December 27, 2022 Copper price hits 2-week high as China further eases covid curbs China will stop requiring inbound travelers to go into quarantine starting from Jan. 8.
December 27, 2022 CSN closes $500m iron ore purchase and sale deal with Glencore CSN Mineração is the second largest exporter of iron ore in Brazil.
December 27, 2022 Extraterrestrial manganese turns out to be oxygen-free Researchers discovered that under Mars-like conditions, manganese oxides can be readily formed without atmospheric oxygen.
December 26, 2022 Anglo American carries out water reclamation project in Brazil The water employed in the operation of the pipeline that transports iron ore from Minas Rio to São João da Barra is set to be reused.
December 26, 2022 Rescue work continues after gold mine collapse in China Twenty two of the 40 workers were rescued after the mine collapsed.
December 26, 2022 Turns out that gold objects were also valued during the Bronze Age Archaeologists identified a 4000-year-old gold-working toolkit amongst the grave goods from an important Bronze Age burial near Stonehenge.
December 23, 2022 Alamos Gold sells non-core royalties for $5m to Metalla The deal includes a silver stream on the Esperanza project in Morelos, Mexico and royalties on the Fenn Gib South, Ronda and Northshore West exploration-stage projects in Ontario.
December 23, 2022 Ecuador signs investment contract with Solaris on Warintza project The investment contract ratifies the Investment Protection Agreement announced in June and “significantly” de-risks Warintza.
December 23, 2022 Triple Flag acquires royalty on polymetallic Thunder Bay North project Triple Flag is acquiring up to a 2.5% NSR royalty for $15 million on the platinum, palladium, copper and nickel project.
December 23, 2022 Vital Metals pivots to Nechalacho permitting as Saskatchewan plant costs double The company announced it will defer completing the facility's rare earth hydrometallurgical leaching, purification and rare earth precipitation circuits until 2024.
Taylor Swift’s vintage ring shines new light on diamond industry Dealers say her ring has drawn renewed interest in antique stones, prized for what lab-grown diamonds lack: scarcity and story. January 13, 2026 | 10:28 am
