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World’s Largest Diversified Mining Companies

October 16, 2009 · 4 comments

in ADRs, commodities, foreign investment, international stock market, investing, metals, mining, resources, stocks

Diversified resource and mining companies might nominally mine for a single metal, but in the process will also unearth other base and rare metals.  Other metals producers, like BHP Billiton, actively mine for a variety of base and precious metals.
The following list covers the top 8 diversified resource mining companies around the world.  I also [...]

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Top Silver Mining Stocks

July 6, 2008 · 5 comments

in ADRs, investing, mining, precious metals, silver

With the growing concern over the future of the US dollar, and global inflation more generally, owning physical gold and silver is a wise insurance move.  Owning gold stocks can be part of that strategy, as they soared during times like the Great Depression.  Here’s a quick compilation of some basic starting points for those [...]

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