Consolidated Gold Fields in Australia : : rise and decline of a British mining house, 1926-1998 / / Robert Porter.
"Consolidated Gold Fields was a major British mining house founded by Cecil Rhodes in 1892. Diversifying from its South African gold interests, the company invested widely during the following century. This included investments in the Western Australian gold sector from the 1920s and exploratio...
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Porter, Robert, 1956- author. Consolidated Gold Fields in Australia : rise and decline of a British mining house, 1926-1998 / Robert Porter. ANU Press 2020 Acton, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, 2020. 1 online resource (504 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. pt. 1. Context consolidated gold fields. 1. The Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa ; 2. New horizons for a British mining house -- pt. 2. Early investments in Australia. 3. Western Australian gold ; 4. Broader associations ; 5. Lake George and New Guinea -- pt. 3. A new force in Australian mining 1960 1966. 6. A new approach to Australia ; 7. New men and a new model ; 8. A range of investments -- pt. 4. Expansion, consolidation and restructuring 1966 1981. 9. Move to an Australian shareholding ; 10. Expansion and consolidation 1966 1976 ; 11. Acquisition and diversification ; 12. Portfolio challenges ; 13. Portfolio review 1975 1981 -- pt. 5. A majority Australian owned mining company 1981 1989. 14. Formation of a diversified mining company ; 15. The initial years ; 16. New interests and diversification ; 17. The challenges of the parent -- pt. 6. The final decade 1990 1998. 18. Hanson on the Register ; 19. Tumultuous years 1990 1994 ; 20. Final years ; 21. The end of an era. Onsite online access Online access with authorization. "Consolidated Gold Fields was a major British mining house founded by Cecil Rhodes in 1892. Diversifying from its South African gold interests, the company invested widely during the following century. This included investments in the Western Australian gold sector from the 1920s and exploration and mining activities elsewhere in Australia and the Territory of New Guinea. In the 1960s, Consolidated Gold Fields Australia (CGFA) was formed.CGFA had ambitious plans and the financial backing from London to establish itself as one of the main diversified mining companies in Australia. Investments were held in the historic Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, in Renison, and it was one of the first groups to develop iron ore deposits in the Pilbara of Western Australia. It also acquired a major interest in mineral sands.While the London-based Consolidated Gold Fields ceased to exist in 1989, taken over and dismembered by renowned corporate raider Hanson Plc, its Australian subsidiary, renamed Renison Goldfields Consolidated (RGC), continued for another nine years as a diversified mining group before it suffered its own corporate demise, facilitated by Hanson.CGFA and RGC were important participants in Australia’s post–World War II mining sector. This book is a history of a once great British mining-finance house and its investments in Australia. Consolidated Gold Fields had a rich and broad history in Australia; its ultimate fate did not demonstrate its potential as an Australian mining company." Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 cc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode Unless stated otherwise, the author retains copyright to their work while ANU Press retains exclusive worldwide rights for the distribution of the book. From 2018, the majority of ANU Press titles are published under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-ND; creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which broadens the ways in which works can be used and distributed. Please refer to the copyright page of each book for more information on a specific title's copyright licensing. English Description based on print version record. Consolidated Gold Fields Limited History. Australia bicssc Australasian & Pacific history bicssc Colonialism & imperialism bicssc British Mining House Cecil Rhodes Australian history gold fields Australian gold fields Australia Gold discoveries. 1-76046-349-3 |
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Porter, Robert, 1956- Consolidated Gold Fields in Australia : rise and decline of a British mining house, 1926-1998 / pt. 1. Context consolidated gold fields. 1. The Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa ; 2. New horizons for a British mining house -- pt. 2. Early investments in Australia. 3. Western Australian gold ; 4. Broader associations ; 5. Lake George and New Guinea -- pt. 3. A new force in Australian mining 1960 1966. 6. A new approach to Australia ; 7. New men and a new model ; 8. A range of investments -- pt. 4. Expansion, consolidation and restructuring 1966 1981. 9. Move to an Australian shareholding ; 10. Expansion and consolidation 1966 1976 ; 11. Acquisition and diversification ; 12. Portfolio challenges ; 13. Portfolio review 1975 1981 -- pt. 5. A majority Australian owned mining company 1981 1989. 14. Formation of a diversified mining company ; 15. The initial years ; 16. New interests and diversification ; 17. The challenges of the parent -- pt. 6. The final decade 1990 1998. 18. Hanson on the Register ; 19. Tumultuous years 1990 1994 ; 20. Final years ; 21. The end of an era. |
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pt. 1. Context consolidated gold fields. 1. The Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa ; 2. New horizons for a British mining house -- pt. 2. Early investments in Australia. 3. Western Australian gold ; 4. Broader associations ; 5. Lake George and New Guinea -- pt. 3. A new force in Australian mining 1960 1966. 6. A new approach to Australia ; 7. New men and a new model ; 8. A range of investments -- pt. 4. Expansion, consolidation and restructuring 1966 1981. 9. Move to an Australian shareholding ; 10. Expansion and consolidation 1966 1976 ; 11. Acquisition and diversification ; 12. Portfolio challenges ; 13. Portfolio review 1975 1981 -- pt. 5. A majority Australian owned mining company 1981 1989. 14. Formation of a diversified mining company ; 15. The initial years ; 16. New interests and diversification ; 17. The challenges of the parent -- pt. 6. The final decade 1990 1998. 18. Hanson on the Register ; 19. Tumultuous years 1990 1994 ; 20. Final years ; 21. The end of an era. |
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