AngloGold has been granted approval by the South African Reserve Bank to separately list its international mining assets THE JSE was weaker at midday on Wednesday as it followed global markets lower and as a selloff in AngloGold Ashanti shares weighed on the market.AngloGold Ashanti‚ one of the world’s top five gold producers‚ would separately list its non-South African assets in a new company on the London Stock Exchange‚ together with listings in Johannesburg and the US‚ the company said on Wednesday.AngloGold had been granted approval by the South African Reserve Bank to separately list its international mining assets.The gold miner also said that it was looking to raise capital through a rights issue of $2.1bn to reduce current debt levels.At 1.19pm, the JSE all share index was trading 0.40% lower at 51,458.19 points and the blue-chip top 40 index 0.59% lower.Today’s losses are led by gold mining counters which shed 3.74%, followed by industrial counters with the index giving up...
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