May 19, 2011 How a Joburg “gold mine” ate USD 200m in cash During 2010, London- and Johannesburg-listed Central Rand Gold (CRG) produced 9,321 ounces of gold. This is the company that categorically stated in its 2007 annual report that it is "intended…
May 19, 2011 Short covering not speculative buying led to silver’s parabolic rise Most mainstream pundits and reporters have assumed that it was speculative buying that caused silver to go parabolic. After all, it's always the dumb money or the public that gets…
May 19, 2011 Copper markets were in surplus 118,000 tonnes in the first quarter Commodity Online reports that copper markets were in surplus of 118,000 tonnes during January — March this year according to the World Bureau of Metal Statistics. The market was in…
May 19, 2011 2010 US mine disaster preventable: probe Last year's death of 29 miners in one of the worst mining disasters in US history "could have been prevented," a panel concluded Thursday, blasting the owner for lax safety…
May 19, 2011 CME Group reports record options open interest for gold, silver, platinum By Kitco News (Kitco News) -- Options for Comex gold and silver and Nymex platinum all hit open-interest records Wednesday, CME Group reports. For platinum, a fresh options open-interest record…
May 19, 2011 N.A. Energy stops work at Cdn Natural’s Horizon project now been notified by its customer, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., to suspend overburden removal activities at the Horizon oil sands project near Fort McMurray, Alta. The suspension is being taken…
May 19, 2011 International Coal Group Stock Hits New 52-Week High (ICO) NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- International Coal Group (NYSE:ICO) hit a new 52-week high Thursday as it is currently trading at $14.52, above its previous 52-week high of $14.51 with 6.9…
May 19, 2011 China’s Stocks Decline on Rate Concern, Higher Energy Costs May 19 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks fell for the first time in three days, led by property developers and power producers, on concern the central bank will boost borrowing costs…
May 19, 2011 Reports: Western Australia hikes iron-ore royalties, angers miners The Western Australian government on Thursday introduced a phased increase on its royalty rates applying to iron-ore mines, a move it says […]
May 19, 2011 Reuters: Quality issues threaten India iron ore sales to China Reuters reports that world number three supplier India's iron ore exports and prices could be hit by quality issues raised by China on $2.2bn worth of shipments. India sends almost…
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