Gold Fields
Energy
Hybrid renewable project powers up
EDL has switched on its 23 MW renewable power station that integrates photo-voltaic solar with gas and diesel generation for Gold Fields’ Agnew Gold Mine.
Gold
Gold Fields ranked top SA mining company on the 2019 DJSI
Gold Fields has again been ranked the top South African mining company on the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) database.
Central Africa
Cost reporting from gold sector misleading and inconsistent
The world’s gold sector has been called to account for fostering potentially misleading and inconsistent reporting of its actual cost structure.
Southern Africa
Court approves settlement of the silicosis and TB class action
A full bench of the Johannesburg High Court has approved the settlement of the silicosis and tuberculosis class action suit.
West Africa
Cardinal Resources eyes improving cost structures in Ghana
Cardinal Resources is expected to finalise the Feasibility Study for its Namdini project in Ghana in the September quarter.
Gold
Wits – Gold Fields research collaboration goes deep
Students at Wits, with the support of Gold Fields, are building capacity to apply mechanised mining methods and technologies in deep-level gold mines.
Central Africa
Majors support transparency of tailings storage facilities
Mining majors respond to the international requests for information and transparency on their tailings storage facilities.
Gold
Gold Fields raises US$1 billion to repay debt
Gold Fields has raised of two new bonds – a US$500 million 5-year bond and a US$500 million 10-year bond to improve liquidity of the group’s debt.
West Africa
Damang and Gruyere key to the future of Gold Fields
Gold Fields has been focused on reinvesting with 2019 expected to be the inflection point as new projects start to contribute to the group.
Infrastructure
The future of South Africa’s deep level gold mining
South Africa’s deep level gold mining industry will over the next 10 years almost entirely cease to exist (excluding Gold Fields’ South Deep mine).
