June 14, 2011

Jewellers provide support as gold prices bounce

Gold rebounded on Tuesday after posting its biggest one-day loss in a month in the previous session on growing worries about another global economic downturn, but a weaker U.S. dollar…

June 9, 2011

Today in Commodities: USDA big news today

No curve balls from the USDA but as for food prices look for prices to stay elevated. Crude will settle approximately 1% […]

June 7, 2011

Profit margins at world’s top 40 mining companies fall

Profit margins for the world’s top 40 mining companies are below the historical peaks of 2006 and 2007 as higher costs outweigh […]

June 6, 2011

Gokhran may have enough palladium for exports in 2012, but what of 2013?

A Russian Finance Ministry official has reportedly said that the State repository has sufficient palladium stocks to continue to export in 2012, while it is also looking to upgrade some…

June 2, 2011

Stillwater Mining’s outlook good

The Japanese earthquake and tsunami did substantial damage to the Japanese auto industry. Some speculated that the global platinum supply would rise eightfold due to the impact of the quake.…

June 1, 2011

The world is not running out of natural resources

Let me begin by saying that I believe the premise of this question is mistaken. It is quite incorrect to think that fossil fuel resources are finite. It may be…

June 1, 2011

Stillwater Mining Company comments on stronger PGM prices

Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE: SWC), commenting on today's significant strengthening in palladium and platinum prices, indicated that the market outlook for increasing demand and constrained production underlies the significant move…

May 26, 2011

Commodities boom drives economic growth in several Canadian provinces

A Conference Board of Canada report says high energy and metals prices "are prompting resource companies to invest billions in iron ore projects, nickel processing and offshore oil developments" in…

May 23, 2011

Bottoms in!

It was another week of mixed markets where we did see some bottoms in stocks and US markets seem to have turned up thus far. Their not yet trending higher,…

May 20, 2011

Pandora shares down on missed Q1 forecast

Fast-growing Danish jewellery maker Pandora (PNDORA.CO: Quote) missed forecasts with a 55 percent rise in first-quarter profit as price rises failed to […]