My guess is that they would like to buy out the shares of Newmont held by Consolidated Gold Fields.

And the amount of gold used to make jewelry dropped 3 percent last year, according to Consolidated Gold Fields.

In 1988 Hanson went on to buy Consolidated Gold Fields for £3.5bn.

The house was then owned by Consolidated Gold Fields.

Newmont also announced a 10-year agreement giving Consolidated Gold Fields permission to increase its ownership.

Minorco was forced to withdraw its bid for Consolidated Gold Fields.

Rembrandt bought 10 percent of Consolidated Gold Fields in 1987.

Consolidated Gold Fields itself has a 17 percent share in Driefontein.

Minorco advanced to the final hurdle in its battle for control of Consolidated Gold Fields.

The judge said Consolidated Gold Fields should either have the shares put into escrow or not vote them.