Exploration and discovery are the romantic side of metal mining: The lone prospector who looks at the colour of the landscape in the setting sun and realises there is gold/copper/iron "in them thar hills"; the lateral thinkers who looked at Africa's alluvial diamonds and said "next stop Kimberley"....more

GOLD
Monetary role a 150-year aberration  Jan 11

WHEAT
Golden grain loses its status  Jan 11

OIL
The world's most valuable commodity  Jan 11



OIL FORECAST
Crude production rising  Jan 11

GOLD FORECAST
Future gold prices  Jan 11

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