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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Gold prices"”.
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Hedging strategies to manage commodity price risk
… who use and produce that commodity. Commodity prices, which are based on the supply and demand of a market, are very volatile and it is nearly impossible to predict exactly which way a price will move in the future. Companies that are impacted by unexpected commodity price movements should …
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The impact of macroeconomic variables on the performance of selected African stock markets
… inflation rate, money supply, exchange rate, gold price, and oil price were used as independent variables. The results from the country-specific models varied widely from country to country. The heterogeneity of the results may be explained by differences in economic fundamentals between the …
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Rise of mercury emissions in the Amazon rainforest: an evaluation of artisanal and small-scale gold mining and biomass burning sources
… burning (BMB) and artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) operations. These activities, prevalent in the Amazon rainforest, are driven by agricultural and cattle ranching expansion and rising international gold prices, respectively. Although there are indications of increasing ASGM …
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Women artisanal miners in the Gold Mining industry of Bondo Sub-County, Western Kenya and their navigation of their productive and reproductive labour during the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020
… economic vulnerabilities. Plummeting mineral prices exacerbated challenges, deepening poverty among artisanal miners. The pandemic heightened their precarious conditions, leaving them more vulnerable to economic shocks with limited access to resources and stability. Despite extensive research …
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ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA
… known for their rich mining history, especially, gold in the mid-1800s and the current mining of one of the world’s largest deposits of high purity limestone. The purpose of this study was to compile new, current, and historical data of the major economic resources that are present and mining that …
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Three essays on education decisions in Colombia
… and Child Labor: Evidence from the Colombia's Gold Rush Driven by a sharp rise in international prices, Colombia experienced a gold rush that reached its peak in 2012. The boom was characterized by the prevalence of small-scale artisan and illegal mining. This paper estimates the local effects …
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Price hedging and its value to gold producing companies
Gold price volatility has created a market for securities based on gold price. This liquid market has afforded gold company managers an opportunity to hedge, or reduce, the risk arising from gold price movements. Typical price hedging instruments include forward sales contracts, futures contracts, …