or 10.8%, of Gold Fields (GFI-N) issued share capital under the ear…
Golds sag despite rising bullion
U.S. stock markets finished little-changed over the report period Nov. 17-23 despite a selloff on Nov. 19 following comments by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan on how the U.S. current account deficit might depress the value of the greenbac…
Gold Fields scores a late blow
South Africa’s Competition Appeal Court has ruled that Harmony Gold (HMY-N) cannot use any Gold Fields (GFI-N) shar…
Gold Fields flops on Broadway
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has denied Gold Fields’ (GFI-N) motion for a…
South African takeover battle intensifies
A pair of crucial votes has seen shareholders on both sides of the raging South African takeover battle fall in behind their respective companies.
Markets up, miners follow
A quarter-point move in U.S. interest rates didn’t dampen enthusiasm on Wall Street in the reporting period Nov. 10-16. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, at 10,487.65, and the S&P 500, at 1,175.43, were both about 1% higher after generally buoyant…
Harmony scores a hat trick
South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has dismissed Gold Fields’ (GFI-N) request that it block the early settlement p…
Vote sparks markets
A strong rally on the Thursday following the U.S. election took American equity markets higher during the reporting period Nov. 3-9, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 3.5% to finish at 10,386.37 and the S&P 500 index up 3% at 1,164.08.
Harmony shareholders OK takeover
Shareholders of Harmony Gold (HMY-N) have overwhelmingly approved their company’s plan to take over larger rival Go…
Harmony bid clears another hurdle
South Africa’s High Court has dismissed Gold Fields’ (GFI-N) application to have Harmony Gold’s (HMY) unsolicited t…
Gold Fields circles the wagons (November 08, 2004)
As part of its 3-pronged defence plan against