May 15, 2020 Gold, silver race higher on fear of second virus wave Nations that enjoyed success quelling the virus, including South Korea and China, now face a rising number of infections.
May 13, 2020 Recycled battery metals being tested for use as crop fertilizer Tests carried out in Australia showed a “significant uptake” of the metals in wheat on local low-quality soil.
May 13, 2020 Russia, Congo, Botswana hold 80% of global diamond reserves Russia, Congo and Botswana combined have the lion's share of the world’s 1.1 billion million carats in reserves.
May 13, 2020 Researchers, industry partner to trial solar thermal energy to enhance comminution Solar thermal heat can weaken rocks and reduce mining companies' need to use fossil fuels in mechanisms to crush and grind rock.
May 13, 2020 World’s largest wealth fund blacklists Glencore, Anglo over coal Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund is excluding some of the world's biggest commodities firms from its portfolio because of their use and production of coal.
May 12, 2020 RNC solidifies focus on gold, name change Company announced acquisition of a third gold project in Australia and is proposing a name change to Karora Resources.
May 12, 2020 Lucapa finds 171-carat diamond at Angola mine It's the 15th diamond over 100 carat recovered to date from the prolific Lulo mine.
May 12, 2020 BHP sticks with spending strategy, Rio eyes M&A Prices for iron ore have been relatively resilient and helped boost profits in both firms.
May 12, 2020 Miners buck M&A slump with pandemic gold deals More than $16 billion of mergers, acquisitions and investments in other sectors have been terminated in last month.
May 12, 2020 Australian mining sector makes record tax, royalty payments – report Company taxes and royalties paid by Australia’s minerals sector increased by $8 billion in 2018-19 to a record $39.3 billion.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
