With world debt at least twice 2008 levels we are witnessing the dawn of a new system, and have been close to a collapse twice this year already.

Adrian Day provides an overview of recent developments at three resource companies on his list. The recent pullback in precious metals stocks has provided opportunities to add to positions, and there is one buy.

Hedge funds and other large speculators held a net-short position, or bets on price declines, of 4,991 U.S. copper futures and options contracts in the week ended Aug. 23, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released three days later. They switched from a net-long position, or wagers on a rally, of 2,237 a week earlier.

Coal India is diversifying its core business through a plan to install 600 megawatts of solar power in four states.

Maybe in better times, the staggering population of the millennial demographic would be a hurdle over which Big Oil could easily leap. But times are tough, and that isn’t our today.

Construction has begin on a new heap leach facility at Rye Patch Gold Corp.'s Florida Canyon Mine in Nevada, a move that Dundee Capital Markets' analyst Ron Stewart believes could add value for investors over both the long and short terms.

Small-cap miners will outperform large cap miners in the coming years, a new analysis from BMI Research shows.

The possible plant closure, which could cost around 2,000 jobs, is part of a global restructuring plan announced in September that could see CAT cutting as many as 10,000 jobs globally in the coming years.

The $2.6 billion project for a pipeline from North Dakota to Wisconsin will be on hold until market conditions improve.