December 18, 2017

2018 global diamond industry primer

2017 has been a year of excess inventory shifting from the upstream segment of the diamond industry to the mid-stream segment.

December 17, 2017

Copper jumps to 3-week high

Benchmark copper on the LME settled up 1.4% to US$6,886 a tonne.

December 15, 2017

Coal into bitcoin? Dirty secret of 2017’s hottest market

Creation of digital bitcoins by computer networks has real-world consequences in form of massive energy use, including fuels that cause most pollution.

December 15, 2017

Bacanora Minerals Ltd strategic cornerstone investor & offtake agreement

NextView Capital agreed to acquire a 19.89% equity interest in Bacanora via placement of 32,976,635 common shares in the Company at 94.53 $1.26 per share.

December 13, 2017

China’s Nov commodity imports confirm trends; copper the outlier: Russell

In past three months, China’s commodity imports were extremely strong in Sept, unbelievably weak in Oct, now roaring back to strength in Nov.

December 13, 2017

Want to make money in industrial metals next year? Ask China how

Base metals were hot this year with zinc, copper and aluminum among leaders, climbing between 15% and 23%. What about 2018? Analysts say China will know.

December 13, 2017

China’s Nanjing Hanrui can’t be sure its cobalt did not involve child labour

Concerns about the sourcing of Yantai’s metal have reduced interest in the LME’s cobalt contract, trading sources said.

December 13, 2017

Electronic waste at new high, squandering gold, other metals-study

Raw materials in 2016 scrap worth an estimated $64.61 billion, including metals such as gold, silver, copper, platinum and palladium, U.N.-backed study said.

December 12, 2017

World Bank to stop funding oil and gas projects

The institution will stop all lending for oil and gas projects after 2019, with some exceptions.

December 12, 2017

World’s biggest floating solar power plant starts operating atop former coal mine

China Three Gorges says this would be not only the largest but also the "most intelligent solar power project with the most advanced technology in the world."