How oil is formed
Does the oil we use today originate from the remains of dead dinosaurs? No, but the actual answer is just as interesting.
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World’s top diamond producer Alrosa doesn’t like synthetics
The Russian miner, the world's top diamond producer by output, said it has become imperative for the industry to find effective ways to defend the market from illegal substitutions by synthetic gems.
Here’s what 50 million extra tonnes of iron ore will do to prices
Prices for the steel-making ingredient are down by 9.8% over a month ago and most of the massive projects expected to come on stream this year are not producing at full steam yet.
Investors can’t get enough of South America’s ‘lithium triangle’
More than half of the world’s identified resources of the mineral are found in South America's "lithium triangle", a region where Canada's Wealth Minerals has been acquiring assets.
Five years of deficits will keep zinc price on the boil
New report forecasts very tight market conditions as stocks drop to below 5% of consumption by the end of the decade compared to more than 11% this year.
Breakthrough review shows geoscientists’ job prospects directly tied to mineral commodity price movements
As commodity prices dip, job prospects for geoscientists plummet – with little or no lag time between one outcome following the other.
Newmont’s aggressive expansion plans
One million ounces at all-in cost below $700 by mid-2017.
Rio Tinto is no longer worried about China’s growth
The world’s second largest miner says is now rather “cautiously optimistic” in relation to what China's effect on commodity prices has in store.
Precious metals recover lost ground as traders count down to Fed meeting
Most investors expect the Fed to put off raising rates, which would keep gold as an attractive asset to buy.
