May 23, 2023 Adriatic Metals gears up for Bosnia-Herzegovina mine opening A former silver mine that sat abandoned through the years of civil strife from the early 1990s will resume operations in November.
May 23, 2023 Alpha Lithium rejects buyout bid by Tecpetrol Tecpetrol said it was prepared to engage with Alpha “immediately” and improve its $178 million all-cash offer.
May 22, 2023 International Graphite gets $3m grant from Australian gov’t for proposed mine at Springdale Funding will be used to advance feasibility studies for the company’s proposed mine at Springdale, and advanced battery anode material manufacturing plant at Collie.
May 22, 2023 Dubai Diamond Exchange, Sotheby’s unveil world’s largest ruby The Estrela de FURA – a 55.22 carat stone – is expected to fetch in excess of $30 million.
May 19, 2023 Zijin Mining halts Colombia gold mine on deadly attack Illegal miners bombed a tunnel, killing two people and injured another 14, including four police officers.
May 19, 2023 Silver Lake ups bid for St Barbara’s Leonora gold complex by $29 million This is the third time Silver Lake submitted an offer for St Barbara’s Leonora gold assets in Western Australia.
May 18, 2023 Hudbay’s reduced exposure belies its belief in Peru’s prospectivity Violent protests in the country have killed at least 66, posing risks to the activity of other large mines like MMG’s Las Bambas and Freeport-McMoRan’s Cerro Verde.
May 18, 2023 Marimaca Copper’s resource revamp lobs it into the ‘globally significant’ arena, says CEO Namesake project in the Antofagasta region now has measured and indicated oxide resources totalling 200 million tonnes grading 0.45% copper for 900,000 tonnes of metal.
May 18, 2023 Ultra-rare Bulgari Laguna Blu diamond sells for $25 million The exceptional blue diamond found a buyer after a four-minute bidding battle between three telephone bidders and one bidder in the room.
May 18, 2023 Copper price down, hit by strong dollar, rising inventories On-warrant copper stocks in LME registered warehouses climbed to a six-month peak.
Chile regulator approves Codelco-SQM lithium deal hours after announcing audit The resolution comes hours after the top regulator announced it would launch an "unprecedented audit". December 19, 2025 | 03:13 pm