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From COMPANIES 9:43pm

Freeport returns to oil with $20bn deals

Platform Hermosa, an offshore oil and natural gas drilling rig operated by Plains Exploration off the coast of California

Mining group buys Plains Exploration and McMoRan Exploration

From WORLD 10:10pm

Report gives green light to US gas exports

Government-commissioned study sees net economic benefit

6:33pm

Resource prices stabilising, says Goldman

Rapid rises of the past decade at an end, it says

Merryn Somerset Webb Going soft on the commodities supercycle
Goldman stays bullish on copper

From WORLD 7:18pm

Low water levels threaten US farm goods

Commodities could be marooned if Mississippi closed to barges

From COMPANIES 12:10am

Cobalt rises on Mexican Gulf oil find

Shares in the Houston-based explorer surge 15%

The Commodities Note - Javier Blas

Javier Blas

Meal ticket for commodity traders ends

The crowd has become wise to front-running the monthly index roll
Muddy Waters weighs on commodities traders

Allegations surrounding Olam are hitting the whole sector
Railways give US shale revolution a boost

Massive increases in rail capacity are helping to ease the oil glut

From COMPANIES Dec 5, 2012

Olam faces questions despite fundraising

Temasek offers vote of confidence but market remains unsettled

Inside Business Olam spat strains Singapore’s politeness
Lex Olam / Muddy Waters – eat my shorts

Dec 4, 2012

Sluggish gold slips below $1,700

Traders bullish on medium term despite metal’s lack of direction

From COMPANIES Dec 4, 2012

Abramovich buys Norilsk stake to end row

Potanin will be metal producer’s new chief executive

Lex Norilsk Nickel – three’s a crowd
Video The third oligarch

From COMPANIES Dec 4, 2012

Reid to step down as Xstrata finance head

Exit likely to fan fears of talent exodus after Glencore takeover

Week in Review Glencore and Xstrata pass key hurdles
Lex Glencore / Xstrata – almost done

From COMPANIES Dec 4, 2012

Anglo rejects talk of S African spin-off

Carroll says miner is committed to its home country

Analysis Painful extractions
Analysis Platinum future poses problems

Gold

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Gold builds following among investors

Brazil gold reserves hit 11-year high

A woman looks at gold figures in a department store in Beijing, China

Gold’s sparkle fades for Chinese investors

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Striking mine workers confront police as they attempt to prevent the gathering of labour unions in Rustenburg, South Africa, Saturday, Oct 27, 2012. Police fired rubber bullets at striking miners at the Anglo American Platinum mine in Rustenburg Saturday as the company announced it had agreed to reinstate 12,000 South African workers dismissed earlier this month for staging illegal strikes.

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