But likelihood of US rate hike by the end of the year still below 50% and other markets remain in easing mode.

Robert Gannicott is remembered as one of the pioneers and champions of Canada’s diamond industry, which he helped shape for more than two decades.

The majority of 31 investment bank and institutional analysts polled in January saw gold trading in triple digits this year.

The Toronto based company sees gains on output increases.

Chairman and CEO Rudi Fronk explains his company's value-enhancing strategy of obtaining resources at low cost and spinning them into gold.

The UK based miner struggled after gold output slumped at key locations.

Study shows the most efficient mines in top producer Chile now produce copper for less than $1 a pound after finding an additional 13% in savings this year.

Oil and gas companies have gutted their capex budgets, necessary moves as drillers went deep into the red following the crash in oil prices. But the sharp cutback in investment means that huge volumes of oil that would have otherwise come online in five or ten years now will remain on the sidelines.

Negotiations fall through with Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals.