Commodities

The share price of industrial giant Alcoa (NYSE:AA) was up 2.0% yesterday in after-hours trading following the late afternoon release of its Q4 2014 results. Sentiment continued to be strong in pre-trading hours this morning, as it gained another 1.3%. Following a high of 16.53 shortly after 9:30 a.m. EST, the share price has receded […]

Target Markets Include Solvents and Specialty Chemicals Gevo, Inc. (Nasdaq:GEVO), the world’s only commercial producer of renewable isobutanol, announced it has launched sales of renewable isobutanol to Brenntag Canada Inc., a member of the Brenntag group companies for distribution into the solvents, oil & gas, mining and specialty chemicals markets. The initial market entry is...

Shareholder Support for 100% Acquisition of Aegean Metals Group Inc with Highly Prospective Gold-Copper-Silver Projects in Turkey and Chile Mariana Resources Ltd, the AIM quoted exploration and development company focused in South America, has announced that following a meeting of Shareholders of Aegean Metals Group Inc there was overwhelming support for the plan of arrangement […]

Appointment of environmental and planning consultants for Kincardine Underground Coal Gasification Project, Scotland Cluff Natural Resources Plc, the AIM quoted natural resources investing company, today announced the appointment of Environmental Resources Management as the Company’s environmental and planning consultants for the proposed Kincardine Underground Coal Gasification Project...

Call it fate. Call it irony. Call it coincidence. Call it whatever you want to call it, but on the day that I decide to catch up with Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LSE:GKP), my esteemed colleague, Azeez Mustapha has also published his Annual Trading Forecast on Gulf Keystone. But wait. We do not have the same perspective […]

Also provide Progress Update on Trial Mining at Baoulé Kimberlite, Guinea Stellar Diamonds plc, the London listed (AIM:STEL) diamond development company focused on West Africa, has released details of operational update from trial mining at its 75% owned, five hectare Baoulé kimberlite pipe in Guinea. Highlights: · Trial mining has yielded a total of 2,145 […]

Completion of Analysis of Historic Drilling Results at Kerboulé Gold Project, Burkina Faso Alecto Minerals plc (AIM: ALO), the AIM quoted mineral exploration company focussed on West and East Africa, has provided an update on the 399.5 sq. km. Kerboulé Gold Project, located in the highly prospective Birrimian-age Djibo gold belt in northern Burkina Faso, […]

GOLD (XAUUSD) Long-term Bias: Bearish Gold trended lower last year – just as it did in the year 2013. From January 2014 to early March of the same year, price moved upwards significantly, topping at 1391.97. Since then, further rally was rejected and price began to come down, although the bulls made desperate effort to […]

Ground Electromagnetic Survey Completed on Blocks 4 and 5 Copper Targets, Oman Savannah Resources (AIM:SAV) has said that it has competed a ground electromagnetic survey, at Blocks 4 and 5 Copper Projects, located in the mineral rich Oman Ophiolite belt. This work is the precursor to drilling over a series of high priority copper targets […]

Just minutes after the New York Stock Exchange opened this morning (Tuesday, 23 December), Santa delivered an early Christmas present. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) went flying past the 18,000 mark for the first time ever. Only a decade ago, and certainly following the 2008-2009 financial crisis, no one would have believed that 18,000 […]