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6:11pm

Iraq in big government gold purchase

Gold bars are stacked at a safe deposit room of the ProAurum gold house in Munich March 6, 2014. Gold was flat on Thursday as diplomatic efforts to cool the Ukraine crisis depressed demand for assets seen as safe, but the metal found support above $1,330 an ounce from weak U.S. economic data and ahead of a key employment report. REUTERS/Michael Dalder(GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES SOCIETY)

Central Bank said it bought 36 tonnes in March

beyondbrics South Korea opens gold exchange
Trading Post Gold performs the Cossack sabre dance
Trading Post Tide is turning in favour of commodities
Comment Gold pricing scrutiny widens

9:28pm COMPANIES

BP refinery leaks oil into Lake Michigan

Energy group has yet to estimate the volume of crude discharged

5:50pm COMPANIES

Strike costs platinum producers $1bn

Impacts of eight-week stoppage are becoming ‘irreparable’

6:06pm

Copper rebounds from recent sell-off

Protests in Anglo’s Chilean mine trigger supply fears

8:18pm COMPANIES

Rothschild’s Bumi tie-up finally unwound

Unhappy business alliance ends in $500m deal

The Commodities Note

Gold pricing under regulatory scrutiny

Global regulators look into bullion benchmark price fixing
Keeping the faith in commodity trading

With the supercycle over, many banks are changing their strategies
Ethanol credits rise signals change at EPA

Regulators may have cold feet about watering down US biofuels mandate

Mar 24, 2014

Trafigura’s co-founder to step down

Changes highlight ‘key-man risk’ where chiefs are linked to group

Mar 24, 2014 COMPANIES

Bullish Chevron to outspend Exxon

Smaller group pursues growth while rival aims for stability

Mar 24, 2014 COMPANIES

US gas exports seen as bargaining chip

Easing restrictions will help nations secure lower prices with Gazprom

Mar 24, 2014

Palladium jumps on Russia concerns

Concerns trade sanctions could hit world’s leading producer

Mine strikes boost platinum price hopes
Trading Post Silver positioned for a break higher

Mar 24, 2014 COMPANIES

Sinopec speeds up shale gas development

Company aims to bring field online sooner and mimic US revolution

Features

Special report: Nigeria

A worker adjusts a pipetrack valve at an oil installation in Nigeria.

©Bloomberg Investors are eyeing nation’s natural resources

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Supporters of Enrique Pena Nieta

©AP Energy reform in Mexico is gaining in popularity

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