Lithium sparked back to life this week following Rio's proposed $9.9B acquisition of Arcadium, a deal which should have alerted investors to how the market, especially for raw materials, is gathering pace....

The threat of a regional war in the Middle East failed this week to dim investor confidence in next year’s economic recovery fuelled by China’s stimulus package and falling U.S. interest rates....

An upswing in the resources sector started this week after China launched its latest economic stimulus package, with investors in Australia rotating funds out of high-priced banks and into oversold miners....

Gold told the story of financial markets this week with a “yo-yo” price which followed the 0.5% cut in U.S. interest rates, but behind the erratic up/down moves, gold remains the asset with most...

Investor hopes were buoyed this week by reports of lithium cuts in China and a uranium export squeeze in Russia, adding to a belief that markets are at, or are close to a bottom....

Hedley Widdup did not forecast a bull market in his upbeat assessment of the investment outlook at this week’s Resources Rising Stars conference, but Leigh Goehring and Adam Rozencwajg certainly did in their evaluation...

A mini-boom in antimony has delivered fast profits for speculators but the reason for the boom, tighter Chinese export controls, confirms the development of an important new investment thematic – buy what China won’t...

A record gold price this week of more than US$2500 an ounce signals ongoing trouble in broader financial markets, but with the U.S. possibly days away from its first cut to official interest rates,...

It’s still a long road back for lithium if it is to return to its boom days, but first signs are appearing of a recovery as corporate activity accelerates and commodity traders boost their...

Gold hit the headlines in Paris and Kalgoorlie this week but the more interesting news for investors was the return of coal as an acceptable top tier commodity after years in the sin bin....