China to expand ban on Australian imports to copper

China’s slowdown is nothing new. Growth peaked in 2007 and had been on a clear downward trend since 2011.

Silver attracts buyers, gold price lifted out of historic net short positioning as large futures speculators cut overall bearish bets on commodities by 74%.

Iran is opening $29 billion of projects to foreign investors now that sanctions have been lifted.

However, the company said it remains committed to having a presence in Greece and has budgeted $155 million in development spending at the Olympias project.

From 2005 to 2015 Chile's copper output rose a mere 8%, while Peru’s grew 37%, China’s 114%, Zambia’s 72% and Congo’s 956%.

The LME, the world’s biggest metals bourse, has said for years that it wants to expand into London’s gold market.

Top miners BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Vale and Anglo American are among the firms at risk of rating downgrade.

The asset writedown is primarily related to two Latin American assets — Pascua Lama project, on the border of Chile and Argentina and Pueblo Viejo, in Dominican Republic.

Should foreigners who allege human rights abuses against a Canadian company operating in a foreign land have their case heard in a Canadian court?