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ThinkstockNot even the size of London-listed Glencore Xstrata’s $8.47 billion asset impairment came as much of a surprise to observers…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has subpoenaed documents and other communications and records going back to 2010 from…
ThinkstockFor the second time in as many weeks, key commodities companies have been slapped with lawsuits alleging that the two…
ThinkstockSunday’s New York Times story on the shenanigans played by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) at its aluminum warehouse…
ThinkstockFor the second time in less than a week, a diamond miner has said that it will have to figure…
ThinkstockIf the value of something actually is determined by the price someone is willing to pay for it, Rio Tinto…
ThinkstockAs the world’s largest mining companies look to shed assets as they seek to boost investor returns, the mining sector…
ThinkstockThere are a variety of ways to invest in precious metals. Buying gold or silver bars and coins is one.…
ThinkstockAfter more than a year of twists and turns and negotiations, the $75 billion merger between Glencore International and Xstrata…
ThinkstockIt was just at the end of last week that we gave a pre-earnings update for Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT)…
ThinkstockRising stockpiles of virtually every commodity had led to a sharp drop in long-dated noncommercial (speculative) futures. Slowing growth in…
When the holidays wound down and we started off 2013, all the Wall St. firms started to put out their…
ThinkstockIn an announcement today in Beijing, China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the country’s top planning agency, said that steel…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but worries about a resolution to the banking crisis in Cyprus soon took…
Jon OggInvestors and traders constantly seek new good research-driven ideas for stocks to buy and for stocks to sell. Some…
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