From: Voxant Newsroom on Thu, Feb 17 2011 2:39 PM

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) posted a decline in fourth quarter headline earnings today, to $294 million, compared to $303 million in the third quarter. Productions costs for the Johannesburg-based gold miner rose in the fourth quarter, to $672 per ounce, compared to $642 per ounce in the third quarter.