BID TO CREATE BIGGEST GOLD PRODUCER
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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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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 worldâs largest producer of iron ore, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce of Brazil, said it was in talks with a rival, Swiss-based Xstrata, about a merger.
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South African mining giant Gold Fields on Friday said it has filed a complaint in a New York court against rival Harmony to try and stop it from continuing with a hostile takeover to create the world&#39;s largest gold producer.
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The price of gold hit a record high Friday as production ground to a halt in South Africa on the back of a spiralling electricity crisis the government has labelled a national emergency.
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South Africa&#39;s largest domestic gold producer Harmony will reportedly make a surprise takeover bid on Monday for the world&#39;s fourth biggest, Gold Fields.
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Harmony Gold Mining, South Africa&#39;s gold largest miner, made a hostile bid today to acquire buy Gold Fields for 52.9 billion rand ($8.
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BHP Billiton, the AngloAustralian mining group, announced plans yesterday to increase production amid surging demand for commodities.
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Harmony Gold, South African gold mining group, said it made a bid over its bigger rival Gold Fields to form the biggest gold producer over the globe.
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JOHANNESBURG - Mining giant Gold Fields will know after a crucial shareholder vote on Tuesday if it has succeeded in ending a cheeky hostile take-over bid by its rival Harmony to create the world&#39;s largest gold producer.
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Australian zinc producer Zinifex Ltd  launched an all-cash bid worth up to A$775 million ($668 million) for nickel miner Allegiance Mining , the latest in a hectic round of industry consolidation.
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The Barrick Gold Corporation, the worldÂs biggest gold producer, extended its $1.71 billion hostile takeover bid for a rival, NovaGold Resources, until Dec. 6 after acquiring 13.2 million shares. That represented 12 percent of NovaGoldÂs 106.7 million shares outstanding. The bid of $16 a share remains Âthe best and final offer,Â Barrick said.
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Global mineral conglomerate rides the tide of higher worldwide commodity demand.
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China, the world&#39;s third-largest gold  producer, is likely to surpass the United States to become the  second-largest producer of the precious metal in 2007, a senior  Chinese industry official said on Friday.
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The world's largest mining group, BHP Billington Ltd.,  is considering a rival bid for aluminum producer Alcan Inc.  and has hired an investment bank, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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THE war between two of South Africaâs largest gold companies is set to intensify this week as the battle moves from the stock market to the courts.
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Russiaâs largest metals producer Norilsk Nickel and two South African gold mining companies Gold Fields and Harmony Gold Mining Co.