January 2011

Are The Bulls Still Riding Silver?

by Lisa Reisman on January 31, 2011

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If one answered that question by reading the recent press on gold and silver, one might conclude with a resounding “no,” given the “outflow of dollars in various gold and silver funds. But drawing that conclusion, along with a few others we have seen of late, might not tell the complete story. Let’s consider the [...]

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China Is Key To Tin’s Meteoric Price Rise

by Taras Berezowsky on January 31, 2011

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The Chart of the Day on last Wednesday’s version of Reuters’ metals report showed a historical and technical outlook for tin. This seems an especially apt editorial choice, because, as the market would have it, tin prices have hit all-time highs (as we recently reported). The metal hit a record high of $28,698 a ton [...]

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Aluminum: Deficit or Surplus?

by Stuart Burns on January 31, 2011

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Will it or won’t it tip into deficit, seems to be the current question among aluminum pundits when looking at the aluminum supply/demand balance this year. A recent Reuters article weighed some of the opinions quoting informative sources such as analysts CRU and the investment bank Morgan Stanley. “Demand picked up strongly in 2010 and [...]

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Hollywood’s The Company Men Highlights Demise of US Shipbuilding Industry

by Taras Berezowsky on January 28, 2011

Style:    Category: Global Trade, Macroeconomics, Manufacturing

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Source: blog.moviefone.com If you pack together a bevy of American silver screen heavyweights in one movie Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, and Kevin Costner, not to mention Craig T. Nelson, Maria Bello and the up-and-coming Rosemarie DeWitt it’s a safe bet that the product will be passable. If you heard and saw, as [...]

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Underground and Unforgotten: Milton Rogovin’s Mining Photographs

by Nate Burgos on January 28, 2011

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Milton Rogovin in his darkroom. Source: Article in Wikipedia In 1958, Milton Rogovin started his mission, as he put it: To “speak out about the problems of people, this time through my photography. He pursued that purpose with passion, right up until his passing on January 18, 2011, at his home in Buffalo, New York, [...]

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Improving Metals Sourcing Savings with Supplier Performance Management

by Taras Berezowsky on January 27, 2011

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If there were a manufacturing procurement technology Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards, supplier performance management (SPM) would likely take the gold statuette. But this is not necessarily the award it deserves. That’s because SPM should take a leading role in any manufacturing procurement, materials management or supply chain organization. Over on [...]

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A Bipolar Europe Unfolding As German Growth Powers Ahead: Part Two

by Stuart Burns on January 27, 2011

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(Continued from Part One.) Meanwhile, German industrial companies are boosting investment in plant and equipment to ease capacity constraints driven by overflowing order books. Capacity utilization in a number of industrial areas, from chemicals to electronic equipment and cars, has reversed from a dramatic low to peak levels within only one year. According to an [...]

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Shooting Tragedies As Greatest Demand Drivers for Gun Industry? Part One

by Taras Berezowsky on January 27, 2011

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If you’ve been living in any English-speaking nation (and not in a cave) for the past few weeks, you know that civilian possession of firearms, and especially semiautomatic handguns, has resurfaced as a white hot topic since Jared Lee Loughner shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona and many others in a Tucson supermarket in early [...]

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