Some of those attending this year's Indaba mining forum in Cape Town were not going to let poor old Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd chief executive Bernard Swanepoel forget about his company's ill fated attempt last year to takeover fellow South African miner Gold Fields Ltd. Swanepoel - who addressed the conference on its opening morning - found himself speaking after erstwhile rival Ian Cockerill, who outlined his mining house's current strategy to secure its future. Moderator and managing director of CIBC World Markets Incorporated's investment banking division, Andrew Quinn, reminded his audience of a poll conducted at Indaba 2005 when attendees were asked if they thought Harmony would be successful in its merger bid (the majority said it didn't).
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