The biggest declines in sales were in construction in Latin America (-41%) and in the resources industry in Asia (-37%).Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT), the world's No.1 heavy machinery maker, put another nail in the mining industry's coffin after reporting that its sales declined again in October, marking the 35th straight month of sustained drops.The Peoria-based firm's performance is often seen as a gau...Read More

Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold's Grasberg mine is the world's largest gold mine and third largest copper mine.Indonesia has began investigating claims that senior officials demanded to be granted a 20% stake in Freeport-McMoRan Indonesia in return for an extension of the parent company's rights to operate in the country.According to Jakarta Globe, the minister of energy and mineral resources, S...Read More

Most of the low-cost gold producers are fairly valued, says Michael Curran, managing director and mining analyst with Beacon Securities, so he's heading down-market to the advanced development opportunities and early-stage explorers that he thinks could become low-cost producers. Sure there is risk, as Curran explains in this interview with The Gold Report, but the reward could come via either a t...Read More

Legendary investor Jim Rogers joins EM's Global Advisory Board … Iconic founder of the Quantum Fund to advise leading emerging markets focused financial and corporate communications agency. EM, the leading emerging markets focused financial PR and IR consultancy, is delighted to announce that world-renowned investor Jim Rogers has agreed to join its Global Advisory Board … Tom Blac...Read More

D?(C)l?(C)gu?(C) de One Young World Fran??ois Reyes appelle le Pr?(C)sident de la R?(C)publique fran??aise ? arriver ? un accord ? Paris COP 21. En facilitant un accord entre les leaders, le Pr?(C)sident aide ? soigner notre plan??te.Read More

Legendary investor Jim Rogers joins EM's Global Advisory Board … Iconic founder of the Quantum Fund to advise leading emerging markets focused financial and corporate communications agency. EM, the leading emerging markets focused financial PR and IR consultancy, is delighted to announce that world-renowned investor Jim Rogers has agreed to join its Global Advisory Board … Tom Blac...Read More

The seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations and One Young World Counsellor, Kofi Annan, calls on world leaders to set an example and deliver a strong and inclusive climate agreement at COP21. Mr. Annan says that they must show the younger generation what we can achieve when we work together. Call On COP is the most global action on Climate Change in 2015. At the One Young World Summit 2015...Read More

One Young World Delegate Virginia Parratt calls on Prime Minister Cameron of the United Kingdom to address climate change.According to Lloyds, annual climate-related insurance claims have increased by ?40bn in the last three decades, and 8 of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 2002. www.oneyoungworld.com/calloncopRead More

One Young World Ambassador and former NASA astronaut Ron Garan calls on world leaders to come to a binding agreement on climate change at COP21 - the Paris Climate Talks.www.oneyoungworld.com/calloncopRead More

Rising sea levels threaten the lives of 30 million people in Bangaldesh. One Young World delegate Lam-ya Mostaque calls world leaders to limit global warming.www.oneyoungworld.com/calloncopRead More

ChuquicamataIt's been a brutal November on copper markets with a only one up day of trading since the start of the month. Just over the last week the price has fallen more than 7%.In New York on Wednesday the copper price dropped to a low of $2.0670 or $4,560 a tonne, the lowest since March 2009 and down 27% so far this year.Copper traded below today's level for seven months at the height of the g...Read More

Work at Carmen de Andacollo copper mine, located in Chile's north-central region of Coquimbo. (Image from archives)Canadian mining giant Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.A, TCK.B), (NYSE: TCK) has decided to cut 1,000 jobs, or around about 9% of its global workforce, through a combination of layoffs and attrition as part of a plan to reduce spending next year by $650 million.The Vancouver-based company, t...Read More

Today's chart is all about perspective.See all YTD asset prices together in one place, and get perspective on the true collapse that has occurred in commodities this yearCourtesy of: Visual CapitalistThis chart from Macquarie puts the year in perspective for commodity investors. It covers various asset classes including equities, FX markets, bonds, and commodity prices, and charts them YTD in ter...Read More

One Young World Counsellor Mary Robinson, Ireland's first female President, encourages young leaders to take part in Call on COP. Call on COP is the most global action on Climate Change in 2015. At the One Young World Summit 2015, young leaders from every country in the world will address their Heads of Government on mainstream media two weeks before the Paris Climate Conference - COP21.Each Call...Read More

The HR INSPIRED Conference is the UK & Europe's leading business to business conference for senior HR Executives.For information on attending our next conference go to www.hr-inspired.com or email info@inspiredconferences.comFor information on attending our next conferences go to www.inspiredconferences.com/conferences/ or email info@inspiredconferences.com Twitter - @inspiredconSpeaker : Angus Ri...Read More

One Young World delegate Guangtong Liu calls on Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to support green initiatives and set up acarbon trading initiaitive. www.oneyoungworld.com/calloncopChina consumes half of the world's coal and emits close to twice the amount of carbon as the USA. This has led to a 44% increase in droughts in China and rising sea levels that threaten the densely populated coastline.Read More

One Young World delegate William Luk calls on the Hong Kong government to take concrete actions to combat climate change, and to set an example for businesses and civil societies. Climate change will exacerbate Hong Kong's heat waves and water scarcity. www.oneyoungworld.com/calloncopRead More

French President François Hollande was quick to declare a state of emergency in the wake of Friday's bloody terror attacks in Paris. But what does the "etat d'urgence" mean for the country and its citizens as they go about their daily lives? The state of emergency measures are set out in a 1955 law and are designed to be used in "cases of imminent danger resulting fro...Read More

Saudi Wahhabi dilemma in spotlight after Paris attack … Saudi Arabia's harsh religious tradition is seen by many outsiders – and some Saudi liberals – as a root cause of the international jihadist threat that has inflamed the Middle East for years and struck in Paris last week. However, while Riyadh has cracked down hard on jihadists at home, jailing thousands, stopping hundr...Read More

French President François Hollande was quick to declare a state of emergency in the wake of Friday's bloody terror attacks in Paris. But what does the "etat d'urgence" mean for the country and its citizens as they go about their daily lives? The state of emergency measures are set out in a 1955 law and are designed to be used in "cases of imminent danger resulting fro...Read More