The US now produces more than 10% of the world’s crude, thanks to the shale industry
US tight oil production averaged 3.22 million barrels per day over the past three months.
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Canada’s oil sands hit hardest by investment barriers to Chinese firms
Chinese capital could fund 40% of the necessary investment in the country's oil sands over the next 20 years.
Australia slashes iron ore price forecast again
Official commodity researcher of Australia cuts outlook for 2014 and predicts steady decline for the rest of the decade.
WTO ruling: Get ready for rare earth price war
Chinese rare earth miners to go back to competing on price after WTO rules country's rare earth export quotas illegal.
Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi likely to miss deadline for financing
Operator Turquoise Hill may need to ask lenders to extend financing for the $6.2 billion mine extension.
Goldcorp certain $2.8bn hostile bid for Osisko will succeed
Chairman Ian Telfer says he’d rather quit the deal than overpay.
Lonmin management told to take leave as platinum strike goes on
Earlier this month the company said it would not hit its sales guidance of 750,000 ounces of platinum annually, as it has already lost 90,000 ounces since the strike began.
Thousands of Peruvians protest against tougher illegal mining rules
They want the government to ease a regulation that forces more than 70,000 miners to register their mining activities by April 19 or otherwise face sanctions, including jail.
Diamond dealers under threat in Central African Republic
Rough diamonds are one of the country's biggest exports.
