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Agriculture & Softs Commodity Reports > Rabobank Outlook for Global Dairy Industry
London, February 2012
A new report from Rabobank's global Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory department examines the global dairy industry, forecasting growth that will be enviable but uneven, and skewed to emerging markets. In the report, titled "Global Dairy Outlook: Show me the money" Rabobank says that the global dairy market will offer strong growth prospects in the coming five years, but the uneven spread of this market expansion and an era of elevated pricing will create as many challenges as opportunities for key players along the dairy supply chain.
Metals & Mining Commodity Reports > Global metals market to reach US$872 billion by 2015
London, February 2012
Global metals market to reach US$872 billion by 2015, according to new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global outlook on the Metals Industry. Prospects of the global metal market appear to be positive in the near term as factors including growing confidence among investors towards commodities market, increasing consumption in developing nations such as India and China, and sufficient inventory levels are poised to prop up market growth. Continued increase in metal consumption in developing countries including India, China and Brazil is expected to fuel the overall global metals market
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Power & Energy Commodity Reports > Poland gives green light to massive fracking efforts
London, February 2012
There is perhaps no more controversial energy source after nuclear than hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," of subterranean shale deposits containing pockets of natural gas. While the process can liberate previously unusable sources of natural gas, political, environmental and scientific concerns have risen along with production, as evidence mounts that fracking is responsible for everything from polluting subterranean aquifers to causing regional earthquakes.
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Metals & Mining Commodity Reports > M&A to increase in metals industry
London, 2 February 2012
M&A to increase in metals industry as volatility in commodity prices here to stay, says KPMG: Almost one-third of metals companies expect to expand through mergers and acquisitions (M&A) over the next two years – mainly to gain control of raw materials – according to KPMG’s Global Metals Outlook: Manufacturing Resilience.
Environmental Markets & Commodity Reports > Houston poised to become California CO2 trading hub
London, 1 February, 2012: Reuters
California will next year host the world’s second biggest CO2 market as it tries to roll back its carbon footprint two decades, but it will not be San Francisco or Los Angeles that will be the center of trade, but the U.S. oil-dealing hub in Texas. Home to dozens of oil, gas and power firms, the city of Houston stands to emerge as the nerve center for trade in California emission permits when the market starts in 2013.
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Commodity Research and Reports > Thoughts on MF Global and High Frequency Trading
London, 1 February 2012
Address by Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia at the Center on Financial Services Law of New York Law School, January 31, 2012: “Where Are We? And Where Should We Be? Thoughts on MF Global and High Frequency Trading”. I am honored to be here at New York Law School, near the heart of the Financial District. Recently, all of my speaking engagements involve the Dodd-Frank Act.
Metals & Mining Commodity Reports > Canada world’s top exploration country for ten years
Vancouver, British Columbia, January, 2012
According to Metals Economics Group’s (MEG) Corporate Exploration Strategies (CES), Canada has been the world’s top country for exploration for the last ten years, since overtaking Australia in 2002. Canada’s allocation for 2011 represents 18% of worldwide spending. (Metals Economics Group’s study covers expenditures for precious and base metals, diamonds, uranium, and some industrial minerals.)
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Power & Energy Commodity Reports > Prospects for Nuclear Power in 2012
London, 30 January 2012
Even before the Fukushima disaster, the long-awaited nuclear renaissance in the West seemed to be running out of steam. There were two main factors behind this failure; the new Generation III+ reactors produced to take account of the lessons of Chernobyl that would spearhead the revival were not living up to their promises, and, more importantly, banks were proving unwilling to provide finance. Platts Energy Economist - Report.
Metals & Mining Commodity Reports > Platts Special Report: aluminum alloy market
London, 26 January 2012
This special report – The aluminum alloy market – strong but beset with uncertainty – examines in detail activity throughout the sector and beyond, in Europe, the US and Asia over the past few months and helps bring focus to the outlook of Q1 2012.
Metals & Mining Commodity Reports > Platinum Metals Review, January 2012
London, 26 January 2012
Sustainability is important to all of us in the present climate, and it is a theme which features heavily in the latest issue of Platinum Metals Review January 2012. Johnson Matthey's first article of 2012 focuses on the sustainability reporting metrics of the pgm mining industry and what the industry is doing to address global energy, water and environmental considerations.
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