Private company

Union Corporation

South African mining house

Union Corporation Limited was a South African mining house. It was founded as the A Goerz & Co Ltd in the late 1890s as a gold mining company.2 It was founded by Adolf Goerz.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Dec 29, 1897Founded1
  • HeadquartersJohannesburg1
  • Legal formprivate company limited by shares1
  • LEI213800RTX815MGCNM9293
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O TOTALSERVE TRUST COMPANY, VG1110 Tortola, British Virgin Islands3
  • Registered withRegistry of Corporate Affairs (British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission), 4607773

Union Corporation Limited was a South African mining house. It was founded as the A Goerz & Co Ltd in the late 1890s as a gold mining company.2

Corporate structure

Union Corporation sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Union Corporation Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Modderfontein Deep Levels, Ltd. Subsidiary · South Africa

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Union Corporation reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Modderfontein Deep Levels, Ltd.

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Adolf Goerz on Dec 29, 1897.1

Leadership

Who has led Union Corporation, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • Modderfontein Deep Levels, Ltd.

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Gencor1

Former names

  • A. Goerz & Co., Ltd.Dec 29, 1897 to 19181

Timeline

  1. 1918Renamed Name changed to Union Corporation1
  2. Dec 29, 1897Founded Founded1

Sources

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