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Illegally mined gold from Colombia sold in the US — report

Small-scale miners are being forced out at gunpoint or extorted to work for the armed groups that are taking over their operations. These gangs later sell the gold in the U.S., a report reveals.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 24, 2015 | 8:05 am

Commodity prices have not bottomed yet — Goldman Sachs

Unless demand picks up or more miners cut output, prices for raw materials are set to stay low for years, or worse, continue to drop, the investment bank predicts.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 20, 2015 | 9:01 am

Global coal imports heading for second year of ‘dramatic’ drops

The EIA says China and India are to blame, as imports from both nations — which from 2008 to 2013 accounted for 98% of the increase in world coal trade —are on their way down.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 20, 2015 | 6:03 am

China admits to have killed 28 suspects on coal mine knife attack

The deaths of the alleged "terrorists" took place over a 56-day operation by security forces, the Chinese government said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 20, 2015 | 2:07 am

A brutal year for mine financing explained in just one chart

A miserable $400 million down from a high of $4.6 billion in 2012.

Michael Allan McCrae | November 19, 2015 | 1:29 pm

Chinese commodity trade barometer at record low

The Baltic Dry Index which tracks bulk shipping rates on more than 50 routes around the world drops to lowest since 1985.

Frik Els | November 19, 2015 | 12:25 pm

Caterpillar sales down again, almost three straight years

The biggest drops were in the construction sector in Latin America (-41%) and in the resources industry in Asia (-37%).

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 19, 2015 | 10:16 am

Indonesia probing allegations of extortion to Freeport-McMoRan by senior officials

The investigation aims to determine whether senior officials tried extorting Freeport’s Indonesian unit in return for letting the company continue to operate in the country.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 19, 2015 | 6:15 am

Ex-Massey Energy CEO’s fate in hands of West Virginia jury

Jurors have begun deliberating the fate of Blankenship, leader of the company that owned the Upper Big Branch mine at the time of a 2010 deadly explosion.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 18, 2015 | 7:05 am

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