Rally above $1,200 prove short lived with gold trading down 1.5% as save-haven buying dries up and investors move back into stocks, bonds and the dollar.
U.S. miners have stabilized or even increased productivity at both surface and underground coal operations in the past two years, a study released Monday shows.
A chart by the Wall Street Journal shows that capital expenditures by the big oil companies are exceeding cash flow at a higher rate than the major miners.
Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) has expanded its operations in the western United States with the purchase on Friday of Revett Minerals (TSX:RVM) in an all-stock deal worth $20 million.