Diamond pricing: Learn the lessons of history or history will repeat itself
Diamonds are a complicated business; more than almost any other resource sector, the pricing framework needed to be accurate. It wasn’t.
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Royal Helium to start second drill program in Saskatchewan this summer
Alongside drilling new wells, testing will continue focused on the Wymark zone that reported elevated levels of helium that have not yet been perforated or production tested.
Diamonds Snapshot: Eight Canadian companies ready for discovery
After a 2020 saw a near shutdown of the diamond market for half the year as a result of pandemic-related travel restrictions, diamond prices have bounced back in 2021.
CHART: Top miners leave money on the table amid copper price rally
Copper output from biggest producers disappoints with one glaring exception – Freeport McMoRan going underground at Grasberg.
Vale ordered to pay $26 million to families of Brumadinho victims
The disaster killed 270 people but the court action only benefits the families of 131 workers directly hired by Vale.
Albemarle to boost extraction in search for green growth
The US company is introducing a way of extracting more of the lithium that’s normally captured in salts, thereby lifting yields to 80-85% from 50-55%.
US energy storage installations surge in Q1 — report
Energy storage deployments are expected to accelerate dramatically over the next 12 months.
Copper riches are in cross-hairs of Chile presidential hopeful
Daniel Jadue, the current front-runner in polls for November’s elections in Chile, wants to align mining rules with Peru, Argentina and Bolivia so they don’t compete for investments.
Copper price retreats on Chinese price curb concerns
China’s state planner on Wednesday renewed its pledge to step up monitoring of commodity prices and strengthen supervision of spot and futures markets.
