No option: China has to deleverage
Dee Woo writes in the Business Insider that the Chinese government no longer has any policy options left, and it must start deleveraging.
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Finding some silver in a roll of dimes
Taking a hard look at your next roll of dimes could leave you with a nice tip.
BHP Billiton exits Guinea
Sunday Times reports (paywall) that BHP Billiton, which is shedding its non-core operations, is looking for a buyer for its Mount Nimba iron ore project in Guinea.
Gordon Brown’s gold gambit
The UK government's great gold firesale in 1999 was an attempt to prevent a banking crisis.
Meet Malcom McLean: inventor of the global economy
In a Ted Talk, Sunni Brown profiles Malcom McLean, a bored truck driver waiting at shipping docks in New Jersey whose simple idea to speed up shipping transformed the modern global economy and changed the lives of every living person afterwards.
Money not the EPA is killing coal
NPR profiles coal workers in Webster Springs in the aftermath of the big layoff by Arch Coal, that gave notice to 750 workers in the region.
What a Roman centurion’s pay says about gold
Gold is really lousy at compounding.
China wants to buy iron ore from a wider pool of sellers
China plans to diversify iron ore imports and increase the ratio from independent miners to 50%, according to comments made Wang Xiaoqi, vice-chairman of the China Iron and Steel Association.
Mining equity bargains abound, but buy with care: Ivan Lo
It may look as if almost any mining stock you see these days is a bargain just waiting to be plucked.
