Aurora Empowerment Systems (AES), based in South Africa, is in negotiations for its gold mining companies to be acquired by two Chinese firms, said Enver Motala on Tuesday, representing Aurora Empowerment Systems. The negotiation is transparent and open to the public, in accordance with South African laws, Economic Information Daily reported Thursday.

The two Chinese enterprises have been planning to pay 100 million dollars to acquire 65 percent shares of AES' two gold mining companies, located in northeast South Africa.

Solidarity, the largest independent trade union in South Africa, has questioned the legality of the acquisition, saying that AES failed to obey South African laws during the bidding process for the deal. But Enver Motala has denied the accusation.

AES's two gold mining companies have reported heavy losses in recent years due to poor management, and more than 4,000 employees have been laid off. AES has been actively looking for cooperation with foreign companies to save its subsidiaries.

經(jīng)濟(jì)參考報(bào)x消息稱，南非極光控股有限公司代表恩維爾?穆塔拉當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間5月31日說(shuō)，公司正在與兩家中國(guó)礦業(yè)公司就收購(gòu)金礦事宜進(jìn)行談判，談判過(guò)程透明、公開，按規(guī)范程序進(jìn)行，符合南非相關(guān)法律。

中國(guó)兩家礦業(yè)公司計(jì)劃以1億美元收購(gòu)極光旗下兩座金礦65%的股份。這兩座金礦位于南非東北部。

此前南非團(tuán)結(jié)工會(huì)曾對(duì)這一收購(gòu)過(guò)程合法性提出質(zhì)疑。該公會(huì)認(rèn)為，南非極光在招標(biāo)過(guò)程中沒(méi)有按照南非法律規(guī)定的程序進(jìn)行。但穆塔拉當(dāng)天否認(rèn)了這一說(shuō)法。

由于經(jīng)營(yíng)不善，交易涉及的兩座金礦近年來(lái)出現(xiàn)嚴(yán)重虧損，近4000名礦工面臨失業(yè)。為此，南非極光積極尋求外資合作，以挽救金礦的命運(yùn)。