January 8, 2015 India coal miners end nationwide strike About half a million coal miners in India have called off a strike, removing the threat of widespread power outages and a crippling coal shortage.
January 7, 2015 India’s rocketing iron ore imports Still minuscule compared to China, but the subcontinent is now a net importer compared to shipments of 120 million tonnes per year before.
January 7, 2015 Buckley: China’s declining coal dependence Is evident in the data The bottom line today is that the traditional nexus between real GDP growth, electricity expansion and coal demand is now broken.
January 6, 2015 Silver price in 2015: Better the devil you know Strong fundamentals will lift the price, but all bets are off if the many ETF investors who bought between $20–$30 lose confidence and start liquidating en masse.
January 6, 2015 Gold price in 2015: Playing Russian roulette The US dollar together with rates and inflation expectations will keep advances in check, but all bets are off if Russia and/or Euroland turn to chaos.
January 6, 2015 India coal strike the biggest industrial action since 1977 It is likely to cost the country 1.5 million tonnes of lost coal production a day.
January 6, 2015 China scraps decade-old rare earths export quotas The long-awaited policy change comes after the World Trade Organization determined last year that the nation’s quota system violated trade rules.
January 5, 2015 Caterpillar stock nosedives on JPMorgan downgrade The analysts argued that as much as 15% of the machinery maker’s revenues are dependent on the oil and gas industry
January 5, 2015 Coal India unions on five day strike from Tuesday An estimated five lakh employees in the coal industry will begin a five-day nationwide strike on Tuesday to denounce moves towards commercial mining of the fuel.
January 5, 2015 Anglo American tries again: submits plan to expand coal mine in Australia Revised plan plan will see the company mine 75 million tonnes over 17 years instead of 97 million tonnes over 20 years.
New York copper price surges again, Shanghai sets record Copper jumped by more than 5% to the highest level since the short squeeze in July. December 26, 2025 | 12:18 pm
