July 2, 2015 China clamours to set global gold prices The world's biggest producer and consumer of the metal sees a golden opportunity to expand its pricing power.
July 2, 2015 World Coal Association welcomes China’s continued commitment to low emissions coal technology The World Coal Association has welcomed today’s announcement by China of its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) in preparation for the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris later this year.
July 1, 2015 Iron ore falls below the $60 mark again The value of the commodity has fallen by about 35% over the latest 12-month period, hitting Australia’s economy harder than expected.
July 1, 2015 US Gov’t offers $20 million to projects aimed at recovering rare earths from coal The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has been investigating the economic feasibility of recovering the coveted elements from coal.
June 30, 2015 False gold scam in Canada results in arrest of Chinese national Bao Sheng Zhong, a Chinese national living in Richmond, B.C., now faces three counts of fraud for allegedly scamming two Asian women and one Asian man from the Lower Mainland.
June 28, 2015 Why Buffett bet a billion on solar During the late innings of the ICE-age (as in the Internal Combustion Engine age) it has become clear that feeding gasoline and diesel to the next billion new cars is…
June 26, 2015 Nervous Chinese investors dive back into gold Chinese gold imports via Hong Kong jump 35%, shipments from Switzerland increase nine-fold in May as Shanghai's equity rally turns into sharp correction.
June 25, 2015 China readies to launch yuan gold fix before year-end While details remain unknown, it is believed the fix would be launched via the Shanghai Gold Exchange, the world's biggest physical bullion exchange.
June 25, 2015 Rick Rule and Porter Stansberry’s guide to protecting your portfolio from the ravages of the currency wars Russia, China and the U.S. are in a battle for currency dominance and natural resource stocks have been buffeted as a result.
June 25, 2015 Battery grade graphite set for record year China’s output of spherical graphite has continued to go from strength to strength in Q2 2015 on the back of strong lithium ion battery demand from Asia.
How a reclusive ex-Glencore trader became Indonesia’s nickel king Arif Kurniawan has gone from earning paychecks at Glencore to controlling approximately a third of his country’s domestic trade in nickel ore. December 28, 2025 | 03:25 pm
