Daily Dispatches

By Angus Macmillan
Dow Jones Newswires

JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 3 -- If AngloGold Ltd. is
pipped at the post by Newmont Mining Corp in
its bid for control of Australia's Normandy
Mining Co., it will face a dwindling range of
growth strategies. U.S.-based-Newmont has
raised its bid for Normandy to A$1.93 a share
-- valuing the company at A$4.3 billion --
and eclipsing AngloGold's A$4.1 billion offer

By Darren Schuettler

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 4 (Reuters) -- AngloGold Chairman
and CEO Bobby Godsell said on Friday his company's
offer for Australia's Normandy Mining was final and it was
now up to Normandy's shareholders to decide.

However, Godsell told Reuters in an interview that he was
encouraged by the narrowing gap between AngloGold's
offer and a richer bid from U.S. rival Newmont Mining Corp.

By Darren Schuettler and Sophie Hares

JOHANNESBURG/SYDNEY, Jan 3 (Reuters) -- Newmont Mining
looked poised to win a takeover battle for Australia's
Normandy Mining with a sweetened bid on Thursday, as
AngloGold Ltd refused to up its latest offer.

U.S.-based Newmont had earlier boosted the cash element
of its offer by 10 Australian cents per share, with the Normandy
board recommending the A$4.3 billion (U.S. $2.2 billion) offer.

By Walter Watson

SYDNEY, Dec 27 (Reuters) -- South Africa's AngloGold Ltd hit back
against Newmont Mining Corp in the battle for Normandy Mining Ltd
on Thursday, boosting its bid by 10 cents cash a share to value the
Australian gold miner at about A$4.1 billion (US$2.1 billion).

However, at the close of Australian trade the offer still valued
Normandy at only A$1.83 a share, compared to Denver-based