Diamond demand, prices set to soar in next decade
Financing and marketing are two of the key challenges the industry will have face when trying to keep the global diamond market growing.
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Larger players account for 40% of global exploration budgets
A study of about 40 explorers budgeting at least US$50 million total shows the larger players allocated a total of US$4.33 billion and accounted for 40% of the US$10.74 billion worldwide exploration total.
Has China reached peak graphite?
New data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence shows China’s share of global natural graphite output in 2014 falls to mid-1990 levels.
This is why India needs a gold policy — WGC
There are at least seven good reasons, says the World Gold Council.
Anglo American struggling to meet targets, mulls coal assets sale
Anglo’s boss Mark Cutifani says company needs to find an extra $2 billion of earnings before interest and tax to meet the return on capital target set for 2015.
Vale sells stake in Mozambique coal project to Mitsui for $763m
Mitsui, which since 2003 is part of the holding group that controls Vale, is expanding partnerships with the world’s largest iron-ore miner.
Friedland follows Kaiser into scandium with Clean TeQ Holdings (CLQ:ASX)
Clean Teq is a technology business focused on continuous ion exchange for air and water purification, as well as minerals processing.
SGS Announces Installation of Corescan Laboratory In Tucson, Arizona
The hyperspectral scanning offers clients high-volume and objective mineralogical and geotechnical data from drill core or chips that increases confidence in resource estimation, domain creation and mine optimisation modelling.
Metso’s new Barmac VSI Orange Series Rotor adds operational uptime and secures quick parts change
Metso has developed the new Orange Series Rotor for vertical shaft impact (VSI) crushers. With the new rotors, productive uptime can be increased substantially through longer parts lifetime and faster service.
