May 20, 2011 Output disrupted at Lonmin SAfrican mine Miner Lonmin LMIJ.J (LMI.L: Quote) said on Friday that there was unspecified industrial action taking place at its Marikana operations in South Africa by members of the National Union of…
May 19, 2011 China’s interest in Latin American commodities continues Latin America used to be known for its economic and political instability. But it fought off the global financial crisis with relative […]
May 19, 2011 CME Group reports record options open interest for gold, silver, platinum By Kitco News (Kitco News) -- Options for Comex gold and silver and Nymex platinum all hit open-interest records Wednesday, CME Group reports. For platinum, a fresh options open-interest record…
May 16, 2011 What’s driving the divergence of commodity prices As the chart below demonstrates commodity prices are driven by different factors. The precious metals prices have been the hyperbolic driver of headline commodities news relative to the broader based…
May 16, 2011 John Kaiser: alternative energy fuels mining boom Advances in energy and agriculture are creating demand for previously ignored metals such as scandium, tellurium and indium. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Mining Analyst John Kaiser,…
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…
Northern Star climbs to record high as first-half profit surges 49% The gold miner reported underlying net profit after tax of A$759.8 million ($541 million) for the half year ended December 31. February 11, 2026 | 03:33 pm
