The Asian nation has gone from world's number three exporter to an importer in two short years.
High court sets aside lower court decisions for South Korean miner.
Study shows they also caused additional health issues such as an alarming increase of heart attacks.
Current PM Manmohan Singh was in charge of the coal ministry when $33bn in coal proceeds never materialized.
Retailers in both countries report huge sales boosts as consumers flock to stores.
Country to increase competition with Dubai and Belgium.
It is the second-highest price ever paid for a gem sold at auction.
The European Central Bank (ECB) leaves the key interest rate unchanged at 0.75 per cent.
Gold jewelry will be much cheaper in a few months, precisely in the summer, as some forecast the price of gold will decline to $1200-$1300 per ounce.
Some jewellers estimate it will sell for about $40 million dollars.
India's imports averaging 87 tonnes a month helps to explain resilience of gold price despite record ETF outflows.
Ben Bernanke stays on path to $4 trillion, but gold attracts no inflation-hedge buying.
For those with a very long time horizon, the news is good though.
From 120m tonnes to less than zero in four years.
China and India deals will spark the market back to life such that prices are unlikely to fall below current levels of $400 to $420 per tonne.
You can buy it out of superstition or ignore it because you are an atheist but you cannot buy it with an analytical foundation.
Officials claim Goa should be focused instead on exploiting existing low-grade iron ore dumps worth billions.
The World Gold Council predicts consumption of the precious metal should be steady this year, although unlikely to reach the high levels seen in the worst of the financial crisis.
To gold starved Indian consumers, silver has taken on a brighter hue at home, but it remains the silver export sector that is leading the charge.
Sirius Minerals has filed a petition to develop a vast potash mine in the U.K., posed to be one of the world’s largest deposits of the commodity.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSE:POT) has logged a stunning 38% decline in Q4 profits due to dwindling demand from core Asian export markets India and China.
India will be send a high-level delegation to Brazil for the second time in three months.
India's finance minister has called for the South Asian giant to curb its external purchases of bullion in order to balance the country's current account and improve resource allocation.
South Africa overtook India to become China's third-biggest iron ore supplier in 2012, while Australia strengthened its dominant position as the major supplier to Beijing, data from customs showed on Monday.
Bullion prices will average an all-time high in the first half of 2013, says Thomson Reuters.
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