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• Global oil demand to rise 0.9mbd in 2012
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• China, buying gold and why you should read Lenin
• Barclays on gold: Q3 12: $1665/oz; 2012 annual average: $1672/oz
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• $100bln mining projects threatened
• Jim Rogers: The commodity bull market has no end in sight
• India’s Universal Commodity Exchange to begin operations by year end
• The commodity investor: What can investors expect from Xstrata?
• Currency tinkering: Outlook for Nigerian economy
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Investors interested in commodities should look beyond current short-term concerns, such as the European debt crisis, and focus on the medium to longer term. Over the next 10 years and beyond, many experts predict that demand for commodities will continue to be led by the emerging markets as their development and lifestyles evolve and change, in addition to on-going supply issues within the commodities arena.  (more...)

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August saw commodities beat equities, bonds and the dollar for a second consecutive month, in what was reported as 'the longest streak in more than a year’. The Standard & Poor’s GSCI Total Return Index of 24 commodities rose 6.4 percent in August, led by silver, with silver futures up 13% over August, cocoa and heating oil. Raw materials rose more than 20% since mid-June, and commodities rose more than 80% from December 2008 to June 2011. (more...)

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The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) index of commodity prices fell 3 percent in August, from July, when measured in special drawing rights (SDR) terms.  (more...)

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Hedge funds and other money managers have started to ready themselves for another big spike in oil prices in the next few months, according to positioning data from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). (more...)

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Global oil demand is expected to rise by 0.8 - 0.9 million barrels per day (around 1 percent) in 2012, above last year’s increment though below the historic average, the latest Kuwait Economic Brief, published by the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), said.  (more...)

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Persian Gulf members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said they will not boost their crude oil production unless demand rises, Reuters reported. Finance ministers from the Group of Seven most industrialized nations called oil-producing countries on to increase output to ensure the market is well supplied.  (more...)

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India and China have always been major markets for Buying Gold, which remains the choice store of value in those two countries, says Don Coxe, a strategic advisor to the BMO Financial Group. (more...)

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“Our economists believe that the speech showed that further stimulus is clearly not off the table, while the speech indicated that economic activity has to strengthen to prevent the Fed from providing additional policy stimulus." the Bank said. (more...)

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One thing about writing for a site like Mineweb Is that it gives you the opportunity to review all kinds of commentaries and analyses on various aspects of the industry, some of which are well worth the read, although others are remarkably uninformed and/or have the tendency to be over promotional for the writer's own business, or investment ideas. (more...)

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A plunge in the prices of Australia’s export commodities as well as high labour and construction costs will stall $100 billion of mining and energy projects, as companies ­scramble to reassess their long-term investment pipelines.  (more...)

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It seems like every day brings bolder statements from Jim Rogers, one of the most respected commodity investors of all time. Rogers has goneon the record recently with calls like gold will drop 20%, silver is a better buy than gold, and anyone who avoids commodities is a fool.  (more...)

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India’s sixth national commodity bourse is planning to launch operations by the end of this year, its founder said Monday. Universal Commodity Exchange Ltd. officials will meet soon to finalize the launch date, Ketan Sheth said. The bourse recently obtained approval from the consumer affairs ministry, which oversees commodity futures trade, Mr. Sheth said.  (more...)

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Xstrata is truly one of the most diversified and storied major mining companies out there. The company traces its roots to 1920s Switzerland, where it was a leader in power, electricity and infrastructure. Throughout the decades, Xstrata morphed into a major mining company with operations in multiple jurisdictions and a vast array of commodity products.  (more...)

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Once again, Nigeria is in the throes, as it were, of another currency tinkering, except that this time it is in the realm of currency redesigning and new addition. In recent memory, Nigeria has had major currency tinkering in the early 70s (under Yakubu Gowon’s regime) when it changed from pounds, shillings and pence to the present naira and kobo, and again in early 80s (under Buhari’s regime), when colours of different denominations of the naira were changed.  (more...)

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The euro started Asian trade in familiar ranges on Thursday as key risk events including the Jackson Hole meeting of central bankers loomed, but investors continued to give commodity currencies a wide berth.  (more...)

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We frequently hear the financial press refer to the U.S. dollar as the “world’s reserve currency,” implying that our dollar will always retain its value in an ever shifting world economy. But this is a dangerous and mistaken assumption.  (more...)

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Investors looking for an asset class showing strong returns over the turbulent year to date may have noticed the recent gains made by soft commodities such as corn.  (more...)

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After announcing this week it will link its future carbon market to the EU's, Australia may look to California next as a potential emissions-trading partner, but the US state may be less keen to cement a trans-continental link, analysts said.  (more...)

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The Ministry of Finance is developing a policy on carbon trading to enable the government to harness potential revenue from projects that cut greenhouse gas emissions.  (more...)

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