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China’s biggest bank dials down Aussie resource sector lending

China's ICBC has announced a reduction in its lending to Australia's resource sector due to concerns that the mining boom is nearing an end.

Marc Howe | September 17, 2012 | 5:32 am

Bernanke’s actions will send gold to all-time high: Pento

Michael Pento has become feverishly bullish on gold in the wake of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's announcement of indefinite stimulus spending, predicting that the Fed's actions will propel gold to an "all time high."

Marc Howe | September 17, 2012 | 1:55 am

Metal prices to crater in three years due to Chinese re-balancing

A belated rebalancing of the Chinese economy will lead to a collapse in commodities prices by 2015 according one of the West's leading experts on the PRC's economy.

Marc Howe | September 16, 2012 | 11:35 pm

Natural gas is the trigger

I was confident that the Fed had already begun printing. That seemed quite evident by the overall action in the commodity markets, the dollar, and the fact that stocks were unable to correct in the normal timing band for a daily cycle low.

Toby Connor - Gold Scents | September 16, 2012 | 10:24 pm

How China drives commodities down

Australia's resources minister, Martin Ferguson, has caused a stir with his assertion that the country's mining boom, one of the biggest drivers of its economic growth, is "over". As he acknowledged, the state of the global economy has depr...

Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide | September 16, 2012 | 9:19 pm

Gold producer plans IPO once divestmentissue is resolved

JAKARTA: Newmont Nusa Tenggara (NNT), the country's second-biggest gold producer, plans to sell a 10 per cent stake in itself for more than US$500 million (RM1.5 billion) in an initial public offering, once a contentious divestment issue is resolved, i...

Business Times Malaysia | September 16, 2012 | 7:02 pm