The oil crisis Saudi Arabia can’t solve

Gold smuggling into India has increased dramatically since the nation hiked its import duty on the yellow metal from 4% to 15% last year.

Some 1,000 tonnes of gold have been used in highly complex and lucrative deals designed to skirt Chinese capital controls. Deals that are now being unwound.

The rare earth storm has passed, but a new critical metal conundrum could be ahead for the West.

India's largest gold refiner says freeing up the gold import business is simply not going to happen because of economic realities.

While the WA government is favours Chinese capitals, Australian junior Padbury Mining says it has secured $6.5 billion to take over the project, but refuses to reveal backer's name.

What drives the price development in the long run?

The deal, signed in 2012, could see Aussie miners exporting up to 800 tonnes of yellow cake a year to the Middle East by the end of the decade.

Brazil's mining sector is expected to see slower average growth rates through 2018 compared with previous years, a report by Business Monitor shows.

Production of the steel-making material, however, increased by 16%, which means the miner is on track to meet its full-year target.