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Thousands rally in Mongolia over foreign mining concessions

The more than 2,000 people who gathered in Ulaanbaatar's Freedom Square claimed foreign companies have exploited Mongolia's mineral wealth, which accounts for 94% of the nation's exports.

Associated Press | March 30, 2016 | 5:29 am

This is the 68-carat diamond Lucapa just found at its Lulo mine in Angola

The 68.1-carat gem-quality diamond is one eight 'significant' rocks found from trial mining at a new area of the Lulo concession.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 30, 2016 | 3:55 am

Breakthrough aircraft to transform remote mining

Lockheed lands $480m customer for aircraft combining power of helicopter, airplane and hovercraft dramatically altering mining and exploration economics.

Frik Els | March 30, 2016 | 1:01 am

INFOGRAPHIC: Silver’s biggest winning and losing streaks

Here's silver's biggest winning streaks (+10% gains) as well as its worst losing streaks (-10% losses) since 1971.

Visual Capitalist | March 29, 2016 | 1:50 pm

US lifted the crude oil export ban, and exports went…down

Just over three months after the authorities lifted the four-decade ban on crude oil exports, the U.S. has actually exported less this year than it did over the same period the year before, when the ban was still in place.

Oilprice.com | March 29, 2016 | 11:12 am

Another world-class diamond discovery?

Now we’re about to see if geologist Buddy Doyle amassed enough geological savoir faire to pull off a masterstroke in the sunset of his 30-year-plus career.

BNW News | March 29, 2016 | 10:35 am