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David Smith: Love and fear trade buying will drive metals, and these miners higher. . .this year!

Despite their recent underperformance, David H. Smith, Senior Analyst with The Morgan Report, remains bullish on precious metals, especially silver and palladium, as the "love trade" heats up and the global economy adds more debt to the system.

The Gold Report | April 1, 2015 | 11:20 am

Iron ore price enters free fall

3.6% plunge to just above $50 a tonne on Tuesday brings year to date losses to 28%.

Frik Els | March 31, 2015 | 3:03 pm

South Africa wants to settle mines’ black ownership in court

The main point of contention is the fact that mining companies believe that once they reached a 26% black ownership, they effectively complied, no matter where the percentage is at now.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2015 | 4:32 am

Fresh iron ore price plunge

Iron ore price falls more than 2% on Monday bringing 2015 losses to 25%. Next stop $45 a tonne says new report.

Frik Els | March 30, 2015 | 12:05 pm

BHP wants strikes to be ‘last resource’ for workers

The mining giant has also asked for local laws to be flexible enough to keep pace with other countries.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 30, 2015 | 4:00 am

Big oil worse than big miners in overspending

A chart by the Wall Street Journal shows that capital expenditures by the big oil companies are exceeding cash flow at a higher rate than the major miners.

Andrew Topf | March 29, 2015 | 3:56 pm

Vale CEO Murilo Ferreira to lead Petrobras

Vale's Murilo Ferreira has been nominated as Petrobras' next board chairman, while the company still scrambles to deal with the fallout from a vast corruption scandal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2015 | 9:23 am