{"id":421389,"date":"2011-05-11T09:11:34","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T09:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/11\/anglogold-ashanti-earns-203m-in-first-quarter-2011\/"},"modified":"2011-05-11T09:11:34","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T09:11:34","slug":"anglogold-ashanti-earns-203m-in-first-quarter-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/11\/anglogold-ashanti-earns-203m-in-first-quarter-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"AngloGold Ashanti earns $203m in first quarter 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"82.5447545717\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/investment\/\" title=\"View all posts in Investment\" rel=\"category tag\">Investment<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/second-lead\/\" title=\"View all posts in Second Lead\" rel=\"category tag\">Second Lead<\/a> \u00bb AngloGold Ashanti earns $203m in first quarter 2011<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:09 AM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/anglogold-ashanti.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4720\" title=\"anglogold-ashanti\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/anglogold-ashanti.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a>AngloGold Ashanti says it has recorded adjusted earnings of $203 million in the first quarter of 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The gold miner also says it boosted cash flow from its operations after eliminating its hedge book last year to reap the full benefit of record gold prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdjusted headline earnings in the three months to 31 March, 2011 were $203m, or 53 US cents a share compared with $61m, or 17 US cents for the corresponding quarter in 2010\u201d, the world\u2019s third-largest gold mining company said in a press release copied to ghanabusinessnews.com May 11, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>This was due to improved year-on-year performance from the South African mines and full impact of higher bullion prices, it says.<\/p>\n<p>According to AngloGold,\u00a0 its cash flow during the period was $513 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCash flow generated from the company\u2019s operating activities during the first quarter was $513m. Net debt** improved by another 15% to $1.1bn, underscoring the improvement in AngloGold Ashanti\u2019s cash generation, even after the company funded its capital expenditure requirements\u201d, the company said.<\/p>\n<p>Since its entry into Ghana in 2004 after taking over Ashanti Goldfields, AngloGold has invested $766 million in the Ghanaian operations, the company indicated in an advertiser\u2019s announcement in the Daily Graphic dated February 14, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Production was 1.039Moz at a total cash cost of $706\/oz in the three months to 31 March, 2011, compared with 1.079Moz at $619\/oz the for the corresponding quarter last year, and guidance for the first quarter of 1.04Moz at $675\/oz to $700\/oz, said the release.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it recorded two fatalities after separate incidents in South Africa and Ghana, the company says reported fatal incident rate has now dropped more than 90% since the introduction of the \u201cSafety is Our First Value\u201d approach in late 2007.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By Ekow Quandzie<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>| | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/11\/anglogold-ashanti-earns-203m-in-first-quarter-2011\/\" title=\"Click to send this page to Twitter!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a> | <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/11\/anglogold-ashanti-earns-203m-in-first-quarter-2011\/\" title=\"AngloGold Ashanti earns $203m in first quarter 2011\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AngloGold Ashanti earns $203m in first quarter 2011<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb Investment , Second Lead \u00bb AngloGold Ashanti earns $203m in first quarter 2011 Page last updated at Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:09 AM \/\/ AngloGold Ashanti says it has recorded adjusted earnings of $203 million in the first quarter of 2011. 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