Merger mania grips mining industry in 2001
Against a rather grim backdrop that included an American economy slipping into recession, worldwide commodity deflation and a new war on terrorism, the big story in 2001 for the North American mining …
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
US markets fly like turkeys
The U.S. markets enjoyed an uneventful four trading days surrounding the American Thanksgiving holiday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding 28.78 points to 9,872.60 and the Standard & Poors …
Consolidation afoot in Free State
Joint bidders Harmony Gold Mining (HGMCY-Q) and African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) have succeeded in their offer to buy the Free State assets of AngloGold (AU-N) for R2.2 billion in cash.R1.8 billion is p…
Goldfields, Delta to merge
Vancouver — Goldfields and fellow Australian gold miner Delta Gold have inked a merger deal that will catapult the new company to the million-ounce-per-year level. The merged entity will rank as one …
Dow plunges in wake of tragedy
Denver — Nearly a week after the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington D.C., trading resumed in a strongly negative fashion. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 702.11 points, or 7.3…
Market slide cut short by tragedy
Denver — Bombing of the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11 halted trading among financial markets already battered by bad economic news. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 391.98 points (4…
Dow dips below 10,000 mark
Denver — Growing market pessimism pushed the Dow Jones industrial average below the 10,000 mark, down 224.54 points, or 2.2%, to 9997.49 points during the report period ended Sept. 4. The Nasdaq drop…
Interest rate cut falls flat
Denver — Financial markets sank in response to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest quarter-point interest rate cut, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down 238.03 points, or 2.3%, for the report …
Gold miners take a beating
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 281.69 points, or 2.8%, during the report period ended July 31 to close at 10,522.81, while spot gold on the Comex division of the New York Mercantil…
Gold hangs on as market teeters
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average fell 472.36 points, or 4.4%, to 10,175.64 in the U.S. holiday-shortened report period ended July 10, amid warnings of poor second-quarter earnings. The Nasda…
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….
Gold regains lost ground
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average sunk 227.46 points, or 2%, to close at 10,948.38 for the report period ended June 12, while spot gold on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchan…