A new study by India's central bank asks whether gold bullion as a safe haven investment has turned into an asset bubble and crucially, if that bubble should burst, would the subcontinent's financial system experience systemic damage.

There's a new appetite for equity financing in the global mining sector, as investors tiptoe back into a market that has fretted about funding for the last six months. Boosted by firm metals prices and a less pessimistic outlook for a still-fragile global economy, many mining companies are again able to sell shares in secondary offerings or tempt investors with an initial public offering.

Last week gold registered its worst weekly performance for 2012 after a sustained rally in January and most of February. This week would be a crucial test for the yellow metal and a significant break below the $1,700 level could trigger a major sell-off.

Australia, Canada, South Africa and many more countries are courting a small, transient, global workforce of engineers, geologists and metallurgists to keep their mining, oil and gas, and energy operations running. What can these major corporations do to secure the right talent? If you’re Rio Tinto, you turn to content marketing.

Copper inventories in warehouses monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose to their highest in nearly a decade, data showed yesterday, suggesting oversupply in top copper consumer China where demand has been slower than expected.

Illinois' Prairie State power station is on the brink of production and the $5 billion coal-fired plant will supply electricity to 2.5 million households for at least the next 30 years.

It is now possible for individuals to establish a personal gold standard using the world's first Gold Debit Card. The service allows users to save in gold but spend in local currency.

The Business Standard reports now that platinum trades more in line with the gold price, Indian jewellery buyers are moving back into gold.

Xstrata plc is in talks with Japanese electricity producers to settle the next thermal coal benchmark price for annual supplies starting April 1 at between $115/tonne and $126/tonne, according to Bloomberg News.