Barrick Gold News

Barrick Gold Corp. Chief Executive Officer Aaron Regent said the worlda s largest gold producer will consider selling some assets including the Kabanga nickel mine in Tanzania.

Barrick eyes record margins on gold prices A traffic sign is seen near Barrick Gold Corp.'s Veladero gold mine, on the Argentine side of the border district between ChileAas Huasco province and ArgentinaAas San Juan province, a few kilometers from the site for the Pascua Lama gold project, northeast of Santiago, Chile.

Silver Wheaton followed in the footsteps of fellow royalty giants, Royal Gold and Franco-Nevada with regards to their quarterly results.

Risk appetite was back with a vengence Monday as the Dow made new year highs on back of Wells Fargo upgrading chipmaker forecasts, merger news and NBC) and even the return of LBOs ). General Electric , Caterpillar .

U.S. stocks extended a global rally and the dollar slid after the Group of 20 nations agreed to maintain economic stimulus efforts.

With industrial materials among the first to benefit as the global economy turns, the sector ranks as the No.

U.S. stock-index futures advanced, indicating the Standard & Poora s 500 Index may extend last weeka s gain, after the Group of 20 nations agreed to maintain stimulus efforts and metals prices rallied.

The Toronto stock market was slightly higher late Friday morning, held aloft by rising gold stocks as bullion continued to advance.

In the late 1980s, when I was a young reporter in Toronto, I profiled the charming, Hungarianborn founder of a small gold mining outfit.

Canadian stocks rose for a fourth day, led by gold producers, as bullion prices rallied to a record and Magna International Inc.

Close You asked. We're building it. Paul Sullivan Published on Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009 9:33AM EST Last updated on Thursday, Nov.

It is a good year to be a mining investment banker. The year isn't over yet, but it has already been a record one for mining financings in Canada, according to the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The Toronto stock market closed higher Tuesday but the rise was mainly due to gold surging to a record high close, railway stocks that benefited from major acquisition activity south of the border and higher oil prices.

Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange : Yamana Gold Inc.

Canadian stocks gained as the purchase of 200 metric tons of gold by Indiaa s central bank boosted mining companies and Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Kinross Gold Corp. , Canadaa s third- largest producer of the metal, posted an unexpected third- quarter loss after recovering less gold than planned from ore at its Paracatu mine in Brazil.

It's fun to root for the little guy, but it's hard to view the big picture through a microscope.

Canadian stocks fluctuated as U.S. indexes of manufacturing, construction spending and pending home sales topped economistsa forecasts, lifting commodity producers, and Research In Motion Ltd.

Profits will certainly be higher across the board, but company forecasts and updates will drive share prices.

Toronto's main stock index was sharply higher on Thursday morning after four straight lower closes as Canadian Natural Resources and other energy shares got a boost from expectations for U.S. economic growth.