Roxgold Inc.: A New Discovery In A New Found Area Of Exploration

Overview
Roxgold Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian (Vancouver, BC) junior exploration company listed on the TSX.V (ROG) that is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of natural resources; with primary focus on gold.

Founded in 2006, Roxgold’s major asset is the 100% owned TJ Ridge Project, a highly prospective property in an under-explored area of [...]

Muscular Greenback Edges Out Gold

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News
The United States is firing up the printing presses. This desperate move means the value of the dollar is destined to disintegrate. What this also means is that gold will decline on a muscular US dollar, profit-taking, technical selling and potentially deflationary economic data.
The yellow metal often moves [...]

American Bonanza Target: 2010 Production

American Bonanza Gold Corp. is developing and exploring gold projects in pro-mining areas of Canada and the United States. The main objective is to develop the advanced stage 100% owned Copperstone gold property in Arizona where a feasibility study is currently underway with the goal of achieving production by 2010.

Bravo Venture completes private placement

Bravo Venture Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BVG)(FRANKFURTL:B6I) announced today that the previously announced non-brokered common share unit placement and flow through private placements have been completed.
The press release is quoted as saying:
The company has closed a first tranche of the private placement consisting of 5,185,000 flow-through units and 6,062,921 non flow-through units for C$5,320,814.
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Goldeye Explorations Ltd announces 825,000 Stock Options

Goldeye Explorations Limited (TSX VENTURE:GGY) announced today that the company has granted a total of 825,000 stock options to few directors and consultants pursuant to its incentive stock option plan. These new stock options are exercisable at $0.10 per share(until October 19, 2014).
The press release is quoted saying:
Goldeye is pursuing its wholly owned gold properties [...]

Fronteer fast-tracks Nevada Gold Project w/ Newmont

Fronteer is in a joint venture with Newmont Mining Corporation. They’re after gold in Nevada:
Fronteer Development Group Inc…. has finalized an option and joint-venture agreement with its senior Nevada partner, Newmont Mining Corporation to advance the Company’s … Nevada Gold project”
From the CEO:
“This deal is important to Fronteer because it maximizes Sandman’s near-term production potential [...]

Delta Exploration: Uranium and Gold Concessions in West Africa

Overview
Delta Exploration Inc. is a Canadian-based, TSX-Venture Exchange listed (symbol DEV) company engaged in the evaluation and development of resource properties. Delta’s principle assets are its uranium and gold concessions in West Africa.
Delta has several uranium projects in West Africa. The Falea project is located in western Mali close to the borders of Guinea and [...]

Geologix Explorations Inc. : Working Smart, Keeping Focused, Building the Right Team

Overview
Geologix Explorations Inc. is a mineral exploration company focused on acquiring, exploring and developing gold properties in North and South America. The Company has a wealth of experience in the mining industry taking early stage exploration prospects to final feasibility and ultimately to production.
Key Points:

Focusing on precious metal and polymetallic properties that show potential for [...]

Amex Exploration will resume drilling on its Perron Gold Project

Amex Exploration Inc. declared that the first phase of a 5,000 meter diamond drill program will begin next week on May 10 , 2009, on its Perron gold project located 8 kilometers NW of the town of Normetal in the Abitibi region under the supervision of Jacques Marchand and Nathalie Guillemette both qualified Geologists as [...]

Worried Investors Hoard Gold

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News
Investors are a worried lot these days. Given that inflation is expected to rise due to the large amounts of money being pumped into the global economy by central banks and governments to boost growth and confidence, the worry lines have just got deeper.
The U.S. has committed as [...]

Gold Price Undergoing a Pullback

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News
Gold for April delivery, the most actively trading contract, ended at $942.50 on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange on Friday. The metal surpassed $1,000 an ounce the previous Friday, but last it has lost $60. The contract rose 7.4 per cent this month.
Gold is [...]

Midlands Minerals reports private placement

Midlands Minerals Corporation (TSX VENTURE:MEX) announced a non-brokered private placement of up to 30 million Units.
The press release is quoted as saying:
Midlands is a growth oriented and value based gold exploration company operating in Ghana and Tanzania, two stable countries with a history of gold mining. Midlands’ top priority project is the fully permitted Sian [...]

NWM Mining Corp: Development and exploration in North West Mexico

Overview
NWM Mining Corporation (TSX-V: COL) (”NWM”) is engaged in the development and exploration of gold properties located in Sonora, North West Mexico. NWM has mineral exploration or development rights to a combined property portfolio of some 15,880 hectares in the State of Sonora.
NWM’s focus today is the development of the Lluvia-Jojoba project and re-commissioning of [...]

Sage Gold Inc.: Aggressive 2008 Drill Program

Overview
Sage Gold Inc. is a mineral exploration company managed by an experienced team of financial and geological specialists with extensive experience in all aspects of exploration, development, and financing of both senior and junior resource companies. The company is focused on exploring, developing and acquiring economic properties in the Americas.
Sage has an aggressive 2008 drill [...]

India Shifting from Gold to ETF’s

By Kishori Krishnan, Exclusive to Gold Investing News
Mumbai, India
It’s a new form of gold rush. Prospectors, jewelery stores and pawnshop counters are passé in the wake of this new feed. The feverish charge for the yellow metal is now unfolding across corporate offices, mutual fund counters and retail stores across India. The biggest consumer of [...]

Gold Sector Punches Higher

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News
TSX, the main Canadian stock index closed at its highest level in seven months on Thursday, with energy and mining stocks all moving higher in a TSX trifecta that followed encouraging economic reports from the United States.
The S&P/TSX financial group rose 2.6 per cent, the energy index added [...]

Dorex Minerals Inc.: Aggressive Exploration and Development

Overview
Dorex Minerals Inc. is a base and precious metals exploration and development company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “DOX” and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the coding “A9L”. The Company’s objective is to aggressively explore and develop its 2,400 hectare (24 sq km) Carmelita Property, located within the Coastal Belt of [...]

