December 2, 2013 Diamond prices to jump next year— Alrosa A steady diamond demand in Europe, paired with an ever growing appetite for these precious stones in China and India, are to blame, says Alrosa.
December 1, 2013 Zimbabwe’s diamond mineworkers want 250% pay hike Platinum sector workers will be happy with 208%, while gold miners seek a 150% wage increase. Industry is offering 0.6%.
November 28, 2013 High profits or low profits, tensions with governments rise Over the past decade, the number of disputes that have resulted in international arbitration has increased tenfold for the oil and gas sector and fourfold for the mining industry. And…
November 27, 2013 On the trail of juniors with blue-sky potential: Eric Coffin In this interview with The Gold Report, the publisher of Hard Rock Analyst explains that new discoveries with high margins are the essence of the junior, and he considers eight…
November 27, 2013 Global exploration budgets down 29% in 2013 Canada accounted for just over 13% of the total, the smallest share in 14 years. The DRC made it to the top 10 mining destinations for the first time.
November 26, 2013 Botswana comes clean on fracking licences after documentary It's allegedly happening in environmentally sensitive areas, such as the world’s largest elephant herds habitat.
November 26, 2013 Anglo Platinum unionized miners postpone vote on strike until 2014 Amplats' main union obtained permission for a legal strike two weeks ago, after exhausting mediation procedures.
November 26, 2013 South Africa’s growth hits four-year low due to strikes The country’s gross domestic product expanded at an annualized rate of 0.7% in the period, down sharply from the 3.2% in the second quarter.
November 25, 2013 African ecstasy drug bust yields 2.2 pounds of uranium 90 ecstasy tablets, 2.2 pounds of uranium.
November 25, 2013 Fear of the unknown in mining sector makes for a stagnant job market With commodity prices, especially gold, constantly dropping and production costs at an all-time high, 2013 has seen the most challenging of times for the mining sector in over a decade.
Op-ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm
