September 24, 2014 Uncovering Canada’s frozen assets Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the discovery of one of two ships that comprised Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition in 1845, which has revived interest in the metals wealth…
September 24, 2014 Low metal prices put chill on global mineral exploration Fresh data suggests it is still too early to celebrate a recovery in the sector.
September 24, 2014 New diamond nanothreads may let scientists build space elevator Scientists have discovered how to produce ultra-thin diamond nanothreads, a sort of very strongnanotubes, which could prove to be stronger and hardier element currently available.
September 23, 2014 Rio Tinto celebrates Chow Tai Fook milestone with diamond masterpiece and new jewellery collection Diamonds from Rio Tinto’s Argyle mine in Western Australia will be showcased across China in an unprecedented fashion from next month, headlined by a special white and champagne diamond encrusted…
September 23, 2014 Game theory in the rough diamond market – buy the box? The mechanism to buy and sell rough diamonds is bizarre. Diamonds are sold in “boxes”, collections of diamonds with similar characteristics, where values ranging from $100,000 to $1.5 million
September 22, 2014 ALROSA president resigns for health reasons Vice-president becomes acting president.
September 18, 2014 Challenges abound for diamond industry, despite growing demand: De Beers In its first ever public report on the state of the diamond industry, diamond miner and retailer De Beers paints a picture of an industry that will likely struggle to…
September 18, 2014 Diamond market grows to record $79 billion But new report by De Beers cautions that declining production could see the industry lose ground to other categories.
September 17, 2014 Eric Coffin: can investors still find tenbaggers? Coffin believes that in the short term a price of $1,200/oz is possible, though there is room now for an oversold bounce.
September 17, 2014 Breaking open the inside of a comet Diamond, graphite and silicon carbide to name a few.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am