Bulks Defying Longer-Term Risks but Sell-Off in Base Metals and Gold Sees Pockets of Value
We still see significant risks for the miners and think the stocks overall are overvalued. Buoyant commodity and share prices do not reflect the inevitable shift in China’s economic growth towards less commodity consuming activities, and the market has taken too much comfort from the stimulus-fuelled recovery. The underlying sources of instability--poor quality lending in China and growing leverage are yet to be addressed. We see the greatest overvaluation among the bulk miners--those exposed to...BHP Billiton is a resources company. Co. extracts and processes minerals, oil and gas, primarily in Australia and the Americas. Co. operates four reportable segments: Petroleum, which is engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas; Copper, which is engaged in the mining of copper, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, uranium and gold; Iron Ore, which is engaged in the mining of iron ore; and Coal, which is engaged in the mining of metallurgical coal and energy coal. Co.'s Petroleum unit comprises conventional and unconventional oil and gas assets, and includes exploration, development and production activities.
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