July 26, 2013

American businessmen accused of using fake gold mine to get $1m from investors

Bogus mine was supposed to be in the Philippines.

July 26, 2013

Boggabri coal mine hiring amid mass firings

Adding 70 positions after slashing more than 100.

July 25, 2013

China to become world’s biggest gold consumer: World Gold Council

Imports expected to reach 1,000 tonnes.

July 25, 2013

Pursue what you love, and don’t wait to have children: Jim Rogers to young professionals

Jimmy adds a personal touch.

July 24, 2013

The iron ore slice of the $1 trillion Afghanistan resource pie

Roughly 1.2 billion tonnes of iron ore.

July 24, 2013

Copper hits 5-week high on European manufacturing growth

Euro area manufacturing expands for the first time in two years.

July 24, 2013

Challenging a long-held assumption about commodities

The bull market in commodities last decade was mainly a reflection of a sustained fall in the U.S. dollar.

July 24, 2013

Hinde Capital: “Gold is trading at 75% of its production cost – that has never happened”

Companies need to fail and production needs to fall off a cliff before we see the gold price substantially improve.

July 23, 2013

Freeport profit down 32%, to cut capital spending by $1.9bn

As a result of the almost two months stoppage at Grasberg, the miner lost about 125 million pounds of copper and 125,000 ounces of gold in the quarter.

July 23, 2013

The end of the Chinese economic miracle?

Bad news for the mining sector if so.