March 16, 2014

India’s Goa freezes third phase of iron ore e-auction

Due to slump on prices for the steel-making material.

March 14, 2014

Rio Tinto’s Sam Walsh scores $9m after pay increase in first year

The figure includes salary, a cash bonus, shares and other benefits for the man who was able to take Rio Tinto from a US$3 billion loss to a US$3.7 billion…

March 14, 2014

Athabasca Oil founder resigns after Dover project approval

William Gallacher, who founded Athabasca in 2006, is being replaced by Thomas Buchanan.

March 13, 2014

Iron ore price stages huge comeback

Price of the steelmaking raw material up 6.5% since Monday.

March 13, 2014

Uranium shares react to Cigar Lake, China reactor plans

News that the massive Canadian mine has finally entered production and China's plans for 20 new reactors by 2020 are ahead of schedule lead to broad rally.

March 13, 2014

Copper price meltdown continues on Chinese economic shocks

Chinese premier says country has "very limited space for maneuver in carrying out fiscal and monetary policy" and faces "multiple tough choices in exercising macro-control."

March 13, 2014

Global undiscovered copper resources estimated at 3.5 billion metric tons

The first-ever, geologically-based global assessment of undiscovered copper resources estimates that 3.5 billion metric tons of copper may exist worldwide.

March 12, 2014

Bitcoin not ‘likely’ to work as a currency – Goldman Sachs report

But could change payments technology.

March 12, 2014

Gold near six-month high

Developments in China and Ukraine are likely the driving forces.

March 12, 2014

Charles Oliver: Gold to 5,000 within a few years

The demand coming from China boggles the mind. Imports of gold through Beijing were somewhere on the order of 100 tons a month last fall.