February 29, 2016

Update: World’s top 10 gold producers

Combined output topped 30 million ounces in 2015.

February 29, 2016

New Delhi’s dream of surpassing China

India has had many aspirations to overtake China, but this is more of a pipedream than reality.

February 29, 2016

Animation: Wealth vs. population for USA, China, and India (1970 – 2030)

The graph plots GDP per capita vs. share of world population for each country, highlighting the major differences between 1970, today, and the projected near future.

February 29, 2016

China to axe 1.8 million coal, steel jobs

As part of the government’s ongoing efforts to reduce industrial overcapacity.

February 25, 2016

Gold price: Giant sucking sound now coming from the West

Chinese bullion imports at 2011 levels mix with record-breaking discounts in India as money pours into physical gold-backed ETFs.

February 24, 2016

Copper prices plummet on China worries, oil collapse

The London Metal Exchange’s three-month copper contract fell as much as 1.4%, the most since Feb. 10, to $4,580 a metric ton.

February 23, 2016

BHP: No iron ore supply opportunity for at least a decade

The composition of China's economy is changing more quickly than anticipated says world number one mining company.

February 23, 2016

Iron ore price holds $50 despite steel shocker

Chinese and global steel output contracts by more than 7%.

February 17, 2016

Wave of deals to shake the global gold industry in 2016 — report

Gold miners to keep cutting cost, team up amid unusual market conditions that will continue boosting deals, says BMI Research.

February 16, 2016

China ‘needs to cut output of minerals’

Increased Chinese mineral production is just as much a cause for the slide in prices as the aggressive expansions by western mining companies.