NEW YORK-- Shares of some top gold companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:. Barrick Gold Corp. fell$. 33 or 1.7 percent, to $19.11. Newmont Mining Corp. fell$. 52 or 1.6 percent, to $31.05.
Hecla Mining Co. rose$. 01 or. 3 percent, to $3.11. Pan American Silver Corp. fell$. 04 or. 3 percent, to $11.91. Silver Standard Resources Inc. fell$. 01 or. 2 percent, to $6.48.
JOHANNESBURG, May 16- Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum will strike from Thursday evening over proposed job cuts, a union official said, driving its shares lower and sending the rand to a four-year low.
Barrick Gold Corp. fell $1.06 or 5.2 percent, to $19.44. Gold Fields Ltd ADS fell$. 27 or 4.3 percent, to $6.06. Newmont Mining Corp. fell$. 94 or 2.9 percent, to $31.57.
Hecla Mining Co. fell$. 07 or 2.2 percent, to $3.10. Pan American Silver Corp. fell$. 47 or 3.8 percent, to $11.95. Silver Standard Resources Inc. fell$. 25 or 3.7 percent, to $6.49.
*Lonmin says workers returning for night shift. MARIKANA, South Africa, May 15- Workers at Lonmin's South African platinum shafts were ending a walkout, the company said on Wednesday, easing fears that a two-day strike could ignite fresh labour violence in the continent's largest economy.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top gold companies are down at 1 p.m.:. Barrick Gold Corp. fell$. 64 or 3.1 percent, to $19.86. Newmont Mining Corp. fell$. 80 or 2.5 percent, to $31.71.
Hecla Mining Co. fell$. 04 or 1.3 percent, to $3.13. Pan American Silver Corp. fell$. 42 or 3.4 percent, to $12.00. Silver Standard Resources Inc. fell$. 26 or 3.9 percent, to $6.48.
MARIKANA, South Africa, May 15- The main union at Lonmin's South African platinum shafts told striking miners to return to work on Wednesday, potentially defusing a two-day wildcat action that had raised fears of a fresh wave of labour violence.
Hecla Mining Co. fell$. 05 or 1.5 percent, to $3.12. Pan American Silver Corp. fell$. 19 or 1.5 percent, to $12.23. Silver Standard Resources Inc. fell$. 07 or 1.0 percent, to $6.67.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top gold companies are down at 10 a.m.:. Barrick Gold Corp. fell$. 19 or. 9 percent, to $20.31. Newmont Mining Corp. fell$. 33 or 1.0 percent, to $32.18.
Barrick Gold Corp. rose$. 20 or 1.0 percent, to $20.50. Gold Fields Ltd ADS fell$. 23 or 3.5 percent, to $6.33. Newmont Mining Corp. fell$. 11 or. 3 percent, to $32.51.
Pan American Silver Corp. fell$. 19 or 1.5 percent, to $12.42. Silver Standard Resources Inc. fell$. 07 or 1.0 percent, to $6.74. Silver Wheaton fell$. 06 or. 3 percent, to $23.40.
Hecla Mining Co. rose$. 00 or. 1 percent, to $3.17. Pan American Silver Corp. fell$. 08 or. 6 percent, to $12.53. Silver Standard Resources Inc. fell$. 06 or. 9 percent, to $6.75.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top gold companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:. Barrick Gold Corp. rose$. 16 or. 8 percent, to $20.46. Newmont Mining Corp. rose$. 01 or percent, to $32.63.
*Lonmin share price slides, day after positive results. MARIKANA, South Africa, May 14- South African workers at the world's No. 3 platinum producer Lonmin launched a wildcat strike on Tuesday, halting all mine operations and sparking fears of a return to the violence that rocked the industry last year.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top gold companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:. Barrick Gold Corp. rose$. 15 or. 7 percent, to $20.45. Newmont Mining Corp. rose$. 21 or. 6 percent, to $32.83.