October 24, 2013 Pirates kidnap two from US oil ship on major commodities trade route Off the coast of Nigeria in the Gulf of Guinea.
October 24, 2013 Angola’s diamond industry to regain record production levels —report The country is also known for its significant gold and oil reserves.
October 24, 2013 Global exploration budget to fall 29% by end of the year Despite this year's financial woes, companies continued exploring in as many as 127 countries, especially on high- or medium-risk jurisdictions.
October 23, 2013 Diamond values increase at Firestone mine in Lesotho Company released results of independent analysis conducted over the past 22 months at its Liqhobong mine in Lesotho.
October 22, 2013 The big winners in Kenya’s oil debut Kenya will start pumping its first commercial oil next year and begin exporting in 2016, but this is just the opening salvo.
October 22, 2013 Investors pile back into gold stocks, Goldcorp up $2bn in a week With positive sentiment returning to the gold market, investors took the chance to jump back into mining stocks.
October 20, 2013 Mozambique opens game park to counter coal mines Where 60% of land has been allocated to coal mining, Mozambique embarks on 350,000-hectare conservation effort.
October 19, 2013 Thousands rally in Romania against Chevron, Gabriel Resources World-wide protests against shale gas continue.
October 18, 2013 Chile’s Collahuasi boosts Anglo American results, logs copper record Anglo's Collahuasi copper mine more than doubled output to 63,600 tonnes, way above analysts’ expectations.
October 17, 2013 Simandou railway will uproot 10,000 people Rio Tinto's $20 billion Simandou project in Guinea calls for a 670km railway across the West African nation that will displace thousands.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
