Morning Market Brief: April 5th TAGS: Bonds | coal tax | ECB | Gold | India | Indonesia | Oil futures | Spain Overnight Headlines: Spain had a relatively unsuccessful three- and four-year bond auction with three-year yields rising to 2.89%, up from 2.44% in a Mar’12 auction. €2.59b was sold versus a …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: April 4th TAGS: (BCC | British Chambers of Commerce | FMS | FOMC | Gold | India | Indonesia | Italian bonds | Mali | MMK | Russia | Spain | Spanish bonds | unemployment Overnight Headlines: Spain’s unemployed grew by 0.82% in Mar’12 to 4.75m, the eighth straight month of increases. The Spanish Finance Minister told the WSJ that there was “no room for …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: April 3rd TAGS: Argentina | Bundesbank | China | Europe | Eurozone | excise duty | France | Germany | Government Bonds | Greece | India | PMI | rare earth association | sustainable and socially responsible mining | U.K | unemployment | USA Overnight Headlines: The Eurozone unemployment rate hit 10.8% in Feb’12, up from 10% in Feb’11 and 10.7% in Jan’12. The Eurozone PMI fell to 47.7 in Mar’12, from 49 in …Continue reading →

BP Energy Outlook 2030 TAGS: 2030 | BP | China | consumption | Energy | India | nuclear | OECD | Outlook | Russia BP released their 2030 Energy Outlook last week (You can download the booklet here).   Key Points: Global energy consumption is to climb 39% by 2030 with 96% of this …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: Oct 28 TAGS: African National Congress | ANC | China | India | Rare Earth | Rudd | South Africa | Uranium Headlines: Gold for December delivery gained 1.2% to US$1744.50 Silver for December delivery gained 4.7% to US$34.89 WTI crude for December delivery gained 4% to US$93.96 Headlines dominated by the …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: Oct TAGS: ASX | Germany | India | Molopo Energy | New Hope | Queensland CSG Headlines: Gold for December delivery gained 1.6% to US$1631.60 Silver for December delivery gained 1.7% to US$30.35 WTI crude for November delivery gained 4.7% to US$79.21 The FT reported that …Continue reading →

Morning Brief: Sep 14 TAGS: Angela Merkel | ASIC | Bannerman Resources | Greece | Hanlong Mining Investments | IEA | India | Orissa iron ore | Rio Tinto | Steven Hui Xiao | Sundance Resources Headlines: Gold for December delivery gained 1% to US$1831.80 Silver for December delivery gained 2.5% to settle at US$41.27 WTI crude for October delivery gained 2.3% to US$90.21 The IEA …Continue reading →