By Rachelle Younglai
Mining Reporter, The Globe and Mail
Canadian mining companies must still find ways to conserve cash to deal with lower commodity prices or risk downgrades from credit rating agencies.
Despite efforts to improve their balance sheets last year, Toronto-based Kinross Gold Corp. and Iamgold Corp. have been warned they need to do more.
Moody’s Investors Service revised its outlook on Kinross to negative from stable, saying the company’s political risks and financial leverage could increase while its gold output declines.