Goldcorp offers to take over Wheaton
Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has finally found a deal it likes, a friendly merger offer from Goldcorp (G-T) for a…
IAMGOLD Corporation
Newfoundland’s gold attracts explorers
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Holiday quiet calms markets
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…
Gold breaks US$450 per oz.
Gold broke through the psychological US$450-per-oz. barrier during the Nov. 24-30 report period, ending near a 16-year high of US$453.40 per oz. in the afternoon in London on Nov. 30. Still, the Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold index suffered a late-…
Harmony loses appeals
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has rejected Harmony Gold’s (HMY-N) request for an urgent appeal of the Comp…
Gold Fields axes premium
Gold Fields (GFI-N) has trimmed its proposed cash contribution under a plan to merge its international assets with…
Harmony’s first pass nets 10.8% of Gold Fields
Harmony Gold (HMY-N) has acquired 53.4 million, or 10.8%, of Gold Fields (GFI-N) issued share capital under the ear…
Gold Fields scores a late blow
South Africa’s Competition Appeal Court has ruled that Harmony Gold (HMY-N) cannot use any Gold Fields (GFI-N) shar…
Gold Fields flops on Broadway
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has denied Gold Fields’ (GFI-N) motion for a…
South African takeover battle intensifies
A pair of crucial votes has seen shareholders on both sides of the raging South African takeover battle fall in behind their respective companies.
Harmony scores a hat trick
South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has dismissed Gold Fields’ (GFI-N) request that it block the early settlement p…
Harmony shareholders OK takeover
Shareholders of Harmony Gold (HMY-N) have overwhelmingly approved their company’s plan to take over larger rival Go…