May 4, 2011 Despite recent events gold prices remain a dollar play The dash from $1425/oz to $1563/oz came to a halt today on news that is perceived to be good for the USD. The technical indicators are firmly in the overbought…
May 3, 2011 Coalspur completes C$44.4 million public offering Coalspur Mines Limited (ASX: CPL, TSX:CPT) is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed its public offering of 24 million ordinary shares of the company at an issue price…
May 3, 2011 14 men trapped underground in Mexican mine Fourteen miners in northern Mexico are trapped underground after a gas explosion, BBC News reported Tuesday. According the story, rescuers have been unable to contact the men due to high…
May 3, 2011 The silver connection is over, next stop $62 The 10% + plunge in silver has some asking if the rally is over while others are claiming the bubble has popped - neither view is accurate. Let's examine what…
May 3, 2011 EIA forecasts coal to remain king of American electric power generation The Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts coal to remain the dominant fuel for power generation until 2035 despite projected strong increases in natural gas and renewable fuel use over the…
May 3, 2011 Sandvik and Shandong Energy JV for underground coal equipment Sandvik Mining and Construction and Shandong Energy Machinery in Xintai, Shandong Province, China, have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 owned joint venture for the production and sales of…
May 2, 2011 Three Cs Going Crazy in Commodities With silver spiraling out of control, it's worth checking in on some of the other commodities. Indeed the agricultural or soft commodities have, as a group, been surging in recent…
May 2, 2011 Arch Coal Merger Consolidates Coking Space Things were already looking tight in the coking coal world before Arch Coal (ACI) decided to pay $3.4 billion for International Coal Group (ICO). The deal pays International Coal shareholders…
May 2, 2011 The bogey man is dead! Gold drops and recovers. Silver struggles. The implications of Osama Bin Laden’s death are filtering through to the markets and, after an initial dive, gold seems to be […]
May 2, 2011 Arch Coal to buy International Coal Group for $3.4bn Arch Coal (ACI.N) will buy smaller peer International Coal Group Inc (ICO.N) for $3.4 billion to create the second-largest U.S. producer of steel-making coal, the companies said on Monday. The…
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