Commodities & Metals

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Gold has had a rough month, and the major gains of 2016 have not been repeated across the board in 2017. It turns out that a strong payrolls report from the U.S. Department of Labor is just that much...
Cliffs Natural Resources always has offered a high leverage to U.S. steel prices, and over the past seven years this hasn’t been a positive for investors. However one analyst seems to think that...
AK Steel has sold off just a bit after the steel giant recently announced that it will acquire Precision Partners for a total of $360 million in cash.
The state of Texas has contracted to build its own bullion depository as it seeks to return nearly $900 million in gold from its current home in New York. There are other hurdles to clear as well...
Longbow Research believes that the steel sector is on the path to winning and it raised its rating to Buy on four would-be U.S. steel winners for the rest of 2017 or beyond.
According to one key analyst, the weakness might be only pronounced in the short term but investors should be cautious around the Nucor and the steel industry.
One industry that has come surging back into prominence is steel, and the U.S.-based companies appear to be in the best position they have been in years.
Activist Investor Elliott Management has been going after BHP Billiton Ltd (NYSE: BHP), with billionaire Paul Singer leading that charge, for more than a month. Mr. Singer has a long list of...
Cliffs Natural Resources reported a surprise net loss Thursday morning due to a charge related to a debt restructuring. But the company's report is better than it may at first appear.
U.S. Steel has delivered a major interruption for its investors hoping to win off of more protection for U.S. steel makers and for needing steel for endless infrastructure projects.
When the top gold miner in the world has bad news, it tends to impact the chain all the way down. That is what the gold sector is feeling after Barrick Gold reported earnings.
A few key U.S. steel players were trading higher after a top analyst at Macquarie upgraded the steel stocks to kick off the week.
Here are three of the Credit Suisse Outperform-rated metals and mining stocks with 20% to 40% upside to the firm's price targets.
Between a bellicose North Korea, a missile strike in Syria, continued issues with ISIS in numerous countries and an overall spike in terror attacks around the world, some top strategists on Wall...
The United States sent a powerful message late on Thursday when it reportedly fired off 59 Tomahawk missiles on an airbase that was said to be the staging point for the chemical weapon attacks in...