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.
June 10, 2014 BHP Billiton a step closer to selling-off non-core operations World's largest mining company said to be unloading all of the non-core units acquired after the merger with Billiton 13 years ago.
June 10, 2014 Palladium price within striking distance of record high A surge in ETF buying lights fire under palladium futures while platinum jumps past pre-strike levels .
Construction on track for Q1 completion at Sibanye’s Keliber lithium project in Finland Keliber is the EU's most advanced integrated lithium project, with planned LiOH production of around 15,000 tonnes per annum. January 19, 2026 | 01:57 pm