CHART: Trump $500 billion will do very little for global mining

Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg will become head of the combined entity.

It adds to the turmoil within the mining company, which has been in talks with the Serious Fraud Office since 2011.

There are no reports of nuclear reactors affected by the massive quake.

The gold market carnage may look worse than it is.

What analysts had to say about the decline of the yellow metal.

The fundamentals of silver and the opportunities for stock pickers willing to invest in small bites.

Manager of world's largest bond fund still believes in gold as hedge against inflation.

A plunge in precious metals prices and weak copper drag mining stocks to new lows.

Study claims most Aussie mining and gas companies gloss over the environmental and health costs of major projects to gain the necessary approvals.