Iron ore price surges
Benchmark 62% fines up 3% and premiums for high quality lump ore jump to 11-month high.
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Jeffrey Nichols: paper gold bears losing grip on price
Physical buyers numbering millions are setting up a sustainable long-term gold price upswing in the face of a small group of speculators.
China said to consider scaling back restrictions on gold imports
China’s central bank circulated a draft plan to ease restrictions on gold imports, said people with knowledge of the matter, in a move that may lead to lower prices in the world’s biggest market for bullion.
Glencore’s massive Canadian Donkin coal mine sold to U.S. firm
News feeds long-standing hopes of a mine reopening and job generation in the impoverished area.
Rio Tinto-Glencore a ‘poor match’: Sam Walsh
Walsh emphasized Rio was not planning any major acquisition to protect itself from a potential takeover by the commodity trader and miner rival.
Could falling oil prices spark a financial crisis?
The oil and gas boom in the United States was made possible by the extensive credit afforded to drillers. Not only has financing come from company shareholders and traditional banks, but hundreds of billions of dollars have also come from junk-bond investors looking for high returns.
Rio, BHP very close to develop U.S. largest copper mine
Arizona’s lawmakers have slipped a piece of legislation that would allow the mining giants to go ahead with their massive Resolution Copper project.
Doug Loud and Jeff Mosseri say gold will regain its shine in 2015
Money managers Doug Loud and Jeff Mosseri of Greystone Asset Management say that if we haven't seen the bottom, we will soon.
Metso wins Aprimin’s Annual Safety Award 2014 for the second year running
The Chilean mining suppliers' association Aprimin has awarded Metso with the Annual Safety Award 2014 in the Large Company category.
