B2Gold founder Johnson to retire as CEO
B2GOLD Corp has announced that Clive Johnson, the gold miner’s founder and long-serving CEO, will retire at the company’s annual general meeting on June 4, with CFO Mike…
Ramos to step down from AngloGold Ashanti board in May
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti said on Friday chairperson Maria Ramos is to retire in May. She will be replaced by Jochen Tilk, currently an independent non-executive of the board, a role he…
AngloGold Ashanti announces primary listing will move to New York Stock Exchange
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti today unveiled a major corporate restructuring in which it will move the primary listing of its shares to New York from Johannesburg, and domicile the business…
Gold Fields’ shares expected to lag until management vacuum filled say analysts
SHARES in Gold Fields are forecast to underperform owing to management and strategic uncertainty following the shock resignation of CEO since April 2021, Chris Griffith last…
Calderon says AngloGold fighting against “scars of the past” in effort to narrow discount to rivals
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti was facing a credibility problem in which short-term gains were being outweighed by “scars from the past”, said Alberto Calderon, the group’s CEO since…
AngloGold production targets not out of reach under reliable hand of its new CEO
ALBERTO Calderon appears the CEO AngloGold needs at this time following two years of management flux and strategic tumult that kicked off in September 2020 when former CEO,…
Christine Ramon who steered AngloGold through its worst times, to take early retirement
CHRISTINE Ramon, CFO of AngloGold Ashanti, is to take early retirement, the gold producer said in an announcement today. As interim CEO, Ramon anchored AngloGold Ashanti during…
AngloGold board united on strategy to return firm to gold industry elite in three years
THE board of AngloGold Ashanti had united behind a single strategy which was to see the firm’s return to the world’s gold mining elite in three years, said CEO, Alberto Calderon.…
Former AngloGold Ashanti chairman quit role amid sexual harassment investigation
SIPHO Pityana, a former director of AngloGold Ashanti, resigned as the firm’s chairman in December 2020 following an investigation into a complaint of sexual harassment. This…
AngloGold targets 30-40% cut in cash costs in bid to secure tier one credentials
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti aims to slash cash costs which are currently 30% to 40% too high, said Alberto Calderon, CEO of the Johannesburg headquartered gold miner since September. Asked…
Gold Fields would consider dual listing of shares in time, says CEO Chris Griffith
GOLD Fields would consider a dual listing of its shares as the prospect of leaving the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) would be “very difficult” for South Africa, said the gold…
BHP’s former utility player, Alberto Calderon is AngloGold Ashanti’s last shot at the big time
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti’s head office is located in Turbine Hall, a building of metal grid windows, ductwork, and brick in downtown Johannesburg that dates from the 1920s. When the…
“Becoming a non-executive would have been boring” says AngloGold CEO, Alberto Calderon
AT 61 years Alberto Calderon, AngloGold Ashanti’s new CEO, is but a year younger than Nick Holland who stepped down from Gold Fields in terms of its mandatory retirement age.…