Gold, silver and platinum now printed directly onto fabrics

The notion that safe deposit boxes – facilities that are used by many precious metals investors and others seeking to safeguard their wealth and valuables – need to come under capital controls to protect against bank runs is a dubious one.

A group of scientists is asking international authorities to temporarily halt the approval of new underwater mining contracts until further environmental controls are put in place.

Though very few talk about it, Codelco is still suffering the consequences of a deal it signed with China's Minmetals back in 2006.

Paper beats rock.

Safe haven no more? Or how to "portray what is evidently a financial and economic crisis as nothing to be concerned about"?

The human rights committee is currently meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of finalizing its report and is hearing from Canadian non-government groups, including Amnesty, and from the federal government.

Today's infographic compares how 14 different asset classes have performed during the last five crises.

Billions wiped from mining sector as gold, silver prices fall and copper, iron ore prices plummet to 2009 levels amid Chinese stock market collapse.

Getting — and keeping — a social license to operate, as well as resource nationalism, remain among the top five business risks for the industry.