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The expectations are for another run of good results for the large, diversified miners. With many commodities still at higher levels, we're seeing the continuation of the positive sentiment.

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It looks like they are trying to throw their weight around and trying to influence a free market process. We'll have to see whether that works. The market is still short of materials.

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Commodity prices look sustainable in the short term. Analysts are expecting spectacular results in the coming mining reporting season in February, and if we see profits and cash flows coming close to expectations then we may well see the continuation of the positive sentiment in resources stocks.

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China clearly continues to have a major impact on what they are doing. With commodity prices as strong as they are at the moment, and not showing any signs of a change of direction, one would think there is still room for some improvement in earnings in 2006.

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The market is following what's going overseas. With the reporting season just about complete, people are starting to look again at what's going on outside. The U.S. seems to be slowing a little bit at the moment, but Asia should make up some of the gap.

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