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Potash Corp warns profit to be lower than forecasted

Potash Corp. (TSX, NYSE:POT), Canada's largest fertilizer producer, said Wednesday it was revising its outlook because of delays in reaching contracts with commodity buyers in India and China.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 17, 2012 | 3:36 pm

INFOGRAPHIC: Fluorspar, essential for modern life

The mineral fluorspar is now more important - and expensive - than ever.

Joshua Zapf | October 17, 2012 | 3:15 pm

Former American real estate brokers find gold fortune in Ghana

Two former American real estate agents headed to the gold-rich West African jungles of Ghana to find a way to pays their debts, which exceeded $1 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 17, 2012 | 2:46 pm

Standard and Poor’s cuts Anglo American’s outlook to negative

Global credit rating firm Standard and Poor's (S&P) downgraded Wednesday its outlook on Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) to negative from stable as a result of growing concerns about the effects of South Africa’s mining strikes on the company's mining operations and on the wider economy.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 17, 2012 | 1:55 pm

Oil and coal save BHP’s September quarter results

BHP Billiton (ASX,LON,NYSE:BHP), the world’s biggest miner by market value, posted Wednesday a weaker than expected September quarter from its West Australian iron ore mines as the company’s work on expansion plans affected production figures.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 17, 2012 | 11:00 am

Silver and gold’s staggering ascent during German hyperinflation of the 1920’s

New charts vividly illustrate the staggering ascent of precious metals during the period of catastrophic hyperinflation which brought Weimar Germany to its knees in the early 1920's.

Marc Howe | October 17, 2012 | 7:50 am

Jim Rogers touts Russia, shorts JPMorgan

"You know Russia has been a disaster for 95 years—since 1917—but I think that's changing."

Michael Allan McCrae | October 17, 2012 | 5:18 am

China’s share of global mining M&A’s doubles as total deals decrease

China's percentage of international mining merger and acquisition deals nearly doubled during the first half of the year according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).

Marc Howe | October 17, 2012 | 2:49 am