Oro Gold Resources: Key to Discovery

Overview
Oro Gold is a gold exploration company committed to making new discoveries in Mexico and Central America. The company is led by an unparalleled technical team with significant gold resource development experience and a passion for generative exploration. The company is focused on:

Drill Programs: discover and define gold resources at Trinidad & Cimarron (NI 43-101 [...]

Gold mining companies rose after price of precious metal climbed

Gold mining companies rose after the price of the precious metal climbed $37 in New York to $895.80 an ounce as investors sought a haven from tumbling equities.
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B2Gold reports Results from Orosi Mine

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO) reported the assay results from the Jabali vein trenching program located nine kilometers east of the 100% owned, Orosi Mine in Nicaragua.
The press release is quoted as saying:
B2Gold Corp. is a Vancouver based gold producer with two mines in Nicaragua and a strong portfolio of development and exploration assets in Nicaragua, Colombia, [...]

Chai Cha Na – Reported Historic 4+ Million Ounce Production

Overview
Chai Cha Na Mining Inc is an aggressive early stage Canadian exploration company with headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario. Focused on creating exceptional value for shareholders, our experienced management team is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of high potential grade gold properties.
Highlights

Low acquisition and exploration commitments/costs
Both properties lie within historically prolific mining camps

Gold [...]

Hansa Resources – Gold and Base Metals in Sweden

Overview
Hansa Resources Limited is a TSX-V and Frankfurt, listed Canadian mineral exploration company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of base and precious metal properties in Scandinavia. The Company has spread exploration risk by holding both resource stage gold projects in traditional mining camps, and being a “first mover” in testing massive sulphide mineralization [...]

Coral Gold Resources: Nevada Gold Resource Continues To Grow

Overview
Established in 1982 and managed by a team with over 250 years’ combined industry experience, Coral Gold Resources is exploring more than 10,000 acres of strategically-located mineral claims on Nevada’s Battle Mountain-Cortez gold trend. The company’s key investment features include:

An inferred gold resource exceeding 2.3 million ounces (based on US$600/ounce gold).
The Robertson Project, Coral Gold’s [...]

Golden Eagle declares restart of operations at canyon gold mill

Golden Eagle International, Inc. reported that Jerritt Canyon mine has completed a series of environmental-compliance requirements and that the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection has made a determination authorizing the restart of the mine’s milling operations.
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Alexis Minerals Corporation: A Rarity – Junior Explorer and Gold Producer

Overview
Alexis Minerals Corporation is a dynamic and aggressive mineral exploration and development company focused on mine discovery in Canada’s richest mining regions, Val d’Or and Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec.
Key Points: “Focused on Creating Wealth”

Control of 1,005 square kilometres of high-quality exploration properties in two of Canada’s most prolific mining camps
Explorer with discoveries
Expert management – major mine discoverers
100% [...]

Gold Price Rebounds

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News
The dollar rose as did gold. Gold rose in Europe on Thursday as the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund’s holdings set a record and Wednesday’s equity rally fizzled out, boosting the appeal of gold as a safe investment. Spot gold rose to $913.15/$914.15 an ounce from $906.65 late [...]

The Rich Get Richer

Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) issued a report this morning which indicates that the number of high net worth individuals in the world increased by 6 percent in 2007 to 10.1 million, the number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals increased by 8.8 percent, and for the first time in the history of the report, the average assets held [...]

Kinross CEO Burt says `Tiny Perfect Storm’ makes deals likely

Bloomberg.com reports Kincross Gold, 4th largest gold producer on the market, CEO Burt says:
smaller mining companies face a “tiny perfect storm” that has devastated share prices and opened the door for acquisitions.
Tye Burt, CEO of Kincross Gold says:
“It’s an opportunity-rich environment. There are lots of young companies we’d like to have a relationship with.”
For complete story, [...]

Apoquindo Minerals Inc.: Advancing Base & Precious Metal Deposits in South America

Overview
Apoquindo Minerals (AQM: TSXv) is advancing its Copper Oxide Project in the heart of the world’s greatest copper producing region in Chile, as well as actively exploring multiple base metal and precious metal projects in Peru. During management’s tenure as top executives with Codelco Chile, the world’s largest copper producer ($24B market cap), they [...]

Tiger International Resources Inc.: Exploration in South East Asia

Overview
Tiger International Resources Inc. is a public company which is primarily engaged in exploration and development of mining properties. The Company is incorporated under the provision of the Province of British Columbia Company Act with its shares traded on the Canadian Venture Exchange under the code TGR.V.

Tiger International Resources Inc. is a resource company that [...]

Luna Gold declares appointment of new director

Luna Gold Corp. reports that it has appointed D. Bruce McLeod, P.Eng as an independent director of Luna.
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Increase Risk Appetite For Gold

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive to Gold Investing News
Feeling risky? Buy gold. It’s all about the risk factor these days, as investors square their positions following a massive rally on the stock market.
Ever since stocks soared on Monday, driving the Dow Jones industrials up nearly 500 points, after the government announced details of a public-private partnership [...]

Grenville Gold Corporation: Focused on Near-Term Production

Overview
Grenville Gold Corp. is a Vancouver-based junior public company acquiring and developing precious and base metals deposits in South America. The growth strategy is focused on the acquisition of advanced exploration, near production, and past producing deposits with strong potential for near-term, low cost production.Our goal is to create value for our shareholders through the [...]

Copper Canyon Resources Ltd.: Advancing To Production

Overview
Copper Canyon Resources Ltd. (CPY:TSX-V) is a Canadian exploration and development company formed in June 2006 in a spin-off from Eagle Plains Resources (EPL:TSX-V). CPY seeks to add shareholder value by applying the joint venture model to advance its projects to production.
Copper Canyon, the most significant property, is located adjacent to the Galore Creek [...]

