U.S. Markets February 28-March 6
Rate-hike and gold-price jitters took their toll on U.S. markets over the report period Feb. 28-March 6, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down 15.86 points at 1,278.26. Senior gold companies s…
Stock Markets/Investing
Will Codelco spin-off silver assets?
The largest copper miner in the world, Chilean state-owned Codelco, denies it’s planning to spin-off its silver ass…
TSX and TSXV Short Positions Feb. 15
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Lonmin confirms bid rumours
Platinum producer Lonmin (LMI-L) has confirmed that it has been in “preliminary discussions” with a possible buyer,…
TSX and TSX Venture Short Positions
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Market frowns on Kinross’ delayed results
At long last Kinross Gold (K-TO) has reported its financial results — and the market didn’t like what it saw.D…
Gold prices for 2006? GFMS says down then up
While Influential gold research company GFMS Limited is forecasting a falling gold price for the first half of 2006…
UPDATE: Gold Fields and Bolivar deal under attack
When Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L) first announced its friendly takeover of Bolivar Gold (BGC-T, BGCNF-O), it looked a…
EuroZinc adopting poison pill
Vancouver – Conscious of the industry consolidation trend, EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) has tabled a shareholder’…
Mongolian murmurs rattle miners
Vancouver – Although preliminary, reports of proposed amendments to Mongolia minerals and mining policy sent ripple…
Felderhof trial stalls … again
The long trial of John Felderhof, Bre-X’s former chief geologist, continued on Wednesday with the prosecution’s cro…
Whistle blown on Refco (October 18, 2005)
The trust customers and investors place in a business leader is so hard to quantify and yet so critical to a busine…