Commodities & Metals
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Concerns about the global economic recovery and the ability of emerging markets, especially China, to keep growing are affecting prices for many commodities, including coal. Adding to coal’s...
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Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) may have sold off in recent days but there is some better news for the long-term outlook of this company’s business prospects pertaining to rare earth minerals. While...
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There is no point in arguing about it. Gold and silver are just the wrong trades in the current state of the markets. Hope may be near for support, but there are risks to having too much...
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Seed and fertilizer maker Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) reported second fiscal quarter earnings this morning that set a record for the quarter. The company also boosted its EPS outlook for the full fiscal...
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Last year at this time, cotton prices were hovering around $2.10/pound. They’re less than half that today, and growers are wondering if $0.95/pound will return. Cotton prices dropped below $1/pound...
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Uranium miner Uranium Energy Corp. (AMEX: UEC) sold 5.56 million shares of common stock today at a per share price of $3.60, a discount of about 6.7% to last night’s closing price of $3.86/share....
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Jon OggMarc Faber, who is the publisher of the Gloom, Boom and Doom Report, gave an interview on Bloomberg Television this Monday showing some real caution that is mixed with some optimism. Faber...
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A shortage of a number of crops will mean the amount of corn planted in the US this year will be at a seven decade high. In theory, this will push corn prices down, and the price of wheat and...
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Teucrium Agricultural Fund (NYSE: TAGS) is a new agriculture ETF being launched by Teucrium Trading, LLC. The new exchange traded product actually appears to be structured as bit like a...
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Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) has announced this morning that the company will issue $2 billion in debt securities, the proceeds of which will be used: primarily to repay existing indebtedness under...
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The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) has posted its third quarter earnings, and the results show some serious declines in operating income and in margins. Net earnings fell to $273 million from $542...
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Yesterday’s publication of proposed new carbon emissions rules related to electricity power generating plants have taken even more steam out of US coal company stocks. The new rules are generally...
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Chinese meat and food processor Zhongpin Inc. (NASDAQ: HOGS) announced today that the company’s chairman, Xainfu Zhu, has submitted an offer to acquire all the outstanding shares he doesn’t...
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UK-based mining giant Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RIO) is mulling over the idea of shedding its diamond mining and production operations. The company’s review follows by two weeks reports that another...
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Coal miner Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE: WLT) this morning lowered its revenue and profit forecasts for the current quarter, but, in a bit of an odd turn, maintained its full-year production forecast....
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