NEWS RELEASE: AngloGold Ashanti Update on Unprotected Strike at South Africa mines

NEWS RELEASE: (Johannesburg)  –  AngloGold  Ashanti (AGA)  confirms that  its  mines  in  South  Africa remain  at  a standstill  amid the unprotected  strike  which  began  on 20 September  2012 at the Kopanang operation  and spread to the  remaining  five  operations  on  25  September  2012. Our priority remains to protect the safety of our employees and the communities in which we operate and we continue to work with the authorities to that end. AngloGold Ashanti has

AngloGold Ashanti Depository shares and Fan Milk closed at year-highs as Gold Fund ETF increased on GSE.

CBL - The stock market returned 0.29% today, as gains in three equities pushed the GSE-Composite Index up 2.93 points, to close at 1,028.83 points. The year-to-date return went beyond the 6% mark at 6.17%. The financial stock index also gained some ground; up 0.43 points to close at 861.80 points.
The trade value increased by more than twenty-fold, and the volume, by

Only 38 West African companies made it to the list of Africa's Top 250 companies

Over thousands of companies are registered in West Africa. Most of which are registered in Nigeria, Ghana and Cote d' Ivoire. But despite the numbers, only thirty eight of  West African companies made it to the list of Africa's Top 250 Companies.

Africa's Top 250 Companies list is compiled annually by the African Business team and in the April issue of the AFRICAN BUSINESS magazine, financial data from Dr. Ayo Salami, (co-founder of African Business Research Ltd) as at 31st December 2011 indicated that