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Top five gold trends for 2012

[PREMIUM] The movement of gold has gained momentum in the start of 2012 from US$1,615.05 ($NZ2,065) to $1,761.23 ($2,127.60) on 3 February 2012.New Zealand Mint’s Mike O’Kane has some predictions for the year

‘Very Fragile” outlook in 2012 for Commodities

[PREMIUM] The 2012 outlook for commodities bears some similarities to 2009, in that we are entering the year with a very fragile outlook, says Standard Chartered Bank in London. ...

Fonterra Raises Forecast

Fonterra announced today an increased payout forecast range for the 2012 season of $6.90-$7.00 for a fully shared up farmer, up 20 cents on the previous forecast. ...

Impact from Spot Price

Brazil´s largest mining company, and one of the world’s largest, Vale SA has agreed to a lower fixed price of iron-ore shipments in for delivery in the current quarter by 20%-25%, due to a fall in spot prices of iron ore and lower demand

Commodity index 10% below March Peak

The ANZ Commodity Price Index dropped 1.0% in November, the sixth consecutive monthly decrease, says Steve Edwards, economist at ANZ. ...

Wools of New Zealand grower owned

PGG Wrightson Wool Ltd has transferred the assets of the international Wools of New Zealand Limited (WNZ) and Laneve(TM) brands into the Wools of New Zealand Trust (the Trust), a 100% grower owned entity. ...

Fonterra lowers payout forecast

Fonterra has revised payout forecast for the 2011/12 season to $6.70-$6.80 for a fully shared up farmer, 45 cents lower than the opening payout forecast announced in May. ...

BHP ships more iron ore

BHP Billiton’s Western Australia iron ore shipments rose to a record annualised rate of 173 million tonnes per annum in the September 2011 quarter (100% basis), a 28% increase over the previous corresponding period. ...

Gold – Why the Glow hasn’t Gone

{PREMIUM} Should we be surprised that the phenomenal climb in the value of gold has been checked with the biggest drop in almost 3 years? No growth curve is ever with corrections along the way and gold is no exception. It was the shift into currency, notably the US dollar, that was surprising and is believed to be driven by hedge funds liquidating a degree of exposure in the metal. Some commentators saw that as a bursting of a gold ‘bubble’ but was gold even in a bubble? (Story follows for PREMIUM readers. See also The Gold Trend video interview. ...

‘Big winners’ from carbon tax

[PREMIUM] MELBOURNE – RepuTex, a leading carbon analytics firm, today released research into the impact of the proposed carbon tax on the Australian power industry from 2011 to 2020 and gave their view on which business sector would benefit the most from its introduction. ...

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Mediation update by Bathurst

Bathurst Resources says a productive day of mediation talks was held on Monday between Buller Coal Ltd, the Fairdown-Whareatea Residents Association (the "Residents Association"), Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society, Buller District Council and the ...