October 4, 2019 Central African Republic diamond houses obliged to export $3m per quarter The Central African Republic launched a full overhaul of the country’s alluvial diamond mining sector.
October 4, 2019 Zimbabwe accuses US of lying about diamond-mining forced labour Zimbabwe, suffering its worst economic crisis since 2008, is desperate to end sanctions imposed by the U.S. and the European Union on politicians and state companies.
October 3, 2019 Chile’s Antofagasta seeks to stave off strike at small Antucoya copper mine Government-mediated negotiations follow the union's decision to reject Antofagasta Plc's final contract offer, raising the specter of a strike.
October 3, 2019 Torex Gold sets new quarterly production record, stock up The company recorded Q3 2019 gold production of 138,100 ounces, surpassing the prior quarterly production record by 21%.
October 3, 2019 Brazil’s government to present bill allowing mining on indigenous reserves The bill will also look to legalize more small-scale, independent wildcat mines.
October 3, 2019 Diamond crisis deepens as De Beers reports plunging sales RBC Capital Markets expects profit will fall by about 40% this year at De Beers.
October 3, 2019 Canada’s Fortune Minerals scales back mine on weak cobalt The company says current weak prices for cobalt don't justify expanding daily throughput to 6,000 tonnes from 4,650 tonnes at its proposed Nico project.
October 3, 2019 Centamin’s CEO to leave after challenging year for the company Andrew Pardey, who joined the company 12 years ago as general manager, will stay at the post for a year while the company looks for a new boss.
October 3, 2019 Pit wall collapses at Avesoro’s New Liberty mine in Liberia Production volumes will be reduced "for some time", the company said.
October 2, 2019 Vale expects to mostly finish paying for burst dam by 2021 In securities filings, Vale projected costs from halted operations related to its dam that burst to fall from $3-$4 per tonne of iron ore in the third quarter to $2.5-$3.5…
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