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ThinkstockHecla Mining Co. (NYSE: HL) is seeing its shares clipped hard this morning due to an acquisition it is making. The company will spend close to $800 million to acquire Aurizon Mines Ltd....
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ThinkstockStillwater Mining Co. (NYSE: SWC) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The platinum and palladium miner posted quarterly earnings per share...
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ThinkstockWe have already covered the sea change that is washing over the mining industry. Where past practice has been to invest heavily in new assets with the strategy that growth was assured,...
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ThinkstockWithout going through all the changes in the top management of the world’s largest mining companies, there is one thing that stands about virtually all of these changes: putting more...
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ThinkstockInvestors of BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) have taken a beating along with many other mining investors in recent days. There is an interesting multi-year outlook...
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ThinkstockApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have been the greatest stock to participate in from 2003 to 20012. Rising from the equivalent of under $10 to $700. The shiny yellow metal of gold may not have...
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ThinkstockGold and precious metals investors will want to pay attention to the tape of late for gold prices. ETF Securities, which manages the ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (NYSEMKT: SGOL), has...
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ThinkstockAlpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) reported quarterly and full-year results this morning and managed to flop over a very low bar. The adjusted earnings per share (EPS) loss for the...
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ThinkstockWorldwide gold demand in 2012 was another record high of $236.4 billion in the World Gold Council’s latest report. This was up 6% in value terms in the fourth quarter to $66.2 billion,...
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ThinkstockBarrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 earnings before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the gold miner posted adjusted earnings per share...
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ThinkstockDeere & Co. (NYSE: DE) reported first-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The farm and heavy equipment maker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS)...
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ThinkstockThere are a variety of ways to invest in precious metals. Buying gold or silver bars and coins is one, exchange traded products (ETFs) are another, and a third is investing in mining...
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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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