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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 1999
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
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This Amendment (Check only one): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings
entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Van Eck Associates Corporation
Address: 99 Park Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10016
13F File Number: 28-2763
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Alex Bogaenko
Title: Assistant Controller
Phone: (212) 293-2052
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/Alex Bogaenko New York, NY February 11, 2000
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one):
[XX] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this
reporting manager are reported in this report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this
report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting
manager(s).)
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the
holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this
report and a portion are reported by other reporting
manager(s).)
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and 13F file number(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings
and list entries.]
No.
1. None
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 144
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $237,333.8
(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
None
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SEC FORM 13F REPORTING MANAGER: VAN ECK ASSOCIATED CORP. 12/31/1999
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ITEM 1: ITEM 2: ITEM 3: ITEM 4: ITEM 5: ITEM 6:
INVESTMENT DISCRETION
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FAIR SHARES OR
MARKET PRINCIPAL (a)SOLE (b)SHARED (c)SHARED
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP # VALUE AMOUNT as defined OTHER
$(000) in Instr. V
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ADC Telecommunications Common 000886101 $544.2 7,500 X
AK Steel Holding Common 001547108 $5,487.9 290,748 X
AMB Property Corporation Common 00163T109 $887.2 44,500 X
ASA Ltd. Common 002050102 $4,336.7 229,000 X
Agnico Eagle Mines Common 008474108 $4,455.2 604,100 X
Alcan Aluminum Ltd. Common 013716105 $1,647.5 40,000 X
Alcoa Inc Common 013817101 $1,751.3 21,100 X
Amerada Hess Corp Common 023551104 $283.8 5,000 X
America Online, Common 02364J104 $528.1 7,000 X
American Express Corp Common 025816109 $415.6 2,500 X
American International Group Common 026874107 $486.6 4,500 X
Anadarko Petroleum Corp Common 032511107 $1,846.2 54,100 X
Anglogold Limited Spon ADR 035128206 $6,669.7 259,649 X
Apartment Investment & Mgmt Co. Class A 03748R101 $724.6 18,200 X
Aracruz Cellulose Corp Spon ADR Claas B 038496204 $1,256.1 47,850 X
Arden Realty Group Common 039793104 $30.1 1,500 X
Ashanti Goldfields Co. GDR 043743202 $2,423.9 923,400 X
Atlantic Richfield Co. Common 048825103 $1,643.5 19,000 X
AvalonBay Communities Common 053484101 $34.3 1,000 X
BP Amoco Plc. Spon ADR 055622104 $1,180.3 19,900 X
Banca De Galicia Spon ADR 059538207 $458.1 23,120 X
Barrick Gold Corp Common 067901108 $13,504.2 763,488 X
Battle Mountain Canada Common 071900104 $490.8 237,972 X
Bedford Property Investors Inc. Common 076446301 $605.7 35,500 X
Boston Properties Inc. Common 101121101 $3,006.7 96,600 X
Bowater Inc. Common 102183100 $2,220.3 40,880 X
Brandywine Realty Trust Shares Ben Int. 105368203 $1,292.0 78,900 X
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ITEM 7: ITEM 8:
VOTING AUTHORITY
MANAGERS (SHARES)
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SEE (a)SOLE (b)SHARED- (c)NONE
INSTR
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ADC Telecommunications 7,500
AK Steel Holding 290,748
AMB Property Corporation 44,500
ASA Ltd. 229,000
Agnico Eagle Mines 604,100
Alcan Aluminum Ltd. 40,000
Alcoa Inc 21,100
Amerada Hess Corp 5,000
America Online, 7,000
American Express Corp 2,500
American International Group 4,500
Anadarko Petroleum Corp 54,100
Anglogold Limited 259,649
Apartment Investment & Mgmt Co. 18,200
