World’s third-largest insurer to divest from oil sands and pipelines
AXA and three other French investment groups follow the World Bank's lead.
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Responsible Jewellery Council certifies Alrosa’s mining and business practices
The RJC conducted a months-long sustainability audit.
Zinc price dodges bullet
Top zinc producer Glencore's total output to dip next year despite restarting its Australian mine.
Shares in Toronto-listed Katanga Mining surge 50% on Congo mine restart
Glencore's Toronto-listed Katanga Mining subsidiary set to produce nearly a third of world's cobalt, as prices of battery metal more than doubles.
U.S. court upholds Grand Canyon uranium mining ban, but allows mine nearby
A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower-court ruling keeping a ban on uranium mining around the Grand Canyon, but also upheld a separate decision allowing a uranium mine nearby to open.
Copper giant Chile gears up for busiest year ever of wage talks
Chilean mines will negotiate contracts with 32 unions next year, representing about three-quarters of the country’s copper output, or about one-fifth of world production.
Gold traders are ‘jaded’ to global fears ahead of expected fed hike
In face of rapidly changing world, gold investors appear to be focusing more on strength of the global economy and are becoming less sensitive to turmoil.
Vale’s reality check for nickel’s electric vehicle dreams: Andy Home
While "everyone knows there are great opportunities" for nickel in the EV sector, "prices are not there", according to Vale Chief Exec Fabio Schvartsman,
ArcelorMittal coal miners widen strike in Kazakhstan
A sit-in by miners of ArcelorMittal's Kazakh unit widened to all of the firm's coal mines on Tuesday as hundreds of workers demanded a 100 percent wage rise.
