July 5, 2018 Iron ore slides to seven-month low as trade war fears mount Iron ore’s starting to buckle after a series of warnings that prices are set to drop amid rising global supply, and as investors fret about the potential impact of escalating…
July 5, 2018 Finds at Lucapa’s Lulo project jump on record mined diamonds Production at Lucapa's 40%-owned Lulo project, in Angola, rose 20% during the June quarter.
July 5, 2018 Rio Tinto says synergies, no Brexit behind decision to move sales team to Germany London-based sales and marketing staff to relocate to Frankfurt beginning September.
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 Former Rio Tinto exec jailed for corruption in China let free The ex-head of iron ore business in China, Stern Hu, spent almost nine years in a Shanghai prison after a 2010 conviction for corruption and industrial espionage.
July 4, 2018 RST steps up services with solutions for mine operations from plant to port. RST goes out into the field to identify the unique challenges faced by a mine’s plant to port operations, then selects products from a broad range of solutions to provide…
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 Bankers have gone AWOL in the race to build more lithium mines Despite bullish forecasts for global demand, lithium may have a funding problem.
July 2, 2018 Australia govt sees more iron ore price pain Top iron ore exporter forecasts a return to the $50s as Chinese imports starts annual decline after decades of growth.
June 29, 2018 Lucapa digs up another large diamond, this time in Lesotho Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) has found an 89-carat yellow diamond at its 70%-owned Mothae mine in Lesotho during the current bulk sampling program.
Silver price suffers biggest loss since 2021, gold price falls from record Earlier, spot prices had soared to as high as $83.63 per ounce. December 29, 2025 | 08:54 am
