SUGAR LAND, TX — (Marketwire) — 05/18/12 — Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)– (NYSE:GFI) (Johannesburg, South Africa), one of the world-s leading , reported solid gains in revenues and profits for the first quarter of 2012. The company attributed the gains to strong gold prices and tight cost controls, which offset the effects of an overall reduction in attributable equivalent gold. Net earnings were reported to be $267.8 million, compared with $157.7 million in f