‘Several years’ of iron ore bear market behind Rio downgrade
Moody's takes Rio Tinto's credit down a notch to below A-rating with a negative outlook.
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Gold price: ETF buying surges to 6-year high
Investors in physical gold-backed ETFs pick up 50 tonnes in two days, the fastest clip since May 2010.
Turkey halts gold project after protests, violence increase
Over the weekend, Turkish riot police fired tear gas and used sticks to disperse around 2,000 protesters who gathered close to the project site.
Copper prices plummet on China worries, oil collapse
The London Metal Exchange’s three-month copper contract fell as much as 1.4%, the most since Feb. 10, to $4,580 a metric ton.
Galway Gold mulls legal escape to Colombia’s mining ban in paramos
The junior miner said the ruling not only forces it to halt operations, but it also blocks it from transferring the project, as the mining permit will no longer be valid.
Samarco executives accused of homicide by Brazilian police over dam burst
The seven executives, including Samarco's boss at the time of the deadly disaster, are being accused of qualified homicide.
Who will be left standing at the end of the oil war
While there are billions of reasons to cut output, and every major producing country is reeling from the loss of revenues, some are weathering the current bust better than others, but the devil is in the details, and the details contain tons of variables.
An escalating war on cash
On February 16th, The Washington Post printed the article, "It's time to kill the $100 bill."
BHP: No iron ore supply opportunity for at least a decade
The composition of China's economy is changing more quickly than anticipated says world number one mining company.
