Thursday's Commodity News To Trade On

The price of crude oil has risen about 15% since the start of the year, fuelled by rising tension over Iran and the prospect of improved global growth. Dow Jones's Sarah Kent and Benoit Faucon explain ...

Cramer's Mad Money - Why High Oil Prices Are Not Hurting Stocks (2/22/12)

* Says Gujarat Gas to complement existing city gas business* To invest $6 bln in Australia coal project by 2015* Won't look beyond coal in mining for next few yearsMUMBAI, Feb 23 (Reuters) - India's diversified ...

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Feb 22 (Reuters) - Canadian miner Alamos Gold reported a 16 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit, helpedmainly by robust gold prices, and raised its semi-annualdividend by 43 percent.This year the company ...

* German Ifo stronger than expected, rises for fourth month * LME copper little changed on thin volumes * Euro zone economy to contract 0.3 pct in 2012 By Silvia Antonioli London, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Copper ...

International Petroleum Week, the annual gathering of the oil industry in London, traditionally is a binary event for oil price sentiment: bullish or bearish, with little room for moderates.

* Fire not affects sole 150,000 bpd CDU* Alkylation unit shut for investigationTOKYO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - A fire which hit agasoline-making alkylation unit at the Mizushima-A refinery inwestern Japan temporarily ...

* Stoppages follow seven day strike* Port Kembla coal terminal workers cancel stoppages afteragreementPERTH, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Workers at BHP Billiton's Bowen Basin coal mines plan to strike again next ...

(Adds quotes, details)By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's concernis to keep the global oil market well supplied, its deputy oilminister said on Thursday, as top Asian crude buyers ...

LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Avocet Mining saidfull-year profit more than tripled to $115.1 million, boosted bygains from the sale of its South East Asian assets as the goldminer turns its focus exclusively ...

* Oil prices dip after sharp gains* Euro struggles to break two-week high against dollar* German sentiment index eyedBy Richard Hubbard LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - European shares wereslightly firmer and ...

President Barack Obama is confronting Americans' anxiety over rising gasoline prices by drawing attention to his energy policies and taking credit for rising oil and gas production, a greater mix of energy ...

Jens Zimmerman, equity analyst at ABN AMRO Private Banking, told CNBC, "our point right now is that because of this risk of very high oil price volatility with Iran on the upside and possibly also ...

BEIJING, Feb 23 (Reuters) - China found more provengeological oil and gas reserves last year than a year earlier,the Ministry of Land and Resources said on Thursday.The second largest oil consuming country ...

Brett Richards, CEO, Avocet Mining, told CNBC, "We are seeing pressures on West Africa on fuel, on national labour and on some consumables and yes we have seen increases in our cost structure from ...

Vandana Hari, Asia Editorial Director at Platts, discusses the boost in oil prices on the back of recent supply disruptions across Iran, Yemen, South Sudan and Syria.

Get Ready for the War on Sugar

TOKYO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Mozambique's Prime MinisterAires Aly said in Tokyo on Thursday his nation plans to startconstruction of a coal terminal at the northern port of Nacalain the next few months, aiming ...

* Weak euro zone, China manufacturing hurt sentiment * LME copper off 0.2 pct on thin volumes * Coming Up: Germany Ifo business climate, 0900 GMT (Adds comment, updates prices) By Manolo Serapio Jr SINGAPORE, ...

ArcelorMittal May Double In Value, Outperforming U.S. Steel

* BHP to suspend Australia manganese alloy plant* To conduct 3-month review over future of the operation* Cites further erosion in markets for the steel alloy* Strong Australian dollar also at fault, BHP ...

Workers at Australia’s Port Kembla Coal Terminal Halt Strike

SINGAPORE, Feb 23 (Reuters) - London copper edgedlower for a second day on Thursday as worries over a falteringeuro zone economy and a weak manufacturing sector in top copperconsumer China made it difficult ...

Efforts to create a market for cellulosic ethanol in the U.S. veered into the realm of the absurd last month when companies faced fines of $6.8 million for failing to meet a 2011 federal quota to blend 6.6 million gallons of the renewable fuel into oil and diesel supplies. The problem? [...]

SINGAPORE, Feb 23 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futuresslipped below a nine-month high on Thursday after industry datashowed a larger-than-expected build in crude inventories lastweek.U.S. crude oil inventories ...

U.S. Natural Gas Fund Premium at 0.5% on Feb. 22

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Mad Money host Jim Cramer explains how increasing the use of natural gas could lower the price of gasoline.

Iranian Politics Will Ultimately Knock Down Oil Prices

Oil prices have soared to a record high in sterling terms and are approaching euro highs, raising fears that European countries struggling with heavy debts will face further barriers to economic recovery....

BP, Anadarko Petroleum Liable for Pollution Law Violations, Judge Rules

There are some unsuspecting consequences to high oil prices.

* Weak Europe, China data fuel early downturn * Overbought signals prompt some profit-taking * API-U.S. crude stocks up sharply, product stocks upslightly * Coming up: EIA oil stocks data, 11 a.m. EST, ...

The End Of Ordinary Commodity Cycles: ETFs To Play This Emerging Trend

Yamana Gold announced its mineral reserves and resources for the year ended December 31, 2011. The company's total gold equivalent ounces, or GEO, in the proven and probable mineral reserves category increased ...

Ann Cameron, BNP Paribas, explains why investors should pay more attention to brent crude.

Oil markets are nervous, crude oil futures are trading  at 9 months highs near 106 USD due in good part to news that Iran has decided to halt exports to Britain and France in another chapter of an international ...

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NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Brent crude oil futuresrose for a third straight day Wednesday and ended near $123 abarrel on worries that Iran's confrontation with the West wouldheat up further after talks ...

How much rising gasoline prices will pinch consumers has yet to be seen, but energy savings from the warm winter may have already helped consumers avoid some of the pain.

* Copper eases, but still supported around $3.83 per lb -traders * China Feb new export orders fall, PMI still below 50 -HSBC * Euro zone PMIs suggest region may slide back to recession By Harpreet Bhal ...

Feb 22 (Reuters) - Raw sugar futures closed at a 3-1/2month high on Wednesday, on concerns about nearby supplies andon continued buying after surpassing a 200-day moving average. U.S. cocoa crept up to ...

Significant Upside Materializing For Consol, Patriot Coal

European countries are facing pressures on economic recovery as the price of oil hits an all-time high in sterling and flirts with the euro-terms record high set 2008.

A four-day rise in oil prices stalled Wednesday following a weak report on Chinese manufacturing and lingering concerns about Greece's bailout.The price of West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark for oils ...