Thread regarding AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. layoffs

tonnage, grades and economic opportunities continually change good companies take advantage of slack periods and open up with diversification of exploration activities perhaps a lot less remuneration to bean counters and alleged corporate whiz kids and more effort into the hard yards and the concept of delivering dividends to shareholders on regular basis in lieu of reliance on a share price, many shareholders want a regular realistic return (better than banks) and their interests to grow with security - screw the whiz kids look at the GFC, steady solid growth, no sale of assets but development of assets is what is required, downsizing on the basis of cost reduction alone is bovine excreta and results in the failure of the enterprise, remember productivity is the ratio between input and output, sometimes greater achievements may be attained by increasing inputs and the better use of available skills and resources.