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Why You Shouldn’t Miss ‘Commodity EDGE: Sourcing Intelligence for the New Normal’

by Taras Berezowsky on February 8, 2012

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Often in the metals sourcing world — and indeed, in business circles at large — we ask the question, “What’s the value proposition?” As far as our upcoming conference goes, the answer’s right here in this video: Just as surely as you can’t get something for nothing (there’s no such thing as a free lunch, [...]

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Featured Speaker Slate Filling Up For Commodity Edge

by Taras Berezowsky on February 3, 2012

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If you haven’t yet had a chance to peruse the Featured Speakers list for MetalMiner and Spend Matters’ upcoming event, you should take this Friday morning (or afternoon, or evening, depending on your time zone) to do so. We just added a few key speakers this week, all of whom have extensive experience in commodities. [...]

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Back to the Old Days: India to Pay Iran for Oil in Gold

by Lisa Reisman on February 2, 2012

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Media reports suggests that India has agreed to pay the price of crude oil it imports from Iran in gold, which makes it the first country to drop the US dollar for purchasing the Iranian oil. Citing an Israeli intelligence website, The Times of India has reported that India is opting for gold to repay [...]

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Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions and Western Oil Sanctions – A Train Crash in Slow Motion

by Stuart Burns on January 31, 2012

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There has been a lot in the press recently about the West applying sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, in an attempt to persuade that country to halt its atomic bomb-making activities. No one believes Iran’s assertions that its uranium enrichment program is purely for commercial power generation purposes, and yet opinions are divided on how [...]

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Some Thoughts on Metal Activity in 2012

by Stuart Burns on January 4, 2012

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Along with most business news sources, the Telegraph ran a set of predictions this week for the world in 2012. The slant was understandably rather UK- and Eurozone-focused, but the five commentators’ content held certain repetitive points that bear summary here as they are pertinent not just for Europe, but for global markets. Firstly, Europe, [...]

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Exxon Mobil’s Energy Outlook Touts Oil, But Biomass and Nuclear Are Also Key – Part Two

by Stuart Burns on December 15, 2011

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Continued from Part One. Source: Exxon Mobil As the graph above shows, the firm predicts oil will continue to be the largest energy source, suggesting they do not expect electric cars to replace the internal combustion engine by 2040. Nor, to the disappointment of The Greens, do they appear to think wind and solar will [...]

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Global Shale Gas Potential – Europe and China

by Stuart Burns on November 15, 2011

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After looking at Mexico and Argentina in the first post of this series, let’s look across to Europe. Poland and France: Give Gas a Chance Two countries have significant reserves: Poland, at an EIA-estimated 187 trillion cubic feet; and France, at 180 trillion cubic feet; both have enough to make them gas independent for decades, [...]

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Global Shale Gas Potential – Mexico and Argentina

by Stuart Burns on November 14, 2011

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You would think the discovery of large — and I mean huge — gas reserves would be a major boon for any country. Just look at the transformational impact the US shale gas discoveries have had on the US energy landscape, not only allowing the generation of cheap and relatively low GHG electricity, but also [...]

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