May 23, 2018 Freeport’s Grasberg jujitsu move will pay off There’s a well-thumbed playbook for how deals involving gold mines in the remote jungles of Indonesia are meant to turn out.
May 23, 2018 Rio Tinto about to offload stake in Grasberg mine for $3.5 billion Company confirmed is in talks to sell its stake in the world’s second largest copper mine to Indonesia’s Inalum.
May 22, 2018 Why rough diamond prices are at a 52-week high Forecasted industry fundamentals point to an environment favoring higher diamond prices over a period of at least the next four years.
May 22, 2018 Taliban, Islamic State make millions from mining Afghan minerals The international NGO in a report on Tuesday estimates the Taliban earns $2.5 million to $10 million a year from mining talc alone.
May 22, 2018 Rio Tinto says investors to take stance on Oyu Tolgoi as ‘test case’ Rio Tinto has called for less interference at its giant copper and gold mine in Mongolia, as it moves forward with an underground expansion.
May 21, 2018 Forevermark unveils new retail concept store in China focused on millennials Libert’aime by Forevermark offers a diamond jewellery range that has been designed with a young, fashion-forward self-purchasing consumer in mind.
May 18, 2018 Electric vehicle rush fuels optimism at LME Asia Week Chinese cobalt producers such as Jinchuan Group and Wanbao Mining said they were ramping up production to sate an anticipated demand boom from EVs.
May 18, 2018 Vedanta says Indian copper smelter shutdown causing deficit, price rise The unit has been shut for more than 50 days.
May 18, 2018 ABB to help double production capacity for copper concentrator in Kazakhstan ABB AbilityTM MineOptimize provides integrated process and power control and serves as the digital foundation for new production line.
May 17, 2018 Global consumer demand for diamond jewellery hits new record high of US$82 billion An increase in self-purchase of diamond jewellery helped drive demand, representing 33% of total US diamond jewellery pieces acquired in 2017.
New York copper price surges again, Shanghai sets record Copper jumped by more than 5% to the highest level since the short squeeze in July. December 26, 2025 | 12:18 pm
