June 17, 2014 African Consolidated Resources raising $18m, buying Zimbabwe mine Firm says deal means faster gold production at flagship Pickstone project.
June 17, 2014 Less correlation among commodities demands more careful selection: Philip Richards Commodities from coal to gold once traded in close correlation, but today the graph looks helter-skelter.
June 16, 2014 Iron ore price crashes through $90 Iron ore and steel prices are approaching levels last seen during the height of the financial crisis.
June 16, 2014 Centamin legal fight over gold mine in Egypt set to end this year Centamin issues in Egypt go back to 2012, when a court cancelled its mining license for Sukari, the firm’s only producing mine, and the country’s first large-scale modern gold operation.
June 15, 2014 South Africa teeters towards recession on labour dispute The latest attempt to end South Africa’s 21-week platinum strike has failed, pushing the country towards a recession and increasing the odds the sector will be smaller and more mechanized…
June 13, 2014 Petra unveils largest-ever blue diamond found at Cullinan mine The 122.52-carat blue diamond won't be sold before the end of Petra's current financial year on June 30.
June 12, 2014 Platinum, palladium prices tank on strike deal Unions representing 70,000 workers and the three largest platinum mines in the world reach wage deal to end almost 5-month long strike.
June 12, 2014 Diamond demand to climb 4.5% this year — De Beers De Beers, the world's largest diamond miner by market value, is also bracing for a rough diamond demand rush.
June 11, 2014 Report: Thermal coal price forecasts too pessimistic Macquarie says sub-$65 unlikely because first Indonesian and then Australian producers will drop out of the market around these levels.
June 11, 2014 Congo mines no longer controlled by warlords and militia —report Tin, tantalum and tungsten mines used to generate $185 million a year for armed groups. Now, about two-thirds of those operations are part of peaceful supply chains, study shows.
US proposed SECURE Act aims to offset China’s grip on critical minerals Bill would establish a Strategic Resilience Reserve to support domestic production and processing of minerals vital to electrification, clean energy and national defense. January 20, 2026 | 01:11 pm
