January 15, 2014

Is silver going lower?

Are western speculators capable of dumping more precious metals?

January 14, 2014

2014 graphite outlook: Price rebound, supply shift and new end uses

China's recent halting of flake graphite production in Pingdu, Shandong, made headlines, and has many investors wondering how supply may shift.

January 14, 2014

Iron ore, coking coal prices are breaking bad

Iron ore sinks below $130 for the first time in 148 trading days and coking coal breaks long-held industry rule of thumb and dips below the iron ore price.

January 14, 2014

Nickel price: Indonesia ban not enough to lift oversupplied market

Top exporter Indonesia's ban on ore shipments largely off-set by record global stockpiles of ore and metal and rising mine output.

January 12, 2014

Iron ore price drops to 5-month low despite record Chinese imports

China increased imports of iron ore 10% last year to 820m tonnes, but a bigger jump in stockpiles and a flood of new supply have pushed prices down 3% this…

January 12, 2014

China’s rare earth industry is still dominated by illegal operations

Despite a two year campaign aimed at cleaning the sector and removing all unlawful operations, China has admitted that its rare earth industry still suffers greatly from pollution, smuggling, and illegal…

January 9, 2014

The supply shortage in the gold pits no one is talking about

The old adage has it that the market usually goes against what the majority expect, and right now the majority think gold bullion prices are headed lower.

January 9, 2014

Paolo Lostritto outlines the Lombardi method of gold investing

Companies with free cash flow top his list, but high-leverage, midtier producers with great management teams can satisfy investors with more appetite for risk, says Lostritto in this interview with…

January 9, 2014

China and Ghana to work harder on tackling illegal mining

Last year Ghana arrested and deported almost two hundred Chinese illegally mining gold in the country.

January 8, 2014

Norman: 2014 is gold price’s Goldilocks year

The gold price in 2014 will be a tale of two halves.