The country's No.1 gold producer says the "brief" spill affecting the operation has already been halted and blamed vandals for destroying or stealing sections of the pipe it uses to move waste water.
The megamerger mania now underway for Newmont Mining Corp., Barrick Gold Corp. and Goldcorp Inc. could force mid-tier companies to team up in order to successfully compete.
The Toronto-based gold miner cites operational issues at Black Fox in Ontario, startup delays at Gold Bar in Nevada for shareholder distribution suspension.
Foreign platinum and diamond miners have been restricted to only 49 percent ownership of their Zimbabwe operations by the black economic empowerment law.