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ThinkstockSouth Africa’s Anglo American Platinum Ltd. (known as Amplats), the world’s largest platinum miner and a division of Anglo American plc, said today that it plans to reduce production by...
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ThinkstockMolycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) reported first quarter 2013 results after markets closed today. The rare earths miner posted an adjusted diluted loss of $0.15 per share on revenues of $146.4...
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ThinkstockInflation problems continue to plague China, in large part because of the cost of food. That means one essential cut into discretionary income. And, in turn, the chances that China’s...
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ThinkstockIf you have been paying attention to consumer prices and producer prices of late, the drop in the price of oil and other energy related items has been keeping a very tight lid on inflation....
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ThinkstockThe Clinton Group, a hedge fund with a stake of slightly more than 1%, succeeded last night in electing four of its nominees to the board of Stillwater Mining Co. (NYSE: SWC). Among the...
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ThinkstockThe completion of the $76 billion merger yesterday between Glencore International plc and Xstrata plc created a new company called Glencore Xstrata plc with 190,000 employees scattered in...
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ThinkstockThis morning, Royal Gold Inc. (NASDAQ: RGLD) was the latest gold player to report its corporate earnings. The good news is that the gold company revenues and earnings were up. The bad...
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ThinkstockAfter more than a year of twists and turns and negotiations, the $75 billion merger between Glencore International and Xstrata became official today. The new company will also get a new...
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ThinkstockGoldcorp Inc. (NYSE: GG) reported first-quarter 2013 earnings before markets opened this morning. The gold miner posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.31 on revenues of $1.02...
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ThinkstockAlpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The coal miner posted an adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) loss for...
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ThinkstockJunior gold miner Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (NYSEMKT: ANV) announced this morning the purchase of 14 million shares of the company’s common stock by a syndicate of underwriters led by...
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ThinkstockThe latest recovery in the price of gold is not helping gold miners as much as some investors might think. In fact. Moody’s Investors Service just issued a corporate credit rating...
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thinkstockPotash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE: POT) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The fertilizer maker reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.63...
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ThinkstockBarrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) reported first-quarter 2013 earnings before markets opened this morning. The gold miner posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.92 on revenues of $3.44...
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ThinkstockArch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the coal miner posted an adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) loss...
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