AngloGold hoping to contain global cost increases but, SA remains a problem

AngloGold Ashanti’s (ANGJ.J) top executive said on Tuesday the company hoped to keep its global cost increases to half the industry average but the situation in South Africa was “a lot tougher.”

Mark Cutifani, the chief executive of Africa’s top gold miner, cited increasing depths, reduced grades and input inflation as structural increases putting upward pressure on the costs of gold mining.