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Rare earth elements
China has cornered the market in commodities that are arguably as important as oil to a modern economy
Rio / BHP
Rhetoric on both sides suggests the joint venture is still on, but if resolve were weakening in the Rio camp, it would be entirely understandable
Peak gold?
The impulse to hoard bullion as a hedge against inflation is one that many seem to find hard to resist, but the notion the world is running out of the stuff is not
World Energy Outlook
There are just so many moving parts involved that making forecasts is a mug’s game
US oil refiners
Capacity utilisation is now barely above 80 per cent and may go lower next year as huge and efficient new refineries, mostly in Asia, worsen the glut
Spot the difference
A US technological breakthrough is reshaping the global natural gas market and threatening pricing models
Royal Dutch Shell
Both Shell and Exxon pumped out fewer profits in the third quarter than bullish earnings from BP and ConocoPhilips had led investors to expect
European IPOs
Interest from institutional and retail investors in Poland’s PGE shows that Europe’s IPO drought may be ending
BP
Compared with last year, profits may have crumpled but over the summer the oil major still made almost $100,000 every three minutes
KNOC / Harvest Energy
Korea’s gadget-producing facilities may be the envy of the world, but the resource-poor nation still needs to heat and light them