Brigadier Gold Ltd.: Creating Value In Canada’s Historic Mining Camps

Overview
Brigadier Gold Limited (BRG – TSX-V) is a Toronto-based exploration company focused on building shareholder value by acquiring and developing prospective gold exploration properties in world-class Canadian mining camps. Brigadier’s core assets are in the Kirkland Lake-Larder Lake and Matachewan areas in northeastern Ontario, where over 37 million ounces of gold have been produced from [...]

Northern Gold Mining Inc.: Recent High Grade Discovery

Overview
Northern Gold Mining Inc. is a junior resource company dedicated to gold exploration in Northern Ontario. In early summer 2008 occurrences of visible gold were noted on Northern Gold’s Kirana Project and rigorous sampling was undertaken. Assaying of these samples taken from bedrock returned values of gold as high as 2305.12 g/t (67.22 [...]

International Gold Mining Ltd: A Truly Global Opportunity

Overview
International Gold Mining Ltd (IGL) is an exploration and development company engaged in the search for and development of gold in Australia, and both gold and uranium in Tanzania. Both of our properties, Eureka and British King are 100% owned, NI43-101 compliant and are capable of producing a positive cash flow from gold sales in [...]

Kootenay Reports More Gold and Silver Trench Results

Kootenay Gold (CVE:KTN) reported today on more gold and silver results from trenching around the Promontorio mine in Mexico. Results returned are up to 24.9 grams per tonne gold and 269 grams per tonne silver.
Jim McDonald, CEO of KTN is reported saying:
The Dorotea Zone is known to contain significant values of gold and silver as [...]

Jinshan Gold Mines: Discovering Mineral Wealth in Asia

Overview
Jinshan Gold Mines is a new gold producer in China with the commencement of production from our Chang Shan Hao mine in July 2007. The open pit heap-leach mine is designed to produce approximately 120,000 ounces of gold per year, making the mine one of China’s largest gold producers. With a proven track record, Jinshan [...]

Buffalo Gold: Strength in Mining

Overview
At Buffalo we believe that this will be achieved by drawing on our strengths:

A team with strength in all aspects of exploration, mining and finance
Properties with strength in fundamental and potential value
Strength in commitment to the environment and the communities in which we work

Buffalo has a portfolio of projects ranging from grassroots exploration in known [...]

Tara Gold reports expansion of San Antonio zone

Tara Gold Resources Corp. reports assay results from 2 holes (SA-54 and SA-55) in the San Antonio zone.
Drill hole SA-55 intercepted three, well mineralized intervals: one near the surface, a second at 110 meters down the hole, and a third at 450 meters down the hole (300 meters vertical depth). The deepest intercept contained 2.55 [...]

Paramount CEO moves to calm investors after 16% stock plunge

Ottawa Business Journal reports Paramount Gold and Silver calms investors with its strong portfolio after the mining company’s stock plunged yesterday by more than 16 per cent.
The Ottawa-based company saw its share price lose 25 cents to close at 74 cents on the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday, prompting CEO Christopher Crupi to issue a statement affirming the company’s commitment to [...]

Dynasty Gold Corp.: Developing Gold Assets In China

Overview
Dynasty Gold Corporation (Dynasty) is achieving success in China with an inferred resource of nearly one million ounces of gold, three highly prospective land packages and business relationships with AngloGold Ashanti and Avocet Mining. Dynasty is evaluating three properties in known gold producing mineral regions in north-west China.
Chief Properties

Hatu Project – Xinjiang Province
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

Sino-Foreign [...]

Gold Investing Glossary of Terms

The Gold Investing Glossary: This glossary covers investing in junior resource companies. For the experienced investor or the newbie, you should find everything you need here. If not, let us know and we’ll research and add what you’re looking for.

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AMI Resources – Stratigic Location on Ashanti Gold Belt

Overview
AMI Resources Inc. is a Vancouver, British Columbia based exploration and development stage company, which through its wholly owned operating subsidiary (Norcan Mining Corp.), has elected to concentrate its exploration activities in Ghana, West Africa. Ghana has a long history of gold production and with its stable political climate, Ghana makes for an excellent country [...]

Dollar slides and Gold at new high

On Monday, Gold reached a new record high as the dollar sank. On other hand higher commodity prices lifted world equities.
The news release is quoted as saying:
The main catalyst for gold’s rise has been the falling dollar, which makes the metal more attractive to non-dollar investors and encourages others to hedge.
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Gold comes into its own as Citigroup flounders

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News
Speculation is rife: the slumping global economy is expected to reduce demand for commodities. Investor confidence is shaken: Citigroup, the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, looks at options, including a sale of parts of the company or a merger. In the midst of all this gloom, there is [...]

BCGold Corp.: Experienced Explorationists Driven By Discovery

Overview
BCGold Corp. (TSX-V: BCG) is a Vancouver-based junior resource company managed by people who know the exploration business, have numerous industry contacts, and have fostered relationships which facilitate the identification, acquisition and joint venture of quality precious and base metal exploration opportunities in British Columbia and Yukon.
Chief Properties

Engineer Mine Property, B.C.
Highlights

BCGold has an option [...]

Aussie gold rush-II

By Dave Brown – For Gold Investing News
The US producers price data released on Tuesday registered the highest monthly rate increase in 27 years, indicating that inflation continues to be a concern despite the slowdown in the US economy.
Additional negative economic news flow resulted from the US Commerce Department report for July housing, accentuating further weakness, as construction [...]

Avino Silver & Gold Mines: Working to Re-Open the Historic Avino Mine

Overview
Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. is a Vancouver based mining\exploration company focused on precious and base metals in Mexico and Canada. Avino is currently working to re-activate the Avino mine, an important historical producer of silver, gold, copper, lead, and zinc located in the Durango State of North Central Mexico. Current work is focused [...]

