January 15, 2014 IT giant Intel takes the conflict mineral bull by the horns From now on every microprocessor the company uses will be made entirely with conflict-free minerals.
January 15, 2014 African Barrick Gold’s positive exploration results Barrick Gold’s underperforming African arm seems to be adding some positive exploration results to its recently improved financials.
January 14, 2014 Massive diamond fields discovered in Zimbabwe to save the country’s industry Authorities are calling them the "the billion dollar diamond fields," though little exploration has taken place so far.
January 13, 2014 Is space mining commercially viable? A researcher from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics says there are likely 'few' ore-bearing asteroids.
January 9, 2014 China and Ghana to work harder on tackling illegal mining Last year Ghana arrested and deported almost two hundred Chinese illegally mining gold in the country.
January 8, 2014 At least 26 killed in attack on Congo’s mining hub The Mai Mai Kata Katanga separatist militia attacked the city of Lubumbashi, in the copper-rich southeast province of Katanga.
January 8, 2014 Resource rich countries make up over 50% of the “extreme risk” jurisdictions to invest Study also says that Myanmar is the country where the business environment improved the most last year.
January 8, 2014 Zimbabwe sets mid-January deadline for platinum refinery proposals President Robert Mugabe last year threatened to ban raw exports.
January 7, 2014 Gold stocks: What to expect in the new year After three years of pain, can gold stocks break their losing streak and see a gain in 2014? History says chances are good.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm