Pan American Silver Corp. fell$. 02 or. 2 percent, to $12.18. Silver Standard Resources Inc. rose$. 04 or. 6 percent, to $6.95. Silver Wheaton fell$. 35 or 1.5 percent, to $22.74.
Barrick Gold Corp. fell$. 39 or 2.0 percent, to $19.16. Gold Fields Ltd ADS fell$. 13 or 2.2 percent, to $5.74. Newmont Mining Corp. fell$. 25 or. 8 percent, to $31.97.
Hecla Mining Co. rose$. 01 or. 3 percent, to $3.39. Pan American Silver Corp. rose$. 01 or. 1 percent, to $12.21. Silver Standard Resources Inc. rose$. 03 or. 4 percent, to $6.94.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top gold companies are down at 1 p.m.:. Barrick Gold Corp. fell$. 10 or. 5 percent, to $19.45. Newmont Mining Corp. fell$. 54 or 1.7 percent, to $31.68.
SANTIAGO, May 24- Chilean environmental authorities said on Friday that they will fine Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama mine around $16 million and that construction on the controversial deposit will need to remain suspended until it adheres to a water management plan in its environmental permit.
Hecla Mining Co. rose$. 03 or. 8 percent, to $3.41. Pan American Silver Corp. rose$. 14 or 1.1 percent, to $12.34. Silver Standard Resources Inc. rose$. 08 or 1.2 percent, to $6.99.
Barrick Gold Corp. rose$. 11 or. 6 percent, to $19.66. Gold Fields fell$. 05 or. 9 percent, to $5.82. Newmont Mining Corp. rose$. 13 or. 4 percent, to $32.35.
Barrick Gold Corp. rose$. 05 or. 3 percent, to $19.55. Gold Fields Ltd ADS rose$. 01 or. 2 percent, to $5.87. Newmont Mining Corp. rose$. 26 or. 8 percent, to $32.22.
Hecla Mining Co. rose$. 02 or. 6 percent, to $3.38. Pan American Silver Corp. fell$. 17 or 1.4 percent, to $12.20. Silver Standard Resources Inc. rose$. 03 or. 4 percent, to $6.91.
*Congress could shelve vote on bill. BRASILIA, May 23- Brazil's government plans to submit its mining reform bill to Congress in June rather than this month, energy minister Edison Lobao said on Thursday, prolonging a wait that is slowing investment in mineral extraction.
Hecla Mining Co. rose$. 05 or 1.5 percent, to $3.41. Pan American Silver Corp. fell$. 07 or. 6 percent, to $12.30. Silver Standard Resources Inc. rose$. 06 or. 9 percent, to $6.94.
Barrick Gold Corp. rose$. 04 or. 2 percent, to $19.54. Gold Fields rose$. 04 or. 7 percent, to $5.90. Newmont Mining Corp. rose$. 14 or. 4 percent, to $32.10.
Hecla Mining Co. rose$. 02 or. 6 percent, to $3.38. Pan American Silver Corp. rose$. 08 or. 6 percent, to $12.45. Silver Standard Resources Inc. rose$. 02 or. 3 percent, to $6.90.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top gold companies are up at 10 a.m.:. Barrick Gold Corp. rose$. 10 or. 5 percent, to $19.60. Newmont Mining Corp. rose$. 36 or 1.1 percent, to $32.32.
JAKARTA, May 23- All investigations into a tunnel collapse that killed 28 people at the world's No.2 copper mine, run by Freeport McMoRan Copper& Gold Inc in Indonesia, must be completed before workers return, a trade union official said on Thursday.
*Gold reverses losses but still near two-year low of $1,321.35 Fed needs to see more from economy before scaling back bond-buying- Bernanke. SINGAPORE, May 23- Gold climbed off session lows on Thursday after weak Chinese factory activity jolted stock markets in Asia, sending investors back to the precious metal despite expectations the U.S.
Pan American Silver Corp. rose$. 09 or. 7 percent, to $12.37. Silver Standard Resources Inc. rose$. 15 or 2.2 percent, to $6.88. Silver Wheaton rose$. 53 or 2.4 percent, to $22.91.
Barrick Gold Corp. rose$. 13 or. 7 percent, to $19.50. Gold Fields Ltd ADS rose$. 08 or 1.4 percent, to $5.86. Newmont Mining Corp. rose$. 02 or. 1 percent, to $31.96.
*Gold falls as Bernanke cautions about low US rates. *Copper hits 6- week high after no word on Grasberg restart. Copper hit a six-week high on a continued production outage at Indonesia's Grasberg copper mine after a tunnel collapse that killed 28 workers at the world's second-largest copper mine.