Diversified Metals & Mining

  This morning 301 companies reached new 52-week highs. Significant Points: The largest company by market cap to break to a new 52-week high was Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM). The smallest company when looking at market cap to set a new 52-week high was Antelope Enterprise (NASDAQ: AEHL)....

IMRIS Inc. (NASDAQ: IMR) today announced the retirement of the Company's Chief Operating Officer, Ed Richmond. Mr. Richmond joined IMRIS in 2006 as Vice President of Operations and subsequently went on to be Executive Vice President Customer Solutions, before being appointed Chief Operating...

Rubicon Minerals (NYSE: RBY) is pleased to announce that Franco-Nevada Corporation has purchased all of the right, title and interest of Dominion Goldfields Corporation in the 2% net smelter returns royalty payable on that part of Rubicon's Phoenix Gold Project in Red Lake, Ontario lying beneath...

Rubicon Minerals Corporation (NYSE: RBY) announces that Franco-Nevada Corporation has purchased all of the right, title and interest of Dominion Goldfields Corporation in the 2% net smelter returns royalty payable on that part of Rubicon's Phoenix Gold Project in Red Lake, Ontario lying beneath the...

ONEOK Inc (NYSE: OKE) surged 12.02% to $79.50 in the pre-market session. OKE's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $13.68 billion. Joy Global Inc (NASDAQ: JOYG) moved up 4.19% to $86.00 in the pre-market session. JOYG reported a 46% surge in its fiscal third-quarter profit and raised its forecast for...

Goldman Sachs is out with a research report and says to buy Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold (NYSE: FCX). In the note, Goldman writes, "We believe the recent pullback in metals & mining stocks has created a particularly attractive entry point for select names. We remain very bullish on...

Northgate Minerals Corporation (NYSE: NXG) +48.25% on the acquisition by AuRico Gold. Venoco, . (NYSE: VQ) +31.96% on going private proposal by the CEO. Pandora Media (NYSE: P) +7.38% - hearing positive comments by a mid-tier analyst firm. Taseko Mines Limited (NYSE: TGB) +5.18% after the report...

Harold C. Simmons, the Chairman of the Board of Titanium Metals (NYSE: TIE), announced that TIMET purchased 80,100 shares of its common stock today at an average price of $14.0395 per share.

OmniVision Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: OVTI) fell 22.24% to $19.30 in the pre-market trading. OVTI issued downbeat second-quarter forecast. Frontline Ltd (NYSE: FRO) dipped 3.24% to $6.27 in the pre-market session. FRO swung to a Q2 net loss. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE: FCX)...

Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) fell 4.40% to $10.86 in the pre-market trading. AMAT projects Q4 sales to be down in the range of 15% to 30% from the third quarter. Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) dipped 2.70% to $366.01 in the pre-market session. Apple announced the resignation of its Chief...

Ivanhoe Mines'(NASDAQ: IVN) Chief Executive Officer Robert Friedland confirmed today that Rio Tinto has exercised its subscription right to acquire an additional 27,896,570 common shares of Ivanhoe Mines. The acquisition will generate total proceeds of C$529,476,898 for Ivanhoe Mines and raise...

Amidst all of the market turmoil over the past few weeks, commodities have been hit just as much as equities, but that did not stop BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) from posting record earnings. The Melbourne, Australia-based company reported that its annual profit rose nearly 86% from a year ago, thanks...

Toll Brothers Inc (NYSE: TOL) reported a higher Q3 profit, but narrowed its home delivery outlook for the year. Toll Brothers reported its quarterly earnings at $42.1 million, or $0.25 per share, up from $27.3 million, or $0.16 per share, in the year-ago period. Excluding items, Toll Brothers'...

This morning, the major stock indexes are trading higher on the session. The early stock rally is broad based as most leading stock sectors are trading higher. The leading commodity stocks have faded sharply from their gap higher open. This tells us that the leading commodity stocks are one of the...

Compass Minerals' (NYSE: CMP) operations at its Goderich, Ontario, salt mine and salt mechanical evaporation plant have been impacted by a severe storm that struck on the afternoon of August 21, 2011. “I am very sad to report that a valued, 30-year employee perished in the storm. Our thoughts are...