ANTOFAGASTA PLC (ANFGF $12.05, RATING RAISED TO NEUTRAL, Price Target RAISED to $11/share from $9/US ADS share) ACQUISITION OF 40% OF HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT LOWERS FUTURE COSTS; INCREMENTAL EXPANSION, HIGHER PRODUCTION AT EL TESORO, ESPERANZA, and LOS PELAMBRES RAISE EARNINGS …

ANTOFAGASTA PLC (ANFGF $12.05, RATING RAISED TO NEUTRAL, Price Target RAISED to $11/share from $9/US ADS share) ACQUISITION OF 40% OF HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT LOWERS FUTURE COSTS; INCREMENTAL EXPANSION, HIGHER PRODUCTION AT EL TESORO, ESPERANZA, and LOS PELAMBRES RAISE EARNINGS ESTIMATES 7/16/2013 Read more »

NORBORD (NBRXF $32.18 rated Neutral with $32 down from $35 price target) HIGHER OPERATING COSTS DUE TO WAX AND RESIN COST PRESSURE HURT EBITDA MARGINS; HOUSING STARTS SLOW IN JUNE COMPARED WHERE HIGHER INTEREST RATES COULD DAMPEN HOUSING RECOVERY 7/31/2013

AGNICO-EAGLE MINES (AEM $28.61 rated Overweight; $43 up from $38 price target) HIGHER 2016 AND BEYOND GOLD PRICES BENEFIT TO AEM’S VALUATION; ASSUME MELIADINE PROJECT DELAYED; STRESS TEST AEM CAN LIVE WITHIN FREE CASH FLOW AT $1,200/OZ BUT NOT $1,000/OZ …

AGNICO-EAGLE MINES (AEM $28.61 rated Overweight; $43 up from $38 price target) HIGHER 2016 AND BEYOND GOLD PRICES BENEFIT TO AEM’S VALUATION; ASSUME MELIADINE PROJECT DELAYED; STRESS TEST AEM CAN LIVE WITHIN FREE CASH FLOW AT $1,200/OZ BUT NOT $1,000/OZ GOLD. 7/1/2013 Read more »

NEWMONT MINING (NEM $27.07 rated Overweight with $42 up from $30 price target) WRITE-DOWNS OF CONGA, OTHER AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND AND ORE STOCKPILES ANTICIPATED IN 2013. HIGHER 2016 ONWARDS GOLD PRICE ESTIMATES INCREASE NEM NPV/SHARE SIGNIFICANTLY. 7/9/2013