Gold Fields up Western Areas stake
With shares soured after a recent accident at the South Deep mine in South Africa, Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L) has b…
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Pre-feasibility gives Passendro thumbs-up
A pre-feasibility study for Axmin (AXM-V) on the Passendro gold project in the Central African Republic says a …
South Deep production halved for up to a year (May 10, 2006)
Johannesburg-listed Western Areas (WARSF-O) plans to sell shares equivalent to 10% of its current issued share capi…
San Gold flips switch at Bissett (April 24, 2006)
San Gold (SGR-V, SGRCF-O) has started processing stockpiled ore at the Rice Lake mill near Bissett, Man., in preparation for putting the San Antonio gold mine back into production….
San Gold flips switch at Bissett (April 04, 2006)
San Gold (SGR-V) has started up processing stockpiled ore at the Rice Lake mill near Bissett, Man., in preparat…
Harmony grabs piece of South Deep
Perennial shopper Harmony Gold Mining (HMY-N) has taken a 29.2% stake in fellow South African miner Western Areas (WARSF-O, WARA-J), co-owner of the South Deep underg…
Harmony grabs South Deep stake
Harmony Gold Mining (HMY-N) has taken a 29.2% stake in fellow South African miner Western Areas, co-owner of the So…
Miners bounce back in quiet market
U.S. stock markets rose fractionally in the trading period Feb. 14-20, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 index rising 11.71 points to 1,287.24. The broader trend concealed a generally strong showing…
Miners up in uncertain market
American equity markets moved little in the trading period Jan. 10-16, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 index falling 2.54 points to 1,287.61 and the Dow 52.03 points to 10,959.87. But with higher c…
Fed comments bring sharp rise
Bets that the Federal Reserve Bank would limit the number of interest rate increases in the near term pushed equity markets south of the border to levels they hadn’t seen since 2001. The Dow Jones Ind…
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…