FOCUS: N America Shares Vital In S Africa Gold Battle
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JOHANNESBURG (Dow Jones)--North American shareholders will play a decisive role in the outcome of the bitter takeover battle between South African gold giants Harmony Gold Mining Co.
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The price of platinum soared on Thursday past 2,000 dollars an ounce to a record as power shortages affected mining production in South Africa, the biggest supplier of the white precious metal, traders said.
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The crucial Gold Fields shareholder vote on whether to merge Gold Fields&#39; international mining assets and those of Canada&#39;s IAMGold is set to take place on Tuesday, with the result hanging in the balance.
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Platinum hit another record high on Tuesday on a weaker dollar and a power crisis in South Africa which halted mining production, while silver touched a 27-year high to track firmness in gold.
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Rattled by a spate of high-profile  mining disruptions on several continents this month, gold stock  investors are looking to company bosses to reassure them that  their investments are safe.
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Platinum hit another record high on  Monday on the back of lingering supply concerns in South  Africa, which produces four-fifths of the world's metal.
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Gold hit a 28-year high on Friday as the dollar's continued slide to record lows versus the euro raised the metal's appeal to speculative investors.
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THE merger of Harmony and Gold Fields is attractive in that it will not only create the biggest gold producer in the world, but one which is truly South African.
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Gold prices swept to a record high on Wednesday above the key $850-an-ounce mark, driven by surging oil, a weaker dollar and simmering geopolitical tensions that polished its safe-haven credentials.
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JOHANNESBURG : South Africa&#39;s Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. said it would bid for control of Gold Fields Ltd, valuing it at 8.1 billion dollars (6.
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[Business India]: South African gold producer Harmony has bid to take over larger rival Gold Fields, a merger that would create the world&#39;s biggest gold producer.
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India and South Africa, two of the world's leading emerging markets, hope to boost business links as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits the African nation this week to build on their historic ties.
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Philip Durell takes a look at three gold mines for value investors.
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The Motley Fool - Here's something you don't see every day -- the continuing brouhaha between Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL - News) and PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT - News) being a notable exception. South Africa's Harmony Gold Mining Company (NYSE: HMY - News) has announced a hostile takeover bid to acquire fellow South African miner Gold Fields Limited (NYSE: GFI - News). The transaction, if it takes place, would be an all-stock acquisition, with Harmony issuing 1.275 new shares in payment for each share of Gold Fields. The deal would value Gold Fields at more than &#36;8 billion. ...
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The United States is challenging other countries to pay their share of the world&#39;s premier AIDS-fighting fund by the end of September or lose $120 million in US cash.
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South Africa is sitting on gold, platinum and other minerals that are selling at record prices on world markets, yet its economy is, quite literally, underpowered.
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South Africa&#39;s Harmony Gold looking to create the world&#39;s biggest gold producer after it pounced on bigger domestic rival Gold Fields with an all-share takeover bid worth about $A11.