December 5, 2016

New Islamic banking rules make gold an accepted investment

Transactions must be fully backed by physical metal and settled on the same day to observe Islam's distinction between real economic activity and speculation.

December 5, 2016

World’s longest traffic jam points to Mongolia recovery

Over 60 kilometers, they line up: truck after truck, after truck. Nearly every one of them is laden with coal.

December 4, 2016

Explosion in Chinese coal mine leaves 32 dead 

Thirty-two miners were killed in a gas explosion that ripped through a coal mine in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia on Saturday.

December 1, 2016

Gemfields postpones emerald auction over India’s ‘demonetization’

The auction of emeralds from the miner's Kagem operation in Zambia will now be in February.

December 1, 2016

Glencore to resume dividend in 2017 as debt reduction on track

Soaring coal prices have helped Glencore, the world’s biggest provider of the thermal kind, straighten its balance sheet.

December 1, 2016

Taliban offer ‘security’ for copper, gas projects

Armed group behind much of the violence over the past 15 years has offered to protect major Afghan government projects.

November 30, 2016

Mining accidents in China to spike as country digs more coal

In the last week alone, seven miners have been killed and 22 others remain trapped, following two accidents in local coal operations.

November 28, 2016

KP Chair holds discussions with Tokyo Diamond Exchange Club, Japan Gem Society and leading Japanese jewellery retailers

The UAE Kimberley Process Chair, Ahmed Bin Sulayem, has travelled to Japan to meet with senior representatives from the country’s diamond trade industry. The goal of the discussions was to…

November 27, 2016

China risks wasting $490 billion on unneeded coal plants — study

Slowing power demand growth and low carbon capacity targets in China's latest five-year plan are found to be squeezing coal generation out of the power mix.

November 22, 2016

Micromine 2016 introduced into Rudny Industrial Institute in Kazakhstan

MICROMINE considers these educational partnerships to be a strategic investment in the development of local communities and the future of the mining industry.