1. Panned.
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GOLD mining , *GOLD , *MINERAL industries , *FORECASTING , *MERGERS & acquisitions , *ECONOMICS - Abstract
Reports on transformations within South Africa's gold industry, as of February 1998. Resignation of Mzi Khumalo as chairman of JCI, the country's first black-owned mining house; Details concerning Gold Fields and Anglogold, new companies; Figures for a depressed gold price; Complex corporate structures, rising costs, aging mines, low productivity and other problems to be overcome if the industry is to become competitive; Consolidation strategies; Forecasts.
- Published
- 1998