May 16, 2011 Without QE3, commodities may suffer While China continues to make asset driven economic decisions and now looks like a traction control experiment where the economy is like a car that is driving on ice that…
May 16, 2011 Chart of the day: commodity flows QE, of course, only happens when interest rates hit the zero bound, so it’s impossible to disentangle the effects of QE from the effects of G3 interest rates all coming…
May 13, 2011 Strong gold and PGM revenues see Franco-Nevada Q1 net income up 157% Franco Nevada reported an adjusted net income of US$21.4 million or 18-cents per share for the first quarter, a 157% increase over the adjusted net income of US$8.3 million or…
May 10, 2011 The Contango Report: silver contango balloons, sugar backwardation disappears Has oil moved into backwardation yet? What does corn’s roll yield look like? How do you know when it’s time to buy—or […]
May 8, 2011 First blast signals start of shaft sinking phase at Wesizwe’s Frischgewaagd-Ledig complex Following the approval by Wesizwe shareholders in March 2011 of the total mine development financing solution offered by the Chinese consortium of Jinchuan, CAD Fund and Micawber, TWP Projects, a…
May 6, 2011 Quadra FNX Mining announces earnings of $168 Million in the first quarter of 2011 The Company recorded first quarter earnings of $168 million or $0.88 per share (basic) compared to earnings of $55 million or $0.55 per share for the previous year. The higher…
May 6, 2011 Platinum to trade above $1,900 despite another gross surplus in 2011 – GFMS GFMS, in its recently-published "Platinum & Palladium Survey 2011", is forecasting that platinum will sustain a gross surplus in 2011 of a similar magnitude to that of 2010. Mine production…
May 5, 2011 Bespoke’s commodity snapshot Below we highlight our trading range charts of ten major commodities. For each chart, the green shading represents between two standard deviations […]
May 4, 2011 Stillwater Mining reports record quarterly earnings for the first quarter [Highlights from] Stillwater Mining Company: Net income of $36.2 million or $0.34 per diluted share -- nearly triple first quarter 2010 earnings Mined PGM production increased to 131,200 ounces Continued…
May 4, 2011 Northam Platinum sells Booysendal South mineral rights to Aquarius South Africa's Northam Platinum (NHMJ.J: Quote) said on Wednesday it would sell part of the mineral rights for its Booysendal property to Aquarius Platinum (AQP.L: Quote) for 1.2 billion rand…
Copper price set for biggest annual gain since 2009 on supply bets The red metal has notched a series of all-time highs in an end-of-year surge, rallying over 40% on the London Metal Exchange this year. December 31, 2025 | 10:31 am
