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Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE: KGC) is not having the greatest debut for 2011. As gold is not currently shaping up to look like a 2010 year, many gold miners have failed to perform. Kinross has...
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The US Department of Agriculture this morning released its January World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, or WASDE, which projects world supply and demand for food products like wheat, corn,...
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Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) was the first component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average to report earnings. Last night’s report was actually above estimates on earnings even if revenues were a tad...
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Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) did manage to turn in better-than-expected performance to kick off earnings season. That was expected of the company after the gains we have seen of late in its shares. ...
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Standard & Poor’s Equity Research has issued some of its key trends for 2011 in energy and materials which calls for “largely positive signs for both the Energy and Materials sectors” to...
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Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) appears to finally be on the road to redemption. The seed and ag giant showed a profit in its first quarter and it is not lowering expectations. The earnings of about $6...
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2011 is not looking at all like 2010 when it comes to the initial trading for gold prices. This morning we see that Gold is trading lower yet again in London and the gold bugs have to be wondering...
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The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) just set the tone for a positive reception for the potash and fertilizer market stocks. The company was the first real earnings report after the start of 2011. Mosaic’s...
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Gold was the darling trade for commodity investors and those seeking safe harbors as central banks printed money and promised to dilute their currencies for the future. The first trading day of the...
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Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is surging yet again as the ‘rare earths’ bubble continues to inflate. A research call today is the most optimistic case of cheerleader pom-poms being waved to...
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Floods not seen in the modern era have shuttered coal mines throughout an area of Queensland, Australia, the size of Texas. Several large international miners, including Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP), will...
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Rare Element Resources Ltd. (NYSE/AMEX: REE) is lower ahead of the market open this morning. Late on Tuesday afternoon came a Form D filing showing that insiders of the company had filed for a sale...
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Silver prices have risen more than 80% in 2010, far more than either gold, at about 26%, and copper, at around 28%. Aside from speculation, there are a couple of reasons for the enormous jump in...
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When BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) made its $38.6 billion offer to buy Canada’s Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, China’s Sinochem Group considered making a rival offer for the Canadian fertilizer...
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Rare earth oxides (REOs) rare earth elements (REEs) aren’t just hot, nor are they just on fire. The have gone supernova. While there is an obvious bubble forming due to concerns of Chinese...
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