On a microeconomic level, the positive story will be that the lack of discovery of new gold reserves by the struggling gold mining industry which, absent
a significant rise in the gold price, will lead to a supply crunch.
Mining exec also predicts
significant rise in gold price By Ellsworth Dickson Rob McEwen is not your typical mining executive.
Not exact matches
Therefore, absent any
significant and sustained
rise in the
gold price, we expect few new mines to be built for many, many years to replace depleting and aging mine reserves.
The market's largest producers, including Newcrest Mining, Evolution Mining and Northern Star Resources, have also benefited from recognition that the recent
rise in the US - dollar
gold price, a weak local currency and lower costs across the sector have created
significant positive tailwinds for Australian
gold miners.