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ThinkstockBunge Ltd. (NYSE: BG) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 earnings before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the agribusiness giant posted adjusted diluted earnings per...
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thinkstockIn the wake of the rate-rigging scandal with Libor rates, the G20 group of nations has been trying to reform the way benchmark prices are set in the energy business. Last September, a...
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ThinkstockSilver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE: SLW) is about to get larger. The company announced that it has entered into a binding term sheet to acquire the following from a subsidiary of Vale S.A. (NYSE:...
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ThinkstockThe price of platinum is expected to average about $1,770 an ounce in 2013, its highest price since 2011. The price spike is due almost entirely to the closure of several mines in South...
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ThinkstockShares of Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) have lost more than 9% this morning, following the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report. The coal mining firm reported an adjusted earnings per...
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thinkstockArcher Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM) reported second-quarter fiscal 2013 earnings this morning. The agribusiness giant posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.60 on...
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ThinkstockThe Comex April gold price has risen more than $5 today and is currently trading at $1,676.00 an ounce. Last week’s poor showing for fourth quarter U.S. GDP growth has pushed the yellow...
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ThinkstockRandgold Resources Ltd. (NASDAQ: GOLD) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the junior gold mining company posted diluted...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Department of Agriculture reported today that January agricultural product prices received by farmers rose 9% in January compared with December prices. Prices were 15% higher than...
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ThinkstockThe World Gold Council has issued its new report for 2013 and reviewing 2012 on gold, and it offers some great and perhaps stunning insight if you read through the reports and consider...
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ThinkstockEverything about the mining industry is big, so it should come as no surprise that when things don’t work out as planned, the mistakes are big too. Two mining CEOs have lost their jobs...
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ThinkstockPeabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) reported fourth quarter and full-year 2012 results yesterday that were objectively awful, but not bad in context. At least that’s what everyone thought...
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ThinkstockThree U.S. steelmakers reported earnings before markets opened this morning. AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS), United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) and Nucor Corp. (NYSE: NUE). Given all...
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ThinkstockIron ore miner Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) said this morning that it would take a $1.4 billion non-cash impairment charge related to several of its mining operations in...
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ThinkstockCSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) has some somber words for the U.S. coal sector, despite what has been a handy recovery in the share prices of many of the sector leaders. The rail transportation...
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