Materials Up as Precious Metals Rally Resumes -- Materials Roundup

Producers of metals, grains and other raw materials rose as a precious metals rally resumed.

Gold futures topped $5050 a troy ounce, after recently falling from all-time highs above $5300 an ounce.

Thomas Kaplan's NovaGold Resources and fellow investor John Paulson have hired engineering firm Fluor to lead a bankable feasibility study on the giant Donlin gold project in Alaska.

Century Aluminum, which operates three out of the last five remaining aluminum smelters in the U.S., is moving forward with partner Emirates Global Aluminum with planned construction of the first U.S. primary aluminum-producing facility in generations.

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