July 10, 2018 Philippines nickel ore exports seen dropping up to 17 pct on low prices The Philippines is the world's No.2 nickel ore supplier after Indonesia, shipping the bulk of its output to top buyer China.
July 10, 2018 Death by diamonds: Suicides wipe the shine off India’s gem trade Over 80 percent of the total workforce earn a piece rate of 1 to 25 rupees for each stone they polish and have no social benefits.
July 6, 2018 India’s June gold imports drop by a quarter as rupee hits record low The rupee hit a record low in the last week of June and has lost nearly 8 percent so far in 2018. Local gold prices have risen more than 5…
July 6, 2018 Japan’s Mitsui may raise its stake in Vale — executive The sale of Vale stakes has been a subject of market speculation since the world's largest iron ore miner moved to a single class of stock in October. Mitsui currently…
July 5, 2018 Thyssenkrupp CEO asks to step down, board to meet on Friday After two years of at times fraught talks, the two steel firms last Saturday signed an agreement to create Europe's second-largest steelmaker.
July 5, 2018 Thermal coal prices hit 6-year high Seaborne price for coal used in electricity generation scales $120 a tonne as South Africa diverts exports for domestic use and Asian demand spikes.
July 4, 2018 Indians are falling out of love with gold — and millennials are partly to blame Indians’ love affair with gold is cooling.
July 4, 2018 Nautilus Minerals tanks on shipbuilding contract cancellation Fresh setback for the company’s Solwara 1 project, expected to be the world’s first seabed gold, copper, silver mine.
July 4, 2018 Indonesia extends Freeport operating permit for Grasberg Indonesia has extended an operating permit for Freeport's Grasberg copper-gold mine while discussions over long-term rights continue.
July 3, 2018 Anil Agarwal faces shareholder resistance to $1 billion Vedanta bid Billionaire Anil Agarwal faces investor resistance to his $1 billion bid to buy out minority shareholders in Vedanta Resources and take the London-listed Indian miner private.
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