In the global iron ore market, the world’s two biggest exporters are expanding sales into the top customer, winning a greater share of trade as prices tumble.

South Africa President Jacob Zuma asked mining and steel companies to limit job cuts as falling commodity prices put profits at risk.

North Korea was the only country to boost coal shipments to China this year as Vietnamese supply slumped.

If you’ve ever been to a diamond investment pitch you’ve probably seen ‘The Chart,’ the one where diamond demand soars, while supply trails forlornly in its wake.

There will be no relief any time soon from gold’s worst losing streak in almost two decades, according to the most accurate forecaster for precious metals.

European investors are increasing purchases of gold as Greece’s turmoil boosts the appeal for an alternative to the euro.

Beleaguered U.S. coal producers were thrown a lifeline after the Supreme Court struck down the Obama administration’s rule on mercury and acid gases from power plants.

According to the National Union of Mineworkers, South Africa’s gold producers are able to afford an increase of more than 80 percent in the basic monthly pay of entry-level underground miners.

Bullion had its biggest rally in a month after Federal Reserve Chair Yellen and her fellow policy makers cut their long-term projections for U.S. interest rates.

Bank of China Ltd. will become the first Chinese bank to join the auction process that sets gold prices in the London market.

HSBC Securities Analyst James Steel discusses the gold demand in China with Alix Steel on Bloomberg Markets.

The platinum market is the latest victim in the Greece debt turmoil.