Aracruz Cellulose Corp 47,850
Arden Realty Group 1,500
Ashanti Goldfields Co. 923,400
Atlantic Richfield Co. 19,000
AvalonBay Communities 1,000
BP Amoco Plc. 19,900
Banca De Galicia 23,120
Barrick Gold Corp 763,488
Battle Mountain Canada 237,972
Bedford Property Investors Inc. 35,500
Boston Properties Inc. 96,600
Bowater Inc. 40,880
Brandywine Realty Trust 78,900
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ITEM 1: ITEM 2: ITEM 3: ITEM 4: ITEM 5: ITEM 6:
INVESTMENT DISCRETION
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FAIR SHARES OR
MARKET PRINCIPAL (a)SOLE (b)SHARED (c)SHARED
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP # VALUE AMOUNT as defined OTHER
$(000) in Instr. V
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Burnham Pacific Plc. Common 12232C108 $46.9 5,000 X
CBS Corp Common 12490K107 $575.4 9,000 X
Cabot Industrial Trust Common 127072106 $11.0 600 X
Camden Property Trust Shares Ben Int. 133131102 $46.5 1,700 X
Cardinal Health Inc. Common 14149Y108 $383.0 8,000 X
Central Fund Canada Class A 153501101 $502.5 120,000 X
Champion International Common 158525105 $1,517.5 24,500 X
Chevron Corp Common 166751107 $996.2 11,500 X
Cisco Systems Inc Common 17275R102 $1,285.5 12,000 X
Clear Channel Communications Inc. Common 184502102 $446.3 5,000 X
Coastal Corp. Common 190441105 $425.3 12,000 X
Coca-Cola Femsa SA Common 191241108 $184.4 10,500 X
CBD (Pao De Azucar) ADR 20440T201 $1,615.6 50,000 X
Conoco Inc Class A 208251306 $841.5 34,000 X
Cooper Cameron Corp Common 216640102 $2,167.0 44,280 X
Cornerstone Properties, Inc. Common 21922H103 $1,137.8 77,800 X
Crescent Real Estate Co. Common 225756105 $933.5 50,800 X
Crown Resources Corp. Common 228569109 $580.7 309,700 X
Dayton Hudson Corp Common 239753106 $440.6 6,000 X
Duke Realty Investments Spon ADR 264411505 $48.8 2,500 X
Durban Roodeport Common 266597301 $499.9 280,663 X
EMC Corp. Common 268648102 $764.8 7,000 X
Ensco International Common 26874Q100 $1,436.6 62,800 X
Ente Nazionale Id Common 26874R108 $1,074.9 19,500 X
Elan Corp Plc Common 284131208 $159.3 5,400 X
Equity Office Properties Shares Ben Int. 294741103 $1,516.9 61,600 X
Equity Residential Common 29476L107 $1,062.9 24,900 X
Excel Legacy Corporation Common 300665106 $29.8 9,000 X
Exxon Mobil Corp Common 30231G102 $4,071.3 50,536 X
Federal National Mort. Assoc. Common 313586109 $437.1 7,000 X
Federal Realty Inc. Shares Ben Int. 313747206 $37.6 2,000 X
Fort James Corp. Common 347471104 $1,368.8 50,000 X
Freeport-Mcmoran Copper Common 35671D857 $5,450.3 258,000 X
Gables Residential Common 362418105 $9.6 400 X
General Electric Co. Common 369604103 $665.4 4,300 X
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ITEM 7: ITEM 8:
VOTING AUTHORITY
MANAGERS (SHARES)
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SEE (a)SOLE (b)SHARED- (c)NONE
INSTR
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Burnham Pacific Plc. 5,000
CBS Corp 9,000
Cabot Industrial Trust 600
Camden Property Trust 1,700
Cardinal Health Inc. 8,000
Central Fund Canada 120,000
Champion International 24,500
Chevron Corp 11,500
Cisco Systems Inc 12,000
Clear Channel Communications Inc. 5,000
Coastal Corp. 12,000
Coca-Cola Femsa SA 10,500
CBD (Pao De Azucar) 50,000
Conoco Inc 34,000
Cooper Cameron Corp 44,280
Cornerstone Properties, Inc. 77,800
Crescent Real Estate Co. 50,800
Crown Resources Corp. 309,700
Dayton Hudson Corp 6,000
Duke Realty Investments 2,500
Durban Roodeport 280,663
EMC Corp. 7,000
Ensco International 62,800
Ente Nazionale Id 19,500
Elan Corp Plc 5,400
Equity Office Properties 61,600
Equity Residential 24,900
Excel Legacy Corporation 9,000
Exxon Mobil Corp 50,536
Federal National Mort. Assoc. 7,000
Federal Realty Inc. 2,000
Fort James Corp. 50,000
Freeport-Mcmoran Copper 258,000
Gables Residential 400
General Electric Co. 4,300
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ITEM 1: ITEM 2: ITEM 3: ITEM 4: ITEM 5: ITEM 6:
INVESTMENT DISCRETION
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FAIR SHARES OR
MARKET PRINCIPAL (a)SOLE (b)SHARED (c)SHARED
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP # VALUE AMOUNT as defined OTHER
$(000) in Instr. V
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
