How are Gold, Silver and Mining Companies Shaping Up?

By Bob Kirtley, skoptionstrading We will begin with a review of the charts for gold, silver and the gold bugs index, the HUI, to see where we are now and just where we might be headed from here. However, to put the charts into context we need to take into consideration the surrounding political, economic [...]

‘Very significant’ rerating chance for SA gold miners – Gold Fields

A "very significant" rerating opportunity existed for South African gold producers, Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland said on Thursday. Holland said that the large gap that had existed between the market capitalisations of South African gold-mining stocks and those of far smaller international gold-mining companies had been closed in the past and, with proper management, [...]

Mining ‘wall of debt’ severely constraining global supply growth prospects

The severe debt position faced by the world’s biggest mining companies will have an adverse impact on future supply growth and hence could lead to sharply higher commodity prices. Read more….

Australia approves Chinese takeover of Felix Resources

Australia approved Chinese firm Yanzhou Coal Mining Co’s $2,9-billion takeover of coal-miner Felix Resources on Friday, but said the local firm’s assets must be run by an Australia-based company. The deal is also conditional on listing the local unit on the Australian market and trimming Yanzhou’s holding, but it does not change Australia’s declared bias [...]

Slideshow: 11 Ways to Invest in Gold

The Daily Reckoning With gold at about $1,060 an ounce, and numerous forecasts of much higher prices, it logically follows that investors would consider a wide variety of avenues for claiming a stake. Of course the options range from buying gold bling to speculative gold-related alternative investments, and today, The Money Game picks 11 top [...]

Aurora destined to be major gold player – Zondwa Mandela

The soon-to-be-listed Aurora Empowerment Systems was destined to be a major gold player, Zondwa Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, said on Wednesday as he clinched another significant gold acquisition and revealed, under questioning, that he had two more gold assets in tow. "We do view ourselves as being a major player in gold in a few [...]

We could soon see the return of the single mine IPO – E&Y

With high debt and a lack of easy financing, mining companies may go back to the markets and projects like Olympic dam could well be on offer. Read more….

Gold Is Just Getting Going

Melinda Peer10.06.09, 05:30 PM EDT Gold set a new record, and analysts expect it to set a few more as the dollar falters. Gold hit fresh highs on Tuesday as it continued to take its cues from a weak U.S. dollar. The greenback tumbled as uncertainty over its global strength was triggered by a report [...]

Best Gold Stocks 2009

Some of the best gold stocks 2009 are what the big mutual funds are investing in. The USAA precious metals and mineral fund has AngloGold Ashanti Limited ADR, Randgold Resources Ltd. ADR and Newcrest Mining Limited as three companies that are in the top four stock assets for their fund. This is a total of [...]

Mexico mulls tax on miners as part of fiscal reform

Mexico’s Congress is considering a 4 percent tax on mining output as part of a fiscal reform package meant to boost government revenues during a steep recession. But all the major mining companies in Mexico say the measure will stifle new investment and burden existing projects at a time when metals prices have slumped from [...]

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