May 14, 2016

Gold demand just had a major growth spurt

Negative interest rates and slow growth have fuelled investors' demand for gold in record-breaking fashion.

May 11, 2016

Miners going broke – worst still to come

New report says mining and metals companies set to default on debt at more than three times the historical rate going back to 1983.

May 11, 2016

Intrepid Potash idles US mine, lays off hundreds

The Denver-based potash miner is placing its West facility in New Mexico in "care and maintenance” beginning July.

May 11, 2016

Global gold output to remain weak despite price recovery

BMI Research analysts also believe gold prices bottomed in 2015 and expect the metal to edge higher over the coming quarters.

May 10, 2016

Iron ore price bubble bursting

In a rerun of last year's stock market collapse in China, mainland retail investors are now fleeing raw material markets frantically bid up since March.

May 6, 2016

Worst week for iron ore price since October 2011

Rout continues ahead of crucial Chinese import data.

May 6, 2016

Landslide at jade mine in Myanmar leaves at least 13 dead

Dozens are believed to be buried under the waste left by the mudslide in Myanmar’s Kachin state.

May 5, 2016

Iron ore price drops below $60

Down 9% since Monday as Chinese speculators pull out and Rio Tinto CEO warns of oversupply.

May 5, 2016

London starts to see the shine in China’s gold plans

There appeared to be a changing tide of acceptance rather than concern over the past fortnight, that Shanghai is becoming a bigger, and more influential, cog in the global gold…

May 4, 2016

Mapped: The global coal trade

The global coal trade doubled in the decade to 2012 as a boom took hold in Asia. Now, the coal trade seems to have stalled or even gone into reverse.