Dajin Resources Corp.: Exploration Innovation, The Next Discovery

Overview
Dajin Resources Corp. (”Dajin”) is a British Columbia exploration company with mining projects in the Cariboo Mining District in Central BC and the Nelson Mining District in South-eastern BC.
Within the Cariboo Mining District Dajin holds, southeast of Skygold Ventures Ltd. (TSX-V: SKV) recent gold discovery, a 100% interest in 28 Addie 1 mineral claims in [...]

GoldInvestingNews Weekend Wrapup

By Dave Brown – Exclusive to GoldInvestingNews.com
As many expected, the U.S. Federal Reserve decided this week not to raise interest rates but Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke did issue a warning that inflation is a growing threat. Prior to the Fed’s decision, the government released a report underscoring the depth of the housing slump. With [...]

Canarc Resource Corp. : Building an International Gold Producer

Overview
Canarc Resource Corp. is focused on building shareholder value by discovering and developing gold mines throughout the Americas.

Canarc’s principal asset is the +1 million ounce high-grade New Polaris gold mine project in western Canada which is moving towards feasibility and production.
Canarc is also exploring the extensive gold-bearing potential of the Guyana Shield at the Benzdorp [...]

BacTech gains $25,000 from the final private placement

BacTech (TSX VENTURE:BM), today announced that it has closed their third and final part of private placements for $ 25,000. In total, BacTech issued 5,282,500 units at 8 cents each, for total gain of $422,600. After a year (October 15, 2010) the purchaser would be entitled to 12 cents of share (1.5 share purchased as of [...]

Mindoro – At the Forefront in the Philippines

Overview
Mindoro is a Tier 1 Issuer trading on the TSX Venture Exchange (MIO) and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (WKN 906167). Mindoro is focused on gold, copper-gold and nickel exploration in the Philippines with a strategy of advancing early stage opportunities to production or joint venture. Mindoro has NI 43-101 resource estimates on its Agata North [...]

Astral Mining Corporation: Low Risk Projects

Overview
Astral Mining Corporation (AST.V) is a junior exploration company focused on identifying high potential gold and silver deposits in politically stable, mining friendly districts of North America. Astral seeks exploration projects that are in close proximity to the infrastructure needs of a successful mining project, thereby removing risks and enhancing the potential for an economic [...]

Gold, Lithium and Oil Sands – Habanero Resources

Overview
Habanero is a diversified junior company that is one of the largest landholders in the Yukon bordering Underworld Resources; now has now made applications to become one of the largest land holders within land prospective for lithium in Alberta and has significant acreage in the Alberta Oil sands.
Highlights

Acquired 5,400 Contiguous Hectares in Stewart Gold District
Acquired [...]

PMI Gold: Heading to Near Term Gold Production, Ghana

Overview
PMI Gold has been active in Ghana for 14 plus years and now controls four previous operating mines on 658 square kilometres of leases and concessions located along the prolific Ashanti and Asankrangwa gold belts in Ghana. Ghana is Africa’s second largest gold producer and has attracted over $7 billion in foreign direct investment into [...]

Serengeti Resources Inc: Focused on highly endowed Quesnel Trough

Overview
Serengeti Resources Inc. is a Vancouver based junior exploration company focused on exploration for copper (Cu), gold (Au) and molybdenum (Mo) deposits in the Quesnel Trough, Northern British Columbia – the largest copper-gold porphyry belt in Canada.

A strong globally-experienced and technically-skilled management team
Focusing on Cu, Au and Mo deposits in the highly endowed Quesnel Trough
Working [...]

G20 And The Search For New Gold

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News
Though 2009 is slated to be another challenging year for gold, most gold producing companies are securely placed to benefit from gold’s continued strength. Take the case of Randgold Resources Ltd, (NASDAQ:GOLD, LON:RRS) the owner of gold mines in West Africa, which has announced upgrades.
The company said Thursday [...]

Canasia Industries Corporation: Multiple Active Projects

Overview
Canasia Industries Corporation (CAJ) is a Canadian junior exploration company dedicated to the aggressive pursuit of world class mineral deposits. Canasia’s multiple active projects include: Over 450,000 acres of POTASH claims with government permit approval, 200,000 acres contiguous to a major COPPER discovery at Reed Lake, Manitoba, with drilling about to commence, multiple active GOLD/SILVER [...]

Gold Price Spurts After Policy Easing Measures

 By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News
With friends like these, who needs enemies? Silver and gold have a new best friend amongst their midst – Ben Bernanke. His pronouncement has engineered one of the last decade’s most dramatic turnarounds, with gold price leaping nearly 60 bucks and silver joining in the melee with a rise [...]

Gold climbed as much as 0.4 percent

Gold climbed as much as 0.4 percent to $974.32 an ounce the highest since July 22.
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Kootenay Gold Inc: Discovery, Growth And Vast Opportunity

Kootenay Gold Inc. is an exploration and mining Company focused on the exploration and development of its top priority Promontorio Silver Project situated within the mineral rich Sierra Madre trend of Mexico.

Slam Exploration has opened JV for Gold Projects

Slam Exploration declared that is open to a joint venture or partnership following the completion of a review of its gold projects in central Canada.
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Safe-Haven Gold Stocks A True Asset

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News
After hitting $1,000 an ounce last month, the gold price has since settled back to the $920 range, which still represents a more than 28 per cent increase from October, when it hit its most recent bottom near $700. The current price of gold, which was selling for [...]

Laurentian Goldfields Ltd.: A New Model For Success

Overview
Laurentian Goldfields is a team of highly skilled exploration professionals focused on discovery and growth in under-explored regions of Canada. The Company employs leading edge exploration concepts and techniques to quickly and cost-effectively screen vast tracts of land for geological and geochemical signatures known to be associated with world class gold deposits.
Chief Properties
Van Horne – [...]

