Mining

Affero Mining (LSE:AFF) has been in a downtrend and would continue thus. When the price is under serious pressure, you see it start to fluctuate on the chart. The more the pressure is high, the more lasting and more significant the trend would be (as it goes down from an equilibrium zone). The ADX period […]

Nat Rothschild left the Bumi shareholders meeting in London yesterday, 21 February, having lost a major battle, but vowing to fight on.  Nineteen of Rothshild’s 22 proposed resolutions were  rejected by shareholders.  The Bumi share price followed by continuing its year long 60% decline with a 21.3 pence plunge (5.44%) to 370.0 shortly past midday […]

I managed to make even more friends in the Bulletin Board Moron community on 4th February when I explained why anyone with half a brain cell should short Baobab Resources (LSE:BAO) at 35.75p. Since then the company has issued 2 RNS releases about its flagship Tete study blathering on with all the usual guff and […]

There were those who wrote AIM and ASX listed gold miner Norseman Gold (LSE:NGL) off as an investment. That may still prove to be accurate. This has been a sorry tale and one which has made many of us, myself included, look like total prats. But we are not at write-off as yet as a […]

The share price of mining giant BHP Billiton (LSE:BLT) has traveled an upward trajectory since May 2012, from 1,681 on 23 May to 2,236 at 19 February 2013.  Although the stock remained above its 90 day moving average from 25 July onward, the price hit a number of pitfalls along the way.  Today was one […]

What would be the eventual fate of the shares on StartMin Global (LSE:STGR)? Would they go south or north? The expected outlook is explained below and would need a thorough plan to be followed. When initial trading plans are followed faithfully, gains normally result. On the chart above, 4 Exponential Moving Averages are used. They […]

I seem to have rather riled Sirius Minerals (LSE:SXX ) with a suggestion last week that it urgently need to issue equity.  The company has issued a statement today which says that “ The Directors of Sirius Minerals Plc, the globally diversified potash development group, would like to correct current misinformation about the Company’s financing […]

Newly appointed Chief Executive, Sam Walsh, has laid out his plans to ensure that Rio Tinto plc (LSE:RIO) “will have an unrelenting focus on pursuing greater value for shareholders” after the global mining giant took a huge hit and posted an annual loss for the first time in years. “I am setting out how we […]

Shares of African Barrick Gold plc (LSE:ABG) closed at an all-time low today as the gold miner admitted it missed its production target of the yellow precious metal in 2012, its fourth year in a row since it enlisted on the London Stock Exchange and set a further lower expectation for 2013 for a fifth […]

Why struggle trying to find a winner in a downward market when you can diversify your portfolio with emerging markets? Africa’s economy isn’t the size of these economies (see pic.) combined, but surely has the potential to be.  Highest rate of return on investment in Africa is the highest in the developing world. The continent’s economic growth […]