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Founded by Adolf Goerz on Dec 29, 1897.1
Private company
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.
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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
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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.
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Founded by Adolf Goerz on Dec 29, 1897.1
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