Gold Fields hires Weston as new VP for Australasia region

South Africa-based Gold Fields has appointed Richard Weston to replace Glenn Baldwin as executive vice president of its Australasia region. Weston would take up the position on May 1 and would be responsible for the company’s two existing...

Gold Fields’ Australia VP Baldwin to step down

Glenn Baldwin, the executive vice-president (VP) and head of gold-miner Gold Fields’ Australia region, would resign as of December 31, 2009. Baldwin would join Australia’s Consolidated Minerals as COO in February next year.

Gold Fields’ St Ives mine aiming to return to 500 000-oz/y-producer status

Even though most recent production results for Gold Fields Australian mine, St Ives, were below-par, the goal remains to quickly move the mine back to being a 500 000-oz/y producer of gold, said Gold Fields Australasian executive vice president...

THE TEAM’S IN PLACE

Pensive Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland, closest to the camera, had his new full team in place at the presentation of fourth-quarter and 2009 financial year results, at which a capital expenditure programme of R8,5-billion for the financial year to...

Gold Fields appoints executives to drive growth in West Africa, South America

South Africa-based gold-miner Gold Fields has appointed three more executives to its group executive team. Peter Turner has been appointed as executive vice-president (VP) and head of the West Africa region, Juan Luis (Juancho) Kruger as the...

Free-flowing cash, best-ever safety, higher production, lower costs – Gold Fields

South African gold-mining major Gold Fields put R1,4-billion of free, unencumbered cash into the till in the March quarter, achieved its best-ever safety performance, fixed production on a firm upward trajectory and cut costs by 2%, Nick Holland,...

Gold Fields restructures executive team

A growing global footprint has prompted the world’s fourth-largest gold-miner Gold Fields to reorganise and strengthen its executive team, with the group’s international portfolio now split into three portfolios. “These changes will...

Gold Fields COO Goodlace quits

South African gold producer Gold Fields’ Terence Goodlace has resigned as COO and executive director, the company said on Wednesday. Goodlace’s resignation was prompted by “private and personal considerations”, and would be effective...

A CROWN OF GOLD ...

THE Cerro Corona copper/gold project in the northern Peruvian Andes is one of South African gold mining major Gold Fields� two most important development projects (the other being South Deep in South Africa).The other South American country Gold...

SouthernEra’s platinum project advances

Platinum group-metals miner SouthernEra Resources reported last week on progress at the company's 73,1% subsidiary, Messina Platinum, where the successful first blast on the new mechanised long-hole stope, between the 350- and 370-m level, occurred.

SouthernEra appoints new GM at Messina

Diversified Canadian explorer SouthernEra Resources at the weekend announced the appointment of Glenn Baldwin as new mine general manager at the Messina Platinum Mine, with effect from January 1, 2004.