BHP Billiton

Rough diamonds from the Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories, owned by Rio Tinto and Aber Diamond.

Secondary diamond industry showing signs of life

The Northwest Territories’ secondary diamond sector has been struggling to compete ever since the first cutting and polishing centre opened in mid-1999, but there is renewed hope that the industry, or…



Only golds glitter in US market

U.S. equity markets weakened in the four trading days Dec. 27-30, with investors reacting to an inversion in the yield curve for government notes. Ten-year U.S. Treasuries closed the year showing a yi…


Royal Gold buying Kennecott royalties

Vancouver — Royal Gold (RGL-T, RGLD-Q) is expanding its portfolio by spending US$25 million for a pair of royalties owned by Kennecott, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto



US market gains modest

Resource-related stocks were generally up in the pre-holiday trading period on American equity markets, though the broader market moved sideways. The Standard & Poors 500 index was up 8.74 points…




Golds weaken — a little

Stock markets south of the border moved sideways during the reporting period Dec. 13-19, despite generally positive economic news and a signal from the Federal Reserve Bank that it had finished with i…


Golds up in volatile market

Gold stocks were among the winners on U.S. equity markets during the trading period Dec. 6-12, as the broader market gyrated first in response to favourable economic statistics and later to another ri…




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