Junior Miners Shine Strong

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News
There is some serious flirting going on. Gold futures which have been on a see-saw ride in recent months, unsure whether to make the leap over the $1,000 an ounce hurdle or stay put a while, is flirting like crazy – with the $1,000 figure, that is.
The yellow [...]

Aluminum Investing News

Closed Mill Opens A Can Of Worms
Why has former owner of Koenig & Vits, Tim Martinez, bought a closed mill for $17 million? Would the mill be rebuilt? Could it be used to pay off debtors? Are aluminum prices positive enough?

A Rosier Outlook for Japan’s Economy
Aluminum stockpiles have risen consistently this year amid the downturn in the auto sector; however recent evidence that the economy is improving combined with confidence in Chinese purchases have lifted aluminum demand.

China Accused of Aluminum Dumping
The U.S. and the EU have both launched World Trade Organization complaints against China on the grounds that Beijing unfairly helps domestic makers of steel and aluminum, by blocking overseas exports of raw materials.

Tough times ahead for aluminum industry
Despite the recent recovery in LME aluminum prices; demand for the stainless steel component remains in the dumps. Without any idea of when demand may stage a comeback, aluminum miners are bracing for more tough times.

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Coal Investing News

Smoking Hot: Coal Is On Fire
Obama's budget proposals have come in for flak, given that it is clearly set to scale back tax breaks and other incentives for domestic production of coal.

Backing Out Of Coal
The years-long effort to develop a coal mine in the Otter Creek Valley has come to naught. Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer has also backtracked on his $60 b coal contract with a Chinese group. What seems to be happening here?

Coal Market Leaps To Life
Coal prices firm up.

Coal Showing The Way In Australia
There is a real, physical demand for commodities and coking coal price is expected to jump by 36% in 2010, forecast analysts.

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Copper Investing News

Greenback Softens Copper, But Declining Stocks Limit Downside
After rallying 5.5 percent on the back of the Chilean earthquake, copper prices dipped, ranging between lows of $7,255 per tonne and highs at $7,634 per tonne on the LME.

Chilean Quake Spikes Copper Market
The Chilean earthquake boosted copper; as concerns over supply threats permeated the market. The 8.8 magnitude quake hit over the weekend, and when the markets opened Monday the red metal climbed the most in nearly a year.

Dropping Consumer Confidence Takes a Bite out of Copper
On Tuesday, copper futures extended Monday’s losses as data indicating weaker than anticipated US consumer confidence weighed on sentiment. On Monday night, copper futures closed down for the first time in five sessions as a firmer greenback halted the red metal’s rally.

Copper to Thrive, with or without China
Purchases from other nations; the US and Japan are also powerhouses when it comes to copper consumption, will more than offset any potential decrease in Chinese consumption. As economies around the globe get back on track, the global copper market is anticipated to move into a deficit this year.

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Diamond Investing News

Chinese Diamond Demand Heats Up
China is now the world’s second largest economy. This massive increase in wealth has created a massive desire for luxury goods, diamonds included.

Well On The Path Of A Recovery
The festive cheer, the series of 'good news' reports and the stepped up buying all mean that the good times are probably back for the diamond industry.

Diamonds Set To Shine Again
Dealers are gearing up for the forthcoming Valentine Day celebrations. Though nowhere near as important as Christmas or even the change of a year, Valentine's Day holds the promise of driving up sales.

China’s Appetite For Bling
The sparkling stones are a new love in a country where gold and jade have traditionally signaled love. China's love for the sparklers is high.

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Gas Investing News

South Parse: Talking Turkey
By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Gas Investing News Market news What else can be said about the natural gas market? Futures seem to have reached a rough stabilization in the US$6.50 – US$7.50 range, and winter approaches. Barring a major depression of the sort where people make shoelace soup, winter means more demand for natural gas. So, [...]

South Parse:Warning signs
By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Gas Investing News Market news The high US$6 – mid US$7 NYMEX future price seems to be relatively stable given the incredible volatility of other commodities and market indices. Though this stability is preventing gas investors from riding the same emotional rollercoaster that most other investors have boarded, it has had a [...]

Introduction to Hydrocarbon Investing
Hydrocarbons are the sine qua non of modern life. A short thought experiment illustrates the point rather well. Think of how your day would go if you couldn’t use the internal combustion engine, plastic, most electricity, the products of commercial agriculture or anything that has traveled by ship. If you pay even tangential attention to the [...]

Introduction to Natural Gas Investing
Recently, historians have re-evaluated ancient Greek accounts of the Oracle at Delphi. Some now suggest that these divinations were the result of priestesses inhaling ethylene or methane that filled the cave from a fissure in the rock. During the intervening millennia, mankind has found more prosaic uses for these hydrocarbons. Natural gas has been used to [...]

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Gold Investing News

Gold Range Bound, But Above $1100
Gold is in a tug of war between the bears and the bulls this week, fighting off forces determined to push it down below the psychological $1100 level while at the same time struggling to break above $1135 an ounce.

Currency Markets Driving Gold Prices
Further affecting precious metals prices of late is the fear paper currencies around the globe may be in peril, making gold as a hard asset much more attractive.

Gold: Risky Play or Safe Bet?
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Gold Investing News A number of factors, real or imagined, combined to move the gold price down to touch a two-week low at $1087.70 an ounce early Thursday and then back up to nearly the $1110 level in a matter of hours. Movements in the gold market are becoming less and less predictable [...]

Seniors Eyeing Shining Gold Juniors
By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News There are two ways to play the gold game. Either keep a watchful eye on the biggies and check out their every move, or latch on to some tried and tested junior gold miners, many of who are set to have their day in the sun. Back in the [...]

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Heavy Oil Investing News

Upgrader:Harper’s gambit
By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Heavy Oil Investing News Market news The short to medium term outlook for oil sands and heavy oil projects remains negative. As the barrel price for light sweet crude remains (relatively) low, new investments in oil sands projects are unlikely to be forthcoming. The combination of low prices and tight credit [...]

