October 24, 2011 Does Caterpillar build a bullish scenario for gold & silver? On Monday morning, gold futures for December delivery climbed above $1,650, while silver futures closed in on $32. Gold and silver still remain in a trading range while markets wait…
October 24, 2011 Au no! Viper’s verification sampling finds no gold, angry investors bite back In an object lesson on the fickle nature of junior explorer investment, dismayed investors took a huge chunk out of Viper Gold's stock on the Toronto Venture Exchange after trade…
October 24, 2011 "No coal depletion threats in Botswana" The Plant Manager of Morupule Colliery, Matthews Bagopi, says unlike with other commodities that are expected to run out soon in Botswana, there are no threats of coal depletion because…
October 24, 2011 Peabody, Arcelor willing to pay more for Macarthur even as coking coal heads to $240/tonne Stock in US coal giant Peabody Energy and India's ArcelorMittal surged on Monday after their joint bidding vehicle secured a 59.85% stake in Australian metallurgical-coal miner Macarthur Coal and raised…
October 24, 2011 Gold bugs conspiracy theory goes mainstream Support for the favourite gold bug conspiracy theory – that a cabal of western central bankers is secretly determined to manipulate the world’s markets by rigging gold prices – has…
October 24, 2011 Aquila Resources – Washpool Hard Coking Coal Project Rail Transport Agreement Aquila Resources Limited (ASX:AQA "the Company" or "Aquila") is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Washpool Coal Pty Ltd ("Washpool") has signed a Rail Transportation Agreement with QR…
October 23, 2011 Minister implores EU: Don’t discriminate against oilsands minister is taking the European Union to task over its proposal to discriminate against crude from the Alberta oilsands. Joe Oliver has written to union energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger to…
October 23, 2011 Railways chokes on coal short supply Coal Ministry mandarins recently summoned senior officials of State-owned coal companies and reportedly urged them to pull up their socks or face consequences. The reason: a large number of power…
October 23, 2011 Hedge Funds Raise Bullish Bets Most in Two Months: Commodities (For more commodity columns, click CMMKT.) Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds increased bullish bets on commodities by the most since August on mounting optimism the global economy will avoid…
China’s rare earth magnet exports to US decline in November Shipments to the US totaled about 582 tons, compared with 656 tons in October. December 20, 2025 | 08:30 am