Most basic industries stocks have fallen severely over the past few months due to the slump in commodity prices and the strength of the U.S dollar versus other currencies.
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September 4 - Hedge Funds, News
In its latest 13F filing, Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates disclosed an equity portfolio for the first quarter of 2015.
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May 26 - Hedge Funds, News
Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (NYSE:RIO), the world’s second-biggest mining company, is now seeing iron ore trading close to $100 per metric ton.
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July 17 - News
Perhaps Anglo American saw the writing on the wall.
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September 23 - Gold, News
Domestic equities have managed to return to their bullish ways as easing concerns over U.S.
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September 18 - Commodities, News
In today’s marketplace, there are plenty of gauges market participants can use to track their holdings. Two of the best are hedge fund and insider trading movement.
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September 17 - News
While shares of copper miner Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (NYSE:RIO) have shown some resilience in recent weeks as they bounced 30% higher from their lows, reports of a second landslide...
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September 16 - Gold, News
Don't expect any new green initiatives from the once tree-hugging Australia. For the first time in six years the country will be run by a conservative, Tony Abbott, who has...
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September 14 - Commodities, News
Editor's Note: Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX), Goldcorp Inc.
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September 11 - Commodities, Gold, News
Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) is well known for being one of the world's largest aluminum producers, not to mention the unofficial opener of every earnings season.
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September 11 - News
There's something of a schizophrenic nature to how the mining industry is handling its overloaded condition.
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September 6 - News
Shifting regulatory sands are generating tremors beneath the extractive industry's once solid ground, and some companies are running scared.
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September 5 - News
Copper, gold, and silver are at significantly reduced prices as compared to levels seen a year ago, due to the improving economy and the threat of higher interest rates.
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August 28 - News
When the Federal Reserve launched its plans to stimulate the economy through quantitative easing in 2009, virtually all asset classes were expected to benefit as the massive increase...
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August 28 - Commodities, News
LIMA, Peru--Base metals mining company Southern Copper Corp (NYSE:SCCO) is putting the final touches on a new environmental impact study for its stalled Tia Maria copper mine...
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August 27 - News
When the Federal Reserve launched its plans to stimulate the economy through quantitative easing in 2009, virtually all asset classes were expected to benefit as the massive increase...
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August 27 - Commodities, News
Not all investment decisions go right, even if they are made in companies that belong to sectors no economy can do without. One great example is the mining equipment industry.
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August 26 - News
Deep in the middle of the Gobi Desert, there is a city like many others. There are restaurants, houses, citizens, basketball courts, and enough jobs to go around.
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August 26 - News
In the eyes of many traders, hedge funds are perceived as overrated, old financial tools of a forgotten age.
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August 25 - News
If you were to ask many traders, hedge funds are perceived as bloated, old financial tools of an era lost to time.
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August 22 - News
It bears the atomic number 29, and you may think of it as a boring element. But copper is also one of the best conductors of electricity.
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August 12 - News
The economic benefits of the massive copper, gold, and molybdenum Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska, seem incontrovertible.
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August 5 - News
BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP), Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) and Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (NYSE:RIO) being the leading mining companies, cater to most of the world’s demand ...
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August 5 - News
Anglo American (NASDAQOTH:AAUKY.PK), which is down by more than 30% year-to-date , has hugely underperformed its peer miners BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) and Rio Tinto...
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August 3 - News
While copper concentrate shipments to China began earlier this month from Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (NYSE:RIO)'s huge Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia, as the miner and the region's ...
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July 31 - News
Investing in copper explorers, developers, or producers involves understanding the price volatility concerning the commodity.
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July 30 - News
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX)'s biggest asset is also its biggest liability.
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July 30 - News
The recent earnings reports from steel companies have shown that there is significant overcapacity in the industry.
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July 30 - News
I've felt, for some time, that we would see a copper boom this year as a convergence of events would lead to shortages, though admittedly, I didn't expect the continent's economic...
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July 29 - News
It has been very easy to pounce on the coal industry lately.
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July 25 - News
It is definitely saddening to see a great company like the aluminum giant Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) being reduced to a mere non-entity.
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July 24 - News
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
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July 22 - News
More often than not, the departure of a CEO is bad for the short-term prospects of a stock.
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July 19 - News
Softening demand for commodities, on the back of China's slowing economy, has hurt the profitability of all the major mining companies, creating a sentiment-fueled selloff of ...
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July 17 - News
Minerals producer Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) recently announced that president and chief executive officer Joseph Carrabba has decided to retire.
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July 17 - News
More often than not, the departure of a CEO is bad for the short-term prospects of a stock.
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July 15 - News
After a near-two month delay, copper and gold miner Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX) has begun running copper shipments again out of its Grasberg mine in Indonesia...
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July 11 - News
Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), the largest producer of aluminum in the U.S., was once a bellwether with a $40 billion market capitalization whose quarterly performance gave us a real sense...
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July 9 - News
Having "the Midas touch" conveys a profitable outcome for just about any business scheme.
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July 8 - News
Last year, three major diamond players decided they wanted out of the business. Two were successful.
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July 3 - News
Amid all the turmoil in the stock and bond markets lately, many investors have forgotten about the big swings in the U.S. dollar recently.
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July 3 - News
Coal is far from a favorite fuel these days, despite its abundance. No matter how much we scrub it, we simply can't make it turn green.
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July 1 - News
Those of us looking to diversify into a company that mine a myriad of metals have some excellent opportunities available at the moment.
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June 28 - News
It’s a well known fact that mining and metals industry has been bleeding severely, and investing in the sector is not advisable.
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June 27 - News
Who will be left to mine the world's metals and minerals? As prices for gold, silver, copper, uranium, and iron ore continue to fall, miners are increasingly turning to layoffs...
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June 27 - News
After a spate of tragic accidents claimed the lives of dozens of workers at its huge Grasberg gold and copper mine in Indonesia, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
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June 25 - News
It’s no secret that precious metals have been crushed over the past several weeks.
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June 25 - News
LONDON -- This is either a lousy time to buy the big mining companies or a great one. Just look at Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (LSE:RIO) (NYSE:RIO) .
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June 25 - News
In what seems like a decisive win for Cameco Corporation (USA) (NYSE:CCJ), the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) awarded the company a uranium mining license that will...
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June 21 - News
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
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June 21 - News