May 3, 2016

China scare drops mining stocks

Factory conditions in China unexpectedly worsen for the 14th straight month raising fears that the rally on commodity markets in 2016 was losing steam.

May 3, 2016

Frank Holmes: China’s very aggressive program of gold buying in motion right now

Gold could easily trade back to $1,900. That would be normal for these types of corrections.

May 3, 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: The riskiest places to live

Risk, from a mathematical perspective, is the probability of an event multiplied by its potential impact.

May 3, 2016

Iron ore price plummets as Chinese stockpiles rise

The drop comes as stockpiles in China, the world’s biggest buyer, climbed 1.2% to 98.5 million tons last week.

May 2, 2016

China and India could destabilize global coal market

China and, until recently, India, have been late but significant players in the global coal market.

April 29, 2016

More iron ore price madness as China’s mom-and-pops pile in

As iron ore rallies again – up 6% on Friday – report shows just how bonkers Chinese speculation in ore futures are compared to anything on Wall Street.

April 28, 2016

This chart shows actual China GDP growth highest since 2014

Few trust official Chinese growth numbers, but new research shows activity across a wide section of the economy accelerated sharply in the first quarter.

April 28, 2016

Anglo American to sell Brazilian units to China Molybdenum for $1.5 billion

The niobium and phosphates division, which consists of mines, plants, processing facilities, chemical complexes and deposits, was one of Anglo’s more profitable businesses.

April 27, 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: Four maps showing China’s rising dominance in trade

China’s economic prowess is one of these new paradigms that has emerged, but many people still can’t really wrap their heads around the scale or scope of it.

April 27, 2016

Iron ore price plummets amid Chinese speculative mania

China clamps down, but Beijing's record on market intervention is not good and speculative bubbles tend to blow up spectacularly inside the country.