Commodities

Whether you look at its share price or its operational reports, Reckitt Benckiser LSE:RB.) simply continues to impress. It’s share price finished up today by 2.66%, a gain of 135.00 pence from Friday’s close of 5,070. Shares closed today at 5,205 after opening at 5,170 and reaching an intra-day high of 5,250, just shy of […]

Investors responded enthusiastically today to the announcement of the preliminary results for Renishaw’s (LSE:RSW) fiscal year ending 30 June 2014. Recording both record quarterly and annual revenues along with a 17% increase in pretax profits sent the Renishaw share price through the roof with an incredible 22.52% (331.00 pence) increase to 1,801.00. Even before the […]

The share price of BHP Billiton (LSE:BLT) reached its highest peak since 19 February 2013, closing at 2,066, up 0.58% on the day after having reached 2,084 early this morning after the markets opened. A remarkably exceptional annual production report help to boost the BHP share price. When we are talking about a 0.58% increase in […]

Update on Mexico Energy Reform: Senate Approves Key Bills Astar Minerals, further to the Company’s announcement on 16 July 2014, has said that the Mexican Senate has now approved the key bills with regards to the legislation required to reopen Mexico’s vast energy industry to the private sector. The bills have now been passed to […]

Significant Channel Sampling Results at New Departure Silver Mine Black Mountain Resources Limited (LSE:BMZ), the silver focused development company with interests in the US, has announced that high grade silver results have been returned from channel sampling at its New Departure Silver Mine in Montana. Highlights: * Extremely high grade sampling results surpass expectations with […]

Mariana Resources, the AIM quoted exploration and development company focused in Peru and southern Argentina, announces further positive results from its recently completed 2,084m drill campaign at the copper-gold-silver Soledad prospect in Peru , located in the prospective Cordillera Negra metallogenic province, some 34 km south of the Pierina gold-silver mine operated by Barrick Gold […]

It would not be a surprise to see a short-term decline in a number of fast food brand stocks, especially following what happened today in China, which probably contributed to declines today for Yum Brands (NYSE-YUM) and McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) share prices. Several decades ago I was having a business dinner with a number of associates […]

And UK placing update Further to the announcements of July 15 and July 16, 2014, Horizonte Minerals Plc (TSX:HZM) (AIM:HZM) has provided an update on the “best efforts” Canadian public offering (the “Offering”) of ordinary shares of the Corporation and concurrent private placement offering in the United Kingdom of ordinary shares (the “Private Placement...

Savannah Resources plc (LSE:SAV) has completed the acquisition of interests in the highly prospective Block 5 and Block 6 copper projects in the Sultanate of Oman from TSX-V listed Gentor Resources Inc. The acquisition of these Projects forms part of Savannah’s growth strategy of building a globally diverse, multi-commodity exploration and development company. Overview: · […]

Diamond bulk sample grades exceed 150cpht at Tongo, Sierra Leone Stellar Diamonds plc, the London listed (LSE:STEL) diamond development company focused on West Africa, has announced that re-processing of bulk sample tailings at its Tongo kimberlite dyke project in Sierra Leone has yielded additional diamonds and increased the average grade to 155 carats per hundred […]