Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited

In an about-face, Gold Fields (GFI-N) has concluded preliminary talks with Harmony Gold (HMY-N), which had launched a hostile takeover of the South African major.

U.S. stock markets were quiet during the report period Dec. 15-21, rising only slightly. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 82.98 points to 10,759.43.

Having spent more than A$105 million on exploration and assessment over the past seven years, Bendigo Mining has confirmed the informal “resource potential” of its New Bendigo gold project in southeastern Australia’s Victoria st…

After weeks of legal challenges and verbal sniping, shareholders of Gold Fields (GFI-N) have finally had their say, narrowly rejecting their company’s plan to merge its international assets with those of Iamgold

U.S. stock markets were little-changed over the report period Dec. 1-7, but the mining stocks fell sharply. The S&P 500 index, representative of the broad market, was up 3.25 points to 1,177.07, but the XAU gold and silver index fell about 6% in t…

U.S. stock markets traded in a narrow range between Nov. 24 and 30, a trading period bisected by the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. The S&P 500 index closed 3.12 points lower, at 1,173.82, in four trading days that saw the index move in a 14-point ban…

U.S. stock markets finished little-changed over the report period Nov. 17-23 despite a selloff on Nov. 19 following comments by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan on how the U.S. current account deficit might depress the value of the greenbac…