Barrick takes dispute over Porgera mining rights to PNG Supreme Court

China could become main export buyer of US ethanol.

Following on the heels of copper and iron ore financing scandals, Beijing uncovers fraud in gold-backed loan industry dating back more than two years.

The world’s largest iron ore exporter has cut price estimates for this year and 2015.

Swiss customs data for May show delivery from UK gold vaults to Switzerland's refineries jumping 32% to 32 tonnes, just as Chinese buying tanks 83%.

The high court backed the EPA's carbon emission cuts for large facilities, but said it has no rights over smaller polluters such as apartment buildings, schools or restaurants.

Seven straight days of gains.

Net profits from progressing economies-based miners reached $24 billion in 2013, compared to a net loss of $4 billion for developed market firms.

History indicates good times are ahead.

But Chinese banks are starting to call in iron ore-backed loans to traders holding 38mt, forcing them to dump inventories onto already well-supplied market.