Commodity ETPs suffer record outflows in April – BlackRock
According to Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager, commodity ETPs suffered record outflows of $9.3 billion in April, as institutional investors dumped gold holdings.
China copper demand could absorb surplus in 2013
As the copper market braces for its first surplus in four years, copper producers are hoping Chinese demand will come to the rescue.
Chevron estimates US has recoverable oil and gas equivalent to 35 years of Saudi...
Conservative estimates put the size of recoverable crude oil and natural gas offshore the United States at the equivalent of nearly 35 years of Saudi Arabia's production. Chevron made the case emphasizing the need for development of US offshore resources.
The Diamond Invention: How a Cartel and an Advertising Agency Sold it to Generations...
How DeBeers conquered the diamond market: A great case study of how clever propaganda shaped much of the mindset in our generations which seem to consistently equate LOVE with material things as a condition to express it.
Diamonds (the real ones): Investor’s Best Friend are back in play, Nomura says
January 20, 2013 (TSR) - A girl’s best friend? How about an investor’s best friend? In a note on Friday, analysts at Nomura got excited about the diamond sector,...
Diamonds: No longer a girl’s best friend
Jan. 20, 2013 (TSR) - As the stars lined up for the 70th Annual Golden Globes Awards in Beverly Hills the glittering jewels adorning the necks and earlobes of...
French Lies: The War on Mali is about Uranium, Gold, Petroleum, and Strategic Minerals
by R. Teichmann
Jan. 18, 2013 (TSR) - The French government has stated that:
“it would send 2,500 troops to support Malian government soldiers in the conflict against Islamist rebels. France...
Turkish gold exports up 800% on Iranian demand
Jan. 5, 2013 (TSR) - Turkey's gold exports rose nearly 800 percent last year on the back of soaring sales to Iran and the trade will continue, despite tightening...
Zimbabwe considering halving mining fees
January 2, 2013 (TSR) - Zimbabwe plans to halve mining levies in 2013 after companies including Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. complained that increases this year are hindering development, Deputy...
Blue diamond sells for world record $10.86 m: Sotheby’s
by Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
November 15, 2012 (TSR) - A flawless deep-blue diamond sold at auction on Wednesday night for 10.27 million Swiss francs ($10.86 million), a world record for...
Super hard Asteroid-Diamonds: Russia’s New Goldmine and World’s Largest Declassified
September 21, 2012 (TSR) - A deposit of super-hard diamonds located in an asteroid crater between Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Republic of Yakutia in Russia’s Eastern Siberian region has...
Santos no longer interested in buying Tullow Oil’s Bangladesh and Pakistan assets
September 4, 2012 (TSR) - Australian exploration and production company Santos has lost interest in acquiring UK-based Tullow Oil's assets in Bangladesh, a Santos official said Tuesday.
"We are no...
