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Gold spending in India is set to get a boost from a strong monsoon season

Since before recorded human history, the people of India have had an insatiable appetite for gold, treasuring it not only for its flawless natural beauty and religious significance but also as a superb store of value.

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | August 23, 2016 | 11:26 am

Erdene provides update on gold projects in Mongolia

Canada’s Erdene Resource is one of the very few miners to have never encountered issues in the East Asian nation.

Marketwired | August 23, 2016 | 7:15 am

Rio Tinto walks away from India Bunder diamond project

The project, discovered in 2004, was expected to generate about 30,000 jobs and produce up to 3 million carats a year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 22, 2016 | 5:20 am

Growth in Chinese thermal coal imports won’t last

Surprise spike in imports this year is not a trend says new report.

Joe Goodwill | August 19, 2016 | 12:19 pm

Adani $12 billion Carmichael coal project clears latest hurdle

A federal court dismissed challenge from a traditional owner to mining permits for the mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 19, 2016 | 9:11 am

Moody’s has just called the bottom of the commodities rout

The worst is over, at least for base metals, says Moody's, but warns that challenging industry conditions should continue through to at least 2018.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 19, 2016 | 4:32 am

India to tap into Russia’s undeveloped coal, iron ore deposits

Cooperation agreements between the nations would guarantee India fresh supply of Russian coal, liquefied natural gas (LNG), diamonds and fertilizers.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 18, 2016 | 11:05 am

Four China charts to turn you into a mining bull

And one that's ultra-bearish.

Frik Els | August 17, 2016 | 1:48 pm

World’s No. 1 miner BHP Billiton posts $6.4bn annual loss — its worst-ever

Not even counting the $7.7 billion in write-downs and charges, BHP’s underlying profit dropped by a painful 81% to $1.2 billion for the year to June.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 16, 2016 | 4:15 am

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