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Paul Ausick | Mar 28, 2013 at 2:13 PM EDT

Corn Planting at 77-Year High

ThinkstockThe latest report on U.S. crop plantings for this year have sent corn prices tumbling more than 5% today and…

Paul Ausick | Mar 28, 2013 at 7:50 AM EDT

Pricing Continues to Bedevil Fertilizer Maker Mosaic

thinkstockThe Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) reported fiscal third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The fertilizer maker reported adjusted…

Paul Ausick | Mar 27, 2013 at 3:17 PM EDT

U.S. Consumers Paying Less for Meat, More for Vegetables

ThinkstockThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released its preliminary report on March farm prices. The index uses prices from…

Paul Ausick | Mar 27, 2013 at 9:30 AM EDT

A Platinum Cartel in the Works

ThinkstockPlatinum prices have fallen nearly 10% from their 2013 highs in early February. Palladium prices are off as well, but…

Paul Ausick | Mar 25, 2013 at 2:25 PM EDT

Chinese Steel Production to Slow, Big Miners Could Suffer

ThinkstockIn an announcement today in Beijing, China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the country’s top planning agency, said that steel…

Jon C. Ogg | Mar 22, 2013 at 8:15 AM EDT

Bullish on Coal: Contrarian Dream or Nightmare? (ANR ACI, CNX, BTU, JEF, AAPL)

ThinkstockIf there is one great American industry that has been left for dead, it is the U.S. coal industry. With…

Paul Ausick | Mar 15, 2013 at 7:55 AM EDT

More Tough Times Ahead for Molycorp (REE, AVL, REMX)

ThinkstockOnce an investor’s darling, Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) has not aged well. The rare earths miner’s shares hit a post-IPO…

Paul Ausick | Mar 11, 2013 at 1:08 PM EDT

Commodity Alchemy: Turning Gold into Lead

ThinkstockWhen the commodity traders at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) say that commodities may be oversold right now they…

Paul Ausick | Mar 8, 2013 at 10:35 AM EST

Beyond Gold: ETFs Loving Silver, the Devil’s Metal (SLV, SIVR, SIL, SILJ)

ThinkstockWhile exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been dumping gold in the first two months of 2013, exactly the reverse is…

Paul Ausick | Mar 6, 2013 at 12:26 PM EST

Gold ETFs Dumping the Yellow Metal

ThinkstockLast year marked the twelfth consecutive year for rising gold prices. But that could be the end of the yellow…

Jon C. Ogg | Mar 5, 2013 at 12:15 PM EST

ETF Folly: New Gold and Silver Products Coming

ThinkstockThere will be yet two more exchange-traded products for investors to get exposure to the gold or silver market. These…

Paul Ausick | Mar 5, 2013 at 7:35 AM EST

Glencore Follows Other Big Miners to Lower Profits

ThinkstockLondon-traded Glencore International has been making news for more than a year now for its takeover of Xstrata, a mining…

Jon C. Ogg | Mar 4, 2013 at 11:35 AM EST

Major Gold Miners Strike New 52-Week Lows (GDX, NEM, AU, ABX, GG)

ThinkstockThis will not sound nice, but it isn’t meant to: It really sucks to be a gold miner right now.…

Jon C. Ogg | Mar 4, 2013 at 9:55 AM EST

Hecla Diversification Buyout Seen as Too Costly

ThinkstockHecla Mining Co. (NYSE: HL) is seeing its shares clipped hard this morning due to an acquisition it is making.…

Paul Ausick | Feb 27, 2013 at 9:15 AM EST

U.S. Platinum Miner Hammers Estimates, Faces Challenge from Investor

ThinkstockStillwater Mining Co. (NYSE: SWC) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The platinum and palladium…

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Corn Planting at 77-Year High

Pricing Continues to Bedevil Fertilizer Maker Mosaic

U.S. Consumers Paying Less for Meat, More for Vegetables

A Platinum Cartel in the Works

Chinese Steel Production to Slow, Big Miners Could Suffer

Bullish on Coal: Contrarian Dream or Nightmare? (ANR ACI, CNX, BTU, JEF, AAPL)

More Tough Times Ahead for Molycorp (REE, AVL, REMX)

Commodity Alchemy: Turning Gold into Lead

Beyond Gold: ETFs Loving Silver, the Devil’s Metal (SLV, SIVR, SIL, SILJ)

Gold ETFs Dumping the Yellow Metal

ETF Folly: New Gold and Silver Products Coming

Glencore Follows Other Big Miners to Lower Profits

Major Gold Miners Strike New 52-Week Lows (GDX, NEM, AU, ABX, GG)

Hecla Diversification Buyout Seen as Too Costly

U.S. Platinum Miner Hammers Estimates, Faces Challenge from Investor

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Corn Planting at 77-Year High

Pricing Continues to Bedevil Fertilizer Maker Mosaic

U.S. Consumers Paying Less for Meat, More for Vegetables

A Platinum Cartel in the Works

Chinese Steel Production to Slow, Big Miners Could Suffer

Bullish on Coal: Contrarian Dream or Nightmare? (ANR ACI, CNX, BTU, JEF, AAPL)

More Tough Times Ahead for Molycorp (REE, AVL, REMX)

Commodity Alchemy: Turning Gold into Lead

Beyond Gold: ETFs Loving Silver, the Devil’s Metal (SLV, SIVR, SIL, SILJ)

Gold ETFs Dumping the Yellow Metal

ETF Folly: New Gold and Silver Products Coming

Glencore Follows Other Big Miners to Lower Profits

Major Gold Miners Strike New 52-Week Lows (GDX, NEM, AU, ABX, GG)

Hecla Diversification Buyout Seen as Too Costly

U.S. Platinum Miner Hammers Estimates, Faces Challenge from Investor

Live Nasdaq Composite: Cautious Optimism Takes Hold as Chip Stocks Rebound and SpaceX IPO Nears

Medicare Advantage’s $0 Premium Comes With a $9,250 Catch

Earning $0 or $100,000 in Your Final Year Barely Moves a 66-Year-Old’s Social Security, But It Can Raise Medicare Two Years Later

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