Golds lead way
With prices surging US$8 into the mid-US$320-per-oz. range, producers of the yellow metal proved to be the only bright spot in the U.S. markets during the report period ended Sept. 24.The U.S.-listed …
AngloGold Ashanti Limited
Gloomy start to September
A market rout on September’s first trading day in the U.S. might be a sign of further carnage to come this fall. For the report period ended Sept. 3, the major indices retested post-9-11 lows, with th…
US markets reverse course
In another typical display of these troubled times, U.S. markets reversed course to finish the Aug. 21-27 report period worse off than when they started.The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 47.66 …
Rally leaves golds behind
A strong rally in the U.S. markets over the report period Aug. 13-20 brought the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 4.6% and the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 up 6%.The Dow finished the period at 8,872.0…
Gold’s prospects dominate Aussie mining conference
Kalgoorlie, Australia — Consolidation in the gold mining sector and an optimistic outlook for the price of bullion over the next 18 months had delegates in high-spirits at the 10th annual Diggers & D…
Ashanti out from under margin requirements
An infusion of cash from a US$75-million note issue allowed Ghanaian gold producer Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) to retire old debt and buy out of earlier hedge arrangements that subjected it to margin c…
Newmont rises with strong quarter
Newmont Mining turned in its first quarterly report since its mega-merger with Franco-Nevada Mining and Normandy Mining, and the results augur well for the company’s future. The company, now the world…
Iamgold retires Sadiola debt, sees earnings slip
Junior producer Iamgold (IMG-T) is eyeing “significantly” higher cash flow now that all remaining debt relating to the Sadiola mine in western Mali has been retired.In mid-May, a US$31.5-million payme…
AngloGold trims hedge
Eyeing a strengthening gold price, AngloGold (AU-N) trimmed its hedge book by another 2.4 million oz., to 10.5 million oz., during the second quarter.The move, which followed a 1.7-million-oz. reducti…
Proposals sink SA shares
The stocks of South African-based miners headed south during the report period ended July 30 as political risk made a stark reappearance.In a document leaked to a Johannesburg-based web site in late J…
Dines advises loading up on golds and silvers
One of the small lessons learned by new investors is that those experts who glibly say “you can’t time the market” are usually the ones who are just not very good at it.One proven master of market tim…
US mining shares walloped
The 7-day period that ended July 23 was marked by relentless waves of panic selling in markets across the world. In the U.S., the S&P 500 index sank 11.4% to 797.71 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Av…