Business
Newmont Mining Corp. raised its offer for Normandy Mining Ltd. to $2.8 billion and won management’s support, trumping AngloGold Ltd. in a seven-week bidding contest for Australia’s top gold producer.
Jan. 4, 2002
World & Nation
A gas explosion in a South African gold mine killed 18 miners and left one missing in a shaft more than 1 1/2 miles underground, mine officials said.
July 31, 1999
* AngloGold Ltd. withdrew its offer for Normandy Mining Ltd. and ceded the battle for Australia’s top gold miner to Newmont Mining Corp.
Jan. 19, 2002
About 100,000 workers walk out after wage talks fail with the country’s gold industry, the world’s biggest with a 15% market share.
Aug. 8, 2005
Travel & Experiences
CAPE TOWN, South Africa--The goal of Cape Town’s newest museum is not to be a museum at all but an evolving “organic” complex, says director Christopher Till.
May 12, 2002
In the shadow of a rusting gold-mining factory here, hundreds of sweaty young men slog knee-deep in chocolate pools of sludge.
Oct. 17, 2005
California
The Newport Beach congressman values his stock, mutual fund and other holdings at as much as $5.9 million.
July 13, 2005
Harry Oppenheimer, the billionaire South African businessman who led the world’s largest diamond and gold mining companies for a quarter of a century and spoke out against apartheid, has died.
Aug. 21, 2000
The metal continues its rally on worries about an inflation report and the sliding dollar.
Nov. 17, 2004
Workers are going to dangerous depths in South Africa as prices top $800 an ounce.
Nov. 5, 2007