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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – All Things Green

by Taras Berezowsky on January 4, 2012

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Source: mnn.com Green technology approaches are just as important to the metals industry as they are to environmental groups — if we could all “go green” with our processes and products, we would today. The reality is, it will take a long time to get all sectors of all industries on the bandwagon; not to [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – My Precious! (Insert Gollum Voice Here)

by Taras Berezowsky on January 3, 2012

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Source: blog.pennlive.com Not sure if Gollum has a portfolio for his precious (metals, that is), but if he did, he’d be reading MetalMiner. More to the point, if he institutionally invested in funds physically backed with gold, silver, platinum and palladium, or if his company had a significant silver or PGM buy, Gollum would definitely [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – News Stories of the Year, and How They Affected Metals

by Taras Berezowsky on January 2, 2012

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Source: quickenloans.com Huge events — some glorious, many catastrophic — took place in 2011, and a lot of them had an impact on metals markets. (For the most catastrophic natural events, such as the Japanese tsunami and ensuing Fukushima disaster, we’ve devoted a separate Best Of post.) However, here are some other news items that [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – Natural Disasters’ Role In Metal Supply and Demand

by Taras Berezowsky on January 2, 2012

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Source: questgarden.com The headline says it all — so many producers and suppliers are at the whim of Mother Nature when it comes to running their business. 2011 was certainly no exception: 1. The Japanese Earthquake and Preliminary Impact on Global Metals Markets The horrendous tsunami ruined many lives and livelihoods, and gave the world [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – Metal Laugh-In

by Taras Berezowsky on December 30, 2011

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Source: sleazette.wordpress.com As you now well know, we like to have some fun and “appreciate metal” between posting on industrial metal market activity. Not surprisingly, these get quite a few reads. I’ll be brief with introducing these, because the real gold is contained within each humorous or metal-appreciative post: 1. Gold Grillz “ A Hedge [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – Man, Those Materials Are So…Raw

by Taras Berezowsky on December 30, 2011

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Source: castolin.com Early in the New Year, we’re planning our release of the brand-new MetalMiner IndX, which will feature (spoiler alert!) daily pricing for several key raw materials among many other price points. We know that reporting on the raw materials markets is just as key as covering metal production and end-use sectors. Here are [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – What Makes You So Special?

by Taras Berezowsky on December 29, 2011

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Source: industrialmetalsupply.com A fascinating smattering of MetalMiner stories can be classified under “specialty metals” or “specialty materials” — if not specialty, then at least super-niche-y. This year, the award for Niche Metal of the Year goes to GOES (yep, I just wrote that): Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel. Our colleague Jack Taylor has kept his pulse on [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – Macroeconomics and Metals

by Taras Berezowsky on December 29, 2011

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Source: tutor2u.net A lot of what affects the global economy — and how that in turn affects metals markets — has to do with China (as the posts below will attest.) 1. 10 Reasons To Short China “ Part One Lisa outlined an excellent argument countering the China bulls who view the superpower as Forever [...]

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