May 16, 2017 These 5 trends will boost copper demand Increasing demand for efficient building systems, electric vehicles and renewables generation could add more than 4 million tonnes of annual copper use by 2030, a study shows.
May 15, 2017 FLSmidth wins first Operation & Maintenance contract in Morocco FLSmidth has won a five-year contract from OCP S.A. (formerly known as Office Chérifien des Phosphates) to operate port equipment for handling phosphate, fertilizers, and sulphur.
May 15, 2017 Chinalco wants to be sole owner of world’s largest iron ore deposit Move comes barely seven months after Rio Tinto agreed to sell it its stake in Simandou for up to $1.3 billion.
May 12, 2017 Lucara gets almost $18M for fragment of its massive ‘Lesedi La Rona’ diamond The 373.7-carat diamond, sold during the Vancouver-based miner’s $54.8 million recent tender, was one of 15 large and high value diamonds offered by the company.
May 12, 2017 Iron ore to hit $44 a tonne by 2021 — analysts BMI Research expects prices to continue sliding for at least the next five years on rising supplies from Australia and Brazil and evidence of Chinese demand cooling earlier than expected.
May 9, 2017 These were the top producing diamond mines in 2016 Here are the top 10 diamond mines in terms of output in carats and value.
May 5, 2017 A crude awakening: The global black market for oil Today’s infographic comes from Eurocontrol Technics Group, and it highlights the global problem of fuel theft.
May 5, 2017 Iron ore free fall wreaks havoc with main producers It’s been a bad week for iron ore, with all indices steeply lower on Friday for a second consecutive day.
May 4, 2017 Lower gold price in rand hurts Sibanye Gold’s Q1 A higher South African rand versus the U.S. dollar was to blame for lowering Sibanye Gold's (NYSE:SBGL) net operating profit in the first quarter.
May 4, 2017 B2Gold has strong start with eye on Fekola for Q3 Mid-tier gold producer B2Gold (TSX:BTO) has had an excellent start to the year, producing more gold at lower costs than expected from its four mines in the Phillippines, Namibia and…
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am