Renowned commodities expert James Turk says a new chart indicates that despite golds recent moments of weakness the precious metal is on track for an "exponential upward trend."
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that the country has changed its stance on uranium and that there are no further "outstanding obstacles" to exports of the nuclear material to India.
Australian sales of gold to China have surged a staggering 905.4% on the back of the Middle Kingdom's efforts to short up its foreign currency reserves.
New charts vividly illustrate the staggering ascent of precious metals during the period of catastrophic hyperinflation which brought Weimar Germany to its knees in the early 1920's.
China's percentage of international mining merger and acquisition deals nearly doubled during the first half of the year according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).
A gulf of difference in the cost of financing for Fortescue (ASX:FMG) and BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) draws into relief the diverging outlook for the two iron ore stalwarts.
Uranium sales are set to be a key issue of discussions between Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her counterparts in New Delhi during an official visit to India.
Diversified mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) has raised iron ore output 5% year-on-year in the third quarter on the back of record production levels in Western Australia's Pilbara.