Union Corporation
Union Corporation Limited is a South African mining house founded on 29 December 1897 as A Goerz & Co Ltd. It took over the interests of the British registered company founded by Adolf Goerz in 1893. The company was renamed Union Corporation in 1918.[1]
The company owned the and mines. In the 1950s, it opened four mines in Evander and the in the Orange Free State.[2]
Key personalities included Henry Strakosch, who was appointed Managing Director in London in 1902 and Peter Maltitz Anderson, who joined the company in 1911 and became Manager of UCL in 1921.[3]
In 1980 the group merged with to form Gencor, which was in turn amalgamated with Gold Fields in 1998.
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References[]
- ^ Arthur R. Butz, Was Churchill's Gold Bug Jewish? Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Gencor Ltd. - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Gencor Ltd". www.referenceforbusiness.com. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^ Union Corporation Ltd (UCL), MyFundi
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