Lower prices for gold, copper and oil (benchmark Brent crude dipped below US$45 per barrel for the first time since August), weighed on U.S. resource equities, while better labour market data pointed to the economy’s improving…
For a junior company to entice a major to earn-into an exploration project is impressive. To repeat that success with a different major on a separate set of concessions, and, at a dismal time in commodity markets, is nothing short of amazing….
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.5%, or 266.64 points, to close at 17,755.80, and the S&P 500 Index advanced 1.8%, or 36.90 points, to finish at 2,089.41. The Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index dropped 4.8% to 52.25.
VANCOUVER — Heavily weighted in the copper and energy business, mining giant Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) is enduring the worst of the commodity rout, with big losses announced in its third-quarter fiscal results.
U.S. stocks climbed on the back of strong housing figures for September; better-than-expected earnings from major companies like eBay, Microsoft and Amazon; and signs that the European Central Bank would consider more stimulus measures to boost…
It must have seemed like a good idea at the time a few years ago when Teck Resources and Freeport-McMoRan management bought deeper into the oil and gas sector and diversified further away from their mining businesses, but those decisions to…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.6%, or 8.96 points, to close at 547.8 points, as gold prices dropped 1.8%, or US$21.4, before closing at US$1,166.1 per oz. gold, and US/CAD gained 1.7% to C$1.30.
A slowing global economy pushed U.S. industrial production down 0.2% in September, following a 0.1% drop in August, while producer prices slid 0.5% last month, the largest drop since January, and retail sales rose just 0.1%. The…
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates near zero heightened worries about how weak global economic growth would affect U.S. corporate earnings. Fed Chair Janet Yellen said the impact of the global economic slowdown on…
VANCOUVER — Copper producers have seen margins come under pressure, as spot prices for the red metal hover near six-year lows well below the US$3 per lb. level over the medium-term. London-based Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is the latest miner to…
U.S. equities were in free-fall during the first two days of the week, as Chinese stock indexes plunged nearly 9% and 8%, respectively — among their worst performances since December 1996 — while the price of West Texas Intermediate…
VANCOUVER — Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) has been carrying out business-wide spending cuts that it calls an “aggressive response” to weak market conditions.
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