Barrick fined for Veladero cyanide spill
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) has been fined $9.8 million for a cyanide spill that took place at its Veladero gold mine in Argentina’s San…
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) has been fined $9.8 million for a cyanide spill that took place at its Veladero gold mine in Argentina’s San…
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Goldcorp’s (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) senior unsecured ratings one notch above junk status, while confirming its ratings for Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX), AngloGold…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index hit new highs for 2016 on the back of steady oil price gains (U.S. crude settled at US$38.50 per barrel…
The S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted their best performances since November. The S&P 500 rose 2.8% to 1,917.78, and the Dow advanced 2.6% to 16,391.99. The Nasdaq climbed 3.8% to 4,504.43, in its largest weekly…
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is benefitting from going back to the basics, under the direction of chair John Thornton.
U.S. equities posted a second consecutive weekly gain, after a surprise move from the Bank of Japan to stimulate its economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.3% to 16,466.30, while the S&P 500 Index advanced 1.8% to 1,940.24. The…
U.S. markets were closed on Jan. 18 for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and see-sawed the rest of the week, as West Texas Intermediate crude dipped below US$27.98 per barrel on Wednesday before finishing up 5.5% to US$32.20. The European…
Moody’s Investors Service has put the credit ratings of 55 mining companies under review due to poor market conditions, noting this downturn marks a “unprecedented shift” for the mining industry.
The opening week of 2016 marked the worst first week in history for Wall Street stocks, as oil prices fell to their lowest level in more than a decade and concerns about slowing growth in China spooked global markets. Manufacturing data in…
Since the commodities downturn started four years ago, gold companies have sought ways to reduce costs and push ahead. The spot gold price ended 2015 at US$1,061 per oz., down 10% for the year and 36% since closing 2012 at US$1,664 per oz….
Raymond James analyst Phil Russo has reviewed 67 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the gold space since 2010 to determine how many are viable producing, developing and streaming deals. He has found that 40% of transactions would not recoup…
Premier Gold Mines’ (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) CEO Ewan Downie recently talked to The Northern Miner about the company’s decision to buy Pure Gold Mining’s (TSXV: PGM; US-OTC: LRTNF) land package so that it could expand its…
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