Shell aims to combine coal gasification with gas-to-diesel technology in an alliance with coal miner Anglo American.
The list includes Anglo American, Aquila Resources, BHP Billiton, Macarthur Coal, Rio Tinto, Vale, and Xstrata.
In any case, Anglo American and its subsidiary have different appetites for risk these days.
Firms such as Anglo American, the mining and manufacturing conglomerate, have happily been co-opted.
Mr Cutifani will take up the top job at Anglo American on 3 April.
Anglo American's chairman John Parker described Mr Cutifani as a "highly respected leader" in the sector.
AngloGold had previously been majority-owned by Anglo American, which has its headquarters in London.
In January 2012, the transaction was approved by Anglo American shareholders, with 99.94 percent voting in favor.
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Mining group Anglo American has reported a drop in fourth quarter production of platinum and iron ore.
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) - the world's biggest platinum producer - last week fired 12, 000 striking workers.
Shares in Anglo American, the world's largest producer of platinum, closed 1.4% higher on the London Stock Exchange.
But Mr Godsell sent him to De Beers, the diamond company in which Anglo American owns a 45% stake.
Anglo American rebuffed a "merger of equals" bid from Xstrata on Monday night.
Next, Mr Davis proposed a merger with Anglo American, once ranked as one of the titans of the industry.
It would have cost Anglo American hard cash to retain its controlling stake.
Nomura's Cliff thinks the biggest challenge in this deal will simply be getting Anglo American's management to the negotiating table.
Anglo American expects the transaction to close in the second half of 2012, in line with its previously stated timeline.
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Anglo American was too optimistic in believing that it could turn around decades of mismanagement and looting in one year.
Mining Minister Susan Shabangu said Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) had not consulted properly with the government on the production cuts.
The world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum, said it would sack strikers who did not attend disciplinary hearings on Tuesday.
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Mining group Anglo American has announced that Mark Cutifani, the current boss of AngloGold Ashanti, will be its next chief executive.
Amplats, which is majority-owned by London-listed mining group Anglo American, plans to cease production at four loss-making mine shafts in Rustenburg.
Shares in Amplats fell 6.8% on the news on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, while in London, Anglo American shares dropped 2.4%.
Sprawling conglomerates such as Anglo American and Gencor have consolidated their various gold interests into single, gold-only firms, and spun them off.
"I also own Anglo American on the London Stock Exchange, " adds Sarubbi.
Ernest Oppenheimer, who had earlier founded Anglo American, took control in 1927.
This week a much bigger mining company, Anglo American, said the same.
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All these complaints helped the dapper Mr Mazoka, who once worked for the Anglo American mining company and had promised a better-run economy.
Labor unrest and work shutdowns have since spread to other mining companies as well, including No. 1 producer Anglo American Platinum this week.
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Ms Carroll had been in the job for five years, during which time Anglo American saw a big fall in its share price.
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