Gold Fields reports strong fourth quarter as earnings surge
Higher gold prices and production boosted the gold miner in its year to end-December, with HEPS up more than 300%
10 February 2021 - 13:19
Gold Fields says it ended 2020 with a strong rise in production, expecting full-year headline earnings per share (HEPS) to more than quadruple as it reaped the benefit of record precious metal prices.
The group, which has mines in SA, Australia, West Africa and South America, said in a trading update that attributable gold production in its three months to end-December was expected to rise 6.5% quarter on quarter to 593,000oz...
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