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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
February 14, 2012
Our agriculture system is concentrated on producing a very few staple crops; there is a very serious lack of crop diversity. If we get hit by an unusually bad harvest in a particular region, or a severe weather phenomenon strikes, food supplies can get totally out of control.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
April 20, 2011
Gold has breached the $1,500/oz level and reached new record nominal highs at $1,505.65/oz. Since yesterday it has gradually risen in all currencies and is approaching record nominal highs in all major currencies.
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By Marc Davis |
October 26, 2010
Potash may be a hot commodity. But in the quest to feed a burgeoning global population, phosphate may eventually steal the limelight. This lesser-known but key ingredient in fertilizer is expected to run out long before potash ever does.
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By Marc Davis |
August 24, 2010
A rebounding fertilizer industry and an eye-popping $39 billion bid for Potash Corp. by the world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton, suggest that Canada's tiny handful of potash producers and aspiring miners are ripe plums for the picking.
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By The Gold Report |
June 3, 2010
Weiss Research Natural Resources Analyst Sean Brodrick expects the bull market for precious metals to run for "quite some time," with gold hitting $1,450 /oz. by year-end and silver at $25 not long after.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
February 17, 2010
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. What do you know about potash?
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By Marc Davis |
February 2, 2010
The race to build up Canada's potash supplies to keep pace with burgeoning global demand is turning Saskatchewan's tiny handful of junior potash explorers into ripe plums for the picking.