May 17, 2011 HudBay Minerals increases first quarter profit by 59% HudBay Minerals Inc. has released its first quarter 2011 financial results. Net profit attributable to shareholders increased to $16.8 million or $0.11 per share in the first quarter of 2011,…
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 Gold options: going to the well again There are two markets where supply and demand fundamentals have gone out the window and where the value of the dollar and […]
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 16, 2011 First Majestic earns a record $23.9 million in first quarter of 2011 First Majestic has experienced a new record for quarterly earnings for the first quarter of 2011 due to a 30% increase in average realized silver prices over the prior quarter…
May 14, 2011 Net gold and silver long positions cut last week Speculators in gold, silver and copper futures and options sharply cut their net long positions in the week ended May 10. Metal prices sold off during a commodities rout during…
May 13, 2011 The gold-silver ratio – another look The gold-silver ratio (GSR) measures how many ounces of silver one can purchase for an ounce of gold, on a certain date. Reference to the ratio has a long history.…
May 13, 2011 John Kaiser: $1,200+ gold is new normal What is good for the U.S. economy is good for gold. John Kaiser, editor of Kaiser Research Online, has proposed a graphic model that relates the value of all above-ground…
China’s Premier inspects rare earth facilities, hints at leverage in US rivalry Li Qiang inspected rare earth facilities in the southern province of Jiangxi on Tuesday. February 10, 2026 | 04:26 pm
