Gold Fields warns of takeover pitfalls
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Johannesburg - South African gold mining giant Gold Fields on Wednesday warned its shareholders that rival Harmony was &quot;financially stretched&quot; and was offering them overvalued shares in a hostile takeover bid.
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BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc.   the world's biggest miner, warned on Friday that big profits in  the industry on the back of soaring metals prices will not  necessarily mean more industry share buybacks.
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South African mining giant Gold Fields lost a high court bid to halt a hostile takeover by rival Harmony Gold, which is seeking to create the world&#39;s biggest gold producer, a court official said.
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Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. accused Gold Fields Ltd. directors of mismanaging their South African assets, in a report Tuesday aimed at persuading shareholders to support Harmony's &#36;8.1 billion hostile takeover bid.
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South African gold producer Harmony, with backing from Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel, is poised to make a surprise takeover bid today for Gold Fields, the world&#39;s fourth biggest producer, the Financial Times has reported.
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SA&#39;s largest gold producer, Harmony, is expected to launch a hostile bid for rival gold company Gold Fields today, in concert with Gold Fields&#39; largest shareholder, Russia&#39;s Norilsk.
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Harmony Gold Mining Ltd. said Monday it would continue its multibillion dollar (euro) takeover bid for Gold Fields Ltd. and will defend legal action brought against it by Gold Fields in a US court.
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Gold Fields, Harmony and Norilsk Nickel are discussing alternative transactions to the current offer by Harmony for Gold Fields - and shareholders should act cautiously in the meantime, Gold Fields announced on Monday.
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The share price of Harmony Gold came under pressure today, dipping some 8% after announcing a hostile bid for Gold Fields to create the world&#39;s biggest gold producer.
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The board of Gold Fields Ltd. urged shareholders Wednesday to reject a $8.1-billion-US takeover bid by South African gold producer Harmony Gold Mining Co.
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Gold Fields has attacked Harmony Gold Mining&#39;s &quot;stretched&quot; finances and &quot;marginal&quot; mines as it urged shareholders to reject an approach from the rival gold producer.
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GOLD Fields, moving to hold its ground in the face of an increasingly hostile takeover battle with Harmony, filed a complaint in a New York district court on Friday in one of many actions taken to stymie Harmony&#39;s bid to become the world&#39;s biggest gold
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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.
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Miner Harmony Gold can cut costs at takeover target Gold Fields Ltd. by up to $178.4 million and restrict job losses at its head office, senior management and service level, the firm said Thursday.
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Gold Fields Ltd. narrowly lost a key vote at a special shareholders meeting Tuesday that would have helped it fight off a hostile takeover bid by Harmony Gold Mining Co.
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Gold Fields&#39; latest legal bid to prevent a hostile takeover by South African rival Harmony was thrown out by regulators yesterday in another blow to its defence strategy.
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JOHANNESBURG : A battle over a hostile takeover bid to create the world&#39;s largest gold mining group has spilled over into court, with Gold Fields Limited (GFI) accusing rival Harmony of being in breach of South African criminal laws.