ThinkstockAs the Dow’s upward momentum has slowed, enough investors have returned to gold to take it through $1,300. Consequently the gold equities index (HUI) is up 21% so far this year. The financial downdraft…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report Wednesday morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories increased by 100,000 barrels last week, maintaining a total U.S. commercial crude inventory to 362.4 million…
Gold prices may have tumbled in 2013, but gold has tried to make a significant recovery at the start of 2014. These are the seven nations that make up the world's largest gold holders…
ThinkstockNatural gas prices climbed above $6 per million BTUs on Wednesday for the first time in 5 years. The price peaked at around $6.30 in intraday trading on Thursday but has fallen below $6…
Shares of Yamana Gold have bounced about 23% off their 52-week low of $8.31 set on December 2. The company reported fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday, missing estimates and cutting the dividend by nearly 35%.
24/7 Wall St. has been covering this latest attempt by gold and gold-mining stocks to break out of their recent range. A report from Sterne Agee projects that gold and silver are fighting the…
ThinkstockGold is back. After challenging $1,200 per ounce in December, gold bugs have become bullish again and the shiny yellow metal is back above $1,300 per ounce. Now a key technical milestone has been…
ThinkstockIt has not been an easy time for gold bugs over the last year or so. Now imagine being a gold miner or producer when gold prices were cratering. Many producers and miners are…
ThinkstockBeing in the gold mining and production business sure lost its luster, compared to when gold was on its way up to $2,000 per ounce. All things, even bad things, can come to an…
Cliffs Natural Resources sent an open letter to its shareholders on Friday morning responding to a letter from activist investment firm Casablanca Capital urging the company to take a number of actions to increase…
Alpha Natural Resources reported smaller than expected net losses per share for the fourth quarter and full year 2013 before markets opened Wednesday. Shares were down in premarket trading.
ThinkstockAn analyst at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has raised its price target on Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) from $12 to $15, a jump of about 36% from the stock’s trading price of…
Fertilizer maker Mosaic reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday that fell short of consensus estimates, and it added $1 billion to its share buyback program.
Mining and steel-making giant ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) reported narrower net losses for the fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 before markets opened Friday. One-time charges were much less than in 2012.
Arch Coal managed to turn in another quarterly loss, which now looks to be eight in a row. The coal giant said that its results were hurt by rail service problems, as well as…