Gold Fields Bid for Northern Star Rejected Amid M&A Gold Rush
South African miner Gold Fields faces resistance after its $27 billion takeover proposal for Australia's Northern Star Resources was dismissed as undervaluing the target.
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The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 11 articles since 26 Sept 2026. Bloomberg.com published first, on 26 September at 12:13 UTC; africa.businessinsider.com followed 15h 46m later. The most recent article, from News Feed, appeared on 2 October at 02:16 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Bloomberg.com (major outlet), News Feed (major outlet), africa.businessinsider.com.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Bloomberg.comGold Fields Said to Express Interest in Buying Northern Star
- africa.businessinsider.comSouth Africa’s Gold Fields seeks to buy Australia’s biggest gold miner in what could become one of the biggest deals in the gold industry
- Bloomberg.comNorthern Star Rejects ‘Opportunistic’ Proposal From Gold Fields
- News FeedAustralia’s biggest gold miner rejects $27bn takeover bid
- africa.businessinsider.comAfrica’s gold giant makes $27 billion bid to create world’s second-biggest producer — but Australian rival says no
- Bloomberg TechnologyGold Fields Sees Pressure on Northern Star to Discuss Offer
- Bloomberg.comNorthern Star Drawn Into Australia’s M&A Gold Rush
- Bloomberg MarketsGold Fields Said to Weigh Sweetening Northern Star Bid With Cash
- Bloomberg.comGold Fields keeps pursuing Northern Star, OpenAI’s apology, RBA rate hike
- Bloomberg.comNext Africa: Gold Miners Are Digging Elsewhere for Growth
- News FeedForeign bid highlights Australia’s battle to forge a gold champion
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Foreign bid highlights Australia’s battle to forge a gold champion News Feed ·
- Next Africa: Gold Miners Are Digging Elsewhere for Growth Bloomberg.com ·
- Gold Fields keeps pursuing Northern Star, OpenAI’s apology, RBA rate hike Bloomberg.com ·
- Gold Fields Said to Weigh Sweetening Northern Star Bid With Cash Bloomberg Markets ·
- Northern Star Drawn Into Australia’s M&A Gold Rush Bloomberg.com ·
- Gold Fields Sees Pressure on Northern Star to Discuss Offer Bloomberg Technology ·
Show 5 more sources
- Australia’s biggest gold miner rejects $27bn takeover bid News Feed ·
- Northern Star Rejects ‘Opportunistic’ Proposal From Gold Fields Bloomberg.com ·
- Gold Fields Said to Express Interest in Buying Northern Star Bloomberg.com ·
- Africa’s gold giant makes $27 billion bid to create world’s second-biggest producer — but Australian rival says no africa.businessinsider.com
- South Africa’s Gold Fields seeks to buy Australia’s biggest gold miner in what could become one of the biggest deals in the gold industry africa.businessinsider.com
In this story
- Gold Fields
- Northern Star Resources