Gold price drops to levels last seen in 2013 as Fed continues to withdraw economic stimulus and the dollar surges.

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Iron ore will recover to above $90 a tonne over the medium term, but dips to low $70s not ruled out.

Diamond, graphite and silicon carbide to name a few.

Andrey Melnichenko is taking Uralkali and Potashcorp head on by building two $5bn potash mines, but spent the summer cruising from Ketchikan to Seattle.

Investment banks sees steady price erosion for rest of the year and an average of $1,180 an ounce in 2015 against a "bearish macro backdrop" for the metal.

One of the striking ironies of our modern economy is that government bonds are considered safe-haven investments, while gold is a “barbarous relic” to be avoided at all costs.

No going back to clubby system of tightly controlled global supply and set prices that served North American and European producers so well in the past.