Benefiting the most from increasing gold price have been the miners of the precious metal.

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In the past few days, BHP Billiton and Fotescue Metal Group, two of Australia's biggest miners, have announced a delay in expanding their facilities in Australia.

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Gold miners have largely abandoned hedging, choosing instead to gamble that prices of the precious metal will continue to rise.

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