Diamond prices spike whet De Beers appetite for new markets
The diamond giant expects to secure exploration rights in Angola before the end of the year.
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Gas sector to replace mining as Australia’s main growth driver
Together with other four key industries, gas could add $250 billion to the economy over the next two decades, shows a new study.
Hedge funds bullish gold bets surge to 13.8m ounces
Net long positions in gold amassed by large investors jump 12.5% to a more than one-year high.
Tibetans protest land seizure linked to gold mining
Hundreds of Tibetans last week protested land seizures for the construction of highways linked to gold mining in the Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
TIL: Alan Greenspan’s first job was a metals analyst
Former US Fed chairman shares his thoughts on Dr Copper.
Birth of new Ukrainian nation? Interview with Robert Bensh
With Crimea, Ukraine loses some prospective offshore oil and gas territory in the Black Sea, but it doesn't lose any shale. All the shale is in Ukraine's east and west.
Who owns all the Bitcoins?
Bitcoin distribution vs. the global wealth gap
Value of US mineral production decreased in 2013
Not because of lower production but lower metals prices.
‘Inevitable large surplus’ to crush iron ore price to double digits
Iron ore price is already down 17.% this year, but supply ramp up of cheap ore will result in further falls in the second half of 2014 says new research report.
