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The US Climate Prediction Center continues to forecast the formation of an El Niño weather pattern in the eastern Pacific Ocean in August and September, and now Japanese forecasters have added their...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture now estimates that the U.S. corn crop will fall 2.2 billion bushels lower than the estimate provided just a month ago, to 10.8 billion bushels, the lowest since the...
The deep recession and the lack of any meaningful recovery has sliced into the American attitude that citizens and the government can do anything they set their minds to, if only they work hard...
Coal miner Consol Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) was forced to close two of its southwestern Pennsylvania coal mines at the end of July due to the collapse of two conveyor belts that carries coal from the...
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Food Price Index for July rose by 6% following three months of decline. Sharp rises in grain and sugar prices led to the jump. The US...
Kinross Gold Corp. (NYSE: KGC) reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.14 and $1 billion in revenue after the markets closed last night. The company posted EPS of $0.24 for...
Silver is trying to make a breakout as spot silver has been trading between $28.00 and $28.20 most of yesterday and today.  Its chart is running into some resistance after having bottomed out at...
Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) reported a second-quarter adjusted net loss of $0.33 and $1.85 billion in revenue before markets opened today. Earnings per share for the same period a year...
Hecla Mining Company (NYSE: HL) has had troubles of its own for a while.  After the U.S. Silver Corporation (traded in Canada, operating in Idaho) said that a sufficient number of its common...
Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) is seeing another analyst jump on its bandwagon after what has been a dismal ride down. Shares have fallen close to 80% over the past year and change, but it has been...
As much as 85% of the US Midwest got rained on this weekend in amounts varying between 0.2-0.8 inches, offering some relief for corn and soybean crops in the country’s main growing region. More...
The venture capital arm of General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) has invested an undisclosed amount in a Series C round of financing for lightweight steel maker NanoSteel Co. GM joins seven other venture...
Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN) reported third-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.50 and $8.3 billion in revenue before markets opened today. EPS for the same period a year ago totaled...
Kinross Gold Corp. (NYSE: KGC) fired its CEO after the markets closed last night. The company replaced Tye Burt, its chief executive for the past seven years, with J. Paul Rollinson, who had been the...
Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $5.47 and $6.83 billion in revenue before markets opened today. EPS for the same period a year ago came to $4.60,...