Rio Tinto completes sale of Australian coal asset

Organization predicts a rare occurrence in 2015: a decline in all nine commodity indices with industrial metals falling another 5%; precious metals down 3%.

European central bank's historic $1.3 billion stimulus package convulses markets and trigger new wave of safe haven buying of gold.

Despite the rosy picture painted by the industry body, official figures show that Turkey bullion imports more than halved last year.

December is a period that sees lower levels of exploration and resource announcements, and last month was every bit as disappointing as expected, an SNL report shows.

New evidence has emerged of China's interest in digging for oil, gas a minerals in the frozen continent.

World number one miner BHP Billiton achieved record production for eight operations and five commodities over the last six months.

The global miner and commodities has estimated spending on oil projects for this year and next of $2 billion and $1 billion on coal expansions.

Metals are like horses in a merry-go-round, believes Joe Reagor of ROTH Capital—as some rise, others fall.

So where do investors go looking for returns? Eric Coffin suggests gold, both bullion and stocks.