commodities

Global demand for protective gloves is soaring, but Ivorian rubber farmers are losing money

Argentinians struggle to get by amid hyper-inflation

Lithium, the white gold of Bolivia's salt desert

All that glitters: Gold prices decline over economic optimism

From mining to agriculture: Zambia's Copperbelt in need of diversification

Will Bolivia see a lithium boom?

Precious metals: Spain's new mining boom

Burma prepares to open stock exchange – but can businesses keep up?

India woos African leaders as India-Africa summit kicks off

Demand for diamonds 'softening': De Beers CEO Mellier

The World This Week - May 16th, 2014

Mapping the future: are we running out of resources?

Gold prices hit record high amid stock market jitters

Oil spikes, food fears

Oil prices soar for a second day as unrest threatens Libyan supply

Ouattara's call for ban on cocoa exports to cut Gbagbo's fund

Sliding dollar pushes gold to new high of over $1,160 an ounce

Gold hits another record high as dollar struggles

Gold reaches all-time high as dollar slips

Trafigura agrees to settlement over toxic waste dumping

Trafigura to offer compensation in toxic waste affair

Anglo American rejects tie-up with rival Xstrata

Mining giant Anglo American to slash 19,000 jobs

China's Chinalco to invest 19.5 billion dollars in Rio Tinto