INFOGRAPHIC: The world’s most valuable substances by weight The world's most valuable substance? It sells for a cool $27 million per gram. Visual Capitalist | January 11, 2016 | 1:59 am
Worst year for US mining jobs since 1986 12 straight months of losses see 129,000 positions eliminated, the deepest jobs cuts in 29 years and the third worst annual decline since 1939. Frik Els | January 8, 2016 | 2:21 pm
Asteroid miner 3D-prints spacecraft prototype with alien metal What Planetary Resources' 3D-printed model so impressive is the fact that it’s made entirely out of metal that’s not from Earth. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 8, 2016 | 5:55 am
Veteran investor Rick Rule reveals a unique arbitrage opportunity Rick praises innovative precious metals streams on base metal projects and one Canadian company that is adding value and being rewarded for it. The Gold Report | January 4, 2016 | 3:21 am
Mining in 2016: Six reasons to be cheerful No 3: "The return of inflation could revive demand for hedges including commodities, with gold in particular likely to benefit." Frik Els | December 24, 2015 | 10:58 am
You’re too bearish on China growth Beijing has very ambitious 2020 growth targets. A new survey finds Chinese executives are much more confident than the rest of the world about hitting them. Frik Els | December 23, 2015 | 5:47 am
Some think not too soon for Anglo obituary Anglo-American perceived as "the most likely of the diversified mining majors to go bust" even if it "goes down fighting". Frik Els | December 11, 2015 | 11:44 am
In January this guy launches a hedge fund to invest in metals Orion's Oskar Lewnowski: "For a long time, metals were driven by financial flows... With those guys out, we are back to fundamentals." Frik Els | December 8, 2015 | 3:58 pm
Anglo American to cut 85,000 jobs, dividend and assets in sweeping restructuring The job cuts, part of a major overhaul, are far greater than the 53,000 positions the miner said it would cut in July. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 8, 2015 | 7:54 am