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• Final Glance: Coal companies

  Arch Coal fell$. 07 or 1.0 percent, to $7.05. Consol Energy Inc. rose$. 09 or. 3 percent, to $31.43. Peabody Energy fell$. 08 or. 3 percent, to $25.07.

• Final Glance: Chemicals companies

  NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies were up at the close of trading:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 39 or 1.2 percent, to $32.59. DuPont Co. rose$. 53 or 1.1 percent, to $47.98.

• Final Glance: Gold companies

  Barrick Gold Corp. rose$. 28 or. 9 percent, to $32.20. Gold Fields rose$. 49 or 4.2 percent, to $12.11. Newmont Mining Corp. rose$. 75 or 1.7 percent, to $43.71.

• Final Glance: Silver companies

  Hecla Mining Co. rose$. 16 or 3.0 percent, to $5.41. Pan American Silver Corp. rose$. 13 or. 7 percent, to $17.64. Silver Standard Resources Inc. rose$. 17 or 1.4 percent, to $12.22.

• Midday Glance: Coal companies

  Arch Coal rose$. 08 or 1.1 percent, to $7.20. Consol Energy Inc. fell$. 14 or. 4 percent, to $31.20. Peabody Energy rose$. 09 or. 4 percent, to $25.24.

• Midday Glance: Gold companies

  Barrick Gold Corp. rose$. 18 or. 6 percent, to $32.10. Gold Fields rose$. 43 or 3.7 percent, to $12.05. Newmont Mining Corp. rose$. 68 or 1.6 percent, to $43.64.

• Midday Glance: Silver companies

  Hecla Mining Co. rose$. 16 or 3.0 percent, to $5.41. Pan American Silver Corp. rose$. 25 or 1.4 percent, to $17.76. Silver Standard Resources Inc. rose$. 26 or 2.2 percent, to $12.32.

• Midday Glance: Chemicals companies

  NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies are up at 1 p.m.:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 30 or. 9 percent, to $32.50. DuPont Co. rose$. 51 or 1.1 percent, to $47.96.

• LyondellBasell 4Q earnings meet Street's view

  NEW YORK-- LyondellBasell Industries NV, which refines oil and makes chemicals and plastics used in manufacturing and construction, returned to a profit in its fourth quarter free of charges to refinance and shut down a French refinery.

• Early Glance: Gold companies

  Barrick Gold Corp. fell$. 05 or. 2 percent, to $31.87. Gold Fields rose$. 19 or 1.6 percent, to $11.81. Newmont Mining Corp. rose$. 18 or. 4 percent, to $43.14.

• Early Glance: Silver companies

  Hecla Mining Co. rose$. 06 or 1.1 percent, to $5.31. Pan American Silver Corp. rose$. 21 or 1.2 percent, to $17.72. Silver Standard Resources Inc. rose$. 20 or 1.7 percent, to $12.25.

• Early Glance: Coal companies

  Arch Coal rose$. 01 or. 1 percent, to $7.13. Consol Energy Inc. fell$. 38 or 1.2 percent, to $30.96. Peabody Energy fell$. 09 or. 4 percent, to $25.06.

• Early Glance: Chemicals companies

  NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies are up at 10 a.m.:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 08 or. 2 percent, to $32.28. DuPont Co. rose$. 15 or. 3 percent, to $47.60.

• AFRICA INVESTMENT-China's Africa resource scramble goes platinum

  LEDIG, South Africa, Feb 1- China's scramble for resources is breaking new ground on South Africa's platinum belt. Wesizwe Platinum's Bakubung mine, which aims to start production in 2018 and churn out 350,000 ounces of platinum group metals a year by 2023, is China's first direct investment in the sector and it likely won't be the last.

• Rio Tinto faces tough talks in Mongolia over giant mine

  *Mongolia concerned about soaring project costs at Oyu Tolgoi. *Mongolia looks to step up state ownership, taxes on mines. ULAN BATOR/ MELBOURNE, Feb 1- Rio Tinto faces tough negotiations next week in Mongolia, where the government is under pressure to plug a budget deficit and increase its share of the wealth from the $6.2 billion Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine.

• METALS-LME copper gains as global recovery outweighs China data

  *China's official PMI eases to 50.4 in January. SINGAPORE, Feb 1- London copper rose on Friday but stayed off four-month highs struck in the previous session as growing confidence about a global economic recovery overcame a tepid expansion in China's factory sector in January.

• METALS-Copper up on growth optimism, U.S. economy perks up

  *China factory PMI shows mild rebound. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange closed at $8,290 a tonne, up from a close of $8,165 on Thursday when it touched a 3-1/ 2 month intraday high at $8,291.25 a tonne.

• UPDATE 2-Grupo Mexico Q4 profit up; China copper demand improves

  MEXICO CITY, Jan 31- Mexican copper miner and railroad operator Grupo Mexico said fourth-quarter net profit climbed 15 percent, helped by a more favourable exchange rate and improving copper prices on stronger demand from China.

• METALS-LME copper near 4-mth top after China factory data

  SINGAPORE, Feb 1- London copper rose on Friday to hold near four-month highs struck the session before after China's factory output grew in January, bolstering confidence in a global economic recovery. *The most-traded May copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange edged down 0.13 percent to 59,480 yuan a tonne.

• Final Glance: Silver companies

  Hecla Mining Co. fell$. 04 or. 8 percent, to $5.25. Pan American Silver Corp. fell$. 10 or. 6 percent, to $17.51. Silver Standard Resources Inc. fell$. 13 or 1.1 percent, to $12.05.