Upgrader: elections special
By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Heavy Oil Investing News Canada: Upgrader is going up later than usual this week because of the Canadian Federal Election and the American Presidential debate. Now that these two events are a matter of record, there is much good news for the heavy oil and oil sands industries. First, the Canadian [...]

Introduction to Hydrocarbon Investing
Hydrocarbons are the sine qua non of modern life. A short thought experiment illustrates the point rather well. Think of how your day would go if you couldn’t use the internal combustion engine, plastic, most electricity, the products of commercial agriculture or anything that has traveled by ship. If you pay even tangential attention to the [...]

Heavy Oil and Oil Sands Introduction
Depictions of the oil industry often involve images of geysering derricks, boisterous Texans and ultra-wealthy Arab sheikhs. Though these stereotypes have some element of truth in them, they conceal more than they illuminate about hydrocarbons in the 21st century. Conventional oil will remain the cornerstone of our energy economy into the forseeable future, but high [...]

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Iron Investing News

Ironing Out The Issues
By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Iron Investing News With key indicators across developed economies showing an improvement in the quarter, mining heavyweight BHP Billiton Ltd has teamed up with rivals Rio Tinto Group and Posco, Asia’s most profitable steelmaker, in raising iron-ore production.  An uptick in demand from automakers and builders has ensured a good camaraderie [...]

India’s Iron Fist Thumps In Canada
By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Iron Investing News The world’s eighth-largest steel maker, India’s Tata Steel Ltd (TISC.BO), has said it expects its European unit Corus to be operating at full capacity by the end of the fiscal year in March. Corus, Europe’s second-largest steelmaker, operated at 80 per cent capacity in October. In a bid to ensure [...]

China & Its Shenanigans
By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Iron Investing News China, the world’s biggest steel producer, is flexing its muscles again. The country is eager to replace the benchmark arrangement price long used by the industry for iron ore imports with one that will give it a bigger say. Last week’s major meeting between the world’s iron ore [...]

Baosteel To Edge Out Xstrata in Anglo American?
By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Iron Investing News Iron clad deals are in play. Chinese steel and iron ore group Baosteel has proposed to pay US$ 1.6 billion for a 30 per cent stake in Anglo American’s (AAL.L) huge Minas Rio iron ore mine in Brazil. Traders maintain that any deal with Baosteel could help [...]

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Lead Investing News

Lead and Zinc join base metal rally
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Lead Investing News Lead and zinc prices have been on board for the base metal rally, zinc on the LME is currently trading for $1,633.50 per tonne, up 30 per cent so far this year.  The metal used to galvanize steel touched a four-year low of $1,038 on Dec.12, [...]

Lead and zinc positioned for recovery
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Lead Investing News As the global economy arguably trots down the path to a recovery, the metals are diverging in prices due to differences in their fundamental dynamics.  Lead was the second-best performer of the LME metals last quarter, coming in a few percentage points behind copper. Lead gained 27 [...]

Fed announcement spurs zinc, bypasses lead
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Lead Investing News The Fed’s announcement to purchase treasuries sent lead and zinc on their largest ascent in two months. Fed officials voted on March 18 to buy Treasury and mortgage bonds in an effort to revive America’s economy, lifting stocks as well as commodities. Copper, zinc and aluminum all [...]

China to force out lead and zinc juniors?
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Lead Investing News Chinese lead and zinc refineries are interested in integration and expansion, but not mergers or acquisitions.  The Chinese government showed its support by providing a plan to encourage the non-ferrous industries to restructure and integrate.  The government has also mentioned that it wants to support the industry’s [...]

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Lithium Investing News

A Healthy Appetite For Risk
Risks are an integral part of investing, from green technology to mining exploration. True bargains are found during periods of uncertainty. It is often said that crisis equals danger plus opportunity. Investing successfully often begins during a period of market volatility by identifying risks and recognizing opportunities.

BATTERIES, BIKES AND CARS
The catastrophic news of a large earthquake in central and south Chile on the morning of February 27, did not have any demonstrative impact on the lithium industry. The week has actually resulted in a number of positive developments for both lithium consumers and producers.

At the Edge of a Salt Basin
Investors are always looking for a competitive advantage. ‘Life begins with Li’. Endeavoring to identify a hidden gem in the lithium investment world for investors will involve eliminating potential bias slant while identifying the real competitive advantages.

Mad Dash To Lock In Lithium
An industrial mineral commodity conference in Las Vegas showcased how corporates are warming up to lithium.

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Manganese Investing News

Manganese: The Come-Back Metal
The coming six months will bring much-needed cheer to the global manganese markets, and investors should get in now before prices escalate.

Put Your Money On Manganese
Besides being a critical component in steel and iron production and batteries, on-going research has shown that manganese can be used as a critical component in new technologies. This means investors can sit pretty after taking a long-term investment call on this metal.

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Moly Investing News

Rebounding Steel Demand Bodes Well for Molybdenum
Projected growth for steel combined with Chinese firms investing in foreign molybdenum producers could provide investors with unique opportunities at a good value.

What Lies Ahead For Moly?
Molybdenum is set to trade on the London Metal Exchange from February 22, but the world's No 2 producer Chile's Codelco has decided to stay away. Why does the miner want to go it alone? Are shaky copper prices to blame?

Moly Producers Ring In Good Times
A draft proposal by the Chinese government that lays down the thresholds for access to the molybdenum industry is set to cheer moly producers.

Moly Prices Set To Be Firm
Prices are set to follow an upward trend in 2010. Prices for oxide are forecast to average US$ 17/lbMo, rising to above US$ 20/lbMo in 2011, as strong demand willl ensure producers follow suit and hike prices.

