April 29, 2014 Fears of Beijing metal-financing crackdown halt copper price rally Using commodities as loan collateral is practice in China, but Beijing is set to introduce new rules limiting this component of the shadow banking system.
April 29, 2014 Morgan Stanley: gold price won’t see $1,300 again Investment bank predicts gold will decline to an average $1,168 in the second half of 2014 as Chinese demand wanes and will go lower still next year.
April 29, 2014 Chinese most clever way to deal with smog: turn it into diamonds Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde is developing a new, energy-friendly mechanism to suck smog out of the air and transform it into diamonds, to be tested in Beijing.
April 28, 2014 Gold price drops after Chinese imports crater 38% Gold below $1,300 again as Shanghai traders offer gold at a discount through March for the first time since September 2012.
April 28, 2014 Iron ore price plunges to 6-week low, producers hammered Iron ore price drops 2.2% as stockpiles in China surge to new record and worries over country's property market mounts.
April 28, 2014 Mick Davis wants BHP’s coal division to be cornerstone of his new mining empire Davis’ X2 Resources has already built a war chest of almost $4 billion and is believed to be asking JPMorgan for US$8bn loan to back up a formal offer to…
April 27, 2014 Night of the living dead miners: Rare earth ‘zombies’ attack the ASX and TSX What must be worked through before the good companies can rise to the top.
April 25, 2014 Copper price extends rally as Beijing catches hedge funds short Copper's the only commodity in a net short position. With news China is adding to strategic stockpiles, hedge funds are scrambling to find 375m pounds they don't have.
April 24, 2014 U.S. Rare Earths announces the successful completion of its preliminary exploration and assessment of Lemhi Pass Projects Drilling results show significant concentration of both heavy and critical rare earths.
Indonesian coal association says quota cuts risk mine shutdowns Indonesia flagged plans to slash coal output to about 600 million tons a year in a bid to boost prices for the commodity. February 01, 2026 | 09:05 am