DAILY METAL PRICES (January 10, 2011)
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CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (January 10, 2011)
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Copper and coal will do well in current super-cycle, Standard Chartered says
Nearly five billion people will live in cities by 2030 compared with 3.4 billion today and the high urbanization rate over the next twenty years will drive demand for copper and coal, Standard Chartered Bank notes in a research…
Eike still likes gold (November 17, 2010)
While Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista has swelled his fortune on Brazilian offshore oil over the last five years he still has an appetite for the commodity that helped propel him to fame and fortune so many years ago.
Bear vs. bull at Denver Forum
DENVER, COLO. — One wore a black cowboy hat and the other, a white one. This being the Denver Gold Forum, it was only fitting that Martin Murenbeeld, chief economist at Dundee Wealth and arguing the …
Early 2010 a ‘wild ride’: MRG report
— The following are the findings of the Mining Recruitment Group’s (MRG) latest Mining Executive Outlook survey, which was distributed and completed during the last week of June 2010. This survey is …
Where should investors spend, if not gold?
If you ask economist William Gamble which metals he believes have the most upside over the next two years his answer is an unequivocal “None whatsoever.”
Embry touts new gold trust, bullion buying
If you’ve got a lot of money or even just a little, John Embry, chief investment strategist for Sprott Asset Management, says you’d better hold some of it in physical gold.Although the gold guru himself holds 75% of his personal portfolio in…
Goodbye ‘Inco’
The end of the Inco era became official in the last week of May, as Vale announced it is killing the name “Vale Inco” for its nickel business. It will now simply be called “Vale.”
Commodities sink in jittery markets
The twentieth trading week of the year was characterized by a wide retreat in commodity prices as doubts grew regarding the health of the global economy in the face of continued sovereign debt problem…
BC mining industry robust in 2009: PwC report
VANCOUVER — The mining industry in British Columbia kept healthy last year despite a sharp drop in coal shipments and prices, according to the latest survey of the industry by PricewaterhouseCoopers …
Technical Analysis Report: platinum
Along with the nascent global economic recovery there has been renewed interest in platinum, largely due to the metal’s crucial role in auto manufacturing.