Customs data show export volumes from China, producer of more than 80% of the world's rare earths, are soaring even as average prices fall by 48%.

A focus on "risk perceptions" and "emotions" over fundamentals helps explain Tuesday's fall in the gold price to near 1-month low.

Altra Industrial Motion is a leading global supplier of power transmission solutions, with the capability and expertise to deliver efficient and reliable solutions for applications of any size in any industry. With many of the world’s best known power transmission brands under its umbrella, Altra’s pedigree history makes it the first choice for most engineers. To help its customers take full advantage of its expansive product range, Altra will be bringing all 22 of its brands together for the first time at the Hannover Messe, 13th-17th April, 2015.

In this interview with The Mining Report, Desormeaux notes that lithium is less dependent on short-term economic cycles than commodities like oil and copper, and says demand for lithium will grow faster than the global economy.

It's early, but all indications show evidence of multiple copper-gold porphyrys on the 26,000 hectare San Matias property.

Additional help from lower exploration expenditures and higher income tax recovery

It will be important to watch big macro events, such as the possible fragmentation of the Eurozone, a run on Greek banks, particularly if it threatens to destabilise the euro or other Eurozone banks, as well as the developing crisis in Ukraine.

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Many are already likening the new Silk Road undertaking to the Marshall Plan