Zinc production to ramp up over coming years – report

The world's leading commodity trader stock slumped to a record low Wednesday after it revealed it swung to a steep first-half loss of $676 million.

As Western central banks continue their manipulation of the gold price in order to prop up flagging fiat currencies, two of the world's largest bullion hoarders are fashioning their own gold market which will function outside the dollar system.

India's private iron ore producers are likley to suffer the effects of high costs, low prices and a poor export market.

Not metaphorically, but literally – the deep sea is a gold mine, and that is just scratching the surface.

The company's action on spending follows sharp falls across commodity prices this year.

Total bullion demand dropped 12% in the second quarter of the year, due in part to directionless prices, the WGC says.

About 90% of China’s rare earth producers are currently operating at a loss as prices for the coveted elements continue to drop due to a global glut and illegal mining.

The company, which runs the massive Grasberg mine in Papua, has stopped exporting since last month.

With record production of 10.564 million barrels per day in June 2015, Saudi Arabia has been one of the major driving forces behind the current oil price slump.