Based on the 2010 Global Gold Price Survey Report by PwC, mining firms worldwide expect gold prices to increase even with the current high gold prices.

The report indicated that most gold firms anticipate their projected levels of production to increase in 2011. Almost 75 percent gold mining firms anticipate an increase in gold prices in 2011 even as the current price level is lower than the 1980 levels. Gold companies foresee gold prices reaching $3,000 even as forty percent think gold prices will top $1,500 based on the November 2010 survey.

According to John Gravelle of PwC, with the increased demand for gold, gold firms with marginal gold stocks may increase production to meet the possible demand for gold in 2011.

Seventy percent of gold companies aim to search for new ventures or enhance the ones on hand or resupply gold stocks in anticipation of the increase in gold prices. Gravelle added that there is a link between increasing numbers of deals and increasing gold prices as more deals have been made during the year.

Problems in some currencies may have caused the current increase in gold prices as some countries have now utilized gold to replace these currencies. Countries with gold resources have used these resources to lessen their currency value while countries without resources are also trying to reduce their currency value to help their export industry.

A number of gold firms view gold price hedging unfavorably even as 26 percent of firms lock in gold prices through forward sales contracts despite a possible increase in gold price in 2011. Around 64 percent are obliged due to financial requirements.

Gold price hedging was limited due to the increased gold prices as shown by the elimination of hedge books by a number of gold firms in 2010.

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