Barrick, Japan Gold kick off exploration program

The company's co-founder James Moffett will step down as chairman and quit the board.

The offtake deal with Huaken International is for seven years from the moment the York Potash mine is up and running.

No 3: "The return of inflation could revive demand for hedges including commodities, with gold in particular likely to benefit."

"The decision is extremely improper, underlining an unwillingness to learn from the Fukushima Daiichi disaster."

In India December quarter gold sales could be the worst in 8 years; in China chain stores are closing and jewelry manufacturers are going out of business.

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.

The country's government said the current agreement "ran counter to the country's national interests."

Will commodities continue to “bump along the bottom” or is a recovery coming by mid-year? The jury is out.

The expansion work will require dredging 1.1 million cubic meters of seabed near the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.