General Growth Properties Common 370021107 $61.6 2,200 X
Georgia Pacific Co. Common 373298108 $1,167.3 23,000 X
Glamis Gold Ltd. Common 376775102 $2,508.5 1,384,000 X
Global Marine Inc. Common 379352404 $1,858.7 111,800 X
Gold Fields of South Africa Spon ADR 380597500 $9.8 4,000 X
Gold Fields Ltd. Spon ADR 38059T106 $10,199.3 2,250,884 X
Golden Cycle Gold Corp Common 380894105 $477.2 74,862 X
Grubb & Ellis Company Common 400095204 $82.0 17,500 X
Harmony Gold Mining Common 413216300 $4,058.6 646,147 X
Hecla Mining Co. Common 422704106 $156.3 100,000 X
Highlands Insurance Co. Common 431032101 $28.5 3,000 X
Home Depot Inc Common 437076102 $514.2 7,500 X
Homestake Mining Co. Common 437614100 $22,236.4 2,846,265 X
Honeywell International Corp. Common 438516106 $324.5 5,625 X
Host Marriott Corp Common 441078102 $16.5 2,000 X
Inco Ltd. Common 453258402 $1,175.0 50,000 X
Klabin ADR 45647P108 $1,254.5 150,000 X
Intel Corp. Common 458140100 $568.0 6,900 X
International Business Machines Corp. Common 459200101 $432.0 4,000 X
International Paper Co. Common 460146103 $3,228.2 57,200 X
Interstate Hotels Corporation Common 46088R108 $19.5 6,000 X
JDS Uniphase Corp Common 46612J101 $258.1 1,600 X
Jones Lang Lasalle Common 48020Q107 $78.4 6,600 X
Kilroy Realty Corp Common 49427F108 $286.0 13,000 X
Kimco Realty Co. Common 49446R109 $50.8 1,500 X
Lexmark International Group Class A 529771107 $407.3 4,500 X
Lucent Technologies Co. Common 549463107 $523.7 7,000 X
MCI Worldcom Inc Common 55268B106 $420.8 7,931 X
Macerich Company Common 554382101 $645.2 31,000 X
Mack Cali Realty Corp. Common 554489104 $972.1 37,300 X
Matav Rt Spon ADR 559776109 $2,995.2 83,200 X
Masco Corp. Common 574599106 $355.3 14,000 X
Meditrust Common 58501T306 $49.5 9,000 X
Merck & Co. Common 589331107 $536.5 8,000 X
Microsoft Corp. Common 594918104 $583.8 5,000 X
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SEC USE ONLY
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ITEM 7: ITEM 8:
VOTING AUTHORITY
MANAGERS (SHARES)
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SEE (a)SOLE (b)SHARED- (c)NONE
INSTR
V
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
General Growth Properties 2,200
Georgia Pacific Co. 23,000
Glamis Gold Ltd. 1,384,000
Global Marine Inc. 111,800
Gold Fields of South Africa 4,000
Gold Fields Ltd. 2,250,884
Golden Cycle Gold Corp 74,862
Grubb & Ellis Company 17,500
Harmony Gold Mining 646,147
Hecla Mining Co. 100,000
Highlands Insurance Co. 3,000
Home Depot Inc 7,500
Homestake Mining Co. 2,846,265
Honeywell International Corp. 5,625
Host Marriott Corp 2,000
Inco Ltd. 50,000
Klabin 150,000
Intel Corp. 6,900
International Business Machines Corp. 4,000
International Paper Co. 57,200
Interstate Hotels Corporation 6,000
JDS Uniphase Corp 1,600
Jones Lang Lasalle 6,600
Kilroy Realty Corp 13,000
Kimco Realty Co. 1,500
Lexmark International Group 4,500
Lucent Technologies Co. 7,000
MCI Worldcom Inc 7,931
Macerich Company 31,000
Mack Cali Realty Corp. 37,300
Matav Rt 83,200
Masco Corp. 14,000
Meditrust 9,000
Merck & Co. 8,000
Microsoft Corp. 5,000
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ITEM 1: ITEM 2: ITEM 3: ITEM 4: ITEM 5: ITEM 6:
INVESTMENT DISCRETION
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FAIR SHARES OR
MARKET PRINCIPAL (a)SOLE (b)SHARED (c)SHARED
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP # VALUE AMOUNT as defined OTHER
$(000) in Instr. V
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Mills Corporation Common 601148109 $26.8 1,500 X
Newmont Mining Co. Common 651639106 $21,168.0 864,000 X
Occidental Petroleum Corp Common 674599105 $108.1 5,000 X
Ocean Energy Inc Common 67481E106 $2,915.6 376,200 X
Lukoil Holdings Spon. ADR Pfd. 677862302 $91.7 10,000 X
Philippine Long Distance Co. Spon ADR 718252604 $517.5 20,000 X
Placer Dome Co. Common 725906101 $20,301.6 1,888,520 X
Plum Creek Timber Co. Common 729251108 $1,042.5 41,700 X
Pohang Iron & Steel Ltd Spon ADR 730450103 $112.0 3,200 X
Post Properties Common 737464107 $38.3 1,000 X
Procter & Gamble Co. Common 742718109 $438.3 4,000 X
Prologis Trust Shares Ben Int. 743410102 $972.1 50,500 X
Public Storage Inc Common 74460D109 $56.7 2,500 X
