June 24, 2011 Precious metals hurt by oil reserve release IBTimes reports that the release of reserve oil caused commodity prices to drop across the board with the greatest toll affecting the precious metals markets.
June 23, 2011 Commodities fall most in seven weeks Bloomberg reports that commodities dropped the most in seven weeks after the International Energy Agency announced plans to release emergency oil supplies.Gold for August delivery fell 2.4 percent to $1,516.60…
June 20, 2011 Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? The sweet Clash song “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?” seems to be the song most suited for the Greek situation right now. France and Germany are bailing them…
June 17, 2011 Suite of $6.5bn South Africa platinum projects under project management Mining Weekly reports six major platinum projects, collectively worth some R46-billion, are under project management on the western limb of the Bushveld Complex, in the Rustenburg area of South Africa.…
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 13, 2011 South African platinum miner Northam to list in New York Northam CEO Glyn Lewis says that the JSE-listed platinum-group-metals (PGM) producer is taking the step to provide its “growing” US shareholder base with a more visible profile. Recent corporate developments…
June 13, 2011 Rhodium to rise as much as 35% as car sales accelerate, SA mine output slumps Rhodium will climb as much as 35% to $2,800 an ounce by the end of the year on increased carmaker demand and production difficulties for mining companies in South Africa…
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 9, 2011 South Africa mining output rebounds strongly, possible industrial action looms South African mining output rebounded strongly in April, rising by 12.4% year-on-year, after contracting 1.4% in the previous month, a report by Statistics South Africa showed on Thursday. Year-to-date production…
June 9, 2011 Commodity prices should snap higher in H2, dollar unlikely to recover until 2012 – Morgan Stanley Ron Leven of Morgan Stanley has recently delivered a presentation under the auspice of ETF Securities Ltd. in which he outlined his […]
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