March 21, 2013

Australia sees iron ore prices only getting worse

The country's commodities forecasting agency expects average price to fall to $90 a tonne over the next five years.

March 20, 2013

Sprott and Chinese firm set $500 million minerals fund

Fund will invest mostly in equities and debt instruments related to gold, precious metals, copper and minerals.

March 20, 2013

Workers strike at Chinese uranium mine in Niger

About 700 workers are emanding better salaries and bonus payments.

March 19, 2013

How earthquakes create gold deposits instantaneously

Study shows that gold deposits are created instantaneously through a process called 'flash vaporization'.

March 19, 2013

Conviction sell: Rio downgrade gives entire iron ore sector a bloody nose

Goldman Sachs sees significant earnings declines at world number two miner.

March 19, 2013

Why China is tunneling a mind-boggling 800 miles in 2 years

China is planning to add 800 miles to its subway system over the next two years — that’s the distance equivalent to building a network from Dallas to Chicago.

March 18, 2013

Rio Tinto highlights the importance of innovation in the Chinese diamond industry

Rio Tinto this week confirmed its commitment to support innovation as a driver of growth in the Chinese diamond industry and the important role that design will play in developing…

March 17, 2013

Fresh warnings of eventual financial system collapse

Paul Craig Roberts and Eric Sprott say the current financial system is headed for ruin.

March 17, 2013

Experts survey sees gold moving up next week

For the first time in over a month, a majority of analysts see gold prices up in the coming week.

March 15, 2013

160-year study of real commodity prices sees beginning of the end of the supercycle

For those with a very long time horizon, the news is good though.