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$GFI Said to Be Considering a Spin Off of its Mines Due to Strikes and Costs

Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI), the fourth-biggest producer of the metal, will spin off part of its South African business as a wave of strikes and above-inflation pay gains add to costs and curb output for mining companies in the country.

Sibanye Gold Ltd. will trade in Johannesburg and New York and include the Kloof-Driefontein Complex, Africa’s largest gold operation, and the Beatrix mines, Johannesburg-based Gold Fields said today in a statement. Gold Fields will keep South Deep, its second-biggest facility, and mines in Peru, Ghana and Australia. The stock rose the most in three years in Johannesburg trading.”

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