More mergers seen in precious metals-Reuters
Posted by: Oldster on September 25, 2008 08:13AM
More mergers seen in precious metals industry
Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:26pm EDT
By Steve James
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Turmoil in the financial markets is driving up the price of gold and likely will spawn a takeover wave among precious metals companies, analysts and industry observers said on Wednesday.
"We believe the stage is set for an unprecedented increase of merger and acquisition activity in the precious metals sector," analyst Richard Gray, of Toronto-based Blackmont Capital, wrote in a research note.