October 10, 2017

Move over gold, diamonds may become one of the greatest safe-havens

The Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange (SDIX) has launched a new investment-grade, standardized diamond product to rival gold as a safe-haven asset.

October 10, 2017

India’s Sept gold imports jump 31 pct on festive demand — GFMS

Higher purchases by India, the world's second-biggest consumer, could lend support to global prices that are trading near their highest level in a week.

October 8, 2017

Chinese companies to build 700 coal plants in and outside China

Of all the new coal generation expected to go online over the next decade, Chinese companies will build nearly half of it.

October 6, 2017

Russia takes advantage of China’s North Korea coal ban

As North Korean imports of anthracite coal have waned with sanctions, those from Russia have soared.

October 6, 2017

Asia gold-transparency law and smuggling take shine off festival season

India's recent restrictions on the industry and increased smuggling took the sheen off the bullion market heading into the peak festival season.

October 6, 2017

Freeport pressed to give most of Grasberg copper-gold mine to Indonesia ASAP

Freeport agreed in August to divest a 51% stake in Grasberg to local interests in return for full operational control until 2041 plus fiscal and legal guarantees, but a final…

October 6, 2017

In the heart of China’s coal country, a city bans most coal

The ban took effect from Sunday and restricts most companies and individuals from selling, transporting or burning coal in the urban area of Taiyuan.

October 5, 2017

Plans to restart giant Bougainville mine stall as operating rights battle rages

Plans to reopen one of the world's biggest copper mines, shut by a civil war on the Pacific Island of Bougainville in 1989, have run into trouble.

October 5, 2017

Graphite seeing some upward movement

The graphite market has shown its first sign of life in a few years with some upward price pressure.

October 5, 2017

Vanadium: the energy storage metal

Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) are fairly unique in the battery world.