Congo just gave the cobalt price another big boost
DRC stuns miners with immediate lifting of 10-year exemption for licensees, 50% tax on 'super-profits' and code permitting 5-fold increase in cobalt royalty.
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Congo shocker fells Ivanhoe Mines stock
Vancouver-based company headed by billionaire mining financier Robert Friedland loses 11% of its value after DRC stuns with new mining code.
Animation: human population growth over all of history
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Russia’s Nornickel says palladium output may fall in 2018
Norilsk Nickel said its production of palladium could decline in 2018, while output of nickel from Russian raw material would remain flat.
Chinese consumers are willing to buy diamond jewelry next year more often than Americans – research
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Major mines increasingly tapping Canadian indigenous labour force
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Why is the shale industry still not profitable?
Echoing criticism of too much hype surrounding U.S. shale from Saudi oil minister last week, new report finds shale drilling still largely not profitable.
Rio Tinto rejects allegation it dodged $700 million in Oyu Tolgoi taxes
Dutch non-profit organization claims Rio and its Canadian subsidiary Turquoise Hill used a complex network of tax haven subsidiaries and lending money to itself at high interest rates.