June 4, 2015

The world’s top 40 miners saw returns hitting decade-low in 2014 — report

They shed $156 billion in market value last year, or about 16% of their combined worth, according to PwC.

June 3, 2015

CHART: Chinese may regret ditching gold for stocks

As Chinese bullion imports fall, a comparison between gold price and Shanghai Composite shows extent of equities bubble.

June 3, 2015

Chinese investors eye struggling iron miners in Australia

China is approaching distressed Australian iron ore miners, hoping to pick them up on the cheap.

June 3, 2015

Iron ore, copper oversupply here to stay, so get used to it — BHP’s Mackenzie

BHP Billiton's outspoken chief executive officer believes oversupply will keep global metals prices lower for much longer.

June 3, 2015

Iron ore price jumps to three-month high

Signs of demand improvement as iron ore imports cover at Chinese ports fall to near two-year low.

June 2, 2015

Gold industry injected $171bn into global economy in 2013

A World Gold Council report shows the sector's contribution was greater than the GDP of over 150 different countries and larger than the total value of global overseas aid in…

June 2, 2015

Chinese company considering potash mine north of Canada’s Regina

Chinese-based Yancoal has been exploring and studying a potential site about halfway between Southey and Strasbourg.

June 1, 2015

Meteorites heading to Earth may contain trillions of diamonds

Gems founds in fragments of the Almahata Sitta meteorite were formed in an unknown planet that existed when our solar system was just forming, researchers say.

June 1, 2015

Three Australian miners Richard Karn believes are positioned for success

When institutional capital eventually comes back to the sector, money will flow first to companies in or nearing production now.

May 31, 2015

What America can learn from China’s infrastructure

Heavy news indeed for the country known for building the first-of-its-kind transcontinental railway and interstate highway system.