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Oil Investing News

China & Crude: Battling New Frontiers
Flagging of its interest in the black gold this week, China National Oil Corporation secured its place in Iraq. Together with BP, it signed the first big oil deal. Why the sudden interest in oil?

Down, Down, Down For Oil Majors?
All eyes are on oil majors, as they battle a refining slump. BP reports results Tuesday, followed by Conoco on Wednesday, Exxon and Shell on Thursday, and Chevron on Friday. Though the sector is up 20 per cent, refineries are struggling as demand remains limp. Is there a way out?

What’s Adding Fuel To The Fire?
Gold may be taking off right now, but it's not the only thing in an uptrend. Energy is also moving higher. The considerable drop of investment in oil exploration and production is, however, set to bring the risk of oil prices hike in the future. In Iraq, a different picture is playing out.

Advantage: Crude
Even as investors are mulling mixed signals over crude supply numbers from the Energy Information Administration, there are clear indications that the Gulf state leaders have no plans to stop pricing oil in dollars. The rumour had traders hitting the panic button.

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Oil & Gas Investing News

China & Crude: Battling New Frontiers
Flagging of its interest in the black gold this week, China National Oil Corporation secured its place in Iraq. Together with BP, it signed the first big oil deal. Why the sudden interest in oil?

Down, Down, Down For Oil Majors?
All eyes are on oil majors, as they battle a refining slump. BP reports results Tuesday, followed by Conoco on Wednesday, Exxon and Shell on Thursday, and Chevron on Friday. Though the sector is up 20 per cent, refineries are struggling as demand remains limp. Is there a way out?

What’s Adding Fuel To The Fire?
Gold may be taking off right now, but it's not the only thing in an uptrend. Energy is also moving higher. The considerable drop of investment in oil exploration and production is, however, set to bring the risk of oil prices hike in the future. In Iraq, a different picture is playing out.

Advantage: Crude
Even as investors are mulling mixed signals over crude supply numbers from the Energy Information Administration, there are clear indications that the Gulf state leaders have no plans to stop pricing oil in dollars. The rumour had traders hitting the panic button.

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Palladium Investing News

Politics & Palladium: Showtime!
Political wrangling over the General Motor bailout could well be the silver lining for Stillwater Mining Co. Other automakers continue to use palladium, thereby ensuring higher prices.

Palladium: A Better Show Than Gold
With the Federal Reserve promising to keep US interest rates at a record low of near zero for the foreseeable future, analysts expect gold and other precious metals to fetch higher prices in the coming months. Palladium prices have been playing catch-up after plummeting in response to sluggish industrial demand and is expected to be a better show than gold in 2009.

Palladium touches 11-month high
Palladium prices climbed to an 11 month high of $274.50 an ounce on Tuesday, as dollar weakness and growing investor risk appetite boosted the precious metals complex.

Palladium capitalizes on down economy
Palladium’s gains were snapped last Friday as the greenback rallied. The precious metal came under pressure as a study from the University of Michigan showed an unexpected increase in consumer confidence. This reduced the metals “safe-haven” appeal.

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Potash Investing News

Potash’s Rebound Race- Tortoise or Hare?
Since the beginning of the year, the potash market has been tracking a slow route to recovery, and this has some investors crying the blues.

China Predicts Stable 2010 Potash Prices
With potash companies waiting with baited breath for a big 2010 rebound, China believes that potash prices will remain relatively stable this year.

For Potash, India goes Bargain Hunting
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Potash Investing News Canpotex, the marketing conglomerate for North American Potash Producers signed a deal earlier this month to sell 600,000 tonnes of potash to India for $370 per tonne.  That potash will last roughly through June, and for future contracts India will seek to lower prices due to a [...]

After Weathering the Storm, Potash looks to Sunny Skies
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Potash Investing News After weathering a tumultuous 2009; potash producers are holding their breath in anticipation of a better 2010.  Analysts are confident that producers will get what they desire; predicting demand for potash will bounce back this year as purchasers return to the market. The recent drawdown in potash inventories [...]

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Rare Earth Investing News

Investor Confidence Needs An ETF
The setting up of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in the rare earths metals sector will ensure transparency and will go a long way in bringing in more investors, including institutional buyers.

US Gets Moving On Rare Earths
It looks like the United States has finally decided to try and break China's grip on the supply of Rare Earth Elements after global concerns were raised of the Red country's monopoly.

China May Have To Worry Soon
News of the likelihood of finding rare earths supplies by Greenland Minerals and Energy which could possibly pose a large challenge to the Chinese supply has send the rare earths sector into a tizzy.

Europe Wakes Up To REE Concern
Europe has finally acknowledged that there is a serious problem in the rare earths sphere. But what can it do to tackle it? Analysts are divided in their opinion.

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Silver Investing News

Silver Price Tracks Gold Lower
Silver is showing it’s still very much tied to gold, tracking the yellow metal down on price chopping news out of China, the oil trade and the currency markets.

CFTC to Find Silver Price Manipulation?
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission says it will hold a public meeting March 25 to investigate claims of manipulation and discuss setting speculation limits in precious metals futures markets.

Silver Miners Making News
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Long-Term Outlook for Silver Many analysts expect strong industrial demand for silver over the medium- to long-term to provide price support going forward. Strong investment demand can also be seen in record combined ETF silver holdings, which reached 472.7 million ounces Friday, up 0.2 per cent from the previous week. Kevin [...]

Greek Financial Crisis Weighs on Silver
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Precious metals prices are taking heavy hits in the recent week from continued European economic woes that are helping to support the dollar. On Wednesday, silver prices plunged threatening a breakdown once again through the $15 an ounce support level as volatility in global currency markets spilled over into the [...]

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Tantalum Investing News

Working Toward a Conflict-Free Mineral Trade
Companies who rely on gold, tin, tungsten and tantalum to manufacture their products are coming under increasing public pressure to ensure the minerals they use are conflict free.

