Diamond markets under pressure — Rapaport

But gold holdings represent only 1% of all financial assets.

But dependence on China makes today's emerging market turmoil different from other periods.

The shuttering of huge copper and iron ore projects gives the Street the blues, but the resulting squeeze in supply can lead to explosive price hikes.

109 tonnes – up 25 tonnes from January and 80% more than February last year.

Its total reserves stand now at 65.8 tonnes, making it the 43rd biggest official sector bullion holder in the world.

The Vancouver-based miner said it expected coal prices to remain weak.

Hundreds of Tibetans last week protested land seizures for the construction of highways linked to gold mining in the Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Iron ore price is already down 17.% this year, but supply ramp up of cheap ore will result in further falls in the second half of 2014 says new research report.

But value of exports still down nearly 50% over the past 11 months due to domestic scarcity of the yellow metal.