November 19, 2015 Caterpillar sales down again, almost three straight years The biggest drops were in the construction sector in Latin America (-41%) and in the resources industry in Asia (-37%).
November 17, 2015 Iron ore price craters “The floor of this market is in the hands of the top five mining companies."
November 17, 2015 Copper price hits fresh six year low as Paris attacks continue to weigh in The industrial metal, often viewed as a barometer of global economic growth, fell to its lowest level since 2009.
November 17, 2015 INFOGRAPHIC: Company snapshot: Electra Stone Electra Stone (ELT.V), covered in today's Company Snapshot, is the first public company aiming to take this BC jade and market it directly to China.
November 16, 2015 Caterpillar: Supercycle China isn’t coming back Sales of excavators expected in China for entire 2015 is fewer than the total in March 2011 alone.
November 16, 2015 World coal consumption to drop up to 4% further by year-end Use of coal for power generation peaked about two years ago, a new report suggests.
November 15, 2015 Molycorp restructure plan includes asset sales The beleaguered rare earths producer has announced a plan to restructure that may include the sale of its Mountain Pass mine in California.
November 13, 2015 These two record-breaking diamonds were bought for $77 million, by the same person Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau bought the world's most expensive diamonds for his 7-year-old daughter, in less than 24 hours.
November 12, 2015 India’s appetite for gold takes global demand to two-year high While Indian consumer demand jumped 13% to 268 tons, the World Gold Council warns the outlook for the fourth quarter is “muted.”
November 11, 2015 Coal is dead? No one told China If all of this year's approved coal plants get built, they will have a total capacity of 123 gigawatts, equivalent to building 61 Hoover Dams.
Op-Ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm
