Precious Metals & Minerals

Recently, Medco Health Solution (MHS), through its subsidiary, United BioSource Corporation decided to acquire London-based Total Healthcare Group (THG), a consultancy firm catering to clients in the biopharmaceutical industry. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The combined company will be...

Recently, Medco Health Solution (MHS), through its subsidiary, United BioSource Corporation decided to acquire London-based Total Healthcare Group (THG), a consultancy firm catering to clients in the biopharmaceutical industry. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The combined company will be...

The broader markets are continuing to strengthen into year end, and there are quite a few mid cap stocks that are gaining sharply today. This list is for stocks that have traded over 100,000 shares. Molycorp (NYSE: MCP) is up around 12% after the company secured the last of several environmental...

At 10:23 am, the Dow gained 0.23% to 11,436.17, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 0.33%, to 1,244.53 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.20%, to 2,642.82. The industries that are driving the market today are: Silver: This industry gained 2.72% by 10:23 am. The top stock within...

Matthew Craft and David K. Randall, AP Business Writers Stocks edge higher on encouraging economic signs Stocks slightly higher on lower trade deficit; Wall Street more hopeful on tax deal NEW YORK (AP) — An encouraging trade report and signs that a tax cut package would pass the Senate sent...

Stocks in the gold mining industry are among the most volatile stocks being traded.  ETFs tracking them are also volatile.  As of Wednesday (12/08/2010), traders can now get leveraged long and short access to this group via Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 2x Shares (NUGT) and Direxion Daily Gold...

Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation (NYSE: CDE) (TSX:CDM) today announced that it is calling for redemption all of its outstanding 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024. As of December 9, 2010, there was $1,859,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding. Pursuant to the terms of the...

Shares of Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW) have made it back to positive territory after falling at the open this morning. The stock is now trading 0.21% higher at $38.55. If you are a momentum, trend following investor, and a bull on the precious metals space, you should own this name. SLW is volatile...

Shares of Minefinders Corporation (AMEX: MFN) are higher on the session by 2.28%, trading at $11.23. Overall call volume is now running at 3.41x the daily average, with 80% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 3,415 contracts have traded on the session so far. Minefinders Corporation...

Silver is frequently referred to as poor man's gold, and historically it's taken a back seat to its yellow cousin. But silver has taken center stage in recent months as the price per ounce soared to $30. That's because like gold, silver is hitting multi-...

Silver is frequently referred to as poor man's gold, and historically it's taken a back seat to its yellow cousin. But silver has taken center stage in recent months as the price per ounce soared to $30. That's because like gold, silver is hitting multi-...

Some silver names to consider are Hecla (NYSE: HL), Pan Am American Silver (NYSE: PAAS), and Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW). They were just mentioned on CNBC's Fast Money, as silver continues to run and has outpaced gold year to date.

Though gold discoveries in Latin America and other far-flung locations have been lighting up the stock markets lately, Alaska is now earning back some of the limelight. This is where over 115 million ounces of gold have been outlined in America's last mineral frontier by three high-flying gold...

On December 8, 2010, Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE: SWC) announced the pricing of the secondary offering of 37,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $19.50 per share. All of the shares are being sold by the Company's majority stockholder, Norimet Limited.

Gammon Gold Inc. (NYSE: GRS) provides preliminary results from the Ocampo mine for the months of October and November. Operations at the Ocampo mine continue to strengthen and benefit from the completion of the two year capital expansion program. All figures reported are in U.S. dollars unless...