High-flying Gold Fields’ profit soars, half-year dividend up

Covid notwithstanding, gold mining company Gold Fields saw its profit soar in the six months to June 30 and the half-year dividend declared equated to last year’s full-year dividend. The Johannesburg- and New York-listed company, headed by CEO Nick Holland, announced attributable profit for the six months of $156-million, compared with $71-million for corresponding period of last year. Normalised profit of $323-million for the six months to June 30, 2020 compared with profit of $126-million for the six months to June 30, 2019.