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UK gold auction gives producers a lift

Hammered by poor showings in the industrial products sector, the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index tumbled 189.63 points over the five trading days to end the July 4-10 period at 7,558.69.Gold dropped …


US interest rate cut gives TSE a jolt

Buoyed by another cut in interest rates south of the border, the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index rose 136.31 points over the holiday-shortened week of June 27-July 3 to finish the period at 7,748.32….


Merger trends

It was said of Benjamin Disraeli that he spent more time arriving at Westminster than he spent in it. Consolidation in the gold industry is arriving, still. It has to be said: if Barrick’s taking over…


Market waits for Fed cut

Denver — The prospect of an interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve held back the Dow Jones industrial average, which sank 124.19 points, or 1.2%, to 10,472.48 for the June 20-26 report period….


Barrick-Homestake merger shakes gold market

Spicing up an otherwise bland week, Barrick Gold, on June 25, announced its intention to purchase American rival Homestake Mining in a paper deal worth US$2.3 billion.The all-share, friendly offer cau…


Market weakens entering summer

Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average slumped 351.71 points, or 3.2%, to 10,596.67 for the report period ended June 19, as the market slipped into the summer doldrums. The Nasdaq dipped below 2,0…


Placer squeezes more gold out of Pipeline

Denver — The start of mining at the South Pipeline deposit and an ore-sales agreement with the Jerritt Canyon operation are expected to contribute to a 17% increase in gold output at the Pipeline com…


Few bright spots in down market

Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 136.70 points, or 1.2%, to 11,175.84 during the report period ended June 5, while spot gold slumped to US$265.70 on the Comex division of the New Yor…


Gold rally fizzles (sigh)

Gold bugs had little time to celebrate during the May 23-29 report period, as the mid-May gold rally quickly fizzled after a few exhilarating days. Coming off an earlier peak exceeding US$290 per oz.,…


Low-cost gold mines: the new survivors

As the gold price rallies, only to sink again, the measure of a good gold project is less and less its production and more and more its operating margin. The need to make money in a small way is winni…


Gold prices move up to new range

Gold bugs enjoyed an invigorating rally in the yellow metal over the May 16-22 report period, as the London gold price broke out of a long-held, sub-US$270-per-oz. range to spend a few hours above US$…


Market catches gold fever

Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average surged again after a brief respite, climbing 384.27 points, or 3.5%, to 11,257.24, its highest point in 15 months. The Nasdaq hit 2313.85.Spot gold on the Ne…


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