Sierra Leone’s largest diamond miner shuts down, laying off more than 1,000 workers
Koidu Limited has halted operations and laid off nearly its entire local workforce.
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Rio Tinto to ship Simandou ore in November
Rio Tinto also announced the $399 million sale of a 30% stake in Winu copper-gold project to Sumitomo Metals.
Column: Iron ore tells a different story to the China tariff pain narrative
Iron ore prices and import volumes have been largely resilient since US President Donald Trump launched his trade war against China.
Column: A gallium lens on China’s minerals dominance and how to break it
The price of gallium has been rising ever since China started restricting exports of the exotic metal in August 2023.
First Quantum ‘positive and patient’ about Panama mine restart — BMO
Legal discussions are ongoing regarding First Quantum's release of stockpiled concentrate and the site's power plant restart.
JPMorgan says gold could hit $6,000 when Trump’s term ends
This scenario, according to its analysts, could realistically occur with just a small allocation away from US assets under the current macroeconomic climate.
Peru’s emergency mining ban to cost $200 million in lost gold output
The country has seen an up-tick in criminal activity culminating in the murder of 13 mine workers.
US judge halts land exchange for Rio Tinto copper mine opposed by Native Americans
The long-running fight over the Resolution Copper project pits the religious rights of Arizona's San Carlos Apache people against rising demand for copper.
Fortune Minerals reports NICO bismuth project test work results for planned Alberta refinery
Company says the NICO deposit contains 12% of global bismuth reserves as well as 1.1 million in-situ ounces of gold.
