April 14, 2011

Goldman’s near-term bearish turn on commodities

Yesterday was quite a weak day in the commodity markets, with a few staging outside reversals on their charts. It appears some […]

April 14, 2011

Why is JPMorgan so eagerly acquiring bars of physical platinum?

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is the biggest derivatives issuer of all U.S. banks, but it is busy below the radar, loading up its […]

April 14, 2011

Magma completes A$20 million placement

Magma Metals Limited (ASX & TSX: MMW) (“Magma” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the completion of an A$20 million placement of approximately 71.4 million new fully paid ordinary…

April 13, 2011

Aquarius Platinum to pay $109.7m for 74% of Afarak Platinum

Aquarius Platinum (AQP.L: Quote), the world's fourth-largest primary platinum producer, said it would buy 74 percent of Afarak Platinum for $109.7 million to build up its reserves of the precious…

April 13, 2011

Novel call for Jewelers to assist Japan’s earthquake and tsunami victims

An organisation operating out of Dillon in Nevada has been formed as "Jewelers for Japan" to raise funds for the thousands of victims in Japan and it is asking jewelers…

April 3, 2011

Is palladium overdone?

Palladium has given traders and investors quite a ride over the past year — mostly on the long side. The launch of the ETFS Physical Palladium Shares (PALL) put a…

March 29, 2011

General Director of MMC Norilsk Nickel meets South African President

Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, the General Director and Chairman of the Management Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel (the Company) met with the President of the Republic of South Africa Jakob Zuma in…

March 29, 2011

SA platinum shares drop on Zimbabwe ultimatum

Shares in SA-listed platinum miners fell as Zimbabwe gave mining firms six months to sell majority stakes to local black investors.

March 28, 2011

Dirty old tricks

All in all it was a great week. Markets rebounded nicely and shrugged off higher oil prices and put in very good performances.

March 25, 2011

Franco reports major growth in 2010 results, increases dividend 60%

Franco-Nevada forecasts revenue this year to be between US$325 million to $350 million this year, using consensus commodity price assumptions of US$1,400 gold, $1,750 platinum, $575 palladium and $80 oil.…