March 5, 2014 EU proposes conflict minerals law; rights group says it’s toothless The proposed law sets up a system of self-certification for importers of tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold.
March 5, 2014 South Africa platinum talks to end 6-week strike break down Tuesday’s apparent softening of the union position was not enough to keep negotiations open.
March 5, 2014 Ivory Coast wants UN diamond export ban lifted Government says diamond trade is no longer a threat to fuel instability as civil war has ended and the Kimberley Process has backed the lifting of the embargo.
March 5, 2014 Shale gas revolution unlikely to go global any time soon: BHP’s MacKenzie The world’s No.1 mining company's CEO believes coal will remain the main source of affordable energy for growing economies.
March 4, 2014 Kiril Mugerman: Graphite investors should look for large flakes, small resources Companies that boast 80,000 ton-per-year production or high purity levels don't always impress Kiril Mugerman, mining analyst with Industrial Alliance Securities.
March 4, 2014 South African platinum miners review wage demands, will march in Pretoria as strike, talks, go on They still want monthly entry wages to start at US$1,200, more than double current levels.
March 4, 2014 Glencore Xstrata logs $7.4bn net loss, eyes oil deal with Russia Despite the gloomy results, the commodities giant revenues for the year jumped 9% to $232.6 billion
March 4, 2014 Worker dies at AngloGold Ashanti mine in South Africa Preliminary investigations indicate the deceased, an electrician, was fatally injured in a heavy equipment incident.
March 3, 2014 Survey: Sweden, Western Australia among top-ranking mining jurisdictions Canada's overall PPI score decreased slightly last year.
March 3, 2014 Namibia wants a piece of AngloGold Ashanti $110 million mine AngloGold had agreed to sell its Navachab gold mine to a private group, but the country's wants a piece of the pie too.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
