Tense Times As Gold Fields Awaits Norilsk&#39;s Move
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FRESH rumours that Norilsk of Russia is poised to take over Gold Fields have excited market watchers, but so far there has been no confirmation of this.
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The latest turn in the Russian poisoning saga carries ominous signs for the West.
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Gold Fields will be expected to sell its international assets valued at up to $3.5 billion and return the cash to shareholders as part of its defence against a hostile all-share bid from rival gold producer Harmony.
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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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Mining giant Gold Fields will know after a crucial shareholder vote on Tuesday if it has succeeded in ending a cheeky hostile takeover bid by its rival Harmony to create the world&#39;s largest gold producer.
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HARMONY is set to become the world&#39;s biggest gold producing mining company in just four months. This week Harmony moved closer to successfully concluding its hostile bid for rival Gold Fields.
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LionOre Mining International, the nickel producer, said that the takeover offer of $6.8 billion Canadian dollars ($6.3 billion) from Norilsk Nickel of Russia was superior to a rival offer by Xstrata of Switzerland. Xstrataâs most recent bid was for $6.2 billion Canadian dollars. Both companies have now made two offers for LionOre. Under the terms of an agreement signed with LionOre, Xstrata has until June 1 to match Norilskâs offer.
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South Africa&#39;s largest domestic gold producer is poised to make a surprise takeover bid for Gold Fields. With the backing from Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel, Harmony will
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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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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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Russia is trouncing the West in the race to gain access to the enormous oil and gas reserves of its neighbors.
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A railroad deal will soon link the ex-Soviet outpost to European markets.
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The battle for control of Gold Fields starts in earnest on Friday with the closing, at noon Johannesburg time, of the first stage of Harmony&#39;s two-part merger offer to the bigger company&#39;s shareholders.
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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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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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MOSCOW The stakes are high in the much-publicized feud between the Kremlin and the Russian oil giant Yukos - so high that the outcome of that battle will shape how the country&#39;s energy industry grows in 2005 and beyond.
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Letter from Moscow: Nobody knows for sure, but the backdrop for the deadly turn Russian politics has taken in recent months is the slow onset of a succession struggle