Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Rhodes, Cecil
- Rudd, Charles D
- Goldfields of South Africa Ltd
- Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa Ltd
- British South Africa Co
- Goldfields of South Africa Ltd
- Amalgamated Roadstone Corp
- Amey Group
- Amey Roadstone Corp
- Hanson Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Australia
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- South Africa
- United States
Sectors:
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Extraction
Gold extraction
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Extraction
Granite extraction
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Extraction
Sand & gravel extraction inc dredging
Notes:
Established in 1887 by, inter alia, Cecil Rhodes and Charles D Rudd as Goldfields of South Africa Ltd. After reconstruction in 1892 known as Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa Ltd. Closely associated with British South Africa Co. After c1910 started to acquire important mining interests outside South Africa. Business reorganised in 1959 when South African interests held in a locally incorporated subsidiary using the revived name of Goldfields of South Africa Ltd. From late 1960s built a major UK based aggregates business based largely on acquisition of Amalgamated Roadstone Corp and Amey Group which formed Amey Roadstone Corp. Business acquired by Hanson Plc in 1989
Publications:
- Charles Dunell Rudd, 1844-1916. A compendium of his life by Rudd, Alan
- Consolidated Gold Fields. A centenary portrait by Johnson, Paul
- Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd. Ten years of expansion by Unknown
- Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd by Agnew, J A
- Consolidated Goldfields. Partner in apartheid. CIS Anti Report by Unknown
- Gold Fields, 1887-1937. The Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd by Unknown
- Gold Paved the Way. The story of the Gold Fields Group of Companies by Cartwright, Alan P
- Interlocking directorship and transnational linkages within the British empire, 1900-1930 by Brayshay, Mark, Mark Cleary & John Selwood
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Rhodes, Cecil
- Rudd, Charles D
- Goldfields of South Africa Ltd
- Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa Ltd
- British South Africa Co
- Goldfields of South Africa Ltd
- Amalgamated Roadstone Corp
- Amey Group
- Amey Roadstone Corp
- Hanson Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Australia
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- South Africa
- United States
Sectors:
- Extraction Gold extraction
- Extraction Granite extraction
- Extraction Sand & gravel extraction inc dredging
Notes:
Established in 1887 by, inter alia, Cecil Rhodes and Charles D Rudd as Goldfields of South Africa Ltd. After reconstruction in 1892 known as Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa Ltd. Closely associated with British South Africa Co. After c1910 started to acquire important mining interests outside South Africa. Business reorganised in 1959 when South African interests held in a locally incorporated subsidiary using the revived name of Goldfields of South Africa Ltd. From late 1960s built a major UK based aggregates business based largely on acquisition of Amalgamated Roadstone Corp and Amey Group which formed Amey Roadstone Corp. Business acquired by Hanson Plc in 1989Publications:
- Charles Dunell Rudd, 1844-1916. A compendium of his life by Rudd, Alan
- Consolidated Gold Fields. A centenary portrait by Johnson, Paul
- Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd. Ten years of expansion by Unknown
- Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd by Agnew, J A
- Consolidated Goldfields. Partner in apartheid. CIS Anti Report by Unknown
- Gold Fields, 1887-1937. The Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd by Unknown
- Gold Paved the Way. The story of the Gold Fields Group of Companies by Cartwright, Alan P
- Interlocking directorship and transnational linkages within the British empire, 1900-1930 by Brayshay, Mark, Mark Cleary & John Selwood