July 24, 2013

Taiwanese band caught smuggling $3m worth of gold into S.Korea

The suspects are accused of transforming gold bars into small beads, hiding them in their rectal cavities.

July 24, 2013

Copper hits 5-week high on European manufacturing growth

Euro area manufacturing expands for the first time in two years.

July 24, 2013

Challenging a long-held assumption about commodities

The bull market in commodities last decade was mainly a reflection of a sustained fall in the U.S. dollar.

July 24, 2013

Peabody income falls by more than half in Q2

Up 5% on the markets

July 23, 2013

The end of the Chinese economic miracle?

Bad news for the mining sector if so.

July 23, 2013

Graphite price volatility set to continue, says Industrial Minerals Data

Price for critical mineral used in electric vehicles and steel refractories at $1,350/tonne.

July 22, 2013

Emerging market expert Mobius bullish on gold, BRICs and Southeast Asia

Mark Mobius sees "big comebacks" in the BRIC economies.

July 22, 2013

US digging through waste to uncover rare earths

Old mine sites may hold critical deposits.

July 21, 2013

Shanghai ETFs flop, premiums plummet: China simply cannot absorb wave of gold selling

Chinese buying dry up before $1,300 an ounce.

July 20, 2013

Buyers line up for Glencore Xstrata’s massive Peru copper mine

Bids for the three Las Bambas open pits which will also produce significant quantities of gold, silver and molybdenum as by-product are streaming in.