Madagascar’s Ambatovy mine on track to deliver ‘no net loss’ of surrounding forest Ambatovy has strived to conserve the surrounding forest by slowing deforestation driven by small-scale agriculture elsewhere. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 9, 2022 | 6:06 am
De Beers latest sale shows diamond demand remains strong The world’s top diamond producer by value sold $650 million worth of roughs in the second cycle, 18% more than in the same period last year. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 9, 2022 | 4:04 am
US senators seek to bar Russia selling gold to dodge sanctions Bill would impose secondary sanctions to anyone buying or selling Russian gold, in an effort to further weaken the ruble. Bloomberg News | March 9, 2022 | 3:50 am
China’s coal mine safety problem is back at the worst time A spate of deadly coal mining accidents to start the year is raising the specter of output-dampening safety checks in China just as global supply is tightening. Bloomberg News | March 8, 2022 | 8:32 pm
US ban on Russian energy imports does not include uranium The US power industry relies on Russia and its allies Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan for roughly half of the uranium powering its nuclear power plants. Reuters | March 8, 2022 | 3:17 pm
After 16 years, Vale’s big nickel bet is looking like a winner In the heady days of the 2000s commodities supercycle, Vale made a $17 billion bet on a metal used mainly to make stainless steel. Bloomberg News | March 8, 2022 | 2:07 pm
With eye on metal prices, US cautious on possible sanctions of Usmanov companies The United States last week imposed sanctions on the billionaire as part of several rounds of measures Washington has taken. Reuters | March 8, 2022 | 12:46 pm
Teck joins Builders Code pledge for respectful and inclusive workplaces Announced on International Women’s Day, Teck is the first mining company to sign on to the pledge. MINING.com Editor | March 8, 2022 | 11:54 am
Alba, GreenRoc up on initial Amitsoq graphite resource An initial resource estimate on GreenRoc's Amitsoq graphite project in Greenland ranks the project among the highest-grade globally. Henry Lazenby | March 8, 2022 | 10:57 am