Qualcomm Inc. Common 747525103 $916.5 5,200 X
Reynolds Metals Corp Common 761763101 $3,384.5 44,170 X
Rouse Company Common 779273101 $21.3 1,000 X
Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. NY Reg Shares 780257804 $1,535.1 25,400 X
Royal Gold Inc. Common 780287108 $420.5 116,000 X
Schlumberger Ltd. Common 806857108 $1,541.3 27,400 X
Simon Property Group Common 828806109 $1,257.0 54,800 X
Smith International Inc Common 832110100 $1,291.9 26,000 X
Solectron Corp Common 834182107 $665.9 7,000 X
Sony Corp. ADR 835699307 $455.6 1,600 X
Spieker Properties Common 848497103 $36.4 1,000 X
StarMedia Network Common 855546107 $1,009.6 25,200 X
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Common 85590A203 $23.5 1,000 X
STET Hellas Teleccommunications ADR 859823106 $158.6 5,200 X
Stillwater Mining Co. Common 86074Q102 $7,774.3 243,900 X
TVX Gold Inc. Spon ADR 87308K101 $140.6 173,000 X
Taiwan Semiconductor Co. Common 874039100 $552.3 12,273 X
Taubman Centers Spon ADR Pfd. 876664103 $58.1 5,400 X
Telenorteleste ADR 879246106 $2,231.3 87,500 X
Telefonos De Mexico Common 879403780 $2,812.5 25,000 X
Temple-Inland Inc. Common 879868107 $659.4 10,000 X
Texaco Inc. Common 881694103 $831.0 15,300 X
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ITEM 7: ITEM 8:
VOTING AUTHORITY
MANAGERS (SHARES)
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SEE (a)SOLE (b)SHARED- (c)NONE
INSTR
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Mills Corporation 1,500
Newmont Mining Co. 864,000
Occidental Petroleum Corp 5,000
Ocean Energy Inc 376,200
Lukoil Holdings 10,000
Philippine Long Distance Co. 20,000
Placer Dome Co. 1,888,520
Plum Creek Timber Co. 41,700
Pohang Iron & Steel Ltd 3,200
Post Properties 1,000
Procter & Gamble Co. 4,000
Prologis Trust 50,500
Public Storage Inc 2,500
Qualcomm Inc. 5,200
Reynolds Metals Corp 44,170
Rouse Company 1,000
Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. 25,400
Royal Gold Inc. 116,000
Schlumberger Ltd. 27,400
Simon Property Group 54,800
Smith International Inc 26,000
Solectron Corp 7,000
Sony Corp. 1,600
Spieker Properties 1,000
StarMedia Network 25,200
Starwood Hotels & Resorts 1,000
STET Hellas Teleccommunications 5,200
Stillwater Mining Co. 243,900
TVX Gold Inc. 173,000
Taiwan Semiconductor Co. 12,273
Taubman Centers 5,400
Telenorteleste 87,500
Telefonos De Mexico 25,000
Temple-Inland Inc. 10,000
Texaco Inc. 15,300
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ITEM 1: ITEM 2: ITEM 3: ITEM 4: ITEM 5: ITEM 6:
INVESTMENT DISCRETION
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FAIR SHARES OR
MARKET PRINCIPAL (a)SOLE (b)SHARED (c)SHARED
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP # VALUE AMOUNT as defined OTHER
$(000) in Instr. V
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Trammell Crow Co. Common 89288R106 $63.9 5,500 X
Trizechahn Corp Common 896938107 $1,417.5 84,000 X
TV- Azteca SA Spon ADR 901145102 $2,610.0 290,000 X
Tyco International Ltd Common 902124106 $466.5 12,000 X
USX Marathon Group Common 902905827 $762.8 30,900 X
Vintage Petroleum Inc Common 927460105 $1,369.1 113,500 X
Vornado Realty Trust Common 929042109 $58.5 1,800 X
Westfield America Inc. Common 959910100 $34.5 2,800 X
Weyerhaeuser Co Common 962166104 $1,436.3 20,000 X
Willamette Industries Inc. Common 969133107 $1,369.9 29,500 X
Wyndham International Inc. Class A 983101106 $1,002.2 341,165 X
Santa Fe International Corp Common G7805C108 $1,656.0 64,000 X
X
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$237,333.8
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ITEM 7: ITEM 8:
VOTING AUTHORITY
MANAGERS (SHARES)
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SEE (a)SOLE (b)SHARED- (c)NONE
INSTR
V
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Trammell Crow Co. 5,500
Trizechahn Corp 84,000
TV- Azteca SA 290,000
Tyco International Ltd 12,000
USX Marathon Group 30,900
Vintage Petroleum Inc 113,500
Vornado Realty Trust 1,800
Westfield America Inc. 2,800
Weyerhaeuser Co 20,000
Willamette Industries Inc. 29,500
Wyndham International Inc. 341,165
Santa Fe International Corp 64,000
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