April 27, 2011 A longer-term view of inflation: industrial metals vs. gold I found an interesting dataset at the IMF of commodity prices going back to 1980. What makes it interesting is to look at the longer-term price trends of some of…
April 27, 2011 Commodities: No bubble here With commodity prices up so much over the past several years, you can forgive long-term value investors for giving them a miss. Who wants to risk exposure to another asset…
April 27, 2011 It’s a good time to invest in coal Coal is considered the dirtiest of all fossil fuels due to the emissions of hazardous pollutants when burned. But we are at a point today where there is a scarcity…
April 25, 2011 Tata to hold onto Riversdale stake India's Tata Steel , the world's No 7 steelmaker, will hold on to its stake in Africa-focused Riversdale Mining , its vice chairman said on Monday. "We will continue to…
April 21, 2011 Anglo American Q1 numbers hit by freak weather Miner Anglo American stuck to its production targets on Thursday despite a first quarter that saw floods and heavy rains hampering output, with coal output from its Australian operations down…
April 21, 2011 Walter Energy revenues up 58% in Q1 Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT) (TSX: WLT), the world's leading, publicly traded "pure play" producer of metallurgical coal for the global steel industry, today announced earnings per diluted share of $1.53…
April 20, 2011 Teck Resources announces dividend Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B, NYSE: TCK) announced today that it will pay an eligible dividend of $0.30 per share on its outstanding Class A common shares and…
April 20, 2011 Global Earth Energy Inc. announces details on Modern Coal deal with projected revenues of $525 Million Modern Coal has acquired access to approximately 33 million tons of coal reserves in eastern Kentucky. Modern Coal will be able to reach the additional coal through mines operated on…
April 20, 2011 Rio Tinto buys CSN’s Riversdale stake for $830m Brazilian steelmaker CSN (CSNA3.SA: Quote)(SID.N: Quote) struck a deal to sell its 19.9 percent stake in Australian coal miner Riversdale to mining giant Rio Tinto for A$780 million ($830 million),…
April 20, 2011 China planning to ‘protect’ strategic coking coal resources Platts reports the Chinese government is planning to categorize coking coal as a strategic resource that will be “protected” via incentives to […]
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
