Alrosa unearths diamond shaped as soccer ball
The 0.50-carat stone was found at the company’s Karpinskaya-1 pipe, located in the northern Arkhangelsk Region.
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South Africa mines minister delays finalisation of draft mining charter
Uncertainty around the charter has deterred investment into a sector that accounts for 8 percent of gross domestic product in the world's top platinum producer.
Demand for mining staff spans all levels and skills
Miners are looking to fill a range of roles now that commodity prices have recovered, says ENR Global. Sue Kihn, InfoMine’s Community […]
The end of quantitative easing and gold
June was hot for the central banks. The Federal Reserve lifted the federal funds rate for the second time this year, while the European Central Bank announced that it would end its bond purchase program by the end of 2018.
Oldest nuclear plant in the U.S. to disappear by the end of the century
Even though the closure of the 50-year-old plant will take place by the end of 2018, it will take much longer to completely shut it down.
Labor talks at BHP´s Escondida mine in Chile enter ‘home stretch’
Labor negotiations are entering into the final three weeks before a 30-month contract expires at the end of July.
The Vancouver junior shaking up the lithium mining industry
MGX Minerals is rolling out technology that cleans and harvests lithium from wastewater generated by oil and gas – 80m barrels a day in North America alone.
Zambia delays projects to cut debt and woo IMF back to talks
The IMF has warned the southern African nation is at high risk of debt distress, while investors have grown skeptical about the amount of external loans.
India’s June gold imports drop by a quarter as rupee hits record low
The rupee hit a record low in the last week of June and has lost nearly 8 percent so far in 2018. Local gold prices have risen more than 5 percent.
