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• UPDATE 3-Brazil mine bill would double top royalty rate Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 5:44 PM ET

  RIO DE JANEIRO, June 18- Brazil, a major producer of iron ore, gold, copper and other metals, unveiled a long-awaited bill to reform its 46- year-old mining code on Tuesday, proposing a doubling of the current top royalty rate and stricter rules for opening new mines.

• Early Glance: Food companies Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 10:21 AM ET

  ConAgra Foods Inc. fell$. 15 or. 4 percent, to $34.44. General Mills Inc. fell$. 13 or. 3 percent, to $49.67. Hormel Foods Corp. fell $1.74 or 4.3 percent, to $38.92.

• Early Glance: Food companies Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 10:29 AM ET

  ConAgra Foods Inc. rose$. 40 or 1.2 percent, to $34.49. General Mills Inc. rose$. 29 or. 6 percent, to $49.58. Mondelez International Inc. rose$. 29 or 1.0 percent, to $30.10.

• Midday Glance: Food companies Friday, 14 Jun 2013 | 1:28 PM ET

  ConAgra Foods Inc. fell$. 08 or. 2 percent, to $34.11. General Mills Inc. rose$. 11 or. 2 percent, to $49.13. Hormel Foods Corp. rose$. 06 or. 2 percent, to $39.88.

• Ecuador Congress OKs law to ease mining investment terms Thursday, 13 Jun 2013 | 6:32 PM ET

  *Approval follows Kinross' decision to leave Ecuador. QUITO, June 13- Ecuador's lawmakers on Thursday approved a mining law that should speed the development of small and medium-size ventures, only days after Canada's Kinross canceled a massive $1.2 billion gold project in the country over a tax dispute.

• Early Glance: Food companies Thursday, 13 Jun 2013 | 10:22 AM ET

  ConAgra Foods Inc. fell$. 08 or. 2 percent, to $33.71. General Mills Inc. fell$. 21 or. 4 percent, to $48.25. J.M. Smucker Co. rose$. 01 or percent, to $100.84.

• Midday Glance: Food companies Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013 | 1:17 PM ET

  ConAgra Foods Inc. fell$. 11 or. 3 percent, to $33.92. General Mills Inc. rose$. 25 or. 5 percent, to $48.58. Hormel Foods Corp. fell$. 02 or. 1 percent, to $39.62.

• NYSE stocks posting largest percentage decreases Tuesday, 11 Jun 2013 | 1:22 PM ET

  NEW YORK-- A look at the 10 biggest percentage decliners on New York Stock Exchange at 1 p.m.:. Symmetry Medical Inc. fell 17.0 percent to $7.61. Annie's Inc. fell 7.1 percent to $38.72.

• PRECIOUS-Gold edges lower after S&P raises U.S. outlook Monday, 10 Jun 2013 | 8:26 PM ET

  SINGAPORE, June 11- Gold slipped in early Asian trading on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar and equities strengthened after Standard& Poor's revised its credit outlook for the United States to stable from negative.

• UPDATE 2-Canada's Kinross cancels Ecuador gold project Monday, 10 Jun 2013 | 7:41 PM ET

  June 10- Kinross Gold Corp said on Monday it is halting development at its Fruta del Norte gold project in Ecuador after failing to reach an agreement with the government over a windfall tax on revenues.

• Miners may take more hits from weak gold prices after Newcrest Monday, 10 Jun 2013 | 12:07 PM ET

  SYDNEY/ TORONTO, June 10- The pain is not likely to be over for investors in mining shares after the steepest drop in gold prices in a generation led to a $6 billion asset writedown at Australia's Newcrest Mining, fuelling speculation of more to come.

• NYSE stocks posting largest percentage decreases Friday, 7 Jun 2013 | 1:23 PM ET

  NEW YORK-- A look at the 10 biggest percentage decliners on New York Stock Exchange at 1 p.m.:. Iron Mountain Inc. fell 15.0 percent to $29.25. Quiksilver Inc. fell 11.9 percent to $6.76.

• Early Glance: Food companies Friday, 7 Jun 2013 | 10:25 AM ET

  ConAgra Foods Inc. rose$. 43 or 1.3 percent, to $33.59. General Mills Inc. rose$. 46 or 1.0 percent, to $47.86. Hormel Foods Corp. rose$. 57 or 1.5 percent, to $39.45.

• Early Glance: Food companies Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 10:28 AM ET

  ConAgra Foods Inc. fell$. 02 or. 1 percent, to $32.99. General Mills Inc. rose$. 06 or. 1 percent, to $47.25. Mondelez International Inc. rose$. 06 or. 2 percent, to $29.53.

• Ecuador pushing ahead with reforms to lure mining investors Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 5:43 PM ET

  *Government-controlled Congress likely to approve reforms. QUITO, May 16- Ecuador's government on Thursday presented a mining bill to Congress that should pave the way for the signing of contracts with several investors, including Canada's Kinross Gold Corp..

• Worst One-Day Drop in 2013: Stocks Skid 2%, Dow Tumbles 250; Vix Spikes 40% Monday, 15 Apr 2013 | 5:54 PM ET

  

  Stocks finished at session lows Monday, posting their sharpest one-day drop this year, as disappointing economic data from China triggered a selloff in commodities.

• Midday Movers: ABX, KGC, IAU & More Monday, 15 Apr 2013 | 1:32 PM ET

  

  Take a look at some of Monday's midday movers:

• UPDATE 2-Kinross reports net loss on mine writedown Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013 | 7:37 PM ET

  *Adjusted EPS $0.24 vs Street view $0.22. TORONTO, Feb 13- Canada's Kinross Gold Corp reported on Wednesday a fourth-quarter net loss as an impairment charge related primarily to its Tasiast gold mine in West Africa outweighed a boost in revenue.

• BAY STREET: Lower costs could bring shine to major gold miners Sunday, 6 Jan 2013 | 1:19 PM ET

  TORONTO, Jan 6- Sagging demand for non-precious metals- a trend that's beyond the direct control of Canada's embattled gold producers- is shaping up as their best hope for recovery in 2013 after a year that battered their share prices.