Tracing the Tantalum Trade—Part Two
Companies like Apple and Hewlett Packard say they are taking measures to insure conflict minerals don’t end up in their products. But is the work of identifying conflict minerals in the supply chain as difficult has they say?

Tracing the Tantalum Trade–Part One
Major electronics firms claim the supply chains for their products are complex and difficult to unravel. But, NGOs say research conducted by themselves and the United Nations proves otherwise.

Tantalum: Congo Conflict Mineral
Natural resources like tin, tungsten and tantalum have been branded with the moniker “conflict minerals” because the militias enslave locals to mine the metals and then use the funds garnered from their sale to help finance their bloody operations.

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Tin Investing News

Cadbury Cans Its Roses, Tin In Epicentre
Cadbury has abandoned its tin cans for cardboard boxes, in an attempt to go green this Christmas. Could this prove to be the death knell for the tin industry?

Rising Metal Prices Puts Mine On Track
Tin mining is to make a triumphant return to Cornwall as part of a landmark scheme which will create 1,000 new jobs and see vast swathes of land turned over to housing and employment. Western United Mines has sealed a deal that will bring mining operations back to life.

Tin Trades Trudge On
One investor seems to be buying up most of the tin traded on the LME. Sparking unease among traders, several questions are doing the rounds - are the prices being pushed up artificially? Why the big position? Who benefits?

Defeated ArcelorMittal Lowers Tin Price
Following major criticism over the increase of its tin-plate prices, which were adjusted yearly by 69% to 78%, ArcelorMittal South Africa (ACLJ.J) has toned down prices. The decision was welcomed by the packaging industry. But tin prices have yet to respond significantly to the fresh supply problems in Indonesia, which may be partly due to the strong recovery in Chinese production.

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Tungsten Investing News

West Eager To Break Chinese Monopoly
Low demand, low prices, and the break up of the former USSR has led to a collapse in tungsten production. With China soldering on as the predominant tungsten producer in the world, the West is seeking out direct ownership of non-Chinese mines. Where is the fresh supply?

Stagnant tungsten market dips prices
The ferro-tungsten market has been stagnant in recent weeks, with only a handful of transactions taking place. Last Friday, in China, inactivity translated into a dip in prices. Ferro-tungsten fell to $25.90 a kilogram, down from the recent rate of $28.00 per kilogram.

For tungsten miners, it’s exploration as usual
The tungsten market has been quiet for ’09. Ferro-tungsten prices have been slowly creeping up due to short supply, so it is exploration as usual for the tungsten business. Tungsten exploration outside of China is critical, as the country has a monopoly on the metal used for military and aeronautical equipment.

Supply cutbacks influence tungsten market
Chinese ferrotungsten export prices have been creeping up since the conclusion of the spring festival in January. Low prices in the fourth quarter of 2008 pushed many key tungsten producers to stop operations. The same miners have announced, that despite the current trend, they do not plan to resume mining and production in short term.

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Uranium Investing News

Canada Opens Arms to Uranium Investment
In last week’s Throne Speech, the Harper government laid out plans to liberalize foreign investment in the Canadian uranium industry in an effort to fire up mining activity.

Uranium Miners Making News
Uranium miners making the news today include First Uranium Corp., Uranerz Energy Corporation, Bayswater Uranium Corporation and Khan Resources.

Uranium Fueling Niger Coup?
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Uranium Investing News Last week in Niger, a military junta led by Platoon Comander Salou Djibo calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD) launched a bloody coup against the elected government of President Tandja Mamadou. The United Nations, the European Union, and the African Union, which has subsequently expelled [...]

Obama Backs Nuclear Power
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Uranium Investing News Early this week, US President Barack Obama is expected to announce a loan guarantee for two new reactors that will be built by Southern Company in Burke, Georgia. Southern Co will be the first nuclear energy firm to take advantage of The Energy Policy Act of 2005, which allows the [...]

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Vanadium Investing News

Vanadium prices continue upward
Investors in vanadium can relax. The third week of February saw prices continue to rise, adding value to their stock.

Demand For Ferrovanadium Up
After prices stabilized in February first week, the second week saw demand for ferrovanadium going up, leading to a hike in spot prices.

Vanadium Continues To Ride On The Positive
Vanadium prices have stablized in the first week of February, even as exploration companies report exciting new finds.

Trouble Brewing In SA
Many companies have reported positive results in their on-going mining programmes for vanadium. But supply of this minor metal from South Africa may run into problems due to a political controversy brewing there.

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Zinc Investing News

Canadian Miners Tune Into Zinc
By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Zinc Investing News Its a modern day gold rush, the likes of which the northern Manitoba town has not seen for a while. HudBay Minerals Inc is to commence construction on what is anticipated to become the biggest gold and zinc mine in Canada. The site is about 700 kilometres north of Winnipeg, [...]

Fed announcement spurs zinc, bypasses lead
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Zinc Investing News The Fed’s announcement to purchase treasuries sent lead and zinc on their largest ascent in two months. Fed officials voted on March 18 to buy Treasury and mortgage bonds in an effort to revive America’s economy, lifting stocks as well as commodities. Copper, zinc and aluminum all rose [...]

China to force out lead and zinc juniors?
By Leia Michele Toovey-Exclusive to Zinc Investing News Chinese lead and zinc refineries are interested in integration and expansion, but not mergers or acquisitions.  The Chinese government showed its support by providing a plan to encourage the non-ferrous industries to restructure and integrate.  The government has also mentioned that it wants to support the industry’s larger [...]

Lead and zinc fundamentals diverge
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Zinc Investing News Lead and zinc prices both started 2009 strongly, but as the year has progressed lead’s better near term fundamentals have led it to continue as the more robust of the two metals. Zinc stocks on the London Metal Exchange have consistently risen; through the month of January [...]

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