Weaker U.S. stocks stumble
With markets weakening across the board, mining stocks were generally lower on U.S. exchanges. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 119.07 points, or 1.3% of value, over the five trading days from Ju…
Stillwater Mining Company
Forum to offer Stillwater tours
The Ninth International Platinum Symposium, scheduled for July 21-25, in Billings, Mont., will feature field trips to the Stillwater mine.The first trip, prior to the symposium, will include an underg…
Golds drop on profit-taking
After several weeks of spectacular gains driven by higher bullion prices, U.S.-listed gold stocks retrenched over the report period that ended June 4.Newmont Mining fell 41 to US$31.56, AngloGold dro…
Mining stocks survive broad market woes
The release of another cautious U.S. consumer report pushed the Standard & Poor’s 500 index down 8.93 points, or 0.8%, during the holiday-shortened May 22-28 report period. Likewise, the Down Jones In…
Golds up in U.S.
With gold trading once again above US$300 per oz., the U.S.-listed majors turned in a strong performance over the report period ended April 23.Newmont Mining advanced 99 to US$29.24; AngloGold rose $…
Newmont to redeem preferreds
Newmont Mining advanced $1.58 to US$28.19 over the report period ended April 16 as it called for the redemption (in mid-May) of all the issued and outstanding shares of its US$3.35 covertible preferre…
Trend Mining gets Lake Owen
Idaho-based junior Trend Mining (TRDM-O) has completed an earn-in on the Lake Owen property in Wyoming, taking over a 100% interest from General Minerals (GNM-T).The property, in in southeastern Wyomi…
Producers rise with gold price
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 3.8% to finish the March 27-April 2 report period at 10,313.71 points, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 shed 1.5% to end at 1,136.76 points.Gold shot past US$300 p…
Mixed results from metals producers
U.S. markets enjoyed a small boost over the March 13-19 report period, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 2.9 points to finish at just over 10,635 and the Standard & Poor’s 500 adding 4.7 po…
Producers rise with yellow metal
Despite little substantive news from the bullion markets over the report period ended Feb. 25, gold prices still managed to stage a significant rally and closed up $5 to just under US$300 per oz.The U…
Newmont rises to the top
The volume leader among all the miners during the report period was Newmont Mining, which finally won control of both Normandy Mining and Franco-Nevada Mining, making it the the world’s largest gold m…
Kaiser thrown US$300m lifeline
Nosediving 50% to US35, Kaiser Aluminum won the flameout-of-the-week award by filing for bankruptcy protection and obtaining US$300 million in debtor-in-possession financing from the Bank of America….