July 10, 2015 Commodities rout hits diamond industry, prices down 3.4 pct in first half of 2015 In the past year, they've lost 9.4% of their value, the recently launched Zimnisky Global Rough Diamond Price Index shows.
July 9, 2015 Platinum, palladium price drop accelerates Data showing South African production up 88% in May from a year ago pushes platinum to levels last seen in 2008 while palladium falls to 2-and-a-half year low.
July 9, 2015 Iron ore prices: the worst is yet to come Despite the rosy outlook from Australia’s top iron ore producers, they are all facing staggering demand from their biggest customer — China.
July 8, 2015 Why chaos on markets isn’t moving the gold price Safe haven no more? Or how to "portray what is evidently a financial and economic crisis as nothing to be concerned about"?
July 8, 2015 UN Human Rights unit roasts Canada over mining, aboriginal treatment The human rights committee is currently meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of finalizing its report and is hearing from Canadian non-government groups, including Amnesty, and from the federal government.
July 8, 2015 S. Africa campaigners jump all over Marikana killings report They claim the official report on the police killing of 34 striking miners in 2012 is a "gross defamation" of those who died.
July 7, 2015 Cupric to spend $200 mln to build Botswana copper mine Cupric Canyon Capital, a private equity firm backed by a unit of Barclays Plc, will spend $200 million to bring its copper-silver mine in Botswana to production.
July 7, 2015 Copper prices hit 6-year low, blame China As high volatility in the Chinese stock-market reinforced worries of a dropping demand from the nation, the world’s top metals consumer.
July 7, 2015 These are the top business risks mining and metals firms face Getting — and keeping — a social license to operate, as well as resource nationalism, remain among the top five business risks for the industry.
July 7, 2015 Botswana seeks bids to build solar plants for mines Botswana's government launched a bidding process on Tuesday to construct solar power plants near its huge Jwaneng diamond mine.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am
