"".....Hecla said its cash costs almost tripled to $7.02 per ounce in the quarter, partly due to the start-up of production at its Lucky Friday mine in Idaho, which was shuttered for about a year........""
""..holds and moves higher to new records, the precious metal will be under some pressure. The fact is that as stocks move higher, investors will prefer to invest in stocks.
The chart below shows the relationship between gold (indicated by the green line) and the S&P 500 (indicated by the candlestick formation) since November 2012. Notice the downward bias in the precious metal at a time when the S&P 500 was moving higher toward a new record...""
mich wundert, dass schwächere minenbetreiber nicht schon längst als übernahmekandidaten gehandelt werden........oder gibt's da schon parkettgeflüster ?
fangen heute keinen mehr ein! Hier sind nochmal die wichtigsten Faktoren zusammengefasst!
"Due to over capacity and profitability issues in China's solar panel industry, industrial demand for silver may decline this year," HSBC analyst Howard Wen said.
Weak consumption from industrial users in the electronics industry, terminal decline in the photography sector and record-high supply are likely to continue to be features of the silver market, which will ultimately take a toll on ETP holdings.
"Silver remains plagued by oversupply and the longer-term bear market in gold will take silver prices lower," Societe Generale analyst Robin Bhar said.
.......""Silver Wheaton’s net earnings for the three months ended March 31 declined by 9% to $133.4-million, or $0.38 a share, compared with $147.2-million, or $0.42 a share, for the same period in 2012.
Average cash costs in the first quarter of 2013 were $4.39 for each silver equivalent ounce, up 7.5% when compared with $4.08 during the comparable period of 2012. Cash costs rose year over year .............""
wohl gemerkt und nicht wundern: das sind zahlen nur zu cash cost! zu den total costs schweigen sich die meisten ja aus :-(
""..............Das Bemerkenswerte an diesem Aufkauf des weltweiten Goldbestandes durch “chinesische Tanten”: Chinas Mittelstand ist inzwischen so vermögend und kaufkräftig, dass er imstande ist, die Weltmärkte maßgeblich zu beeinflussen. Die Wall Street-Banker müssen umdenken..........."