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By Brian Sylvester |
April 13, 2012
While markets do not always reward every deserving company, quality deposits carry an intrinsic value. That's why the managing editor of The Emerging Trends Report advises investors to "buy the resource" over the stock.
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By Andrew Snyder |
March 29, 2012
America's export dreams will turn into an investing nightmare. Add in what will be the hottest energy play of the century and the figures are overwhelming. Even the most diehard of American natural gas bulls can't deny what's happening right now in Australia.
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By Chris Munford |
February 8, 2012
The coking coal market is currently oversupplied and prices are poised for further declines. Despite this, a variety of new projects and expansions will continue to swell global supply for the foreseeable future.
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By Chris Munford |
September 27, 2011
The continual news blitz around high-profile commodities - gold, oil and copper - can make one forget that there are other commodities out there that are in shorter supply than any of these
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By Brian Sylvester |
June 16, 2011
The editor's Emerging Trends Report is 18 months into a planned four-year circumnavigation of Australia, investigating specialty metal projects and recommending ASX-listed companies to clients.
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By Jon Nadler |
June 1, 2011
The first trading day of June got off to a bit of a wobbly start in commodities as investors awaited US economic and employment data before making any large-scale bets in the complex.
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By Frank Holmes |
May 3, 2011
International coal prices hit $124 per ton this week, the highest levels in five months, as strong demand from reconstruction projects in Japan and reduced supply from flood-ravaged Australia has made coal supply tight.
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By Brett Hartke |
February 15, 2011
Severe and widespread flooding several weeks ago in Queensland - Australia's main coal producing region - sent shock waves through the already under-supplied coking coal market. Prices briefly ratcheted up to what some termed hysterical levels.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
January 13, 2011
Gold and silver have fallen by less than 1% in all major currencies today. Asian equities were mixed with strong selling seen in India and European equities and US index futures are tentatively higher.
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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.
