CHARTS: Hedge funds turn commodity bears at record pace
Large-scale futures speculators sour on commodity sector in a big way – bullish bets on gold price cut by nearly 50%, most since 2015.
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Gold juniors’ Q4’16 fundamentals
The junior gold stocks corrected hard in recent weeks, setting them up to blast higher on Wednesday’s less-hawkish-than-expected Fed.
Dominion Diamond stock goes gangbuster on $1.1bn takeover bid
Montana-based Washington Co is offering 36% above the closing price of the Canadian miner’s shares on Friday.
North Korea admits six died in iron ore mine accident
Seven miners were initially trapped after the Jan. 9 incident at the Unryul iron ore mine, but only one survived.
Polemic Carmichael coal project in Australia to get going as early as August
Work on the delayed mine to start shortly after the federal government grants it final approval, which is expected before the end of May.
Coal mine in Germany turns into hydroelectric battery
The mine is set to be totally transformed by 2018.
Caterpillar to shut down Iowa plant, costing 75 jobs
The world's No.1 heavy machinery maker will shut down a facility in northeastern Iowa, to consolidate the plant’s operations with a location in Wamego, Kansas.
No end in sight for strike at La Escondida
A 39-day-long stoppage at the world’s largest copper mine may continue for up to three months.
Teenager finds 7.44 carat diamond at a park
The diamond is the 7th-largest found at Crater of Diamonds State Park since 1972.