Global silver output to top one billion ounces by 2023

Eric Friedland has been buying Peregrine Diamonds as the stock sinks lower

China is not finished, India is not finished and Africa has not started.

The opportunities that lie ahead will be volumetric as opposed to price-based

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has accumulated vast wealth during his time in power, but reports of his $2.7 billion fortune —and the influence of his wife, Zhang Beili, the "Queen of China's Diamonds"— have been blocked in China.

A violent confrontation has erupted between Chinese nationals and local residents at a gold mine in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan.

Potash Corp of Saskatchewan (TSX:POT) has seen third quarter earnings plunge 22% due to a sharp decline in exports of the key fertilizer ingredient to China and India.

Iron ore's bounce comes as signs appear that the Chinese government may have succeeded in orchestrating a soft landing for the world's second largest economy.

Copper futures have hit a six week low on trepidation over China's worsening economic outlook and caution just prior to a key meeting of the US Federal Reserve.

Ailing economic growth in China is beginning to take a toll on miners and suppliers stateside.